Eurostudent V: Ireland 2013

Within today’s global ‘knowledge economy’ higher education institutions have a vitally important role to play in shaping tomorrow’s citizens, leaders, entrepreneurs, and workforce; and the quality of the student experience is a primary determinant of their success in this endeavour. Nevertheless, while students are key stakeholders in higher education, the student-voice all too often remains unheard by policy-makers. This Eurostudent report makes an important contribution to addressing this information-deficit, providing a wealth of internationally comparable demographic, economic, and social data. Complementing the Irish Survey of Student Engagement (ISSE), the Eurostudent Survey gives an insight into the quality of life of the increasing diversity of students in Irish higher education, and into how this affects their learning experience. The survey was co-ordinated in Ireland by Insight Statistical Consulting on behalf of the Higher Education Authority (HEA).