Women leading the way in continuing education courses

ALMOST two-thirds of the 3,500 continuing education students registering for courses at Cork Institute of Technology (CIT) for the autumn will be women.

As the profile of those participating in lifelong learning continues to change, the college revealed that the proportion of women on evening courses has risen from just 10% a decade ago to around 60%.

Paul O’Mahony, head of CIT’s department of continuing education, said the age profile of students has also increased in recent years.