16 December 2011
An interim website for the qualifications and quality assurance authority of Ireland is now available. The website provides accurate information for learners, providers and the public on progress towards amalgamation. click here
20 September 2011
Main Elements of the Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) Bill 2011, published in July 2011. click here
September 2011 HSI Limerick Business School click here
28 July 2011 New Arrangements for HETAC Providers, Prospective Providers and Learners Seeking HETAC Direct Awards click here
On December 8th, 2008, the Council of HETAC approved a new policy on the Registration of Providers and a new procedure for the assessment of applications for Registration as a HETAC provider. For more information, please click here.
HETAC (the Higher Education and Training Awards Council) was established on 11 June 2001, under the Qualifications (Education and Training) Act 1999. It is the successor to the National Council for Educational Awards (NCEA) and is the qualifications awarding body for third-level education and training institutions outside the university sector. It exists to benefit learners and potential learners by:
Setting standards, accrediting programmes and awarding qualifications at all levels of higher education and training;
Providing assurance to the public that programmes of higher education and training are above an acceptable threshold level of quality and that objective quality assurance processes are in place to meet the expectations of Irish Society and the International Community;
Delivering a quality improvement service to registered educational providers so as to contribute to raising standards to increasingly higher levels.
HETAC's principal quality assurance processes include registering providers of higher education and training, validating programmes, monitoring quality, reviewing institutions and conducting related system-level research.
In carrying out its functions HETAC ensures that providers establish procedures for the assessment of learners which are fair, consistent and fit-for-purpose and that they implement the National Framework of Qualifications and associated procedures.
HETAC is a full member of the European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA).