Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 6 July 2021
414. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of third-level students with a disability who have achieved HETAC level 7 or higher in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [35981/21]
View answerThe HEA collect data on enrolments of students with a disability by way of the Equal Access Survey where respondents can self identify as having a disability.
Therefore these numbers are only an indication as the data only captures graduates that were full-time undergraduate 1st years in the same HEI. The postgraduate level data can only be used as s reference guide, since linking is based on internal student ID, and those that answered the equal access survey and identified as having a disability.
The table attached gives the data for the 3 most recent years available, 2016/17, 2017/18 and 2018/19 .
|
Award Type (at least level 7) |
2016/2017 |
2017/2018 |
2018/2019 |
|
Higher Diplomas |
19 |
11 |
15 |
|
Honours Degrees |
1,887 |
2,141 |
2,468 |
|
Masters Research |
10 |
11 |
10 |
|
Ordinary Degrees |
474 |
496 |
525 |
|
PhD |
9 |
11 |
15 |
|
Post Graduate Diplomas |
10 |
17 |
17 |
|
Postgraduate Certificates |
3 |
9 |
10 |
|
Taught Masters |
186 |
235 |
219 |
|
Undergraduate Diplomas |
21 |
16 |
24 |
|
Total |
2,619 |
2,947 |
3,303 |
