How many ethnic minority students go to college in Ireland? The report was only able to identify one full-time black female academic professorial post-holder in Irish academia and several post-holders from Asian or other minority ethnic backgrounds. “Pavee Point has been seeking a question on ethnic identifiers and Ireland has been asked by numerous international bodies to collect this data,” she says. “It has to happen if we are to create the conditions for access, participation and outcomes students need. I’m a mature student so I feel older than my classmates, and you don’t see a lot of migrants or black students on law courses.

Source: The Irish Times December 01, 2020 00:00 UTC