News & Events

The National Forum welcomes the Higher Education Authority’s announcement today of Dr. Lynn Ramsey as Forum Chair. As Chair, Dr Ramsey will lead the Board of the National Forum on the delivery of its 2019-2021 strategic programme. Dr. Ramsey is currently a Board member of the Higher Education Authority, Programme Manager for the West North…

The National Forum, in partnership with Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI), has published a new Insight which summarises the outcome of discussions which took place at an event on November 12 2018 focused on the QQI Green Paper on Assessment of Learners and Learning. The discussion event, which was jointly hosted by the National Forum…

The role of Universal Design for Learning in Ireland’s further and higher education sector will be the focus of the National Forum’s participation in “Journey to Oz, Travelling Together Towards Inclusive Education”, the Association for Higher Education Access and Disability (AHEAD) annual conference which runs from 20-21 March, Dublin. The National Forum will be part…

The National Forum’s open-access professional development short course ‘Getting Started with Professional Development – PACT’ is an exciting new opportunity for anyone who teaches in Irish higher education to receive recognition, in the form of a digital badge, for their commitment to engagement in professional development. The PACT course is now available fully online through…

Conference to be Held in Ireland for First time The National Forum is pleased to announce its national sponsorship of the Open Educational Resources Conference (OER19) which comes to Ireland for the first time when it runs in NUI Galway on 10-11 April 2019. The conference’s ‘Recentering Open: Critical and Global Perspectives’ theme will showcase…