Debate contribution: Skills Shortages
Debate contribution by Mr Conor Murphy on .
- MLA
- Mr Conor Murphy
- Party at the time
- Sinn Féin
- Date
- 20 January 2025
- Type
- Debate contribution (made as a minister)
- Business
- Oral Answers to Questions
- Heading
- Skills Shortages
- Assembly identifier
- Official Report component 4744621
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In collaboration with the universities, we introduced higher education outcome agreements for the 2024-25 academic year. The outcome agreements are intended to demonstrate alignment between the Department's priorities and the work of the universities, including the skills strategy and related targets. For higher education provision in a further education setting, the Department approves all higher education courses planned for delivery to ensure alignment with departmental priorities. The most recent data showed that nearly half of all graduates from local universities gained a qualification in a broad STEM subject, while a quarter gained a qualification in a narrow STEM subject. Twenty-eight per cent of full-time undergraduate students graduated from university in a narrow STEM subject. We will continue to improve in that area. I very much welcomed the report, which related to a previous period. Nonetheless, it has lessons for us. We will continue to work in that area.
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