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Mon 08 Aug 2009Over 20% drop out of university science and technology courses
HUGE NUMBERS of university students are dropping out of science and technology courses after their first year in college, according to new figures obtained by The Irish Times.
At Dublin City University, regarded as the State’s leading “hi-tech” university, 39 per cent of students who began a science and technology degree course failed to progress to second year in their chosen course.
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