The QQI Podcast

QQI's 10th Anniversary Conference, "Strengthening strategic partnership to effect system change” linked the past decade of QQI’s work with stakeholders to future ambitions for continued collaboration.
During the day and a half conference, speakers, panellists and attendees considered the need to anticipate disruptive change and the system challenges ahead and contemplated the unique opportunities to be creative and innovative. National and international experts shared their perspectives on the many factors that currently, and in the future, will impact on our education and training qualifications and quality assurance systems.
To view presentation slides for this and other sessions, please go to our dedicated event page: https://www.qqi.ie/events/qqi-10th-anniversary-conference

QQI's 10th Anniversary Conference, "Strengthening strategic partnership to effect system change” linked the past decade of QQI’s work with stakeholders to future ambitions for continued collaboration.
During the day and a half conference, speakers, panellists and attendees considered the need to anticipate disruptive change and the system challenges ahead and contemplated the unique opportunities to be creative and innovative. National and international experts shared their perspectives on the many factors that currently, and in the future, will impact on our education and training qualifications and quality assurance systems.
To view presentation slides for this and other sessions, please go to our dedicated event page: https://www.qqi.ie/events/qqi-10th-anniversary-conference

QQI's 10th Anniversary Conference, "Strengthening strategic partnership to effect system change” linked the past decade of QQI’s work with stakeholders to future ambitions for continued collaboration.
During the day and a half conference, speakers, panellists and attendees considered the need to anticipate disruptive change and the system challenges ahead and contemplated the unique opportunities to be creative and innovative. National and international experts shared their perspectives on the many factors that currently, and in the future, will impact on our education and training qualifications and quality assurance systems.
To view presentation slides for this and other sessions, please go to our dedicated event page: https://www.qqi.ie/events/qqi-10th-anniversary-conference

QQI's 10th Anniversary Conference, "Strengthening strategic partnership to effect system change” linked the past decade of QQI’s work with stakeholders to future ambitions for continued collaboration.
During the day and a half conference, speakers, panellists and attendees considered the need to anticipate disruptive change and the system challenges ahead and contemplated the unique opportunities to be creative and innovative. National and international experts shared their perspectives on the many factors that currently, and in the future, will impact on our education and training qualifications and quality assurance systems.
To view presentation slides for this and other sessions, please go to our dedicated event page: https://www.qqi.ie/events/qqi-10th-anniversary-conference

QQI's 10th Anniversary Conference, "Strengthening strategic partnership to effect system change” linked the past decade of QQI’s work with stakeholders to future ambitions for continued collaboration.
During the day and a half conference, speakers, panellists and attendees considered the need to anticipate disruptive change and the system challenges ahead and contemplated the unique opportunities to be creative and innovative. National and international experts shared their perspectives on the many factors that currently, and in the future, will impact on our education and training qualifications and quality assurance systems.
To view presentation slides for this and other sessions, please go to our dedicated event page: https://www.qqi.ie/events/qqi-10th-anniversary-conference

CEFRL Conversations: a series of podcasts for language educators in which key aspects of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFRL) are discussed with language specialists and experts.
In this conversation, Professor Barry O’Sullivan, Head of Assessment Research & Development at the British Council, talks about the impact of the CEFRL on how it changed the approach to assessment of language proficiency.

QQI's 10th Anniversary Conference, "Strengthening strategic partnership to effect system change” linked the past decade of QQI’s work with stakeholders to future ambitions for continued collaboration.
During the day and a half conference, speakers, panellists and attendees considered the need to anticipate disruptive change and the system challenges ahead and contemplated the unique opportunities to be creative and innovative. National and international experts shared their perspectives on the many factors that currently, and in the future, will impact on our education and training qualifications and quality assurance systems.
To view presentation slides for this and other sessions, please go to our dedicated event page: https://www.qqi.ie/events/qqi-10th-anniversary-conference

QQI's 10th Anniversary Conference, "Strengthening strategic partnership to effect system change” linked the past decade of QQI’s work with stakeholders to future ambitions for continued collaboration.
During the day and a half conference, speakers, panellists and attendees considered the need to anticipate disruptive change and the system challenges ahead and contemplated the unique opportunities to be creative and innovative. National and international experts shared their perspectives on the many factors that currently, and in the future, will impact on our education and training qualifications and quality assurance systems.
To view presentation slides for this and other sessions, please go to our dedicated event page: https://www.qqi.ie/events/qqi-10th-anniversary-conference

In this month’s podcast, Richard Kjellgren (University of Stirling) talks to Mairéad Boland, QQI, about the scoping study, Criminal Grades? Contract cheating and student exploitation in Higher Education, which he conducted alongside Dr Niall Hamilton-Smith (University of Stirling) and Professor Alistair Fraser (University of Glasgow).
The study was published by the Scottish Centre for Crime & Justice Research in June 2022 and was undertaken in order to consider student vulnerabilities relating to contract cheating and – more broadly – academic misconduct. In the podcast, Richard discusses what the research uncovered about different types of contract cheating provision and key messages for education providers.
Note: The study 'Criminal Grades? Contract cheating and student exploitation in Higher Education' categorises contract cheating services into three broad types based on the platforms on which they are provided: cheating organisations’ own websites (“essay mills”), small ads platforms such as Gumtree, and ‘outsourcing’ sites such as Fiverr. Any comments in the podcast with regard to Gumtree or Fiverr should not be construed as claims that these sites are essay mills; rather, Richard discusses in the podcast how Fiverr, Gumtree and similar sites can be misused by contract cheating organisations as platforms for providing their services to learners. Fiverr clearly states in its Terms of Service that users of its site are prohibited from “offering to prepare academic works on behalf of Buyers”. In its Terms & Conditions of Use, Gumtree stipulates that users of the site are prohibited from “post[ing] Content in breach any applicable laws or regulation”. QQI encourages listeners to report any misuse of the Fiverr and/or Gumtree platforms (and other similar platforms) directly to the relevant platform.
Find the study here
To learn more about the National Academic Integrity Network

QQI's 10th Anniversary Conference, "Strengthening strategic partnership to effect system change” linked the past decade of QQI’s work with stakeholders to future ambitions for continued collaboration.
During the day and a half conference, speakers, panellists and attendees considered the need to anticipate disruptive change and the system challenges ahead and contemplated the unique opportunities to be creative and innovative. National and international experts shared their perspectives on the many factors that currently, and in the future, will impact on our education and training qualifications and quality assurance systems.
To view presentation slides for this and other sessions, please go to our dedicated event page: https://www.qqi.ie/events/qqi-10th-anniversary-conference