Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 11 July 2024
437. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of year one social work enrolments at each institute at undergraduate and graduate level for each year 2022-2024, in tabular form; the number of CAO places; and the cost of each place. [30686/24]
View answer438. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of social work enrolments across all years at each institute at undergraduate and graduate level for each year 2022-2024, in tabular form; the number of CAO places; and the cost of each place. [30687/24]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 437 and 438 together.
The enrolment data requested by the Deputy is contained in the table below. This data was sourced from the Higher Education Authority (HEA) Student Records System (SRS) and is rounded to the nearest five for data protection purposes.
The enrolment data for the academic year 2023/2024 is not yet available from the HEA as they are currently in the process of gathering and auditing this data.
The number of CAO places may fluctuate year on year for any given course, the new entrant data in the table for undergraduate programmes is reflective of the number of CAO places.
It is worth noting that from September 2024 there are two new pathways outside the CAO to study social work, firstly the social work apprenticeship, and secondly the social work tertiary degree.
The Department does not have the costing per student for all higher education programmes. The university sector collects full economic costing data. The full economic cost of each student enrolled as an undergraduate or postgraduate student will vary depending on the discipline.
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Social Work |
All Enrolments |
New Entrants / Year 1 |
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HEI |
Course Name |
2021/2022 |
2022/2023 |
2021/2022 |
2022/2023 |
|
Atlantic Technological University |
Master of Arts in Social Work |
25 |
30 |
20 |
20 |
|
Maynooth University |
MASTER OF SOCIAL SCIENCE (SOCIAL WORK) |
60 |
70 |
35 |
35 |
|
Trinity College Dublin |
Social Work |
40 |
30 |
20 |
15 |
|
Trinity College Dublin |
Social Studies |
120 |
160 |
40 |
40 |
|
University College Cork |
Master of Social Work |
85 |
80 |
40 |
35 |
|
University College Cork |
Social Work |
70 |
65 |
10 |
15 |
|
University College Dublin |
Prof Masters Social Work FT |
110 |
100 |
55 |
45 |
|
University College Dublin |
Social Work and Social Professions |
115 |
120 |
50 |
50 |
|
University of Galway |
Master of Arts (Social Work) |
25 |
25 |
25 |
25 |
