Written answers
Tuesday, 22 June 2021
Department of Education and Skills
Further and Higher Education
Rose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein)
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468. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of places taken up in private colleges and public higher education institutes under springboard each year since 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33203/21]
Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Springboard+ complements the core State-funded education and training system and provides free and subsidised upskilling and reskilling higher education opportunities in areas of identified skills need. Springboard+ 2021 was launched on 14th June 2021. Attached is the number of course participants/ places taken up each year since 2011 with the breakdown between public and private education providers.
| Course Particpants by Provider & Sector | Course Particpants by Provider & Sector | Course Particpants by Provider & Sector | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Springboard+ Call Year | Institutes of Technology | Universities | Private/Other | Total No. of Course Particpants |
| 2020/2021 | 5,899 | 3,025 | 4,033 | 12,957 |
| 2019/2020 | 3,951 | 2,314 | 3,713 | 9,978 |
| 2018/2019 | 3,619 | 1,512 | 4,003 | 9,134 |
| 2017/2018 | 1,935 | 903 | 3,517 | 6,355 |
| 2016/2017 | 1,332 | 667 | 3,199 | 5,198 |
| 2015/2016 | 1,921 | 916 | 4,914 | 7,751 |
| 2014/2015 | 1,298 | 672 | 3,205 | 5,175 |
| 2013/2014 | 2,352 | 948 | 2,886 | 6,186 |
| 2012/2013 | 2,443 | 939 | 2,927 | 6,309 |
| 2011/2012 | 1,909 | 494 | 2,501 | 4,904 |
| Note: there were 2 calls for proposals in the 2011/12 academic year but only 1 call in the other years. | ||||||
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