IRQ data update to Europass Qualifications Data Register

We are delighted to announce that another successful (higher education) data transfer from the IRQ register to the European Qualifications Dataset Register (QDR) took place in July 2024, meeting our EU obligation in providing information on courses and qualifications as part of the European Skills Agenda.

The Qualifications Dataset Register (QDR) is a tool developed by the European Commission to support national authorities to publish their data as ‘linked open data’ which is available on the Europass Platform, providing information to potential learners on accredited courses and qualifications across the European higher education area.  

The IRQ register was developed to meet a statutory requirement for a register of qualifications/awards that are included in the National Framework of Qualifications (NFQ). QQI aims to have this data transferred to the QDR twice a year, the IRQ team is available to assist with any technical queries. We would like to thank those providers who uploaded their data to the IRQ in recent months, we aim to have another updated data transfer from the IRQ register to the QDR in December 2024.