The survey response rate was regularly monitored and a reminder email was issued to all institutions as well as calls placed to all Universities and Institutes of Technology to encourage completion of the survey. Due requests from disability staff and institutions the survey was kept open for an extra day to allow institutions that had partially completed the survey to finish - therefore the survey closed on the morning of 15th September 2016. Survey Close and Response Rate The survey was closed on the morning of 15th September 2016 with the total number of completed responses received by this date: 50. Therefore the baseline for the survey is 50. The 50 responses represent 49 unique institutions out of a total of 210 (i.e. 23.3%). Survey Representativeness To assess representativeness we compare the profile of institution representatives who responded to the survey to the overall profile of Higher and Further Education Institutions in Ireland. We carry this comparison out in the following section. Type of Institution The survey received a response from: Six of the seven Universities in Ireland; Ten of the 14 Institutes of Technology; Two of the 6 Other Colleges; and 31 of the 176 Further Education Colleges. To give a better idea of representativeness, the number of students that are FSD beneficiaries in each institution type is set out in the table as well as the FSD allocation to each institution type (€) for 2015/16. Table 6:1 Profile of institutions, FSD recipients and funding, survey respondents by institution type Overall All FSD Recipients Allocation to Irish Survey Institutions (2015/16) Institutions (2015/16) Respondents N % N % % N % € University 7 3.3% 4,678 46.0% 31.8% 7 (6 14.0% €3,182,720 unique) Institute of 14 6.7% 3,736 36.8% 39.3% 10 (10 20.0% €3,924,456 Technology unique) Other 13 6.2% 393 3.9% 4.9% 2 (2 4.0% €486,730 College unique) (General and Specific Courses)
The survey response rate was regularly monitored and a reminder email was issued to all institutions as well as calls placed to all Universities and Institutes of Technology to encourage completion of the survey. Due requests from disability staff and institutions the survey was kept open for an extra day to allow institutions that had partially completed the survey to finish - therefore the survey closed on the morning of 15th September 2016. Survey Close and Response Rate The survey was closed on the morning of 15th September 2016 with the total number of completed responses received by this date: 50. Therefore the baseline for the survey is 50. The 50 responses represent 49 unique institutions out of a total of 210 (i.e. 23.3%). Survey Representativeness To assess representativeness we compare the profile of institution representatives who responded to the survey to the overall profile of Higher and Further Education Institutions in Ireland. We carry this comparison out in the following section. Type of Institution The survey received a response from: Six of the seven Universities in Ireland; Ten of the 14 Institutes of Technology; Two of the 6 Other Colleges; and 31 of the 176 Further Education Colleges. To give a better idea of representativeness, the number of students that are FSD beneficiaries in each institution type is set out in the table as well as the FSD allocation (€) to each institution type for 2015/16. Table 6:1 Profile of institutions, FSD recipients and funding, survey respondents by institution type Overall Institutions All FSD Recipients (2015/16) Allocation to Irish Institutions (2015/16) Survey Respondents N % N % € % N % University 7 3.3% 4,678 46.0% €3,182,720 31.8% 7 (6 unique) 14.0% Institute of Technology 14 6.7% 3,736 36.8% €3,924,456 39.3% 10 (10 unique) 20.0% Other College (General and Specific Courses) 13 6.2% 393 3.9% €486,730 4.9% 2 (2 unique) 4.0%