Non-Traditional Student Statistics As part of the Trinity Inclusive Curriculum (TIC) Project data was collated from across the three access initiatives in Trinity College Dublin (TCD). These are: - The Disability Service - The Mature Students’ Office - Trinity Access Programmes The results are shown in this document. Aims - To clarify the numbers of students currently studying in TCD from non-traditional backgrounds so as to fit service to demand. - To obtain a breakdown of non-traditional students studying across the faculties and schools of TCD. - To gain a picture of the annual figures for new entrants from non-traditional backgrounds entering TCD. Points of Note: 1. These statistics represent the number of: Trinity Inclusive Curriculum Room 3.06, 3-4 Foster Place, Trinity College Dublin Telephone +353 (01) 896 3666 Facsimile +353 (0) 1 896 3672 E-mail include@tcd.ie a. undergraduate students who entered TCD as mature students, b. students who are registered with TAP c. students registered with the Disability Service, While it can be assumed that these figures include all undergraduate mature students (under the ‘on age’ category), they do not include all students from lower socioeconomic backgrounds or with disabilities. They are a minimum estimate. It is unknown how many students from lower socioeconomic backgrounds enter TCD outside of TAP. It is also unknown how many students choose not to disclose their disability. 2. It is also acknowledged that the figures shown within this document do not include the growing numbers of students who, while registered as Irish/EU students, have spend some or all of their previous educational experience abroad. As the children of those who emigrated to Ireland in the 1990s and 00s come to school leaving age this cohort will grow. These students may face specific difficulties that arise from their experiences of learning through a non-native language and within a different educational culture. 3. There is cross over between the students within each cohort. There are students who belong to two or more of the relevant categories, and this leads to duplication. For example, out of the students registered with the Disability Service there are: a. 120 students who entered as mature students, via either the mature students’ dispensation scheme or the CAO. b. 40 students who entered via the TAP Foundation course. c. 23 students who entered via the TAP Mature students Foundation course (crossing over between all three access initiatives). Going into the future, a shared database could overcome the ambiguity that arises here. 2 4. The areas recorded within these statistics have historically worked separately with no shared database or methods for collecting and categorising data, there are some discrepancies in terminology and modes of data collection. a. There was ambiguity surrounding the use of certain terminology (for example, ‘progression rate’). An agreed definition of important terms is given in this document and it is noted anywhere the statistics deviate from this definition. 5. Whilst TCD calculates completion rates based on cohort (e.g. following a cohort through the four/five years of a degree programme), these statistics show figures on an annual basis unless otherwise stated. Due to database limitations it was not always possible to calculate completion based on cohort. 6. Students enter TCD from the different cohorts thus: a. The majority of TAP students enter TCD via the TAP alternative admission routes (TAP foundation courses, HEAR, CDVEC courses). Some, however, enter TCD via the CAO and are referred to the TAP service (usually via the Tutorial Service). b. Students with Disabilities can enter TCD either via the disability access route or via the common points system. One’s admission route does not affect one’s right to register with the service upon acceptance of a place in TCD. c. Whilst ‘registered’ mature students entered TCD via the mature students’ dispensation scheme, a ‘mature student’ is one who is twenty three or older at the beginning of the calendar year in which they are admitted to TCD. Many mature students enter TCD via the common points system. The Mature Students’ Office has limited access to the data of students who enter via the common points system and so they are not included on all tables. 7. Students from each cohort study at different levels. 3 a. The TAP figure covers level eight undergraduates, students registered on TAP pre-entry foundation courses, (both in TCD and in the related CDVEC college courses). There are also nine former TAP students resorded as studying at post-graduate level. This number indicates the minimum number of former TAP students registered on post-graduate courses in College and is based on the responses received from the TAP alumni destinations survey of the 08/09 cohort of TAP graduates from level eight programmes. b. The Disability Service figure covers all levels of study in TCD, c. The mature student figure covers certificate/diploma courses and level eight undergraduates, Terms Level Eight Programme – This is an honours undergraduate degree programme. It is of at least four years in TCD, though it can be longer (e.g. medicine). Mature Student: On age – A student who commenced an undergraduate programme in TCD via any admission route and was twenty three on, or before, January 1st in their year of admission. Mature Student – Dispensation Scheme – A student who entered an undergraduate programme in TCD via the Mature Students’ Dispensation scheme. Year on Year Increase – The annual numbers of new entrant students registering with the relevant service. 4 Table One - Student Numbers No. of register students As % of total population Cert/Dip# As % of cert/dip population Undergrads (level 8) As % of undergraduate population Postgrads (levels 9 and 10) As % of postgraduate population TCD total Disability TAP 16843 100% 272 100% 11202 100% 5369 100% 685 4.1% 46 16.9% 565 5% 74 1.4% 604 3.6% 138 50.8% 466 4.2% 9** 0.2% Mature – Dispensation Scheme 557~ 3.3% 8 2.9% 549 4.9% 0 0 Mature on age* 1270* 7.5% 140 51.5% 1130 10.1% 0 0 * including 155 part-time students (77 at cert/dip level and 78 at level 8). The Mature Students’ office only counts those who are studying on certificate/diploma or level 8 undergraduate programmes. # Cert/Dip includes all courses in TCD below level 8 (e.g. Diploma in Deaf Studies, TAP foundation course, Certificate in Contemporary Living). ** The TAP post-graduate number indicates the minimum number of former TAP students registered on post-graduate courses in Trinity College and is based on the responses received from the TAP alumni destinations survey of the 08/09 cohort of TAP graduates from level eight programmes. ~Includes 144 Nursing and Midwifery Students. Total TCD data as per Student Records on 24/2/10, Disability as per Disability Database 28/4/10, TAP as advised by TAP 17/11/09 (PGs 13/5/10), Mature as per MSO 26/1/10 (pt as advised on 15/3/10). This table has five columns indicating how many students: - are currently in TCD and at which level they currently study, - are registered with the Disability Service, and their percentage of the total cohort, - are TAP students, and their percentage of the total cohort, - are undergraduate, mature students, and their percentage of the total cohort, and 5 - entered via the Mature Students’ dispensation scheme, and their percentage of the total cohort. This column indicates those students who qualify as ‘mature students’ based on age and entry route to TCD (via the Mature Students’ Dispensation Scheme). Table Two - Undergraduate Outcomes: TCD total Disability Level 8 TAP Completion Rate 97% 95% 91% Mature – Dispensation Scheme 96% Progression Rate 91%** 82% 93% 84% Completion Rate – All level eight final year students who successfully passed their final year assessments in 08/09. Progression Rate – All level eight students, excluding final year students, who successfully passed their assessments and progressed onto the next year in 08/09. Except for: ** Refers to JF who completed the year successfully and qualified for the SF year. Total TCD data as per Senior Lecturer report 08/09, Disability as calculated using information on DIS, December 09, TAP as reported from TAP Database 17/11/09, Mature as per Mature Students’ Office 26/01/10, This table shows progress rates for four distinct groups: - the total TCD undergraduate community, - those registered with the Disability Service, - those registered with TAP, on a level eight programme, - those who entered a level eight programme via the Mature Students’ Dispensation scheme. Points of note: 6 - While TCD bases the above rates on cohort this was not possible for the access programmes. The Disability Service database is under four years old and so cannot follow a single cohort over a four year period. Hence the Disability Service follows the definitions given at the beginning of the document. Table Three – Faculty Breakdown, all levels Total Disability TAP Mature – Dispensation Scheme Mature - All Total 17022 (100%) 685 604 557 1270 AHSS and TSM Eng, Maths and Sys Sci Health Sciences Other/Cross Faculty 8278 (100%) 413 (5%) 276 (3.3%) 4173 (100%) 137 (3.3%) 69 (1.7%) 4101 (100%) 126 (3.1%) 127 (3.1%) 470 (100%) 9(1.9%) 132 (28.1%) 269 (3.2%) 550 (6.6%) 64 (1.5%) 175 (4.2%) 224 (5.5%) 533 (13%) 12 (2.6%) Total as per SIS 12/04/10, Disability as per DIS 28/4/10, TAP as advised 17/11/09, Mature students as per MSO 26/1/10 (pt as per 16/3). Mature students figure includes 155 part time students (23 AHSS, 90 FEMS, 30 HS, 12 cross faculty). Points of note: There are 5621undergraduates in AHSS or TSM. There are 2651 undergraduates in FEMS. There are 3024 undergraduates in HS. There are 470 undergraduates in Other / Cross Faculty 7 Table Four A - School Breakdown: Course School: History and Humanities Total all / Undergrad 413/ 219 School: Religion and Ecumenics 248 / 85 School: Business School: Ling, Speech and Comms 432 / 248 260 / 172 School: Drama, Film, Music 218 / 140 School: Lang, Literature and Cultural (inc European Studies) School: Education 303 / 214 1773 / 821 School: English 285 / 150 School: Law 557 / 372 School: Psychology 394 / 122 School: Social Science and Philosophy School: Social Work and Social Policy School: Chemistry 311 / 112 School: Comp Science and Statistics 912 / 369 352 /200 206 / 95 Disability 20 – 5% (15UG – 7%) 14 - 6% (10UG – 12%) 6UG (3%) 17 – 7% (12UG – 7%)) 9 – 4% (7UG – 5%) 11 – 4% (10UG – 5%) 17 – 1% (11 UG - 1%) 9- 3% (7UG – 5%) 23 – 4% (22UG – 6%) 26 – 7% (17UG – 14%) 13 - 4% (12UG – 11%) 15 – 4% (13UG – 7%) 5 – 2% (4UG – 4%) 26 – 3% (14UG – 4%) TAP (% of UG) 10 (5%) Mature Dispensation Scheme (% of UG) 14 (6%) 3 (4%) 13 (15%) All Mature (% of UG) 39 - 9% (17 UG, 22 Dip) 24 (28%) 5 (2%) 3(2%) 5 (2%) 20(12%) 7 (3%) 36 (21%) 2 (1%) 10 (7%) 14 (10%) 14 (7%) 5 (2%) 8 (4%) 42 (5%) 0 49 (6%) 8 (5%) 10 (7%) 13 (9%) 25 (7%) 16 (4%) 26(7%) 20 (16%) 22 (18%) 27 (22%) 9 (8%) 10 (9%) 13 (12%) 23 (12%) 36 (18%) 68 (34%) 1 (1%) 0 0 4 (1%) 0 92 (44UG, 48 dip) – 25% 8 School: Genetics and Microbiology School: Physics 117 / 51 227 / 118 School: Maths School: Engineering 122 / 99 1181 / 709 School: Natural Science 1345 - 1173 Physics and Chemistry of Advanced Materials School: Pharmacy 41 438 / 274 School: Nursing and Midwifery 1387 / 1082 School: Medicine 1742 / 1203 School: Dentistry 329 / 260 TAP/Interdisciplinary Misc/ ErasmusYear Abroad 470 3UG (6%) 10 – 4% (7UG – 6%) 6UG (6%) 23 – 2% (12UG – 2%) 55 – 4% (49UG – 4%) 1 (2%) 1 (2%) 2 (2%) 0 2 (2%) 1 (2%) 2 (2%) 4 (4%) 9 (1%) 4 (4%) 5 (1%) 7(7%) 9 (1%) 46 (4%) 24 (2%) 40 (3%) 1 (2%) 0 0 10 – 2% (8UG – 3%) 52 – 4% (48UG – 4%) 13 (5%) 18 (7%) 23 (8%) 47 (4%) 145 (13%) 55 – 3% (51UG – 4%) 6 – 2% (5 UG – 2%) 4 (1%) 58 (5%) 53 (4%) 343 (337 UG, 6 Access prog) – 32% 135 (11%) 9 (3%) 14 (5%) 27 (10%) 132 (28%) 9 (2%) 97 (21%) Table Four B – Multi-School Programme Breakdown: Course Total Disability TAP (%) History and Politics Sociology and Social Policy TSM 107 89 1311 6 (6%) 29(33%) 97 (7%) 4 (4%) 9 (10%) 65 (5%) Mature Dispensation Scheme (%) 6 (6%) 11 (12%) 74 (6%) All Mature (%) 6 (6%) 15 (17%) 96 (7%) 9 BESS B.Mus.Ed Law and Business Law and French Law and German Law and Politics Business and IT Computer Science, Linguistics and a Language Certificate in Contemporary Living Geography and Politics 844 41 27 39 55 26 46 20 45 (5%) 0 5 (19%) 1 (3%) 0 0 4 (9%) 0 24 (3%) 2 (5%) 2 (7%) 2 (5%) 1 (2%) 2 (8%) 0 0 14 (2%) 2 (5%) 2 (7%) 0 0 0 0 13 (65%) 18 (2%) 2 (5%) 2 (2%) 0 0 0 12 (26%) 13 (65%) 37 20 37 (100%) 1 (5%) 0 2 (10%) 0 0 6 (16%) 0 Total results as per SIS, 11/12/09 – 14/4/10, Disability as per DIS 18/12 - , TAP as per TAP 17/11/09, Mature as per MSO 26/1/10. Mature students include 155 PT (22 History and Humanities, 1 Misc, 90 Computer Science and Stats, 30 Nursing and Midwifery, 12 Business and IT) Points of note: - Total school populations were calculated using the Undergraduate and Postgraduate flexible lists on SIS. Registered students, off books - taking exams, and SU sabbatical officers from all levels were included for calculation purposes. - There are some interschool programmes. Sometimes they are lists separately on the above table and sometimes they are included with the primary school. For example: o The School of Business figure on the above table includes business and a language. o The School of Chemistry figure on the above table includes Chemistry with Molecular Modeling. o The School of Physics figure on the above table includes Theoretical Physics. o The School of Natural Science figure on the above table includes all TR071 regardless of Sophister Specialism. 10 Table Five - Year on Year Increase Year Total TCD Disability TAP Mature – Dispensation Scheme Total – Non trad 03 15428 87 77 146 310 04 15264 82 95 177 354 05 15322 131 101 220 452 06 15492 101 110 216 427 07 15716 176 118 239 533 08 16301 195 137 198 530 09 16843 212 114 180 506 Total as per annual reports 03/04 - 08/09 plus SIS for 09 numbers 13/4/10 Disability as per DIS 28/4/10, TAP as per TAP 17/11/09, Mature as per MSO 26/1/10. Note that students can register with the Disability Service in any year. While 212 incoming first year students registered, a further 84 continuing students also registered. There are four columns here showing the annual figures for: o the total TCD student population, including all years and levels, o the new registrations to the Disability Service from incoming first years (both UG and PG), o students entering TCD through TAP, o students entering TCD through the Mature Students’ Dispensation scheme. 11 Whilst this table displays the numbers of new entrants only for the non-traditional student categories, the total new entrants to level eight courses throughout TCD was not available. Thus, the ‘Total TCD’ column indicates all students registered in TCD in a given year while the other three columns look only at new entrants. 12 Cross Over There are 40 students currently registered as both TAP and Disability Service Students. Therefore: 6.62% of TAP students are disabled 6.22% of disabled students entered via TAP (There are currently 643 students registered with the Disability Service(Jan 4th 2009) There are currently 23 level 8 students registered with TAP, the Mature Students' Office, and the Disability Service. That translates as: 24% of level 8 students who entered via the Mature Students' Foundation course are also registered with Disability while only 4% of the young adults are. 4.87% of TAP students are registered in all three access groups 3.57% of disabled students are registered in all three access groups, 2% of Mature students are registered with all three groups. 13