Green sector ‘should boost engineering’

THE growing interest in green technology should prompt greater student interest in engineering and related courses, a professional body has claimed.

Although most engineering degrees required less Leaving Certificate points this year because of a significant fall in demand for all courses linked to construction, some of those for which points rose are linked to other industries.

“While it is understandable that the demand for construction-related engineering courses such as civil engineering has diminished, it is encouraging that there is increased demand for certain courses in areas such as biopharmaceutical and environmental engineering,” said Engineers Ireland director general John Power.