Current consultations

These procedures are being established by QQI in the event of a formal request being made to QQI, as an EQAR registered agency, that it conduct the external quality assurance of a joint programme using the European Approach. 

Applying the European Approach means conducting a single evaluation process delivering a single report to be accepted by the co-operating institutions/other accrediting bodies under the Bucharest Communiqué.

This white paper sets out QQI’s proposed procedures to implement the European Approach for the quality assurance of joint programmes. 

 

White Paper on Quality Assurance Procedures.

 

We are accepting feedback through this form.

The deadline for submitting feedback is 15 March 2024.  

Any queries can be directed to hereviews@qqi.ie

A legislative amendment introduced through the Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) (Amendment) Act 2019 created new offences related to the facilitation of cheating, the advertisement of cheating services, and the publication of such advertisements. QQI is identified as prosecutor of these offences.

The white paper

The white paper sets out QQI’s intended approach to implementing the new legislative provision (section 43A), which is informed by four pillars: proportionality, transparency, shared responsibility and provider autonomy. The paper also relies on the powers conferred by other statutory infrastructure within the Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) Act 2012 (as amended) and sets out five central pillars to the proposed policy.

The paper details how the national policy infrastructure will interact with the responsibility of education providers for their own internal quality assurance systems, and the responsibilities of learners and staff to engage with their studies and work within the scope of these systems. It also describes the obligations of other stakeholders such as advertising and publishing platforms under the legislation and details how QQI will engage with these stakeholders to protect the integrity of Irish qualifications. The paper can be found at the link below:

White Paper on Academic Integrity 

Deadline for submitting feedback and queries about the consultation

We will be accepting feedback through this form from Monday, 19 February 2024 until Tuesday, 30 April. 

Any queries may be directed to Caoimhe Marshall (academicintegrity@qqi.ie).

Context

QQI currently operates two distinct approaches to the specification of award standards for QQI FET qualifications and QQI HET qualifications. Last year, QQI contracted external expertise to engage with the sector and develop the draft Integrated Award Standards for Business at NFQ levels 5-9. 

This initiative takes place against a background of emerging government policy on a more unified tertiary education system which has already stimulated supported collaboration among universities and ETBs on the development of tertiary programmes leading to degree qualifications. 

This consultation seeks views on:

  • The appropriateness of the draft Integrated Award Standards for Business at NFQ levels 5-9. 
  • The integrated Award Standards for Business-User Guide.

Audience 

This consultation is open to everyone with an interest in qualifications in Business, particularly at NFQ levels 5-9. We want to know what education and training providers, teachers, social partners and learners think about the appropriateness of this new Integrated Broad Award Standards at NFQ levels 5-9

Consultation Arrangements 

This consultation will remain open for 5 weeks commencing on 14th of February 2024 and ending on 21st of March 2024.

There are two parts to this consultation. Part 1 concerns a short survey on the draft Integrated Award Standards for Business at NFQ levels 5-9; and Part 2 concerns the draft implementation user guide for using the Integrated Award Standards for Business.  

Draft Integrated Award Standards for Business at NFQ levels 5-9 

Draft Integrated Award Standards for Business- User Guide 

 

Please click here to complete the online consultation.

If, for any reason you would prefer to send us your feedback directly please email your response to consultation@qqi.ie please include the consultation title in the subject line of the email and make clear who you are and what capacity you are responding.

If you have any technical problems accessing or using the online consultation, please e-mail us at consultation@qqi.ie.

In Ireland and around the world, people use qualifications for many different social, economic and cultural reasons.  

Sometimes we take qualifications for granted and we overlook the human and material aspects that support them to ensure qualifications are relevant and trustworthy.  

This Green Paper is a discussion paper. It outlines the Irish qualifications system and includes some broad questions on possible opportunities for improvements. There is also a companion Technical Paper which contains more detail.  

QQI hopes to use the Green Paper to begin a discussion about Ireland’s qualifications system. We believe this is a very important time to focus on how the system is performing. We would like to discuss this with all the different types of people who use qualifications. They include learners, employers, parents, practitioners, occupational associations and professions, providers and their staff, regulators, trade unions, the international community and others either directly or through representative bodies.  

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