Applications are now open for the 2019-20 National Seminar Series. It is anticipated that the National Seminar Series 2019/2020 will include up to 50 seminars. The range of funded seminars will reflect the broad range of topics associated with the four funding streams. We look forward to seminars that give those involved in higher education the…
On 25 October, eight of the project teams funded through the 2018 Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund will take part in open forum presentations where their projects will be reviewed by a panel of international experts who will provide feedback on progress to date and guidance for the future. Of the 16 projects funded through…
The 27th Heads of University Centres of Biomedical Sciences (HUCBMS) conference will be held on 3-4 September 2019 at TU Dublin. This conference is relevant to all those with an interest in policy and practice developments in higher education and research. Established in 1993, the mission of HUCBMS is to promote the development and enhancement…
The CETL-MSOR 2019 Conference will take place in Dublin City University on 5-6 September 2019.">The CETL-MSOR 2019 Conference will take place in Dublin City University on 5-6 September 2019. This popular annual conference of those involved in mathematics, statistics and operations research teaching, learning and support in higher education, is being held for the first…
Learning Outcomes Students will be able to demonstrate awareness of how legal technologies will affect the legal services industry and the career opportunities that will be opening up in the legal sector as a result Lecturers will engage in constructive discussion with experts and industry about how legal educators should respond to the changes brought about…
The SURE Network is delighted to host the Second Annual Science Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) Conferences (SURE 2019) on 27th September 2019 in Institute of Technology, Carlow, Technological University Dublin and Institute of Technology, Sligo. Students from institutes of technology throughout Ireland who are completing their final year project in 2018-19 are invited to submit…
As the deadline for the submission of proposals for the Strategic Alignment of Teaching and Learning Enhancement Funding in Higher Education 2019 is next Tuesday, 8 October, we have been receiving a number of queries from institutional leads regarding the submission process. To ensure all questions are answered and our responses shared with all institutions, the Director…
We are delighted to announce that AHEAD and UCD Access & Lifelong Learning are teaming up in partnership with the National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education to facilitate the Digital Badge for Universal Design in Teaching and Learning in a fully online format this Autumn/Winter. This course was developed by AHEAD and…
Learning Outcomes Explore innovative methods of community engagement for transiting towards a low carbon climate resilient future including: citizen juries; technical scenario analysis and modelling; community visioning; living labs; and participatory mapping Inform the design and development of a democratic sustainability methodology to identify and embed education for sustainability initiatives across all programmes in GMIT…
Learning Outcomes Explain the fundamentals of comparative judgement methodology as a component of student assessment Discuss and critically reflect on participant's own current assessment practices Use appropriate digital tools to use comparative judgement in assessment with students
