Leading and Learning in a Changing Landscape

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Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI) hosted a one-day face-to-face conference in the Dublin Royal Convention Centre in Dublin 8 on Thursday, 21 November 2024. 

The theme of the conference, ‘Leading and learning in a changing landscape’, focused on exploring approaches to the significant digital, national and international transformations impacting tertiary education in Ireland and internationally.  

National and international experts contributing included:

  • Professor Danny Liu, University of Sydney, who delivered the keynote address on ‘CRAFTing our way towards a future with generative AI’.
  • Among the panelists discussing their approaches to Generative Artificial Intelligence in HE and FET was Professor Alan Smeaton, Dublin City University, and Dr Brendan Ryan, Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board
  • Dr Irene Glendinning, formerly of Coventry University, considered ‘Addressing current threats to integrity’
  • Tom Lowe, University of Westminster, shared his perspective on ‘A pivotal moment for student engagement’
  • Professor Veronica Campbell, South East Technological University, reflected on ‘Institutional Transformation: A Reflection from Ireland’s newest TU’ 
  • Dr Lindsay Malone, Waterford and Wexford Education and Training Board shared her views on ‘FET Forward: Examining how FET has evolved in a dynamic environment and how FET will ensure qualifications support the future capability of learners’
  • Dr Elaine Boyd, Institute of Education, University College London, and Thom Kiddle, Norwich Institute for Language Education joined Mary Grennan, Quality and Qualifications Ireland, in exploring ‘A flexible, inclusive approach to CEFR alignment’.

The conference also included:

  • The launch of the QQI Statement of Strategy 2025-2027 
  • A panel discussion led by NStEP Manager, Niamh Kennedy on student engagement 
  • A report on the evaluation of the impact of National Academic Integrity Network 5 years on
  • Insights into the outcomes of the 8 QQI funded Rethinking Assessment projects.
  • A session on European collaboration in a changing geopolitical climate  

You can review the full programme below, as well as presentations and recordings from the day.

Event programme | 2024

QQI Conference Programme 2024

Presentations

Understanding Attitudes Towards Academic Integrity in Irish Higher Education (0.6 MB) Student Perspectives on Online Assessment, Academic Integrity & Ethical Practice Outcomes of Research at UCD (1.5 MB) Navigating Dynamic Sectoral Change Through Collaboration - an Independent Provider Perspective from CCT (3.4 MB) Interactive Oral Assessment - A model for robust and authentic assessment design (1.2 MB) Institutional Transformation - a reflection from Ireland's newest TU (8.5 MB) Five years old and counting - The National Academic Integrity Network Impact Evaluation (0.8 MB) FET Forward - Examining how FET has evolved in a dynamic environment (2.7 MB) CRAFTing our way towards a future with generative AI (2.2 MB) An investigation into the use of technology-enhanced simulation as an integrative authentic assessment approach (4.6 MB) Addressing current threats to integrity (0.4 MB) A Flexible Inclusive Approach to CEFR Alignment (1.4 MB)
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