Written answers
Tuesday, 6 July 2010
Department of Education and Science
Adult Education
10:00 am
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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Question 648: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills her views on the fact that only 1,752 of the 2,500 places available under the programme of part-time undergraduate and postgraduate places for jobless workers were availed of; the reasons for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29468/10]
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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Question 649: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide details of the colleges, name of the courses and numbers per course which the 1,752 participants on the programme of part-time undergraduate and postgraduate places for jobless workers have commenced study; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29469/10]
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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Question 650: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications received and the number of applications rejected under the programme of part-time undergraduate place for jobless workers which commenced in September 2009; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29470/10]
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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Question 651: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications received and the number of applications rejected under the programme of part-time postgraduate third-level places for unemployed workers which commenced in September 2009; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29471/10]
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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Question 652: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the cost to the Exchequer in 2009 and to date in 2010 of supporting the 1,122 jobseekers who commenced study under the programme of part-time postgraduate third-level places for unemployed workers which commenced in September 2009; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29472/10]
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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Question 653: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the cost to the Exchequer in 2009 and to date in 2010 of supporting the 630 jobseekers who have commenced study under the programme of part-time undergraduate places for jobless workers which commenced in September 2009; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29473/10]
Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 648 to 653, inclusive, together.
The following table contains details of the institutions, programmes, student numbers and costs involved in providing part-time undergraduate and postgraduate places for unemployed people from September 2009.
It is estimated that in excess of 3,000 applications were received for places under the scheme, almost 2,100 offers of places were made and more than 1,750 places were filled.
The take up of the scheme is regarded as high given the short lead in time available to advertise and to recruit potential students, the specific focus of the courses available and the geographical spread of the programme offerings. Admission requirements for higher education programmes are a matter for the individual institution but it could be expected that not all applicants for the places available would have met the entry requirements for a particular course. In addition, a number of students made applications to more than one programme/institution but would only be able to take a place on one course. The HEA worked very closely with the colleges concerned throughout the period of the application process to ensure, to the extent possible, that when places on particular programmes were not filled due to lack of demand those places were then reallocated to other programmes and institutions.
Undergraduate Programmes | ||||||
Level | Number of Places Filled | Duration of Courses | Attrition | Student Numbers 1st March 2010 | Cost based on Final Verified Numbers | |
Athlone Institute of Technology | ||||||
B.Sc in Sustainable Construction | 7 | 35 weeks x 2 years | 8 | €20,000 | ||
B.Eng in Mechanical Engineering and Renewable Energy | 7 | 36 weeks x 2 years | 1 | €2,500 | ||
Bachelor of Business in Applied Accounting | 7 | 1 year | 2 | €5,000 | ||
Higher Certificate in GMP & Technology | 6 | 24 weeks per year x 2 years | 1 | €2,500 | ||
B.Sc Toxicology | 7 | 24 weeks | 1 | €2,500 | ||
B.SC Chemistry | 7 | 24 weeks | 2 | €5,000 | ||
B.SC Biotechnology | 7 | 24 weeks | 1 | €2,500 | ||
HEI Total | 41 | 25 | 16 | €40,000 | ||
Institute of Technology Blanchardstown | ||||||
B.Sc in Sustainable Electrical & Control Technology | 7 | 31 | 2 years | 31 | €77,500 | |
Higher Certificate in Engineering in Mechatronics | 6 | 17 | 2 years | 15 | €37,500 | |
Higher Certificate in Science in Computer Systems Management | 6 | 28 | 18 months | 28 | €70,000 | |
Higher Certificate in Business | 6 | 43 | 2 years | 42 | €105,000 | |
Bachelor of Business | 7 | 9 | 1 year | 9 | €22,500 | |
HEI Total | 128 | 3 | 125 | €312,500 | ||
Institute of Technology Carlow | ||||||
Certificate in Supply Chain Management | 7 | 3 | 1 year | 3 | €7,500 | |
BSc in Management (Craft) | 8 | 2 | 2 | €5,000 | ||
Certificate in Mechanical Engineering | 7 | 6 | 1 year | 6 | €15,000 | |
Certificate in Computer Systems | 6 | 26 | 1 year | 13 | €32,500 | |
Certificate in Business | 6 | 1 | 1 year | 1 | €2,500 | |
HEI Total | 38 | 13 | 25 | €62,500 | ||
Cork Institute of Technology | ||||||
Certificate in IT System Maintenance | 6 | 17 | 1 year | 17 | €42,500 | |
Certificate in Process Control and Automation | 6 | 12 | 1 year | 5 | €12,500 | |
Certificate in Engineering Technology | 6 | 11 | 1 year | 11 | €27,500 | |
Certificate in Sustainable Energy Systems | 6 | 18 | 1 year | 18 | €45,000 | |
Certificate in Good Manufacturing Practice | 6 | 15 | 1 year | 11 | €27,500 | |
Certificate in Entrepreneurship and Business | 7 | 6 | 1 year | 2 | €5,000 | |
HEI Total | 79 | 15 | 64 | €160,000 | ||
Dublin Institute of Technology | ||||||
Higher Certificate in Electronics and Computer Systems | 6 | 15 | 1 year | 14 | €35,000 | |
Higher Certificate in Computing | 6 | 14 | 2 semesters | 14 | €35,000 | |
BSc (Ord) in Manufacture of Medicinal Products (with exit award option) | 7 | 20 | 1 year minimum | 20 | €50,000 | |
HEI Total | 49 | 1 | 48 | €120,000 | ||
Dundalk Institute of Technology | ||||||
Diploma in Business in Sales & Marketing (Minor Award) | 7 | 42 | 1 year | 38 | €95,000 | |
Diploma in Bioprocess Engineering (Minor Award) | 7 | 14 | 1 year | 9 | €22,500 | |
HEI Total | 56 | 9 | 47 | €117,500 | ||
Galway Mayo Institute of Technology | ||||||
Higher Certificate in Good Manufacturing Practice | 6 | 3 years | ||||
Honours Degree in Applied Biopharmaceutical and Healthcare Science | 8 | 6 | 2 years | 5 | €12,500 | |
Honours Degree in Mechanical Engineering (Biomedical) | 8 | 2 years | ||||
Higher Certificate in Energy Engineering | 6 | 21 | 3 years | 21 | €52,500 | |
Ordinary Degree in Energy Engineering | 7 | 2 years | ||||
HEI Total | 27 | 1 | 26 | €65,000 | ||
Letterkenny Institute of Technology | ||||||
Higher Certificate in Science - Pharmacy Technician | 6 | 11 | 3 years | 10 | €25,000 | |
Certificate in Computing | 6 | 7 | 1 semester | 5 | €12,500 | |
Higher Certificate in Engineering - Wind Energy | 6 | 16 | 2 semesters | 12 | €30,000 | |
HEI Total | 34 | 7 | 27 | €67,500 | ||
Institute of Technology Sligo | ||||||
Higher Certificate in Good Manufacturing Practice | 6 | 3 | 3 years | 3 | €7,500 | |
Higher Certificate in Science Management and Technology | 6 | €0 | ||||
Higher Certificate in Environmental Science | 6 | 17 | 2 years | 15 | €37,500 | |
Higher Certificate in Business | 6 | 11 | 3 years | 9 | €22,500 | |
Bachelor of Business (Honours) | 8 | 3 | 2 years | 1 | €2,500 | |
Higher Certificate in Computing | 6 | 12 | 2 years | 10 | €25,000 | |
HEI Total | 46 | 8 | 38 | €95,000 | ||
Institute of Technology Tallaght Dublin | ||||||
BSc Honours IT Management (1 year add on) (Major award) | 8 | 7 | 1 year | 7 | €17,500 | |
Higher Certificate in Good Manufacturing Practice and Technology (Major Award) | 6 | 12 | 2 years | 9 | €22,500 | |
BSc in Pharmaceutical Production (Major Award) | 7 | 2 semesters | ||||
Higher Certificate in Electronic Engineering (Major Award) | 6 | 32 | 2 years | 29 | €72,500 | |
Bachelor of Engineering in Energy and Environmental Systems (3 year ab initio) (Major Award) | 7 | 49 | 3 years | 47 | €117,500 | |
HEI Total | 100 | 8 | 92 | €230,000 | ||
Waterford Institute of Technology | ||||||
BSc (Hons) in Applied Computing | 8 | 5 | 4 years | |||
B Eng (Hons) in Electronic Engineering | 8 | 11 | 4 years | |||
BSC (Hons) Pharmaceutical Science | 8 | 2 | 4 years | |||
BA (Hons) in Finance and Investment | 8 | 9 | 3 years | |||
B.Sc Information Technology | 7 | 17 | 3 years | |||
HEI Total | 44 | |||||
Dublin City University | ||||||
BSC in Information Technology Programme | 8 | 65 | 3/4 years | 3 | 62 | €155,000 |
University College Dublin | ||||||
Distance Learning Diploma or Degree in Business Studies | 8 | 45 | 2 years | 6 | 39 | €97,500 |
NUI Galway | ||||||
B.Sc in Science and Technology Studies** | 8 | 24 | Diploma: 2/4 years. Degree: 4/8 years | 3 | 21 | €52,500 |
Shannon Consortium (UL, MIC, LIT, IT Tralee) | ||||||
(UL) Faculty of Science - 22 Courses | 8 | 61 | Flexible - 1/4 years. UL will concentrate on recruitment to 3rd and 4th year but may also recruit into 1st and 2nd years. | |||
(UL) Kenny Business School - 2 Courses | 8 | 54 | Flexible - 1/4 years. UL will concentrate on recruitment to 3rd and 4th year but may also recruit into 1st and 2nd years. | |||
HEI Total | 115 | 27 | 88 | €220,000 | ||
(LIT) HC in Science (Good Manufacturing Practice and Technology) (minor award) | 6 | 14 | 3 years | |||
(LIT) B.Eng in Manufacturing Technology | 2 | 3 years | ||||
(LIT) B.Eng in Electrical Technology | 5 | 3 years | ||||
HEI Total | 21 | |||||
(IT Tralee-special purpose/minor award) Certificate in Business Management | 6 | 12 | 1 year | 10 | €25,000 | |
(IT Tralee-special purpose/minor award) Certificate in Entrepreneurship Studies | 8 | 17 | 1 year | 15 | €37,500 | |
(IT Tralee-special purpose/minor award) Certificate in Environmental Science | 7 | 7 | 1 year | 6 | €15,000 | |
(IT Tralee-special purpose/minor award) Certificate in Engineering Technology | 6 | 8 | 1 year | 9 | €22,500 | |
(IT Tralee-special purpose/minor award) Certificate in Building Insulation Applications | 6 | 5 | 1 year | 5 | €12,500 | |
(IT Tralee-special purpose/minor award) Certificate in Renewable Energy | 7 | 28 | 1 year | 29 | €72,500 | |
(IT Tralee-special purpose/minor award) Certificate in Information Technology | 8 | 9 | 1 year | 7 | €17,500 | |
HEI Total | 86 | 5 | 81 | €202,500 | ||
Consortium Total | 222 | |||||
National College of Ireland | ||||||
Higher Certificate in Business | 6 | 33 | 26 weeks x 2 years | 31 | €77,500 | |
Higher Certificate in Computer Applications and Support | 6 | 33 | 26 weeks x 2 years | 33 | €82,500 | |
BA Hons in Financial Services | 8 | 34 | 1/4 years | 34 | €85,000 | |
BSc Hons in Business Information Systems | 8 | 25 | 26 weeks x 4 years | 25 | €62,500 | |
HEI Total | 125 | 2 | 123 | €307,500 | ||
OVERALL TOTAL | 1123 | 136 | 922 | €2,305,000 | ||
Postgraduate Programmes | ||||||
Level | Number of Places Filled | Duration of Courses | Attrition | Student Numbers 1st March 2010 | Cost based on Final Verified Numbers | |
Institutes of Technology | ||||||
Athlone Institute of Technology | ||||||
Higher Diploma in Business | 8 | 13 | 2 years | |||
HEI Total | 13 | 2 | 11 | €27,500 | ||
Institute of Technology Blanchardstown | ||||||
Higher Diploma in Science in Computing in Software Engineering | 8 | 16 | 18 months | 16 | ||
Masters of Computing | 9 | 7 | 18 months | 4 | ||
HEI Total | 23 | 3 | 20 | €50,000 | ||
Institute of Technology Carlow | ||||||
Higher Diploma in Business (Management) | 8 | 15 | 1 year | |||
HEI Total | 15 | 0 | 15 | €37,500 | ||
Cork Institute of Technology | ||||||
Certificate in Advanced Software Development | 9 | 2 | 1 year | 1 | ||
Certificate in Advanced Industrial Automation | 8 | 12 | 1 year | 11 | ||
Certificate in Product Design and Development | 8 | 2 | 1 year | 2 | ||
Certificate in Environmental and Energy Engineering | 8 | 23 | 1 year | 23 | ||
Certificate in Chemical and Biopharmaceutical Engineering | 8 | 1 year | 0 | |||
Certificate in Embedded Systems Engineering | 9 | 1 | 1 year | 1 | ||
HEI Total | 40 | 2 | 38 | €95,000 | ||
Dublin Institute of Technology | ||||||
Postgraduate Certificate in Energy Management | 9 | 33 | 1 year | 33 | ||
Postgraduate Diploma in Energy Management | 9 | 4 | 1 year | 4 | ||
MSc in Energy Management | 9 | 1 | 1 year | 1 | ||
Postgraduate Certificate in Pharmaceutical and Chemical Process Technology | 9 | 6 | 2 years | 6 | ||
Postgraduate Certificate in Software Development | 9 | 14 | 2 semesters | 14 | ||
HEI Total | 58 | 0 | 58 | €145,000 | ||
Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology | ||||||
Posgraduate Diploma in Digital Media | 9 | 17 | 18 months | |||
HEI Total | 17 | 0 | 17 | €34,000 | ||
Dundalk Institute of Technology | ||||||
Higher Diploma in Science and Computing | 8 | 5 | 2 years | 5 | ||
Higher Diploma in Business in Small Enterprise Support | 8 | 23 | 18 months | 18 | ||
HEI Total | 28 | 5 | 23 | €57,500 | ||
Letterkenny Institute of Technology | ||||||
Higher Diploma in Computing | 8 | 9 | 18 months | 8 | ||
Higher Diploma in Arts in Financial Services Technologies (2010) | 8 | 4 | ||||
Postgraduate Diploma in Accounting | 9 | 2 | ||||
HEI Total* | 9 | 0 | 14 | €35,000 | ||
Institute of Technology Sligo | ||||||
Masters of Science in Quality Management and Technology | 9 | 3 | 2 years | 3 | ||
Postgraduate Diploma in Biopharmaceutical Science | 9 | 3 | 3 | |||
HEI Total | 6 | 0 | 6 | €15,000 | ||
Institute of Technology Tallaght Dublin | ||||||
MSc Information Technology Management | 9 | 8 | 2 years | 6 | ||
Postgraduate Diploma - Information Technology Management | 9 | |||||
MSc - Pharmaceutical Production | 9 | |||||
Higher Diploma in Pharmaceutical Production | 8 | 11 | 18 months | 10 | ||
HEI Total | 19 | 3 | 16 | €40,000 | ||
Waterford Institute of Technology | ||||||
Higher Diploma in Computing - Business Systems Analysis | 8 | 9 | 1 year | |||
Masters in Electronic Engineering | 9 | 1 | 1 year | |||
Masters of Science - Sustainable Energy Engineering | 9 | 8 | 1 year | |||
Master of Engineering Science in Innovative Technologies | 9 | 10 | 1 year | |||
HEI Total | 28 | |||||
Shannon Consortium | ||||||
University of Limerick | ||||||
Specialist Diploma in Web Application Development | 9 | 5 | 1 year | |||
Specialist Diploma in Lean Healthcare | 9 | 3 | 1 year | |||
Specialist Diploma in Lean Sigma Systems | 9 | 32 | 1 year | |||
Specialist Diploma in Technology Commercialisation | 9 | 9 | 1 year | |||
Specialist Diploma in Project Management | 9 | 32 | 1 year | |||
Specialist Diploma in International Financial Services | 9 | 3 | 1 year | |||
HEI Total | 84 | 1 year | 9 | 75 | €187,500 | |
Limerick Institute of Technology | ||||||
M.Sc. in Computing | 9 | 1 | 2 years | |||
HEI Total | 1 | |||||
Institute of Technology Tralee | ||||||
Certificate in Business Information Systems | 9 | 3 | 1 year | |||
HEI Total | 3 | 0 | 3 | €7,500 | ||
Universities | ||||||
University College Dublin | ||||||
Graduate Certificate in Entrepreneurship "Dare to Venture" | 9 | 78 | 71 | |||
Graduate Certificate in ICT Skills | 9 | 22 | 2 semesters | 21 | ||
Graduate Certificate in NanoBio Science | 9 | 7 | 2 semesters | 6 | ||
Graduate Certificate in Green Technologies | 9 | 44 | 1 year | 43 | ||
Graduate Certificate in Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development | 9 | 6 | 1 year | 6 | ||
HEI Total | 157 | 10 | 147 | €367,500 | ||
University College Cork | ||||||
Postgraduate Diploma in Biotechnology | 9 | 4 | 2 years | 5 | ||
Postgraduate Diploma in Computing Science | 9 | 1 | 2 years | 9 | ||
Higher Diploma in Applied Computing Technology | 8 | 11 | 2 years | 1 | ||
HEI Total | 16 | 1 | 15 | €37,500 | ||
NUI Galway | ||||||
Postgraduate Diploma in Enterprise Management | 9 | 6 | 2 years | 6 | ||
Postgraduate Diploma in International Business | 9 | 15 | 2 years | 15 | ||
MSc (Business Information Systems) | 9 | 4 | 2 years | 4 | ||
MSc (Accounting) | 9 | 6 | ||||
Postgraduate Diploma in Technology Commercialisation | 9 | 6 | 1 year | |||
HEI Total | 31 | 0 | 31 | €77,500 | ||
NUI Maynooth | ||||||
MA in Accounting | 9 | 2 | 2 years | 2 | ||
MSc Economic and Financial Risk Analysis | 9 | 3 | 2 years | 3 | ||
Postgraduate Diploma in Electronic Engineering/Postgraduate Diploma in Electronic Engineering majoring in Biomedical Science | 9 | 9 | 2 years | 9 | ||
Higher Diploma in Information Technology | 9 | 20 | 2 years | 20 | ||
Higher Diploma in Mathematics | 9 | |||||
Higher Diploma in Statistics | 9 | 3 | 2 years | 3 | ||
HEI Total | 37 | 0 | 37 | €92,500 | ||
Dublin City University | ||||||
Graduate Certificate/Graduate Diploma in Science Education | 9 | 1 | 2 years | 1 | ||
Graduate Diploma in Plasma and Vacuum Technology | 9 | 2 | 1 year | 2 | ||
Graduate Certificate in Corporate Treasury | 9 | 8 | 1 year | 8 | ||
MSc in Investment, Treasury and Banking | 9 | 2 | 2 years | 2 | ||
(1) Msc in Information Systems Strategy, (High ICT content) (2) MSc in Internet Systems, (High ICT content)(3) MSc in Operations (Low ICT content)(Exit Points at Graduate Certificate and Graduate Diploma) | 9 | 19 | 2 years | 19 | ||
HEI Total | 32 | 0 | 32 | €80,000 | ||
Trinity College Dublin | ||||||
Postgraduate Diploma in Computing with Advanced Interdisciplinary Outlook | 8 | 2 years | 8 | |||
Postgraduate Diploma in Computing (Conversion) with Interdisciplinary Outlook | 5 | 2 years | 6** | |||
HEI Total | 13 | 0 | 14 | €35,000 | ||
Overall Total | 630 | 30 | 572 | €1,430,000 | ||
* Letterkenny has 5 additional students as one programme started in 2010 | ||||||
** An additional student registered in December 2009 |
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