Teams of staff from three Irish higher education institutions who were successful in their applications for the National Forum’s Disciplinary Excellence in Learning, Teaching and Assessment (DELTA) Award, in December 2021, were recognised at an in-person award ceremony at the offices of the Higher Education Authority on 06 April. The DELTA Award is granted to…
The National Forum was recently represented by Dr Claire McAvinia and Dr Roisin Donnelly for roundtable discussions at the OECD event, ‘Fostering 21st Century Skills in Higher Education’. This two-day event was organised on 12-13 January as part of the CERI project “Teaching, Learning and Assessing Creativity and Critical Thinking in Education”. The event brought…
Today, 15 December 2021, was a bittersweet day for the National Forum as we wished our Director, Dr Terry Maguire, farewell as she begins her retirement. Terry came to the National Forum with extensive experience in educational leadership in Ireland and the UK and has since had an undeniably positive impact on the Irish higher…
Discipline teams from three Irish higher education institutions this week achieved the National Forum’s Disciplinary Excellence in Learning, Teaching and Assessment (DELTA) Award. This prestigious national award is granted to discipline groups who demonstrate a record of excellence in teaching and learning enhancement and who commit to an ongoing, clearly articulated, shared process of continued…
Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Mr Simon Harris, T.D., today launched a unique new evidence base for the future of teaching and learning in Irish higher education. Since March 2021, fifteen sectoral partners have been working together to answer one shared question: In the context of Covid-19, what have we…
