Introduction to Irish higher education & DIT at a glance. Dr Anne Murphy

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1 Introduction to Irish higher education & DIT at a glance Dr Anne Murphy

2 Higher education in the NQF

3 EQF Levels EHEA Framework (Bologna) Irish NFQ Levels Irish NFQ Major Award-types 1 1 Level 1 Certificate 2 Level 2 Certificate 2 3 Level 3 Certificate, Junior Certificate 3 4 Level 4 Certificate, Leaving Certificate 4 5 Level 5 Certificate, Leaving Certificate 5 Short Cycle within First Cycle 6 Advanced Certificate (FET award)* Higher Certificate (HET award) 6 First Cycle 7 Ordinary Bachelors Degree 8 Honours Bachelor Degree, Higher Diploma 7 Second Cycle 9 Masters Degree, Post-Graduate Diploma 8 Third Cycle 10 Doctoral Degree, Higher Doctorate

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5 37 DIT: Where are we?

6 Dublin Institute of Technology Established in 1887 publicly funded Autonomous degree awarding institution since 1992 Awards from Higher Certificate to Doctoral levels Provide 85+ fulltime and 200+ part time courses Over 10,000 fulltime students 1,000 overseas students from 65 countries DIT is a member of

7 International Ranking 2006 Ranking: Ranking: DIT nominated best Institute of Technology of 2011 by the Times

8 Ladders of Opportunity Doctoral Degree Level 10 Masters Degree Level 9 Honours Degree Level 8 Ordinary Degree Level 7 & Level 6 Higher Certificate

9 DIT: 4 Colleges (formerly 6 Faculties) Engineering & Built Environment Science & Health Arts & Tourism Business

10 DIT Schools: 27 in previous Faculty structure Applied Arts Music & Drama Art, Design and Printing Languages Media Social Sciences & Law Engineering Built Environment Spatial Planning Architecture Construction Real Estate & Construction Economics Science Business Accounting & Finance Management Marketing Retail & Services Management Graduate Business School Tourism & Food Civil & Building Services Mechanical & Transport Manufacturing & Design Electrical Engineering Systems Electronic & Communications Biological Sciences Chemical & Pharmaceutical Computing Mathematics Physics Hospitality Management & Tourism Culinary Arts & Food Technology Food Science & Environmental Health

11 DIT: Staff, Courses and Student Numbers 4,000+ graduates each year 4,500 new first years this year 85 full-time Courses 200 part-time Courses 22,000 students 1,700 staff (total)

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13 Our Future: 2010 forward The new campus.. in an historic setting

14 International Students

15 International Student numbers growing

16 International Partners Joint programmes: Harbin Institute of Technology Tsinghua University IILM New Delhi Egypt Oman Singapore Range of European partners Paris Stockholm Valencia Russia 2003 President McAleese receiving Honorary Degree at Harbin Institute of Technology

17 DIT and Research Materials & Engineering ICT, Arts and Media Sustainability Food, Nutrition and Health Social, Business & Economic Development Strategy for Research & Scholarship

18 DIT Research Centres

19 DIT and relationships with Industry Students Work placements 96% employed/further education Careers office Staff Circa. 50% employed from industry Ongoing consultancy Industry involved in design & delivery of courses Entrepreneurs Licensing technology Source funding Mentoring

20 Fostering Enterprise Established model and network PDC and HotHouse 350 Start-ups Created 30 Start-ups per annum 50 Fast growth companies supported 15,000 m 2 of Incubation space

21 Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) Using learning already achieved for the purposes of: i. Entry to a programme of study at the initial stage (either Bachelor or Masters) ii. iii. iv. Entry at an advanced stage of a programme Exemption from elements of a programme Transfer from one programme to another or from another college to the DIT v. Progression from one level to a higher level vi. Towards achievement of a full award vii. For up-skilling /re-skilling of unemployed graduates

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23 Award types in NQF Major Minor Progression Supplemental Special purpose (definitions in document)

24 NQF grid for level descriptors in handout

25 VET/FE & HE Apprentice training provided by DIT but qualification awarded by FETAC (Further Education and Training Awards Council) Apprentice numbers greatly reduced Unemployment has led to many apprentices not completing their qualification now a growing problem RPL seen as useful here VET/FE frequently works to national standards No ECTS credits in VET/FE Disconnect between VET/FE and HE

26 Power of universities Universities determine how second level education is organised The school-leaving exam. is linked to the CAO (central application system) for universities Publicly funded HE providers regulated by the Higher Education Authority (HEA) and quality assured by the NQAI Private higher education models increasing Unregulated providers problematic International providers now big providers (Kaplan)

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