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John O’Connor

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John O’Connor

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  1. John O’Connor John O’Connor has worked as a Development Officer with the National Qualifications Authority of Ireland (NQAI) since March 2008. The principal function of the NQAI is to develop a framework of qualifications for the recognition and award of qualifications in the State based on standards of knowledge, skill or competence to be acquired by learners. Related to this the NQAI has the function of establishing the policies and criteria on which the framework of qualifications are based. John is Ireland’s representative on the European Occupations, Skills Competence and Qualifications (ESCO) Committee and is a member of the National Skills Database Steering Group which provides skills and labour market to the Expert Group on Future Skills Needs (EGFSN). Before joining the NQAI, John worked for fifteen years as a lecturer and as an administrator in the independent higher education sector in Dublin.

  2. Employment Agenda for Higher Education and Training HECA Conference 20 April 2012 John O’Connor NQAI

  3. Employment Agenda • Policy Context • Policy Levers • Towards a skills strategy • Lessons from practice • Challenges

  4. Policy Context • Action Plan for Jobs 2012 • National Higher Education Strategy to 2030 • National Skills Strategy • EU 2020 ‘New Skills for New Jobs’ • Bologna Process • OECD Skills Strategy • Internationalisation – Skills mobility • Unemployment - 14.3%

  5. Policy Levers Reform of Qualifications System – NFQ European transparency instruments – EQF, Europass, Validation, Credit, ESCO Quality assurance Data and Research– Forfas, National Competitiveness Council, CSO, HEA, Eurostat. OECD etc. Guidance community – brokers of labour market intelligence

  6. Towards a skills strategy Identifying essential skills for the future Understandings Skills Mismatches Improve skills training for the unemployed Strategy for skills financing – cost, access, equity and quality Establish a common language for skills Improve the measurement of Skills

  7. Evidence of ‘what works’ Education in Employment Project www.eine.ie Roadmap for Employment Academic Partnerships (REAP) www.reap.ie Evaluation of Labour Market Activation Fund 2010 www.des.ie OECD Review of VET in Ireland, 2010. www.oecd.ie HETAC Guidelines on Enterprise and Entrepreneurship Education www.hetac.ie Institutional practice Skillnets www.skillnets.ie

  8. Employment Agenda for Higher Education – Challenges Responsiveness Quality and efficiency in learning provision Flexibility in provision Transferability of skills Ease of access Low cost of re-entry Evidence of impact Thank You

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