Irish Travellers: Apologises over wrong data in education report

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A think tank has apologised for using the wrong data in a report into Irish Travellers' access to highereducation

The Institute says figures rates of entry are higher for Irish Traveller students entering higher education are higher than the report said

However, the proportion of Irish Travellers who enter university in the UK is higher than the report suggested. It concluded that improving Gypsy, Roma and Irish Traveller "access to and participation in UK education requires sustained, long-term focus and solutions". "The general point that Gypsy, Roma and Travellers all have extremely low rates of entry to higher education remains unchanged and the rest of the report stands," he said.

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