The QQI Podcast
Podcasts from Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI), the state agency responsible for promoting the quality, integrity and reputation of Ireland’s further and higher education system.
Podcasts from Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI), the state agency responsible for promoting the quality, integrity and reputation of Ireland’s further and higher education system.
Episodes
Nov 23, 2022
Nov 23, 2022
9 min
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
Nov 23, 2022
9 min
Nov 22, 2022
Nov 22, 2022
4 min
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
Nov 22, 2022
4 min
Nov 21, 2022
Nov 21, 2022
17 min
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
Nov 21, 2022
17 min
Nov 21, 2022
CEFRL Conversations: Ludka Kotarska
Nov 21, 2022
Nov 21, 2022
20 min
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, EAQUALS Director of Accreditation Ludka Kotarska talks about the CEFRL from the perspective of quality assurance.
Nov 21, 2022
20 min
Nov 19, 2022
Nov 19, 2022
19 min
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
Nov 19, 2022
19 min
Nov 18, 2022
Nov 18, 2022
12 min
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
Nov 18, 2022
12 min
Nov 17, 2022
Nov 17, 2022
28 min
For the third in this podcast series from the National Academic Integrity Network, Dr Yvonne Kavanagh (South East Technological University / NAIN Steering Committee member) interviews Associate Professor Sarah Elaine Eaton (Werkland School of Education, University of Calgary).
In this episode, Professor Eaton talks about how she became so involved in, and passionate about, the field of academic integrity, the importance of identifying and tackling ‘the wicked questions’ collaboratively, and the necessity for higher education leaders to regard academic integrity as an area which ‘needs to be embedded in budgets at operational level as well as in research projects’ , i.e. long term, sustainable investment. She also makes the case that academic integrity is not only about student conduct, but also about ethics and promoting ethical behaviour on the part of all stakeholders. She further exemplifies this point by referring to restorative justice approaches which may provide a redemptive route for students to repair the harm they have done through engagement in academic misconduct, to enable them to both learn from the experience and to stay in the learning community, with the hope that they will then act with intentionality in a different way going forward.
We hope this conversation inspires further conversations and innovative thinking!
To learn more about the National Academic Integrity Network: https://www.qqi.ie/what-we-do/engagem...
Nov 17, 2022
28 min
Nov 16, 2022
Nov 16, 2022
19 min
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
Nov 16, 2022
19 min
Nov 16, 2022
Nov 16, 2022
12 min
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
Nov 16, 2022
12 min
Nov 15, 2022
Nov 15, 2022
16 min
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
Nov 15, 2022
16 min
Who we are
Quality and Qualifications Ireland is the state agency responsible for the external quality assurance of further and higher education and training in Ireland.
We validate programmes, make awards and are responsible for the promotion, maintenance, development and review of the National Framework of Qualifications (NFQ).
We also inform the public about the quality of education and training programmes and qualifications, and advise the Government on national policy regarding quality assurance and enhancement in education and training.
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