Written answers

Tuesday, 30 June 2015

Department of Education and Skills

Institutes of Technology

Photo of Jonathan O'BrienJonathan O'Brien (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein)
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131. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the results of a survey of academics in institutes of technology commissioned by the Irish Federation of University Teachers and the Teachers' Union of Ireland that shows that lecturers are spending time on language and writing skills with students to the detriment of actual teaching time and that many international students are being recruited to courses despite not meeting course requirements; her plans to address this matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25733/15]

Photo of Jan O'SullivanJan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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Universities and institutes of technology, under the Universities Act 1997 and the Institutes of Technology Acts, are autonomous bodies and, as such, have responsibility for their own academic affairs, including issues relating to the admission of students.

Therefore it is a matter for the institutes themselves to set admissions requirements for individual programmes of education and training and to ensure that students meet those requirements before commencing their studies.

The process of setting admissions requirement forms part of the overall procedures for the quality assurance of education and training which the institutes are required to establish under the Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) Act, 2012, and which are subject to review by Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI) from time to time.

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