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STRATEGIC INNOVATION FUND PROJECT: Ireland
Education in Employment
and
Roadmap for Employer-Academic
Partnership
STRATEGIC INNOVATION FUND PROJECT: Ireland
Strategic Innovation Fund 2006-2013
€42 million in Cycle 1 - 2006€92 million in Cycle 2 - 2007
• Improve access and lifelong learning• Promote collaboration• Support institutional restructuring and
reform• Enhance teaching and learning
STRATEGIC INNOVATION FUND PROJECT: Ireland
Background and ContextNational Context:Workforce Development– Lifelong Learning- Upskilling and ReskillingRegional assessment of requirementsProactive collaboration between enterprise and educationCommon, well-understood, widely-used framework for the
development of ‘Human Capital’
Higher Education Context:Moves Lifelong learning from periphery to the mainstream of
academic prioritiesFlexible and adaptive responses to workforce development needsCreative and innovative – views academic institutions as Key Service
ProvidersEmbed isolated examples of excellence into mainstream activity
STRATEGIC INNOVATION FUND PROJECT: Ireland
Education in Employment Project:Focus on 4 distinct areas
• Work-based learning
• Recognition of prior learning
• Progression and diversification for craftspersons
• Learning needs of migrants
STRATEGIC INNOVATION FUND PROJECT: Ireland
Work-based Learning and Lifelong Learning
Four concepts help understand work-based learning in lifelong learning:
• Partnership between external organisations and education institutions
• Flexibility in terms of time, place and mode of learning
• Relevance of meeting the needs of employers and learners
• Accreditation of learning experiences
STRATEGIC INNOVATION FUND PROJECT: Ireland
Recognition of Prior Learning and Lifelong Learning
• Formal, non-formal, informal learning• Experience of the learner occupies
central place in teaching and learning• Improve access for unemployed and
maximise opportunities for up-skilling and re-skilling
• Provide efficient user-friendly routes to qualifications
STRATEGIC INNOVATION FUND PROJECT: Ireland
Progression of Craftspersons and Lifelong Learning
• Creation of planned pathways from apprentice craft education into third level education
• Additional exemptions through recognition of prior learning
• Provision of a diverse range of delivery options
STRATEGIC INNOVATION FUND PROJECT: Ireland
Migrants and Lifelong Learning
• Recognition of international qualifications
• Recognition of prior learning• English language provision• Cost of education• Lack of information regarding access
to third-level education• Support services for migrant students
STRATEGIC INNOVATION FUND PROJECT: Ireland
Roadmap for Employment-Academic Partnership
Addresses the full spectrum of partnership engagement between Higher Education Institutions and workplaces
Including:• involvement of workplace experts in the curriculum • development of flexible and accessible learning
opportunities for workplace learners at all levels, • fostering of research and technology transfer
opportunities
STRATEGIC INNOVATION FUND PROJECT: Ireland
Tri-partite Learning Arrangements
Employee-Learner
WorkplaceHigher Education
Institution
Tripartite Negotiated Learning Arrangements
National and Regional Development Priorities
National Economic Policies
Credit-Earning Partnership
Interactions
Changing Demographics
STRATEGIC INNOVATION FUND PROJECT: Ireland
Projects in the Lifelong Learning Context
Building Capacity and Capability• Recognition of prior learning• Work-based and blended learning• Flexible and accessible learning
Learning at, through and for work• Employer as key partner in the learning process• Specialist customised course developments• Professional postgraduate learning pathways• Negotiated and supported learning planning• Relevant and authentic assessment methods
STRATEGIC INNOVATION FUND PROJECT: Ireland
Concluding Remarks
• Enhancing people’s skills gives future competitive advantage to a workforce
• Lifelong learning should play a significant part in development for those who are unemployed or whose job functions are under threat
• Increasing pressure on Higher Education Institutions to work more closely with employers in meeting and predicting the workforce learning and development needs
STRATEGIC INNOVATION FUND PROJECT: Ireland
For Further Information on the projects:
www.eine.ie
www.reap.ie