Michael Carr
Michael.carr@tudublin.ie
TU Dublin, Ireland
Abstract
Direct entry onto most level 8 engineering degrees in Ireland is restricted to students with a H4 (60-70) or higher in their final secondary school exam. We will discuss the evolution of this requirement and how it is based on a number of historical accidents dating back to 1969, rather than evidence based. In this paper we look at the data of students who have entered level 8 engineering in TU Dublin, and argue that TU Dublin (and other Universities) could use an evidence based to open up entry to a larger pool of students. This could increase the pool of available students for level 8 engineering.