Mission diversity - the case of access in Ireland

In a previous post I commented on the question of mission diversity in respect of mature student entry in Irish higher education and drew attention to the differences between the institutes of technology and the universities.  The HEA has also prepared an analysis using access data of where students from different socio economic groups are going to college and the results are equally as persuasive that mission diversity is alive and well in Irish higher education institutions.  The report shows that

• In the University sector the largest socio-economic group is Employer & Manager with 20.0% of all undergraduate full-time new entrants. In the Institute of Technology sector the Employer and Manager and Skilled Manual groups are jointly, at 15.3%, the most represented socio-economic groups.
• Students from skilled-manual, semi-skilled-manual and unskilled backgrounds are better represented in the Institute of Technology sector with 24.7% compared to 15.7% in the University sector
• Students from non-manual backgrounds are marginally better represented in the Institute of Technology (9.8%) compared to the University sectors (9.6%).

A key component of the strategic dialogue process I commented on previously will be trying to ensure that mission diversity is a significant feature of the Irish higher education system.  I wonder if in other dimensions of Irish higher education is mission diversity as obvious?