Role of Irish Higher Education Sector in Economic

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The Role of the Higher Educational Sector
and its Institutes of Technology in
Irish Economic Development
Professor Gabriel M. Crean
Vice-President for Research
Athlone Institute of Technology
Congres National du RCCFC
1-3 Novembre 2007, Winnipeg, Canada
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Outline
¾ Irish Economy
Employment Demand Projections
National Skills Strategy
¾ Rapidly Changing Higher Educational Sector
Universities
Institutes of Technology
¾ Role of the Institutes of Technology in
Enterprise Development
¾ Athlone Institute of Technology
¾ Future Perspectives
2
Ireland Today
3
The Irish Economy Today
1988
1997
2004
MAY 1997
4
Ireland’s Economic Growth 1970-2006
Average
Annual
% Real
GDP
Growth
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
EU-15
US
Ireland
1970-79 1980-87 1988-93
19942000
20012006
Source: Eurostat
5
Ireland Campus
FAB24-2
IR4
FAB24
FAB14
IR2
IR6
FAB10
IR5
IR1
5,500 Staff; $7bn+ invested
in 4 wafer fabrication plants
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Other ICT Leaders
5,500 staff: manufacturing and
services center for Europe, Middle
East and Africa (EMEA)
4000 staff: R&D, manufacturing;
software; banking; e-business;
technical support
3500 staff: software development;
technical support; manufacturing;
global e-procurement portal
1800 staff: EMEA operations; R&D;
localization; internet hosting
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Economic Impact of
Foreign Direct Investment
8
Significant Debt Reduction
9
New FDI Jobs by Sector
10
Employment in
Multinational Companies
11
Unemployment Rate
12
Origin of FDI Multinational Companies
13
Total Tax as a Percentage of
GDP, 1973 - 2003
14
Cost per Job Sustained
15
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)
Challenges:
• We compete for FDI with city-regions elsewhere with populations
of 1 million or more
• Ireland’s regions are small in comparison
• Critical mass is essential and gateways and Hubs are key:
– Availability of skills and expertise
– Top class educational and research facilities
– Access, especially with airports / motorways
– World class business services
– Social, cultural and ‘quality of life’ assets
• We must think and act regionally, not locally
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Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)
Ranking of What Investors Seek:
• The right people and skills – in abundance
• The right infrastructure:
– access, energy, telecoms
– environment and waste
– property solutions
– business services
– attractive lifestyle and amenities
– clusters of similar and supporting businesses
• The right attitude
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Full-time Third level students:
1975/76 to 2002/03 in thousands (000)
140
120
100
80
60
40
20
0
5/7
7
19
6
0/8
8
19
1
5/8
8
19
6
0/9
9
19
1
5/9
9
19
6
0/0
0
20
1
2/0
0
20
3
Source: Higher Education Authority
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% Population aged 25-34 having
at least Third Level Education
U
Fi SA
nl
an
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Fr n
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m
H an
un y
ga
P ry
ol
an
d
Ita
ly
Ir
el
an
d
Ja
pa
n
K
or
ea
50
45
40
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
Congres
National
RCCFC at a Glance 2002
Source:
OECDdu
Education
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Science and Engineering
Graduates Age 20-34 in 2000
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“The Future will be Different”
¾ Globalisation, technology and digitisation
¾ Changes in economic conditions
¾ New business models and virtual companies –
new patterns of investment
¾ New aspirations and expectations in society
¾ Higher value activities and higher skills
¾ More sophisticated and complex jobs
¾ Premium on flexibility and responsiveness
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Employment by Sector and
Unemployment, 1970 - 2003
Source: Irish Central Statistics Office
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Employment in High Tech
100%
high-tech
80%
60%
medium-tech
40%
20%
low -tech
0%
74
9
1
78
9
1
82
9
1
86 990
9
1
1
94
9
1
98
9
1
Source: “Third Level Education, FDI and Economic Boom in Ireland” –
Frank Barry, forthcoming in International Journal of Technology Management
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Change in absolute and relative employment
by occupation from 2005 to 2020
120
107
80
79
74
70
80
60
60
44
35
40
35
40
20
20
4
0
Change in Absolute Employment
P
la
nt
&
-5
O
th
er
M
ac
hi
ne
ry
al
es
S
er
vi
ce
er
so
na
l
&
&
R
S
el
at
ed
ric
al
C
le
P
-60
-37
C
ra
ft
-40
M
an
ag
er
s
P
ro
fe
ss
io
na
l
A
ss
oc
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ro
f
gr
ic
ul
tu
-20
ra
l
0
-20
-40
Relative Change in Employment (%)
100
100
A
Absolute Change in Employment ('000s)
120
-60
Relative Change in Employment
Source: EGFSN, ESRI
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Employment Demand Projections
Employment by Education Level (%)
100%
90%
16
80%
9
20
12
70%
24
14
16
60%
50%
29
42
40
39
40%
38
30%
20%
10%
19
14
17
Primary
Lower Secondary
14
11
8
3
2005
2 0 10
2020
0%
2000
16
Upper Secondary
Ordinary Degree, Cert if icat e et c
Degree level et c
Martin Shanahan: Ireland’s Future Skills Needs to 2020 National Qualifications Authority of Ireland Conference 22nd November 2006
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National Skills Strategy:
Key Targets
¾ Second Level Completion Rate: The Leaving Certificate retention
rate needs to reach 90% by 2020 (currently it is about 80%)
¾ Ireland should aspire to have 94% percent of the Population aged
20 - 24 with Upper Secondary Education
¾ The progression rate to third level to increase to 70% over the
period to 2020 ( it is currently around 57%).
¾ 478,000 individuals will need to progress by at least one level of
educational attainment above their current highest level.
Approximately 28,000 will have to progress by two levels or more.
Source: Expert Group on Future Skills
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¾
Binary system of Universities and Institutes of Technology
(with some private providers)
¾
Approximately 80,000 and 64,000 students in 7 Universities
and 14 Institutes respectively
¾
Most Institutes less than 40 years old
¾
Universities and Dublin Institute of Technology make their own
awards; others under Delegated Authority or through Higher
Education Training and Awards Council (HETAC)
¾
Increasing emphasis on ‘Fourth Level’ (PhD)
¾
As of February 2007 all Universities and Institutes under the
same authority of the Higher Education Authority
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