To Register for the below event, please click on our Eventbrite link :
https://rplpractitionernetworkevent19.eventbrite.ie
Knowledge Sharing Event
Embedding RPL: Practice and Policy
Wednesday, 22nd May 2019
10.00am-15.30 pm
Connacht Hotel, Dublin Road, Galway
| 9:30 | Registration – Tea/ Coffee
|
| 10:00 | Welcome and Opening Remarks |
| 10:15 | Council Recommendation (2012) on the validation of non-formal and informal learning
Overview of progress in Ireland Andrina Wafer, Qualification and Quality Ireland (QQI) |
| 10:40 | Keynote Address: Envisioning the Future of RPL |
| Lieve Van Den Brande, European Commission | |
| 11:15 | Coffee Break |
| 11:30 | Panel – Communities of Practice in Ireland: Short Reflections on the Impact of Practice on Policy and Policy on Practice |
|
ETB Sector: Practice Shaping Policy – TOBAR Ciaran Lynch, Cork ETB
|
|
| A Sectoral Policy Response: Supporting our Farming Community
Carmel Finlay, Teagasc
The Impact of RPL Practice on Talent Development Policy in the Workplace Ronan Emmett, Boston Scientific
|
|
| The Impact of RPL Policy on Practice in Higher Education
Dr. David Denieffe, Carlow Institute of Technology on behalf of Higher Education Authority (HEA) |
|
|
The Impact of RPL Policy on Practice in Further Education and Training (FET) SOLAS representative (to be confirmed)
The Impact of RPL Policy and Practice for Guidance Practice and Policy in Education Jennifer McKenzie, National Centre for Guidance in Education
|
|
| RPL Supporting Industry, Validating Work Practice
Dr. Oran Doherty, Regional Skills Fora
|
|
| Prior Learning meeting the DEASP
Stephen Fitzgerald, Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection Questions and Answers from participants and panellists |
|
| 13:00 | Lunch |
|
13:45 |
Participatory Workshops
|
| 1. Tools to Support the RPL Process
Facilitators: Martina Needham, Donegal ETB, Gavin Clinch, Sligo Institute of Technology Sligo and Dr Carina Ginty Galway Mayo Institute of Technology
|
|
| 2. Quality Assurance underpinning RPL
Facilitator: Anne Higgins, Galway-Roscommon ETB
|
|
| 3. RPL a Process to Support Skills Policy and Talent Management
Facilitator: Deirdre Goggin, Cork Institute of Technology
|
|
| 4. Guidance – the Role of Guidance in Supporting RPL Process
Facilitator: to be confirmed |
|
| 15:15 | Closing Remarks
|