Today the National Forum publishes its Open Licensing Toolkit to support the use, creation and sharing of open educational resources (OER). The toolkit is the first in a series of resources and planned events by the National Forum to support open educational resources and practices, as outlined in the recent Insight: Supporting Open Education in…
Call for Applicants for National Programme Manager Role The partners supporting the National Student Engagement Programme now seek applications for the post of Programme Manager on a fixed-term contract until 31 December 2021. Deadline for receipt of applications is 12 noon, Tuesday 14 May 2019. The National Student Engagement Programme (NStEP) was launched in 2016 to develop…
Dr. Terry Maguire, Director of the National Forum, will be a guest speaker at the European Commission’s ET2020 Working Group on Higher Education meeting in Brussels on 6/7 May 2019. The ET2020 Working Group on Higher Education is a forum where Member States exchange best practices and collectively explore lessons learned on how to shape…
The Minister for Higher Education, Mary Mitchell O’Connor T.D. today (Tuesday 30 April 2019) launched a new three-year strategy for the National Forum. The strategy will work to ensure higher education students can continue to have an excellent teaching and learning experience that is informed by up-to-date research and facilitated by a high-quality learning environment…
The National Forum invites expressions of interest to establish a panel of people from Irish higher education on whom it can call to inform/become involved in the work of the Forum, as needs arise. This invitation for expressions of interest seeks responses from people across Irish higher education sector with experience/expertise in various aspects of teaching…
The National Forum is delighted to announce that the call for applications for the National Seminar Series 2019-20 is now open. Applications are invited from those working in higher education who would like the opportunity to connect with colleagues and to focus on shared interests in both the research and practice of teaching and learning…
The National Forum has published a new Insight, ‘Resources to Support Development of Data-enabled Student Success Strategies’, which provides those shaping policy in higher education institutions with useful guidance on the use of learner data as they develop strategies for student success. The Insight includes an overview of key considerations and stages in the strategic use of data for supporting…
Conference Sold Out But Some Sessions Live Streamed The National Forum is the national sponsor of the 10th Annual Open Educational Resources (OER) Conference which Ireland will host for the first time when it opens tomorrow Wednesday 10 April 2019 in the National University of Ireland, Galway. Themed Recentering Open: Critical and Global Perspectives, this…
Dr Terry Maguire, Director of the National Forum will address the Bologna Advisory Group on Teaching and Learning from the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) when it meets today (Tuesday, 9 April 2019) in Paris. Ireland’s National Forum has been invited by the Group as a best practice model for other European countries to strengthen…
The National Forum welcomes the Higher Education Authority’s announcement today of Dr. Lynn Ramsey as Forum Chair. As Chair, Dr Ramsey will lead the Board of the National Forum on the delivery of its 2019-2021 strategic programme. Dr. Ramsey is currently a Board member of the Higher Education Authority, Programme Manager for the West North…