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    • Home > Framework Development > Workshop 28 January 2004

    Workshop Towards a National Approach to Credit in Higher Education - benefits, principles and operational guidelines, 28 January 2004


    Speakers at the Credit Workshop Dr Tom Duff - Dublin Institute of Technology and Dr John O'Brien - University of Limerick

    The Authority hosted a workshop on credit in higher education on Wednesday 28 January 2004 in the Westbury Hotel, Dublin. The purpose of the workshop was to inform participants from higher education institutions about the national approach to credit.This approach is being developed by the National Qualifications Authority of Ireland, in partnership with education stakeholders in the Authority’s Credit Advisory Group, to support and complement the National Framework of Qualifications.

    Aims of the workshop
    The Credit Advisory Group (Higher Education Track) has produced a draft document setting out benefits, principles and guidelines on a national approach to credit in higher education and training. This formed the basis for discussions and feedback in the workshop. The workshop provided an opportunity to consider issues for the implementation and further development of the national approach and to consider international developments and emerging issues on the credit agenda. These include debates about level referents for credit in higher education and the development of a credit system for vocational education and training at the European level. The workshop also provided an opportunity to hear about the experiences and perspectives of individual higher education institutions concerning the unitisation of learning and its relationship with credit accumulation. In order to view the report on the Workshop:

    Presentations

    Please click on the below links in order to view presentations.

    Introduction to the national approach to credit and the National Framework of Qualifications Dr Jim Murray, Development Officer, National Qualifications Authority of Ireland
    Developments in ECTS post-Berlin Mr Danny Brennan, Registrar, Letterkenny Institute of Technology.
    Towards a credit system for vocational education and training in Europe - implications for higher education Mr Edwin Mernagh, Development Officer, National Qualifications Authority of Ireland

    The unitisation of learning and credit accumulation in higher education in Ireland- some experiences and perspectives

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    Draft Document

     

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