Quality and Qualifications Ireland

Information Services

Angela Lambkin

Session

Quality and Qualifications Ireland

National Framework of Qualifications

Advising on Foreign Qualifications

NARIC Ireland

Europass activities

Qualifax services

QQI, an integrated agency for quality and qualifications in Ireland

State agency established in 2012 by the Quality

Assurance and Qualifications (Education and

Training) Act 2012

Quality assurance relationship with providers incl.

validating programmes

Custodian of the National Framework of

Qualifications (NFQ)

Setting standards and making awards

Information provision

Quality and Qualifications Ireland

QQI: What we do …. • Providers • Programmes

leading to QQI Awards

• QQI is an Awarding Body

• International recognition of qualifications

• International Education Mark

• Irish National Framework of Qualifications (10 Levels)

The Irish ENIC-NARIC Centre European Network of Information Centres in the European Region

NARIC: National Academic Recognition Information Centres in the European Union

• An initiative of the European Commission, the Council of Europe and UNESCO

• Helps organisations and individuals find information about international academic and professional mobility, and on procedures for the recognition of foreign qualifications.

• Facilitates the recognition of foreign qualifications in Ireland with advice on how foreign qualifications compare to Irish qualifications placed on the NFQ

• Variety of stakeholders: Award-holders/individuals

Recruiters

Employers

Education institutions

Guidance professionals

Government departments.

NARIC Ireland

www.naric.ie

• Advices about foreign academic qualifications

• Facilitates the recognition of Irish qualifications – at home and abroad / Verification service for QQI awards

• Acts as a referral service for professional recognition

• Approximately 70K website hits NARIC.ie

• Informal queries 5,000

• Free of charge service

The Irish ENIC-NARIC: How?

• Facilitates the recognition of foreign qualifications in Ireland by offering advice on

how foreign qualifications compare to Irish qualifications placed on the NFQ – variety of stakeholders: award-holders, recruiters, employers, education institutions, guidance professionals, government departments.

• Applicants are issued with a statement of comparability which compares their qualification to an Irish award, e.g.

“… is comparable to an Honours Bachelor Degree which is placed at Level 8 on the Irish National Framework of Qualifications”

• Provides information on the Irish education and training system, promotes recognition of Irish qualifications abroad

NARIC Stats

• 70,000+ users

• 1,150+ awards on www.naric.ie

• 3,000 direct enquiries

• 25,222 statements downloaded

• Brazil, Poland, UK the top 3

QQI, an integrated agency for quality and qualifications in Ireland

QQI, an integrated agency for quality and qualifications in Ireland

Advice is

• Authoritative

• Based on research and information gathered from national agencies

• Accumulated over time

• Comparative to NFQ/EQF levels

• Generic advice at award level

QQI, an integrated agency for quality

and qualifications in Ireland

Qualifax

• National learner database

• Comprehensive listing of course information up to date

• Guidance information & supports

• Links…

• Calendar of Events

QQI, an integrated agency for quality

and qualifications in Ireland

Qualifax

• Evolved over last 15 years

• Over 500K visitors to the site pa.

• Meets needs of wide range of interest groups

• National Guidance Review

QQI, an integrated agency for quality and qualifications in Ireland

Europass Initiative 2004

Europass Portfolio of Tools

European Curriculum Vitae

Language passport

Diploma Supplement

Certificate Supplement

Mobility forms

EU Reference Group

Europass

• New Decision 2017

• Modernisation planned

• Web based tools and relevant available information

• Online integrated platform at EU level

• New advisory group

QQI, an integrated agency for quality and qualifications in Ireland

Erasmus+ projects 2018 - 20

• Second level education qualifications

• Undocumented qualified

• On-line learning qualifications

• ……

QQI, an integrated agency for quality and qualifications in Ireland

www.naric.ie www.QQI.ie www.eqf.eu

www.qualifax.ie www.education.ie

www.enic-naric.net

QQI, an integrated agency for quality and qualifications in Ireland