The Board of the National Forum held a thinktank on 11 December, focused on the strategic direction of the National Forum over the coming years. The thinktank began with blue-skies thinking about teaching and learning more broadly in Ireland, based on the institutional experiences and policy perspectives of members of the Board. Presentations were then…
An exciting new teaching and learning award is due to be launched by the National Forum, in partnership with the Irish Research Council, in January 2020. Ireland’s Teaching and Learning Research Fellowships will be the country’s most prestigious national individual teaching and learning awards. The Fellowships will recognise, reward and celebrate those who have demonstrated,…
A total of 29,929 staff and students shared their digital experiences through the recent Irish National Digital Experience (INDEx) Survey, Ireland’s first survey of the digital experience, expectations and engagement of students, and staff who teach, in Irish higher education. The survey was open across 34 participating higher education institutions from 14 November until 1…
To support those who teach across the sector to engage in professional development in areas they have identified as important to their role and practice, a suite of open-access short courses were launched in early 2019, having previously been piloted throughout 2018. Each of these short courses are aligned to one or more domains of…
Pictured, L-R: Tim Conlon, Head of Policy and Strategic Planning, HEA; Marie Clarke, Deputy Chair of the National Forum; Minister Mitchell O’Connor; Lorna Fitzpatrick, USI President; Terry Maguire, Director of the National Forum The Minister of State for Higher Education, Mary Mitchell O’Connor T.D., today launched 107 teaching and learning enhancement initiatives across 22 Irish…
