Research Reports
- Frameworks
of Qualifications – A Review of Developments outside
the State (Spring 2002)
(691
KB)
- Surveys of
Learners and Employers Perceptions of Awards ad Qualifications (Sept/Oct
2002) (617
KB)
- Towards
a National Framework of Qualifications – The Employment Perspective
(Nov 2002) (234
KB)
- Report
on the Workshop on the Inclusion of Professional Awards in the National
Framework of Qualifications (Mar 2003) (294
KB)
- Report
on the Workshop on the Inclusion of International Awards in the National
Framework of Qualifications (May 2003) (344
KB)
- Report
of a Discussion Forum on the Implementation of the Copenhagen Declaration
on Enhanced European Co-operation in Vocational Education and Training (Oct
2003)
(159
KB)
- Short-Cycle
Awards in Context: A Study of Developments Relating to Higher Education
Awards’ Structures Outside the State (December 2003) (389
KB)
- Ireland Country Background Report for OECD thematic review on qualification
systems (December 2003) (687
KB)
- Report
on the Workshop ‘Towards a National Approach to Credit in
Higher Education – benefits, principles and operational guidelines
(Feb 2004) (102
KB)
- Submission
of National Qualifications Authority of Ireland to the OECD Higher Education
Review (February 2004) (73
KB)
- Background
Paper for the Presidency Conference on Higher Education & Vocational
Education and Training Common Approaches (March 2004) (445
KB)
- National
and International Practices and Trends in Classification or Grading of
awards in Further and Higher Education and Training (July 2005) (1,083
KB)
- Consultation
on the European Commission Proposal for a European Qualifications Framework
for Lifelong Learning: Response from Ireland (Dec 2005) (187
KB)
- Note
on Briefing Session on Draft Policies and Criteria on Professional/International
Awards (April 2006) (82
KB)
- Reviews
of Qualifications Frameworks – International Practice (June
2006) (389
KB)
- Report
on Transfer and Progression into Undergraduate Programmes Leading to University
Awards (Oct 2006) (1168
KB)
- Review
of Professional Doctorates (Oct 2006) (322
KB)
- Verification
of Compatibility of Irish National Framework of Qualifications with the
Bologna Framework (Nov 2006) (260
KB)
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