1. Jonathan Brittain
National College of Ireland

2. Challenges & Benefits

3. Challenges Benefits NCI’s 1st Apprenticeship submission outcome:
“Not Satisfactory”
We developed a better programme!

4. Challenges Benefits Why did we fail?
Developing a “Satisfactory” QQI submission
Rigorous full scale review of the programme
QQI Evaluation Report specified criteria “Unsatisfactory”

5. Challenges Benefits QQI Apprenticeship documentation is now
Clarity on Apprenticeship QA
For example:
Award Title
Professional Award Type Descriptors
QQI Topic Specific Guidelines
QQI Apprenticeship documentation is now
“Satisfactory”

6. Challenges Benefits
Getting to grips with new elements in QQI process
For example:
International comparisons
More informed, more ideas, more support & justification for QA approach

7. Challenges Benefits Table 2: Mapping MIPLOss
“I've been wondering what that special place in hell looks like, for those who promoted …..”
It makes the QQI Panel ‘easier’

8. Table 2

9. Challenges Benefits Greater industry participation
Which leads to more positive reception at QQI panel
Development of Work-based learning modules

11. Challenge for QQI “Judge us on the quality of our products,
and not the quantity of our paperwork.” 
Michel Van Mellaerts

12. Thank you for listening!

13. Owen O’Donnell
Kerry Education and Training Board

14. Benefits Challenges
Synergies and linkages arising from the QA practices, (organisational capacity, cooperation with industry, with ETBs and with employers on the ground)
Standardisation of Delivery Nationally, Instructor led communities of practice (equal experience for the apprentice and Qualification Confidence)
Multiple Key Stakeholders, common understanding of new QA processes across multiple ETBs and CSG. Development of new QA governance.
Managing governance of QA across multiple providers, (ETBs & Non-ETBs) Structures for Monitoring, Review and Continuous Improvement