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Dr Bryan Maguire Director, Quality Assurance Welcome Dr Bryan Maguire Director, Quality Assurance

Collaborating for Impact EQAVET Recommendation Continually enhance national quality assurance systems by facilitating co-operation and mutual learning, testing and developing guidance material, providing information on quality developments in VET Actively participating in the framework network, contributing to policy development, increasing transparency of VET Through National Reference Points, communicating, disseminating, co-operating…building

Collaborating for impact At system level- DES, SOLAS, QQI: compatible At practitioner level- communications with networks, associations until… IQAVET, 2016: Erasmus+ grant Programme of work- 4 national thematic seminars, deepening a culture of self-evaluation and review, embedding EQAVET principles and indicators Establishing a volunteer steering group through ETBI- building from an established nucleus Consolidating progress, working towards inclusive network of QA practitioners

Why a European dimension? Nationally- QA, improvement, enhancement- cycle National engagement, emerging provider architecture Europe wide: shared points of reference across post secondary education and training Experience and tools to stimulate and support discussion nationally Common culture in education and training External reference points, examples, case studies, promises, hot on the heels of domestic re-structuring Build resilience, share influences- collaborate for impact!