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Repositioning Learner Assessment in Higher Education
The Higher Education and Training Awards Council (HETAC) and the Strategic Innovation Fund (SIF) 2 Eastern Regional Alliance are organising a one-day symposium entitled 'Respositioning Learner Assessment in Higher Education' on Friday 14 May 2010. The symposium will be held in Chartered Accountants House, Pearse Street, Dublin 2. The programme is available here
In May 2009 following a lengthy period of development and consultation HETAC published an important policy document on the regulation and quality assurance of assessment. The document, entitled Assessment and Standards 2009, addresses the quality assurance of the assessment of learners in higher education and training. This symposium will contribute towards the implementation of this important policy.
This symposium draws together a number of key international experts on assessment in higher education. It will provide a forum to debate concerns and increase understanding of assessment practice. Overall, it will focus on the pragmatic and the possible: emphasising approaches which promote assessment for learning while meeting demands for quality assurance and standards.
Keynote Speakers
· Professor Sally Brown, Pro-Vice-Chancellor Assessment, Learning, Teaching Leeds Metropolitan University
· Professor Liz Mc Dowell and Professor Kay Sambell, Assessment for Learning Enhancement Centre at Northumbria University.
· Professor David Nicol, Director of the Centre for Academic Practice and Learning Enhancement, Director of the REAP project (Re-engineering Assessment Practices), Strathclyde University
· Professor Chris Rust, Deputy Director of Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETLs) - ASKe (Assessment Standards Knowledge Exchange), and the Reinvention Centre. Oxford Brookes University
Who is it for?
The conference is aimed at all those working in higher education with an interest in the practice and research of assessment. It will be of interest to lecturers, researchers, and those with the responsibility for the management and quality assurance of assessment.
To book a place at this symposium kindly complete the Registration Form and forward it to HETAC along with the fee of €25 as soon as possible – as places are limited.
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Educating for Entrepreneurship
The Higher Education and Training Awards Council (HETAC), in partnership with Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art Design and Technology (IADT) and the Dundalk Institute of Technology as lead college in the Strategic Innovation Fund (SIF) project, ACE (Accelerating Campus Entrepreneurship ) hosted a one-day conference held in Dublin Castle on Tuesday, 17 February 2009. This conference explored how we can encourage, develop, enable and facilitate entrepreneurship in higher education and training programmes in Ireland.
Conference Objectives
The Conference focussed on the issues and inputs required to embed entrepreneurial ingenuity, innovation and risk-tolerance into learning outcomes and learners across all disciplines and fields of learning in higher education and training programmes.
The conference focussed on:
• Exploring innovative approaches from the industry and the academic perspective towards developing entrepreneurship in higher education and training programmes both in Ireland and abroad
• Highlighting successful models of best practice and exploring the cultural and other challenges in championing and embedding entrepreneurship in different disciplines within higher education and training;
• Providing a platform for key stakeholders to network and access local, regional and national educational providers across Ireland, to maximise the opportunities for national participation.
The final Programme is available to download here along with the Preliminary Announcement.
The presentations made at the workshop are available for download below:
| Speaker |
Presentation |
| 1. Dr. Steven Collins - An Entrepreneur’s perspective |
Click here |
| 2. Dr. Tony Mendes - An American Perspective |
Click here |
| 3. Dr. Thomas Cooney - A European Perspective |
Click here |
| 4. Accelerating Campus Entrepreneurship (ACE) |
Click here |
| 5. DL IADT - An Irish case study - Linking Theory and Entrepreneurial Practice |
Click here |
| 6. Professor Pauric McGowan - Entrepreneurship and Staff engagement |
Click here |
| 7. Professor Paul Hannon - Future for Entrepreneurship Education – Reflections from UK and Europe |
Click here |
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HETAC Workshop on External Examining
HETAC hosted a workshop on external examining for interested persons, particularly those responsible for dealing with external examiners such as Heads of Department and Heads of School as well as those responsible for institutional monitoring of external examiner reports. The event was also considered to be of interest to both experienced and prospective external examiners. The 2008 workshop explored a number of interesting and relevant perspectives :
• external examining lessons from the United Kingdom;
• international external examining processes; and
• Irish best practice case studies – including how institutions support external examiners.
The workshop culminated in focus group discussions that will contribute to the development of a draft Code of Practice.
The Preliminary Announcement is available to download here..... Workshop Announcement.pdf
Date: Wednesday 30 April 2008
Venue: Griffith Conference Centre, Griffith College Dublin
Registration: €100
The presentations made at the workshop are available to download here....
Andrew Hannan and Harold Silver - Presentation
Annie Doona and Paula Gilligan - Presentation
John Monaghan - Presentation
Joseph Ryan - First Presentation
Joseph Ryan - Second Presentation
Michael Kelleher - Presentation
Rachel Crossland - Presentation
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HETAC Conference on the Recognition of Work Based Learning
HETAC hosted a conference on the recognition of work based learning for HETAC providers, all other higher education institutions and interested stakeholders. HETAC wishes to identify the policy and practical issues that emerge for providers in recognising (and assessing) the prior learning already achieved by groups of people in the workplace.
The conference programme is available to download here... RWBL Programme
Date: Thursday, 29 November 2007
Venue: Griffith Conference Centre, Griffith College Dublin
The paper presented by Dr Anne Murphy, DIT is available to download here... A Murphy DIT - Paper
The presentations made at the conference are available to download here....
RWBL Andrew Hodgers - Presentation.ppt
RWBL Angela Lambkin Presentation.ppt
RWBL Anna Murphy.ppt
RWBL Anne Murphy - Presentation.ppt
RWBL K Maguire - Presentation.ppt
RWBL Ray Coughlan Presentation.ppt
RWBL Richard Thorn - Presentation.ppt
RWBL Wendy Ryan & Joe Ryan.ppt
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COUNTRY’S FIRST EVER PhD AWARDED FOLLOWING PUBLIC EXAMINATION OF STUDENT’S VIVA VOCE PRESENTATION
(L-R) Monsignor Andrew Vissanu Thanya-anan, Apostolic Nunciature, Cardinal Cathal Daly, Séamus Puirséil, CE, HETAC and Dr Seán McDonagh
Fr. Seán McDonagh SSC was awarded the degree of Doctor of Philosophy by the Higher Education and Training Awards Council (HETAC) following the first ever public examination in these islands of works submitted that included a viva voce presentation.
Speaking at this unique event, held on Tuesday, 21 November 2006 at the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland headquarters on Dublin’s Kildare St., Séamus Puirséil, Chief Executive of HETAC said, "The remarkable academic and scholarly achievements of Fr Seán McDonagh have been assessed by leading academics who have deemed them to be worthy of formal recognition and I am very pleased that HETAC has conferred this doctorate on him”
Further details here..... News
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HETAC Seminar on External Examining (taught programmes) -
14 November 2006
HETAC hosted a seminar for both new and established higher education institutions, external examiners and persons responsible for appointing external examiners on Tuesday 14 November 2006 at the Alexander Hotel, Dublin.
The proceedings of the seminar are available to download here.... Proceedings
Prof. Sheehy's presentation, made at the seminar, is available to download here...Presentation
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Colloquium on Research Skills Needed, Dublin - 25 September 2006
HETAC hosted a colloquium for key decision makers in the Institutes of Technology and other invited participants in Dublin on Monday 25 September 2006 from 9:00 to 15:00.
Prof McCrae's presentation, made at the colloquium, is available to download here.... UKCGEdublin.ppt
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From Berlin to Bergen- Bologna Seminar- held in September 2004
HETAC on behalf of the Department of Education and Science Bologna Steering Group and in cooperation with the Bologna Promoters for Ireland and the United Kingdom, held a seminar, on Monday 13th September 2004, to outline recent developments in relation to the European Higher Education area.
Presentations are available to download in MS Powerpoint format - Please click on the relevant speaker below:
Preparing for Bergen (joint presentation)
Séamus Puirséil Chief Executive, Higher Education and Training Awards Council
Orlaith McCaul, Head of Quality Assurance and Learner Assessment, HETAC
National and European Frameworks of Qualifications
Seán Ó Foghlú Chief Executive, National Qualifications Authority of Ireland
Joint Degrees Recognition
Lewis Purser European Universities Association
Europass/Diploma Supplement/Credit Labels
Danny Brennan Registrar, Letterkenny Institute of Technology (Bologna Promoter for Ireland)
John Reilly Bologna Promoter for UK | 
