Ireland’s architecture for identifying, prioritising and responding to skills needs

Based on a request from the Irish Universities Association (IUA) Council, which is made up of the seven Irish university Presidents, the State architecture for identifying, prioritising and responding to Ireland’s skills needs was examined. This was done to help universities take greater cognizance of the government’s skills agenda, and better understand what misalignments may exist between the university context and the State’s conception of skills ‘supply and demand’, which may have an impact on universities’ response to skills needs

Considering the impact of StudentSurvey.ie nationally and internationally after nine years of the survey

In this short article, the StudentSurvey.ie Steering Group offers some observations about the development of the Irish Survey of Student Engagement since its inception in 2012. The article also considers what impact means for StudentSurvey.ie, before discussing some of the ways in which the results of StudentSurvey.ie (and PGR StudentSurey.ie) have had impact nationally and internationally. One way is the inclusion of StudentSurvey.ie in national quality assurance reviews, which has highlighted some of the opportunities and challenges in demonstrating the impact of StudentSurvey.ie within participating institutions. The publication of this article coincides with the publication of the StudentSurvey.ie Trend Analysis Research 2016-2021, which is briefly discussed. Some final remarks are offered