AONTAS CEN Meeting - 21st February 2018

Many thanks to all those of you who participated in the AONTAS Community Education Network (CEN) meeting on the 21st February 2018. This meeting had a strong focus on quality assurance and engagement with Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI).

Future CEN meetings will have a broader focus on wider issues relevant to CEN members and will provide a space for exploring community education principles and practices. One of the outcomes of the February meeting was that issues pertaining to QQI reengagement will have a separate space within the CEN, in order to ensure that CEN meetings continue to be of relevance to all members.

Presentations 

We are most grateful to all those who presented at the meeting, please access the presentations by clicking the links below:

• Valerie and Maureen of Women’s Community Projects, Mullingar shared their experience of participating in the QQI reengagement pilot process
• Walter Balfe of QQI spoke about the learning from the pilot process and the next steps in terms of the ‘live’ reengagement process
• Marie Gould of ETBI shared information on QA developments in the ETBs
• Camilla Fitzsimons of Maynooth University spoke about the new Turn to Teaching initiative aimed and supporting engagement of students considered disadvantaged in terms of education experience

 Please see a flyer on the Turn to Teaching Initiative here.

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