Written Answers to Questions - Northern Ireland Assembly

Friday 20 July 2012 Written Answers
Courses at the College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise
Mr Swann asked the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development to detail, for each of the last
five years (i) the courses which have been delivered by the College of Agriculture, Food and Rural
Enterprise; (ii) the duration of each course; (iii) the award level of each course; (iv) the uptake of each
course; and (v) the pass rate of each course.
(AQW 13411/11-15)
Mrs O’Neill: The annex table contains the information requested. Please note the following:
■ Course names are the names currently being used;
■ The award level is based on the Qualifications and Credit Framework descriptor;
■ The uptake level is the number of people enrolling on year 1 of a course;
■ The achievement rate is percentage of students in the final year of their course who, following
assessment, achieved the qualification linked to the course;
■ The pass rates for the 2011/12 academic year are not available because some students have to
re-sit assessments; and
■ The pass rates of part-time students who study units within full-time courses are accounted for in
the pass rates of the full-time course.
Course Duration Level
FE Agriculture (Full-time)
07/08
Intake
Pass
Rate
08/09
Intake
WA 446
Pass
Rate
09/10
Intake
Pass
Rate
10/11
Intake
Pass
Rate
ANNEx
11/12
Intake
Level 2 Diploma in
Agriculture 1 Year 2 29 79 39 89 38 91 45 98 43
Level 3 Extended
Diploma in
Agriculture 3 Years 3 28 95 39 95 42 100 42 97 40
Level 2 Diploma
in Land Based
Technology 1 Year 2 12 100 16 94 17 100 15 100 16
National
Certificate/Diploma
in Land Based
Technology 1-2 Years 3 18 100 15 47 26 92 24 100 24
HE Agriculture (Full-time)
HND/FdSc
Agriculture and
Rural Studies 3 Years 5 15 86 21 93 34 94 41 95 42
FdSc in Rural
and Countryside
Management 2 Years 5 9 100 6 100 13 80 5 90 0
FE Agriculture (Part-time)
Level 2 Workbased
Diploma in
Agriculture
78
Weeks 2 19 83 19 100 21 100 21 91 42