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…
The National Forum, in partnership with Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI), has published a new Insight which summarises the outcome of discussions which took place at an event on November 12 2018 focused on the QQI Green Paper on Assessment of Learners and Learning. The discussion event, which was jointly hosted by the National Forum…
The role of Universal Design for Learning in Ireland’s further and higher education sector will be the focus of the National Forum’s participation in “Journey to Oz, Travelling Together Towards Inclusive Education”, the Association for Higher Education Access and Disability (AHEAD) annual conference which runs from 20-21 March, Dublin. The National Forum will be part…
