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Ireland: Transforming Higher Education – and one Case Study in Progress

Ireland: Transforming Higher Education – and one Case Study in Progress. Mike Murphy ASEE International Forum 14 June, 2014. Case Study - Ireland. Population – 4m In Higher Education: 200K (80% full-time) Participation rate in Higher Ed: 66% Approx 41K new full-time UGs every year

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Ireland: Transforming Higher Education – and one Case Study in Progress

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  1. Ireland: Transforming Higher Education – and one Case Study in Progress Mike Murphy ASEE International Forum 14 June, 2014

  2. Case Study - Ireland • Population – 4m • In Higher Education: 200K (80% full-time) • Participation rate in Higher Ed: 66% • Approx 41K new full-time UGs every year • 75% of whom study on 4-year degree courses • 8K full-time research students (5% of total) • €2.3b spend annually (approx €11K per student)

  3. Higher Education in Ireland University Sector (7 Universities) Non-University Sector (14 IoTs) 90K full-time students 17K part-time students 8.5K research students 65K full-time students 16K part-time students 1K research students

  4. Higher Education in Ireland University Sector Non-University Sector DIT 13K full-time students 5K part-time students 2.5K post-grad students

  5. Irish Government Priorities • Reform the system • Alignment to national strategic objectives • Support a knowledge-based economy and society • Avoid mission drift • Reward performance • Collaboration/clustering/consolidation

  6. The start of a journey … or the next step in a journey? The “Hunt Report”

  7. Creating an Alliance…. TU4Dublin

  8. 2013-2014: Student Enrolment

  9. Programme Provision: Levels 6 and 7

  10. Programme Provision: Levels 8-10

  11. Transformation Agenda • 3 Presidents don’t want to simply merge • They have set an ambitious transformation agenda: • An internationally recognised TU with significant regional, national and global impact • Core attributes: • Student-centred learning • Embedded civic engagement • Practice-led and research informed

  12. Why Create a TU? • We have the opportunity to reinvent ourselves • Legislation and process creates opportunity for us and the expectation to seize that opportunity • We can’t stand still in a global changing higher education landscape • Global recognition of our graduates… in most comparator countries we would already be a TU • Being a TU opens up opportunities for us; including to better serve our city and our region

  13. Target Timelines Stages TU Dublin Alliance MOU Signed Stage 1 Expression of Interest 31 July 2012 Stage 2 Submit Implementation Plan to HEA Stage 3 Evaluation of Plan Stage 4 Application for Designation as a TU

  14. HEA Criteria & Work-Streams Work-streams HEA Criteria

  15. Work-streams Foundation Themes Alignment of Work Streams to Foundation Themes

  16. TU4Dublin Creative Foundations Re-imagining our curriculum Designing our workplace Connecting through dialogue Dublin’s globally-engaged university The digital campus Converging for designation Getting our people ready The Enterprising University Strengthening our research

  17. Foundation Theme: Re-imagining our Curriculum

  18. Key Questions • We plan to legally merge first as quickly as possible, while planning our transformation • Is this best approach? • How best to achieve this transformation?

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