Equal Access Data

www.hea.ie/en/node/1124

Since 2007, higher education institutions have been gathering additional information as part of registration on students’ social, economic and cultural background. This information provides more consistent evidence based data for national policy. It supports an assessment of progress to date, as well as the setting of new national and institutional targets for admission and participation.  It will also inform the allocation of the financial resources required to support more students from target groups to gain entry to and participate in higher education.