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Dit Aungier Street – A Brief But Focused History From Earliest Times, Sean Byrne

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Preface:Towards A History Of Dit College Sites, Anne Murphy, Phil Hanlon Hanlon Dr.

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Curated Documents On Arrow Repository About Dit – A Sample, Anne Murphy, Phil Hanlon Dr.

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Regarding The Bolton Street Foley Four, Sean Byrne, Anne Murphy

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75 Years Of Dit Cathal Brugha Street – Brief History With Pictures, Lucy Horan

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Appendices Items For Paper: Dublin Institute Of Technology (Dit) College Sites: A Fascicle Of Maps, Photographs, Images And Documents, Leonard Hynes, Phil Hanlon Hanlon Dr., Anne Murphy Dr.

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Dublin Institute Of Technology (Dit) College Sites: A Fascicle Of Maps, Photographs, Images And Documents, Leonard Hynes, Phil Hanlon Dr., Anne Murphy

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Three Graces And A Referendum: Cathal Brugha Street’S History And Ireland’S Gender Discourses From Tradition To Transition, Brian Murphy

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Different Approaches To Including Qualifications In National Qualifications Frameworks (Nqfs), Mikaela Kets

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This article presents key findings from desk research regarding effective ways of including qualifications in a national framework. The research was commissioned in 2022 to inform The Qualifications Authority of Turkey on appropriate policies and procedures in this regard which could become elements of a Handbook at national framework of qualifications (NQF) operational level.

Apprentices’ Experiences Of Studying Online During The Covid-19 Emergency In Ireland: A Report Of Research Findings, Aidan Kenny

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In March 2020 the Irish government introduced emergency measures to stop the spread of the highly contagious Covid-19 virus. The change was immediate, and the protection of public health was paramount. All citizens were requested to cooperate and adhere to the restrictions. Key features included, restricted movement within the country, all non-essential workplaces to close and where possible move to remote working, the closure of all schools, training centres and universities, education was to be provided by online means. This research focused on a specialised section of the Irish education system - the Standard Based Apprenticeship - and how apprentices …

Building Our Future: Positive Steps Forward For Apprenticeship Education And Training In Ireland, Roisin Murphy Dr

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The construction labour market has undergone a period of considerable turbulence resulting from economic cyclicality over the last decade. While some facets of the labour market have recovered in line with economic growth, there remain challenges in attracting new apprentices. The issue is particularly pronounced for certain “wet trades”; namely bricklaying, floor and wall tiling, painting and decorating and plastering.

A mixed method research strategy was employed for the purpose of determining labour market trends for these trades, comprising of employer and apprentice surveys in addition to semi-structured interviews. Findings from the research uncover not only a shift …

Reflections Of A First Year Student From Overseas In Dublin During Covid 19 Lockdown 2020, Hugo Fuller

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Note from the Editors

This short, reflective piece was invited by the editors to illustrate the lived experience of many international undergraduate students in their first year on campus during Covid 19 Level 5 restrictions.

While there is nothing particularly dramatic or sensational in the piece, it does raise important questions regarding all the thought and effort invested in ‘the student experience’ of university in normal times, as well as questions about the time and funding invested in collaborative and group-based learning, and about current ideas around the design of ‘learning spaces’ and e-learning platforms.

No doubt, when the pandemic …

Care For Some Lunch? It’S More Than Just Food! Care, Commensality And Pedagogic Meals In Irish Primary Schools, Caroline Mcgowan

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This expository article addresses a lacuna in policy and practice literature around using primary school lunches as both a pedagogical opportunity and a space to expose children to social and cultural ‘rituals’ that model both care and food sharing as commensality. The article argues that policy literature in this space broadly tends to be concerned with a medicalised paradigm of nutrition, physical and cognitive development, and disease prevention, with scant regard for the impact that natural ‘everyday’ practices of eating and caring can have on enhancing encultured commensality, care and learning.

Online Assessment Format For Bim Skills At The Worldskills Russia National Championship 2020: Experiment And Results, Alexey Andreev

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This article describes a new online format for WorldSkills Competitions based on Digital Construction-BIM (Building Information Modelling) Skills at the Russian National Final 2020. The COVID-19 epidemic has affected many aspects of our lives. Locked down cities, remote on-line education, mask-wearing in public spaces, are all our today’s reality. As a result, the vast majority of WorldSkills National Championships which initially were planned for 2020 were postponed to 2021, including in Ireland, the UK and most other participating countries. There were new requirements for the 2020 Competition Venues, for infrastructure, and even for Competition Rules due to Covid 19 restrictions. …

Quality Assurance Challenges For Inclusion Of "Non-Formal Education Qualifications" Into Nqfs, Dzelalija Mile, Ivana Carev

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In this article we analyse practices of various forms of learning in different countries and their key roles for individuals regarding their potential on the labour market, in further education or any other interests of individuals and society. In addition, we analyse validation processes for non-formal and informal learning, as well as quality assurance practices in those countries.

Based on our analysis, we discuss the challenges of the inclusion of ‘non-formal education qualifications’ into national qualifications frameworks, emphasising the quality assurance principles for qualifications that are part of national qualification frameworks, and propose the theoretical base for inclusion of such …

The Challenge Of Adapting Existing Qualifications For Inclusion In The Nqf: Lessons Learned From The Twinning Project In Macedonia, Emilia Danowska-Florczyk, Horacy Debowski, Maciej Lasota, Agata Poczmansksa, Barbara Przybylska, Stanislaw Slawinski

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Adapting existing qualifications to a national qualifications framework (NQF) and to the requirements of the European Qualifications Framework (EQF) is one of the key elements of the process of developing and establishing a country’s NQF. Many countries have to tackle the challenge of adapting existing qualifications to the NQF and EQF requirements. This also pertains to Macedonia, which is currently in the process of implementing a qualifications system based on a national qualifications framework.

An international Twinning project took place in Macedonia in 2016-2017, entitled Further improvement of the system for development and implementation of the National Qualifications Framework. …

An Investigation Into The Decline In The Use Of Fresh Potatoes And The Increased Demand For Processed Potato Products In The Foodservice Sector In The Leinster Area, Emily Gray

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The aim of this article is to examine the decline in use of fresh potatoes and the increased demand for processed potato products in the foodservice sector in Leinster. The study focused on the consumption and use of potatoes by chefs, restauranteurs, hoteliers, and managers in the foodservice sector. This was achieved by a survey questionnaire of one hundred and ten establishments of which sixty-five responded. The research also involved examination of background information and past literature, investigating when the decline of the potato occurred and the cause of that decline, and comparing data from the retail sector to the …

The Wicked Problem Of Including Non-Formal, Cpd Micro-Qualifications In National Qualification Frameworks (Nqfs): A Think-Piece, Anne Murphy

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This think-piece was written in advance of the concluding conference for the EU Erasmus+ Project: NQF-IN – ‘Developing organisational and financial models for including non-formal sector qualifications in national qualifications frameworks’, Warsaw, 5-6 June 2018. The main purpose of the conference is/was to present the draft analytical report on models of inclusion based on seven country reports produced by the project partners from Poland, France, Ireland, Croatia, Scotland, Hungary and the Czech Republic. The conference also intended to present a wider EU perspective from the EQF-LLL and a global perspective from UNESCO on the main theme. Participants from circa sixteen …

Inclusion Of Non-Formal "Certificates" In The Qualifications Framework In Hungary, Erzebet Szlamka, Zoltan Loboda, Eva Tot

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This article describes the findings of empirical research conducted in Hungary in 2017 for a Country Report under the EU Erasmus+ Project: NQF-IN - developing organisational and financial models for including non-formal sector qualifications in national qualifications frameworks. The research involved interviews with non-formal training providers focused on the possibilities and obstacles of inclusion of ‘certifications’ issued by non-formal training providers into the Hungarian Qualifications Framework. According to the interviewees, current regulation requires a lot of administration thereby hindering the flexible organisation of training, limiting the tailoring of training to customers’ needs, and resulting in the loss of ownership of …

Proposed Models Of Including Non-Formal Sector Qualifications In National Qualifications Frameworks, Horacy Debowski, Stanislaw Slawinski, Sylwia Walicka, Agata Poczmansksa, Barbara Przybylska

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Report prepared within NQF-in Project based on the analysis and discussions of the experiences of seven European Countries: draft for consultation

Education In A Technological Era: Tthe Eu Digital Agenda Policy - More Optimistic Than Realistic?, Philomena Hanlon

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Both the potential opportunities and risks for higher education providers in the digital education space are enormous. The EU in its policy paper The Digital Agenda for Europe (2010) sets out inter alia opportunities provided by the digital economy which is growing at seven times the rate of the rest of the economy across the EU. At the same time, an early pioneer of distance learning and digital education, The Open University, is currently experiencing some problems. A recent edition of Times Higher Education (Parr, 19-25 February, 2015, p. 8) reported that the Open University has a £17 m deficit …

Realising The Age Of Lifelong Learning: Higher Education Calls For The On-Going Capture And Valuing Of Non-Formal And Informal Learning, Phil O'Leary

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igher education must take a united approach to activating the lifelong learning mindset of all individuals in society. By calling for individuals to identify and name learning gained experientially in the workplace, or in community settings, higher education providers will normalise the on-going capture of knowledge, skills and competencies. This mindset is valuable in a time of economic uncertainty. Valuing learning ties to the preparation of material for Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) should the individual’s knowledge be comparable with a particular programme or module. With this approach it is possible to capture significant learning events as they occur and …

Revisiting Leirman’S Four Cultures Of Education: Expert, Engineer, Prophet, Communicator, Ann Murphy

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This article revisits the four cultures of education devised by Professor Walter Leirman, University of Leuven and published in 1993. The four cultures are: expert, engineer, prophet and communicator. The dimensions of each culture and their implications for higher education policy and practice are described as Leirman outlined in his original matrix. The fifth culture ‘player’ is explained and added to the matrix with some commentary on its ambiguities. The article ends with Leirman’s two caveats about accepting his culture paradigms as more than the heuristic he intended.

Two Decades Of Rpl/Apel In Ireland: Practitioner Views, Anne Murphy

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My first involvement with APEL was in 1990 when I was invited to design a system by which cohorts of experiences practitioners in the disability training sector could achieve a sectoral qualification primarily through recognition of prior certificated and experiential learning. A taught route to the particular qualification was already in operation in partnership between the Adult Education Centre in St Patrick’s College, Maynooth (now National University of Ireland, Maynooth) and the National Rehabilitation Board. The trainers’ qualification was an essential element of quality assurance for the sector with funding support provided by the EU Social Fund. However, it was …

The Ditme Project: Interdisciplinary Research In Music Technology, Eugene Coyle, Dan Barry, Mikel Gainza, David Dorran, Charlie Pritchard, John Feeley, Derry Fitzgerald

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This paper profiles the emergence of a significant body of research in audio engineering within the Faculties of Engineering and Applied Arts at Dublin Institute of Technology. Over a period of five years the group has had significant success in completing a Strand 3 research project entitled Digital Tools for Music Education (DiTME), followed by successful follow-on projects funded through both the European Framework FP6 and Enterprise Ireland Commercialisation research schemes. The group has solved a number of challenging problems in the audio engineering field and has both published widely and patented a novel sound source separation invention.

Moving A Part-Time Engineering Course To A Student-Centred Paradigm, Kevin Kelly

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This paper is a further reflection on two conference papers presented at the World Conference for Continuing Engineering Education (WCCEE) in Vienna in April 2006 and National University of Ireland (NUI) Galway Conference: The Challenge of Diversity: Teaching, Support and Student Learning , June 2006. Both conference papers dealt with different aspects of my experiences of the theoretical and pedagogical changes required in re-design and delivery of a part-time engineering programme for the continuing education development of electrical engineers in the workforce.

A Critical Exploration Of The Rhetoric Of Equity Belied By Practice In Postgraduate Teacher Education, Roisin Ca Donnelly

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This paper presents the initial results of an investigation into the current awareness and perceptions of equity issues amongst academic staff working on a postgraduate learning and teaching course for teachers in tertiary education in the Republic of Ireland. The study is set in the contemporary landscape of discourses around equality, egalitarianism and equity in education generally

Is There A Need To Debate The Role Of Higher Education And The Public Good?, Sandra Fisher

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Calls for sustaining and increasing investment in higher education are often made on the basis that higher education is a `public good'. The idea of higher education as a public good is frequently conceptualized in terms of its contribution to economic development. If more people participate in higher education then society as a whole will benefit.

Outside of the economic benefits of higher education there is less debate as to what is meant by `public good' in the context of higher education. This paper explores higher education as a public good and its role in realizing the public good ( …

An Examination Of Ethical Issues Pertaining To Educational Research, Greg Gallagher

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The social sciences in general and educational researchers in particular have become more and more conscious of ethical propriety and the need for universally acceptable codes of ethical conduct in recent years. This newfound interest stems in part from criticisms of innovative contemporary research methodologies, and the fear that they may be at odds with certain fundamental ethical principles. This, in turn, has resulted in the integrity and validity of some of these new contemporary styles of research being held up to scrutiny and debated by adherents to the more conventional research methodologies.

This paper begins by tracing back to …

They Don't Really Want To Know Us: Experiences And Perceptions Of International Students At The Dublin Institute Of Technology, Almut Schlepper

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This paper seeks to explore the experiences and perceptions of international, non-EU students at the Dublin Institute of Technology.

My interest in the subject derives from my work as a lecturer at a college with an increasing number of international students and from my participation as a student on a course which made me appreciate the value of a diverse student and lecturer body.

The sample of the survey I carried out included international students and lecturers at one campus of the Dublin Institute of Technology.