National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education

Open Courses - Advancing Excellence in Evidence-Based Entrepreneurship Education (September 2024)
2024-09-20 08:00 - 2024-11-08 17:00 UTC
The National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education are delighted to announce that the fully online Open Course Advancing Excellence in Evidence-Based Entrepreneurship Education will run from September 2024. This course has been developed in partnership with MTU’s Hincks Centre for Entrepreneurship Excellence.
This free 7 week course is available to all staff currently working in tertiary education in the Republic of Ireland, subject to availability of places. Additional facilitator training is included so that you can become a facilitator of this course and run it in your own institution. A further commitment of five learner hours will be required for the facilitator add-on, in addition to attendance at two extra webinars over 2 weeks.
You can find more information and register for the course at Advancing Excellence in Evidence-Based Entrepreneurship Education

Open Courses - Supporting a Whole Campus Approach to a Healthy Campus (September 2024)
2024-09-30 08:00 - 2024-12-06 17:00
The National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education are delighted to announce that the fully online Open Course Supporting a Whole Campus Approach to a Healthy Campus will run from September 2024.
This free 6 week course is available to all staff currently working in tertiary education in the Republic of Ireland, subject to availability of places. Additional facilitator training is included so that you can become a facilitator of this course and run it in your own institution. A further commitment of three additional sessions will be required for the facilitator add-on.
You can find more information and register for the course at Supporting a Whole Campus approach to a Healthy Campus (September 2024)

Open Courses - Recognition of Prior Learning RPL (October 2024)
2024-10-02 08:00 - 2024-12-04 17:00
The National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education are delighted to announce that the fully online Open Course, Recognition of Prior Learning, will run from October 2024. This course has been developed in partnership with the Recognition of Prior Learning in Higher Education Project, a HCI Pillar 3 initiative, see www.priorlearning.ie for more details.
This free 6 week course is available to all staff currently working in tertiary education in the Republic of Ireland, subject to availability of places. Additional facilitator training is included so that you can become a facilitator of this course and run it in your own institution. A further commitment of five learner hours will be required for the facilitator add-on, in addition to attendance at two extra webinars over 2 weeks.
You can find more information and register online at Recognition of Prior Learning (October 2024).

Open Courses - Universal Design (October 2024)
2024-10-07
Enhance your skills and support all learners by joining the Universal Design Open Courses. These courses, running from October to December, offer valuable insights into Universal Design in Teaching & Learning and Universal Design Beyond the Classroom. Registration is now open—don’t miss this opportunity to advance your practice.
This national rollout is led by AHEAD and UCD Access & Lifelong Learning, in partnership with the HEA and the National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching & Learning. Learn more and secure your spot: https://buff.ly/3AFocTl.
Registration closes 24th September 2024.

Annual ATU UDL Conference
2024-10-25
Conference details are located on our webpage – https://www.atu.ie/teaching-and-learning/udl/cef
The link to Express Interest in submitting a Poster is – https://forms.office.com/e/kkp7gCijwJ

Climbing the UDL Ladder: Practical Approaches to Embedding UDL in Tertiary Education (in Collaboration with The John Kelly Awards)
2024-10-25 09:00 - 16:30 | Atlantic Technological University, Ash Lane, Sligo, F91 YW50
The ATU UDL Conference 2024 is scheduled for Friday, October 25, 2024, at the Atlantic Technological University (ATU) in Sligo. This year’s theme is “Climbing the UDL Ladder: Practical Approaches to Embedding UDL in Tertiary Education”.
You can find more information and reserve your spot at ATU UDL Conference 2024 in Collaboration with The John Kelly Awards

Digital Badge: Using Evidence for School Wellbeing
2024-11-04 08:00 - 2025-01-31 17:00
A Digital Badge serves as a recognition tool that provides evidence of learning & competencies.

Please register using THIS FORM for the Digital Badge. More details from your local Education Support Centre.

N-TUTORR Final Showcase
2024-11-26 10:00 - 16:30 | Dublin Convention Centre, Spencer Dock, N Wall Quay, North Wall,, Dublin 1, Dublin, Ireland
Save the date for the N-TUTORR Final Showcase which will take place in person and online on Tuesday 26th November at the Convention Centre, Dublin.
For more information visit N-TUTORR – Transforming Learning.

HEA Teaching & Learning Conference 2024
2024-12-12
Driving Changes in Teaching and Learning through Policy and Innovation

Universal Design for Senior Leaders in Tertiary Education Online Course Launch
2025-01-29 08:00 - 17:00
This course will support senior leaders in Further and Higher Education to continue to strategically and effectively enhance student experiences of inclusion and belonging through building universally designed education environments, empowering students to achieve their full potential, and supporting staff’s sense of support and valuing of their actions. The course will assist you in embedding the recently launched ALTITUDE Charter, Unlocking Inclusion: Toolkit for Universal Design in Higher Education and the EDIT Inclusive Curriculum Toolkit.
You can sign up for this event at Microsoft Virtual Events Powered by Teams

Gathering international educational experiences: a mixed 'meitheal' approach
2025-02-17 - 2025-02-19
The Centre for Pedagogical Innovation and Development (CPID) is particularly delighted to welcome their two visiting professors, Sarah Eaton (PhD), University of Calgary, and Professor Jan McArthur, Department of Educational Research, Lancaster University, to TUS from February 17-19, 2025.

Sarah Eaton (PhD), is recognised internationally for her work on academic integrity. The focus of her seminar is current and upcoming issues related to the use of generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI) and other advanced technologies for teaching, learning, and assessment.
Professor Jan McArthur, through her work and research, is committed to social justice through higher education and to better, and more just, learning, teaching and assessment practices.

The seminars were devised in collaboration with the TUS Graduate School, SETU (Carlow) and DKIT as part of a series called ‘Gathering international educational experiences: a mixed ‘meitheal’ approach.
Please register for the seminars using the links below.
Registration link for Dr Sarah Eaton’s seminar, (in person Athlone and in person Moylish) and Research Showcase (parallel session Athlone).
Registration link for Professor Jan McArthur’s seminar.

HEA Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) Spotlight Series
2025-02-21 - 2025-11-24
Showcasing initiatives across higher education in Ireland with institutions sharing approaches to embedding ESD within and across disciplines.

HEA Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) Spotlight Series – Dublin City University
2025-02-21 13:00 - 14:00
About This Event
As part of the Higher Education Authority (HEA) Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) Spotlight Series, this session will explore how Dublin City University (DCU) is integrating ESD across teaching, research, and institutional initiatives and activities, supporting the development of sustainable practices within higher education.
What to Expect

Overview of DCU’s approach to ESD
Case studies on embedding sustainability in teaching, learning and research.
Practical takeaways for leaders, educators, researchers, and those supporting teaching and learning.
Opportunities for Q&A and peer learning.

Speakers

Barry Peak, ESD Officer, Dublin City University
Dr Cliona McParland, DCU Business School, Dublin City University
Dr Michael Hinds, Faculty of Humanities and Social Science, Dublin City University

Who Should Attend?
This session is open to everyone with an interest in sustainability in higher education, including educators, researchers, institutional leaders, students, and those who support teaching and learning.
Registration
Registration is open at https://hub.teachingandlearning.ie/esd-spotlight-series/
For enquiries, email mkelly@hea.ie.
About the ESD Spotlight Series
This event is part of the HEA Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) Spotlight Series, featuring contributions from 20 higher education institutions across the Island of Ireland. The series highlights innovative approaches to embedding sustainability in teaching, research, and campus practices. Aligned with the Second National Strategy on Education for Sustainable Development – ESD to 2030 (DFHERIS/DoE/DCEDIY) and the UNESCO ESD Framework to 2030, it supports collaboration, knowledge sharing, and the integration of Education for Sustainable Development across the higher education sector.

MoodleMunch Series 5 2025
2025-02-25 08:00 - 2025-05-27 17:00 | Online
MoodleMunch is a lunchtime webinar series, led by Dublin City University and supported by the National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning, in which members of the Moodle community can share knowledge, good practice and innovations from their own institutions. It is an opportunity to learn from one another, get a flavour of Moodle activity taking place across various regions, chew the fat, digest interesting developments and munch on ideas!
In keeping with Moodle’s mission to empower educators, each webinar will explore Moodle innovations and stories that support the development of educators’ competencies on the European Framework for the Digital Competence of Educators (DigCompEdu).
For more information visit https://www.dcu.ie/moodlemunch

2025 European Learning & Teaching Forum
2025-02-27 08:00 - 2025-02-28 17:00 | Cork, Cork, Cork
2030 and beyond: towards responsive and adaptable higher education
It has become an accepted fact, if not a truism, that we are undergoing a period of change and
disruption that poses numerous challenges to higher education, as well as for society at large.
Building agility for unknown challenges that may emerge is thus a key issue for higher education
learning and teaching. How can we prepare our students, teachers and institutions for the path
ahead? Participants in this future-gazing edition of the European Learning & Teaching Forum will
jointly discuss strategies to develop future-readiness in and through learning and teaching. Key
questions include how higher education can safeguard its relevance through capacity for
adaptation and how graduates can be equipped with responsive and adaptable mindsets.
Through a mix of plenary and parallel sessions, the Forum provides a platform for discussion and
exchange of practice on how universities enhance learning and teaching. The Forum also presents
the work of the 2024 Learning & Teaching Thematic Peer Groups. It aims to gather higher
education professionals working at different levels on matters of learning and teaching to exchange
and discuss institutional practice and policy developments. The Forum is an ideal event for vicerectors
for academic affairs, deans, heads of learning and teaching centres, and management
involved in learning and teaching. It also welcomes students, policy makers and other stakeholders
in higher education.
For more information visit 2025 European Learning & Teaching Forum.

HEA Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) Spotlight Series – Ulster University
2025-02-28 13:00 - 14:00
About This Event
As part of the Higher Education Authority (HEA) Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) Spotlight Series, this session will include an outline of Ulster University’s (UU) longstanding institution-wide and multi-faceted approach to integrate ESD across all discipline curricula. The main focus of the webinar will be on a new strand of ESD work, Integrating Research and Teaching with/for Sustainability.
What to Expect

Overview of UU’s multi-faceted approach to ESD (2019-)
Outline of new ESD strand, Integrating Research and Teaching with/ for Sustainability
Overview of the UU Research Teaching Nexus Toolkit
Illustrative case studies integrating discipline sustainability research in learning, teaching and assessment practice.
Inspiration and practical takeaways for leaders, educators, researchers, and those supporting teaching and learning and/or seeking to progress ESD.
Opportunities for Q&A

Speakers

Dr Amanda Platt, Senior Lecturer Higher Education Practice and ESD Lead, UU
Dr Kieran Higgins, Lecturer in Higher Education Practice, UU
Professor Raymond Bond, Professor of Human Computer Systems, School of Computing, UU
Professor Pilar Fernandez-Ibanez, Professor in Environmental Engineering, School of Engineering, UU
Dr Susann Power, Senior Lecturer in Sustainable Tourism, Dept. of Hospitality Tourism & Events Mgt, UU

Who Should Attend?
This session is open to everyone with an interest in sustainability in higher education, including educators, researchers, institutional leaders, students, and all those who support teaching and learning
Registration
Registration is open at https://hub.teachingandlearning.ie/esd-spotlight-series/
For enquiries, email mkelly@hea.ie.
About the ESD Spotlight Series
This event is part of the HEA Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) Spotlight Series, featuring contributions from 20 higher education institutions across the Island of Ireland. The series highlights innovative approaches to embedding sustainability in teaching, research, and campus practices. Aligned with the Second National Strategy on Education for Sustainable Development – ESD to 2030 (DFHERIS/DoE/DCEDIY) and the UNESCO ESD Framework to 2030, it supports collaboration, knowledge sharing, and the integration of Education for Sustainable Development across the higher education sector.

International Conference on Learning Analytics and Knowledge (LAK25)
2025-03-03 - 2025-03-07 | Royal Convention Centre, Dublin
SoLAR’s (Society for Learning Analytics Research) 15th International Conference on Learning Analytics and Knowledge (LAK25) is coming to the Royal Convention Centre in Dublin, 3rd-7th March 2025. The two pre-conference days (3rd-4th March) feature a selection of full or half day workshops. The main conference takes place over three days (5th-7th March) featuring a range of parallel paper presentations, keynote speakers, discussion panels and poster sessions. Topics include learning analytics dashboards, predictive models, engagement and notification, artificial intelligence, and more. For more information and to register, visit https://www.solaresearch.org/events/lak/lak25/

Integrating Sustainability in the Engineering and Computer Science Curriculum
2025-03-06
Urgent and transformative action is needed on the climate emergency. The integration of sustainability in the engineering and computer science curriculum is gaining increased attention among academics, students and accreditation agencies, however, there is divergence in the method of integration, measurement and interpretations of sustainability.
In collaboration with Engineers Ireland, the Royal Irish Academy Engineering & Computer Sciences and Climate Change & Environmental Sciences Committees are organising a one-day conference to explore the integration of sustainability in engineering and computer science programmes in Ireland. The event and resulting report aim to shine a spotlight on successful programme development, identify gaps and blockers, and outline what best practice for embedding sustainability could look like.
The day will start with two keynote speeches that will offer perspectives on the current state of play in the intersection between sustainability, engineering and computer science. Following that, we will hear a variety of case studies before breaking into groups in the afternoon to explore topics such as curriculum, accreditation, and assessment, in more depth.
This event will be geared towards third-level academic and teaching staff but also hopes to engage policy makers, funding agencies, and representatives from professional bodies and the engineering and computer industries. In bringing stakeholders together to share and exchange experiences, ideas, successes, and learnings, we hope that this event will be a catalyst to encourage further development in this important area.
You can find more information here

HEA Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) Spotlight Series – University College Cork
2025-03-07 13:00 - 14:00
About This Event
As part of the Higher Education Authority (HEA) Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) Spotlight Series, this session will explore how University College Cork (UCC) is integrating ESD across teaching, research, and institutional initiatives and activities, supporting the development of sustainable practices within higher education.
What to Expect

Overview of UCC’s approach to ESD
Case studies on embedding sustainability in teaching, learning and research.
Practical takeaways for leaders, educators, researchers, and those supporting teaching and learning.
Opportunities for Q&A and peer learning.

Speakers
Education for Sustainable Development at UCC: An Overview
Dr David Nyaluke Integrating the SDGs into Teaching with the UCC SDG Toolkit
Dr John Barimo ESD in Action: Practices and Approaches at UCC
Dr Catherine O’Mahony

Who Should Attend?
This session is open to everyone with an interest in sustainability in higher education, including educators, researchers, institutional leaders, students, and all those who support teaching and learning
Registration
Registration is open at https://hub.teachingandlearning.ie/esd-spotlight-series/

For enquiries, email mkelly@hea.ie.
About the ESD Spotlight Series
This event is part of the HEA Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) Spotlight Series, featuring contributions from 20 higher education institutions across the Island of Ireland. The series highlights innovative approaches to embedding sustainability in teaching, research, and campus practices. Aligned with the Second National Strategy on Education for Sustainable Development – ESD to 2030 (DFHERIS/DoE/DCEDIY) and the UNESCO ESD Framework to 2030, it supports collaboration, knowledge sharing, and the integration of Education for Sustainable Development across the higher education sector.

Education for Sustainable Development: what's the national picture?
2025-03-10 15:00 - 16:00
In this webinar, we welcome Guest Speaker Dr Mark Kelly, National Policy Advisor on Education for Sustainable Development of the National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, who is working at national level on the development of policy and practice in ESD. Mark will tell us more about the national picture and share the work of the National Forum in this space. We will also have time for questions and discussion.
Register here
Please note: This event is open to Trinity College Dublin (TCD) staff only.
Date: Monday 10th March 2025
Time: 15:00 – 16:00
Online: Zoom

HEA Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) Spotlight Series – University of Galway
2025-03-14 13:00 - 14:00
About This Event
As part of the Higher Education Authority (HEA) Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) Spotlight Series, this session will explore how University of Galway is integrating ESD across teaching, research, and institutional initiatives and activities, supporting the development of sustainable practices within higher education.
What to Expect

Overview of University of Galway’s approach to ESD
Case studies on embedding sustainability in teaching, learning and research.
Practical takeaways for leaders, educators, researchers, and those supporting teaching and learning.
Opportunities for Q&A and peer learning.

Speakers
Learning Through Doing: Lessons from Stakeholder Engagement in Media Education
Dr Kelly Fincham, College of Arts, Social Sciences and Celtic Studies, Global Media, University of Galway Matamaitic don Inbhuanaitheacht – An Irish-language Interdisciplinary Sustainability Module
Dr Fintan Hegarty, College of Science and Engineering, Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, University of Galway Creating an Undergraduate Transdisciplinary Sustainability Course at the University of Galway
Dr Gesche Kindermann, College of Science and Engineering, School of Natural Sciences, Earth and Life Sciences, University of Galway Embedding a Culture of ESD in a New Pharmacy Programme
Dr Joanne O’Dwyer, College of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Pharmacy, University of Galway

Who Should Attend?
This session is open to everyone with an interest in sustainability in higher education, including educators, researchers, institutional leaders, students, and all those who support teaching and learning
Registration
Registration is open at https://hub.teachingandlearning.ie/esd-spotlight-series/

For enquiries, email mkelly@hea.ie.
About the ESD Spotlight Series
This event is part of the HEA Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) Spotlight Series, featuring contributions from 20 higher education institutions across the Island of Ireland. The series highlights innovative approaches to embedding sustainability in teaching, research, and campus practices. Aligned with the Second National Strategy on Education for Sustainable Development – ESD to 2030 (DFHERIS/DoE/DCEDIY) and the UNESCO ESD Framework to 2030, it supports collaboration, knowledge sharing, and the integration of Education for Sustainable Development across the higher education sector.

HEA Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) Spotlight Series – TU Dublin
2025-03-21 13:00 - 14:00
About This Event
As part of the Higher Education Authority (HEA) Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) Spotlight Series, this session will explore how Technological University Dublin (TU Dublin) is integrating ESD across teaching, research, and institutional initiatives and activities, supporting the development of sustainable practices within higher education.
What to Expect

Overview of TU Dublin’s approach to ESD
Case studies on embedding sustainability in teaching, learning and research.
Practical takeaways for leaders, educators, researchers, and those supporting teaching and learning.
Opportunities for Q&A and peer learning.

Speakers
Education for Sustainable Development: An Assessment Approach
Dr Róisín Vize, Lecturer in Digital Marketing, TU Dublin
The role of Community Collaborations in Educating 21st century Horticulturists
Rachel Freeman, Lecturer in Horticulture, TU Dublin Sustainable Design in Civil and Structural Engineering: A case study of new module development
Caitríona Quinn, MSc. PGDip, Lecturer, School of Transport and Civil Engineering, TU Dublin

Who Should Attend?
This session is open to everyone with an interest in sustainability in higher education, including educators, researchers, institutional leaders, students, and all those who support teaching and learning
Registration
Registration is open at https://hub.teachingandlearning.ie/esd-spotlight-series/

For enquiries, email mkelly@hea.ie.
About the ESD Spotlight Series
This event is part of the HEA Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) Spotlight Series, featuring contributions from 20 higher education institutions across the Island of Ireland. The series highlights innovative approaches to embedding sustainability in teaching, research, and campus practices. Aligned with the Second National Strategy on Education for Sustainable Development – ESD to 2030 (DFHERIS/DoE/DCEDIY) and the UNESCO ESD Framework to 2030, it supports collaboration, knowledge sharing, and the integration of Education for Sustainable Development across the higher education sector.

HEA Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) Spotlight Series – Mary Immaculate College
2025-03-28 13:00 - 14:00
About This Event
As part of the Higher Education Authority (HEA) Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) Spotlight Series, this session will explore how Mary Immaculate College (MIC) is integrating ESD across teaching, research, and institutional initiatives and activities, supporting the development of sustainable practices within higher education.
What to Expect

Overview of MIC’s approach to ESD
Case studies on embedding sustainability in teaching, learning and research.
Practical takeaways for leaders, educators, researchers, and those supporting teaching and learning.
Opportunities for Q&A and peer learning.

Speakers
Overview of ESD at Mary immaculate College – Collective Consolidation
Professor Lorraine McIlrath, Director of Equality, Diversity, Inclusion and Interculturalism (EDII) at MIC Playing to our traditional strengths to deliver ESD:Teacher Education and Education for Sustainable Development (Undergraduate and post graduate opportunities)
Dr Anne Dolan, Associate Professor, MIC
New pathways for innovative ESD (Part 1)
Emma Gleeson, PhD Scholar, Department of Geography, MIC

New pathways for innovative ESD (Part 2)
Dr John Morrissey, Associate Professor in Geography, MIC

Supporting SDGs in Curriculum Design
Dr Katherine Whitehurst, Director of Teaching and Learning, MIC

Who Should Attend?
This session is open to everyone with an interest in sustainability in higher education, including educators, researchers, institutional leaders, students, and all those who support teaching and learning
Registration
Registration is open at https://hub.teachingandlearning.ie/esd-spotlight-series/

For enquiries, email mkelly@hea.ie.
About the ESD Spotlight Series
This event is part of the HEA Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) Spotlight Series, featuring contributions from 20 higher education institutions across the Island of Ireland. The series highlights innovative approaches to embedding sustainability in teaching, research, and campus practices. Aligned with the Second National Strategy on Education for Sustainable Development – ESD to 2030 (DFHERIS/DoE/DCEDIY) and the UNESCO ESD Framework to 2030, it supports collaboration, knowledge sharing, and the integration of Education for Sustainable Development across the higher education sector.

HEA Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) Spotlight Series – Atlantic Technological University
2025-04-04 13:00 - 14:00
About This Event
As part of the Higher Education Authority (HEA) Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) Spotlight Series, this session will explore how Atlantic Technological University (ATU) is integrating ESD across teaching, research, and institutional initiatives and activities, supporting the development of sustainable practices within higher education.
What to Expect

Overview of ATU’s approach to ESD
Case studies on embedding sustainability in teaching, learning and research.
Practical takeaways for leaders, educators, researchers, and those supporting teaching and learning.
Opportunities for Q&A and peer learning.

Speakers
Overview of ATU ESD Academy
Dr John Scahill, Department of Building and Civil Engineering and Co-Lead of the ATU ESD Academy Engaging Community through the Power to Change Project
Dr Yvonne Lang, Lecturer and Project Manager Power to Change, ATU Embodying Outdoor and Place-Based ESD
Kevin O’Callaghan, Programme Co-ordinator for MSc in Outdoor Education, Sustainability and Wellbeing, Lecturer in Outdoor Education, ATU
Dr Deirdre Garvey, Head of Department of Environmental Humanities & Social Sciences, Chair ATU Mayo Green Campus An Analysis of the Environmental Attitudes of Undergraduate Construction Management Students
Dr Jan Gottsche, Lecturer in the Department of Building and Civil Engineering, ATU

Who Should Attend?
This session is open to everyone with an interest in sustainability in higher education, including educators, researchers, institutional leaders, students, and all those who support teaching and learning
Registration
Registration is open at https://hub.teachingandlearning.ie/esd-spotlight-series/

For enquiries, email mkelly@hea.ie.
About the ESD Spotlight Series
This event is part of the HEA Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) Spotlight Series, featuring contributions from 20 higher education institutions across the Island of Ireland. The series highlights innovative approaches to embedding sustainability in teaching, research, and campus practices. Aligned with the Second National Strategy on Education for Sustainable Development – ESD to 2030 (DFHERIS/DoE/DCEDIY) and the UNESCO ESD Framework to 2030, it supports collaboration, knowledge sharing, and the integration of Education for Sustainable Development across the higher education sector.

Sustainability in the Arts Festival 2025
2025-04-07 08:00 - 2025-04-11 17:00
April 2025 will see the return of SETU’s Sustainability in the Arts Festival, with this year’s theme being ‘Land, People, Culture’.
This third edition of the festival promises to be bigger and better than ever, with events spread across the Wexford, Waterford and Carlow campuses over the week.
SETU are thrilled to have recently won the inaugural SATLE Impact Award in the Education for Sustainable Development category. This funding will enables the festival to continue to grow and create further impact in the University and wider community.
The festival features a range of multi-disciplinary collaborations from undergraduate and postgraduate students from the fields of Music, Languages, English, Graphic Art, Visual Art, Culinary Arts, Hospitality, and Internationalisation. The collaborations include multi-media works, musical performances, art exhibitions, research presentations, and cooking demonstrations, the purpose of which is to embed sustainability into the culture of the university.
More information at SETU | Sustainability in the Arts Festival 2025.

HEA Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) Spotlight Series – South East Technological University
2025-04-11 13:00 - 14:00
About This Event
As part of the Higher Education Authority (HEA) Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) Spotlight Series, this session will explore how South East Technological University (SETU) is integrating ESD across teaching, research, and institutional initiatives and activities, supporting the development of sustainable practices within higher education.
What to Expect

Overview of SETU’s approach to ESD
Case studies on embedding sustainability in teaching, learning and research.
Practical takeaways for leaders, educators, researchers, and those supporting teaching and learning.
Opportunities for Q&A and peer learning.

Speakers
Dr David Ryan, Associate Vice President for Sustainability at SETU Juergen Bauer, Dipl. Ing. Architekt MRIAI, Lecturer in the Department of Architecture and the Built Environment & Dept. Coordinator of HCI Building Change 2022-2025, SETU Dr Hazel Farrell, Lead SETU Sustainability in the Arts Festival
Dr Denise O’Meara, Lecturer in Molecular Biology, Department of Science, School of Science and Computing, SETU
Dr Margaret Tynan, GROWTHhub Project Lead and Senior Lecturer in Enterprise and Management
GROWTHhub is funded by the Higher Education Authority’s HCI Pillar 3, a government programme designed to meet priority skills needs, by increasing collaboration between higher education and enterprise with a focus on innovations in teaching and learning.

Who Should Attend?
This session is open to everyone with an interest in sustainability in higher education, including educators, researchers, institutional leaders, students, and all those who support teaching and learning
Registration
Registration is open at https://hub.teachingandlearning.ie/esd-spotlight-series/

For enquiries, email mkelly@hea.ie.
About the ESD Spotlight Series
This event is part of the HEA Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) Spotlight Series, featuring contributions from 20 higher education institutions across the Island of Ireland. The series highlights innovative approaches to embedding sustainability in teaching, research, and campus practices. Aligned with the Second National Strategy on Education for Sustainable Development – ESD to 2030 (DFHERIS/DoE/DCEDIY) and the UNESCO ESD Framework to 2030, it supports collaboration, knowledge sharing, and the integration of Education for Sustainable Development across the higher education sector.

OER25 Call for Proposals Now Open: "Speaking Truth to Power: Open Education and AI in the Age of Populism"
2025-04-22
OER25 Call for Proposals Now Open
The Call for Proposals is now open for OER25 – Speaking Truth to Power: Open Education and AI in the Age of Populism. This year’s Open Education Conference will take place on 23-24 June in London at the Resource for London conference centre.
All submissions are made via the Oxford Abstracts System. The Call for Proposals is open until noon, Tuesday 22 April 2025
For more information visit OER25 Call for Proposals Now Open | Association for Learning Technology

HEA Health and Wellbeing Seminar
2025-04-28 10:00 - 14:30 | TU Dublin, St Laurence’s Church
We are delighted to invite you to the 2025 HEA Health and Wellbeing Seminar on Monday 28th April 10am – approx. 2:30pm to be held in St Laurence’s Church, Technological University Dublin.

The event will include an update on the review of the National Student Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Framework, panel discussion on wellbeing in the curriculum and presentations on studentsurvey.ie, the International Health Promoting Campuses Conference and E-SHIELD.

Registration
We would be grateful if you could confirm your attendance using the registration form here.

Healthy Campus Case Studies
We have put a call out to institutions for Healthy Campus case studies. Please get in contact with your institutions healthy campus coordinator if you wish to submit a case study.

Toolkits launch
2025-04-30 12:30 - 13:30
The Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences is pleased to invite you to attend the launch of two innovative Social Justice Pedagogy toolkits for Teacher Educators and Preservice Teachers. One of them being an outcome from one SATLE project.

Date: Wednesday, April 30 12h30 – 13h15
Venue: P1007 (PESS Building, University of Limerick)

The toolkits have been designed as resources to support teacher educators, teachers in post-primary schools and preservice teachers willing to embrace social justice pedagogies. Testimonials, case studies, visual prompts, and related activities are some of the elements that the toolkits include, to address social justice matters such as genderism, sexism, ableism and classism, as they relate to physical education and the wider context.
The projects were funded by Research Ireland through the New Foundations scheme (Justice Ed) and funded by the National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education and the Higher Education Authority (SATLE). The Co-PIs of the SATLE project are Dr Carmen Barquero-Ruiz and Dr Antonio Calderón. The Co-PIs of the Justice Ed project are Prof Elaine Murtagh and Dr Antonio Calderón. The Justice Ed toolkit was designed by members of the Sport Pedagogy Research group in collaboration with researchers and pre-services teachers from Ulster University, Deakin University, University of Melbourne, Kent State University and the Development Studies Association of Ireland.

Call for symposium contributions "The 9-5 student? Rethinking the concept of studenthood"
2025-05-05
This symposium will take place on Friday, 23 May at MTU’s Bishopstown campus. We invite proposals for 20-minute presentations engaging with any of thematic strands outlined below.
Proposals should be of approximately 250 words, and can be submitted via our submission form until Monday, 5 May.
We also very much welcome interested colleagues to register as attendees by Thursday, 15 May.
Symposium outline:
Both anecdote and recent media comment would suggest that the nature and practice of studenthood is evolving rapidly. With students increasingly likely to devote significant time to employment and less than academics might envision to study and related tasks, the time is apt for academics and for institutions to rethink the design and practice of Higher Education learning. This symposium aims to investigate the contextual factors that are actively reshaping the practice of studenthood, with a view to exploring conceptual gaps between academics’ and students’ expectations of its enactment. We are particularly interested in socio-cultural and other situational factors influencing the changing nature and experience of studenthood.
Relevant themes can include but are not limited to:
• individualisation and personalisation;
• the influence of ed tech;
• proprietary AI, especially GenAI;
• time as organising principle;
• learner incentives and rationales for embarking on HE study;
• learner incentives and rationales for attending and engaging post-enrolment;
• commuting, cost of living, and socio-economic factors;
• access and progression;
• political economy of HE;
• cultural, socio-cultural and (trans-)media(l) climate;
• space and geographies of HE;
• sustainability in and of HE study; and
• any other relevant contextual influence on the nature and practice of
studenthood today.
The symposium organisers, Marian Hurley and Deirdre Casey, welcome queries, and can be contacted at Marian.Hurley@mtu.ie and/or MarieD.Casey@mtu.ie.
This symposium is part of the project “Space + [time x practices] = engagement?”, funded through SATLE – the Strategic Alignment of Teaching and Learning Enhancement Funding in Higher Education – by the Higher Education Authority’s National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education.
