Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 1 December 2022
154. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide an update on increasing transfer rates from FET to degree programmes; if he will outline in particular any progress made in increasing transfer rates from courses such as pre-nursing and pre-law into degree courses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59809/22]
View answerThe majority of our statistics on higher education enrolments are drawn from the Student Records System (SRS) of the HEA. The HEA Student Records System (SRS) has been collecting the entry basis of students entering higher education programmes from 2018/2019 academic year.
The table below outlines the overall number of first-year new entrants accepted onto undergraduate nursing and law degree programmes based on field of study for the last three academic years available.
The breakdown of the number of these entrants reported to have entered on the basis of a further education qualification is outlined below. This is the most granular level of detail available from the SRS and does not specify which course they applied from.
|
- |
Entry Basis (Description) |
2019/2020 |
2020/2021 |
2021/2022 |
|
Law new Entrants |
Further Education Award or equivalent (e.g. BTEC) |
88 |
118 |
120 |
|
Law Total |
1,446 |
1,654 |
1,666 |
|
|
Nursing and Midwifery |
Further Education Award or equivalent (e.g. BTEC) |
154 |
141 |
164 |
|
Nursing and midwifery total |
1,808 |
1,937 |
1,994 |
