Webinar Review: Learning Unlocked – RPL and the Learner Experience
Webinar Review The well attended webinar on Friday 16th May 2025 showed the growing interest in RPL and the RPL Practitioner Network (Ireland). Siobhan Magee, Co Convenor, opened the session,…
RPL Practitioner Network Ireland convenes newly expanded Steering Group
The newly expanded RPL Practitioner Network Ireland Steering Group held its’ inaugural meeting in Dublin on 16 June 2023. Following a national call existing members of the Steering Group have…
Network event launches RPL Community of Practice
The RPL Practitioner Network event ‘The Boundary Shifters – Moving and Eliminating Boundaries’ took place on December 7th, 2022, and was hosted by SETU, Carlow, and supported by QQI. The…
RPL Practitioner Network Updates Steering Group Terms of Reference
Click on this Link to view the updated Terms of Reference.
Launch of RPL FET Toolkit for Education and Training Providers
A Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) toolkit has been developed for the Irish FET sector by the Further Education and Training (FET) Service of Donegal Education and Training Board and…
4th Validation of Prior Learning Biennale -‘Building a common ground – Validation of prior learning for integrated approaches in lifelong learning’
May 19-20 2022, Reykjavik The recordings and presentations from the 4th Validation of Prior Learning are now available online at this link. Keynote speakers; Ernesto Villalba, CEDEFOP provided an overview…
Successful Recognition of Prior Learning Initiative Concludes with Launch of Toolkit for the Sector
An initiative which enabled over two hundred people in Donegal and Limerick and Clare working in the healthcare and financial sectors to have their experience recognised, validated and certified,…
Study supporting the evaluation of the 2012 Recommendation on the validation of non-formal and informal learning
This study supports the Commission evaluating progress across Europe in helping people to have their skills and competences recognised through RPL; it gives strategic policy direction to discussions and possible next steps in enhancing the influence of EU interventions in RPL policies and processes.
Cedefop Analytical Framework for Upskilling Pathways (2016 Recommendation)
CEDEFOP has published the Analytical Framework to support implementation of the 2016 Recommendation, Upskilling Pathways across Member States. An executive summary and the full report are available, supporting the valuing of all learning through RPL, with skills assessments across adult learning contributing to RPL opportunities.