Address by Áine Hyland, Professor of Education, University College Cork, at the HEEU Conference on Rural Issues in Higher Education

Hyland, Áine

Address by Áine Hyland, Professor of Education, University College Cork, at the HEEU Conference on Rural Issues in Higher Education

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Date

2001-11-22

Authors

Hyland, Áine

Publisher

Higher Education Equality Unit

Abstract

Thank you for inviting me to contribute to this conference on rural issues in Higher Education. This is an important and neglected topic and I would like to compliment the HEEU for putting it on the agenda. Data on access to, participation in and benefit from higher education by students from rural backgrounds in Ireland is scarce and there is little published information from an Irish perspective on the matter. As with so many other neglected issues, the HEEU is breaking new ground in addressing this issue and I look forward to hearing from other conference speakers on this topic.

Keywords

Ireland , Higher education , Rural issues , Rural background , Student

Citation

Hyland, Á. (2002) 'Address by Áine Hyland, Professor of Education, University College Cork, at the HEEU Conference on Rural Issues in Higher Education', in O'Connell, A. (ed.) Rural issues in higher education: Proceedings of conference held in Tipperary Institute 22nd and 23rd November 2001. Cork: Higher Education Equality Unit.