A total of 16 networks and discipline groups across the sector have been approved for funding under the National Forum’s 2020 Network and Discipline Fund, which was announced last November. This iteration of the Fund has a focus on Shared Solutions to Common Challenges. It aims to support networks and discipline groups to work together…
What a year it has been! As we prepare to say goodbye to 2020 and set our sights on a more hopeful 2021, we decided to take a moment to remember some of the teaching and learning highlights of the past 12 months. Highlight 1: Student Learning Supported Through the Pandemic Context Reflecting on the…
A Christmas bumper edition of the National Forum ezine has just been published here, including a blend of regular features and seasonal novelties. The Christmas ezine has mentions of paths, journeys, maps, spaces, shapes, stopping, starting, continuing, past, present, future, daybreak, afternoons, evenings, mornings, endings, beginnings. Especially for the festive season, it has a festive…
A highly engaging networking event for teams funded under the 2019 Strategic Alignment of Teaching and Learning Enhancement (SATLE) Fund took place on 01 December. The event, originally planned to take place face-to-face in the Aviva, took place instead online with 88 representatives across 22 institutions attending. The meeting provided an opportunity for teams to…
The National Forum has continued its strong focus on connecting internationally in recent weeks, with a number of high-level engagements focused on teaching and learning in a digital world. The recent Irish National Digital Experience (INDEx) Survey and previous National Forum work on open resources, learning analytics, technological infrastructure and digital and open polices constitute…
On 23 November, an exciting new open-access professional development short course was launched by Campus Engage, in partnership with the National Forum, focused on community engaged learning. Campus Engage, based at the Irish Universities Association, promotes and supports civic and community engagement across Irish higher education. This new short course unites the three core roles…
November 17th is International Students’ Day, a day focused on the student community worldwide, and the National Forum marked this significant day by launching a call for nominations for the 2020 Teaching Hero Awards. The Teaching Hero Awards are national, student-led awards for all those who teach in higher education. The Awards are organised by…
A new funding call has just been announced by the National Forum, open to national networks and discipline groups across the sector. Networks and discipline groups are recognised as important mechanisms for collaboration and enhancement due to their direct links with those working in subject areas or focused on key educational activities across higher education…
The Minister of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Mr Simon Harris, T.D., has announced a €5 million national teaching and learning call designed to drive teaching and learning innovation and enhancement across the higher education sector. The call is being published by the National Forum, in partnership with the Higher Education Authority,…
October has provided a number of opportunities for the Irish approach to teaching and learning enhancement to be shared with colleagues internationally. Today, 27 October, the National Forum has been invited to set the scene for a session entitled ‘Higher education: Strengthening capacity of response in a context of ongoing disruption’ during the OECD’s Education…
