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Moving Forward Together

On, 10 November 2021, Simon Harris TD, Ireland’s Minister for Further & Higher Education, Research, Innovation & Science officially launched the Next Steps report and findings from the national sectoral partnership project- Next Steps for Teaching and Learning: Moving Forward Together. The overarching aim of the ‘Next Steps’ project was to address the question, in the context of COVID-19, ‘What have we learnt and what does it mean for the future of teaching and learning in Irish higher education?’

The Next Steps Insights collection provides concise overviews of individual partner perspectives and contributions either on their overall findings or specific elements of those findings. Each Insight also provides an outline of the research approach used to inform the contribution to the core Next Steps report.

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Ministerial launch of report and findings from the national sectoral partnership project Next Steps: Moving Forward Together

Next Steps Insights Collection

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AHEAD Learning from the Pandemic Experience
Association for Higher Education Access and Disability (AHEAD)

Connected conversations: The Teaching, Learning and Assessment Practices Experienced in Higher Education Colleges Association (HECA) Colleges, during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Higher Education Colleges Association (HECA)

The Impact of Covid on the Future of Work: Supporting Lifelong Learning and Graduate Work Readiness
Irish Business and Employers Confederation (Ibec)

Insights from Students and Core Services on the Impact of Covid-19 and Key Lessons for Moving Forward
Irish Universities Association (IUA)

The International Student Experience: Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on International Students in Ireland
Irish Council for International Students (ICOS)

Key Themes in Online and Blended Learning, 2010-2020
National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education

Lessons Learnt about Assessment
National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education

Perspectives on Current and Future T&L Policy
National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education

Perspectives of Senior Managers
National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education

Perspectives of Those Who Teach: Parts 1
National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education

Nurturing Community, Belonging and Inclusion: Reflections and Recommendations for Next Steps in Higher Education from the Specialist Colleges Group
Specialist Colleges

Sharing SAI Member Learning from Covid-19
Student Affairs Ireland (SAI)

Selected Insights from StudentSurvey.ie and PGR StudentSurvey.ie 2021: The impact of Covid-19 on First Year Undergraduates and PGR Students
StudentSurvey.ie

Perspectives of Chief Academic Officers
Technological Higher Education Association (THEA)

Perspective of Students
Union of Students in Ireland (USI)

Perspectives of Those Who Teach: Parts 2
National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education

Authentic Student Engagement in Decision-Making
National Student Engagement Programme (NStEP)

QQI insight: On Higher Education Quality and Qualifications
Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI)

QQI Assessment Insight 2021
Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI)

Experiential Learning: Lessons Learned from the Covid Pandemic
RCSI University of Medicine & Health Sciences

Background: A National Sectoral Partnership Project

The project involved working in collaboration with partners from across the sector to answer this question. Each partner explored this topic in their own context, in addition to contributing to the partner project. In this manner, ‘Next Steps’ adds value to sectoral partners’ work in this area, as well as helping to align system and sectoral decision-making through the synthesis of the partner contributions.

The work of individual partners within their own context will be enhanced by learning and sharing their experience and collectively articulating what it might mean for how teaching and learning can be enhanced and supported. The partners recognise that though the impact of the pandemic is ongoing, examination of the experience of teaching and learning is essential at this moment and as part of our future vision.

The Next Steps partners are

Partners also include the Specialist Colleges [Marino Institute of Education (MIE), Mary Immaculate College (MIC), National College of Art and Design (NCAD), Royal Irish Academy of Music (RIAM), St. Angela’s College, Sligo (SAC), St. Patrick’s, Carlow College (CC), St Patricks College, Maynooth (SPCM)]. The HEA, DFHERIS, TUI and IFUT will also be consulted over the duration of the project.

All queries related to the Next Steps project should be send to nextsteps@teachingandlearning.ie.