(Galway 13 June 2019, Dublin 23 October 2019) Starting next month, the National Forum will facilitate regional workshops in Galway and Dublin to support those in Irish higher education currently engaged in institutional policy development, or who would like to contribute to institutional policies, in the areas of digital and/or open teaching and learning. The…
Today the National Forum publishes its Open Licensing Toolkit to support the use, creation and sharing of open educational resources (OER). The toolkit is the first in a series of resources and planned events by the National Forum to support open educational resources and practices, as outlined in the recent Insight: Supporting Open Education in…
Call for Applicants for National Programme Manager Role The partners supporting the National Student Engagement Programme now seek applications for the post of Programme Manager on a fixed-term contract until 31 December 2021. Deadline for receipt of applications is 12 noon, Tuesday 14 May 2019. The National Student Engagement Programme (NStEP) was launched in 2016 to develop…
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…
