Quality and Qualifications Ireland
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Oct 23, 2026
Episode 12: Women Rising-Voices from the Collective
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65:00Sinead MahonGUEST
We don't just put stuff on for the crack.
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65:03Sinead MahonGUEST
So it's basically when we're actually compiling our programs for the next term, listening to the women, what they want to see, whether that's just a community development program or or up to QQI level 7.
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65:19Sinead MahonGUEST
So we've a broad range, I suppose, of programs.
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65:23Sinead MahonGUEST
And then in relation from a national perspective, the national have developed, we have the SEPs program pre-COVID, which was an activation back to work kind of program, which was funded through the EU.
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76:54Sinead MahonGUEST
But we haven't developed it.
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76:55Sinead MahonGUEST
We, you know, put in a funding application with Maynooth University Research Ireland.
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77:00Sinead MahonGUEST
And we're currently delivering STEM QQI Level 6 with Catriona O'Sullivan and Tord Tame.
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77:07Sinead MahonGUEST
which is a new thing for us all together.
ACE26 miniseries episode 2: From education to AI: reimagining the future of payroll
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9:09Shane OrmsbyGUEST
So I suppose m- uh, you know, I'd worked with several awarding bodies in the past.
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9:12Shane OrmsbyGUEST
I would have a lot of experience working with QQI, which is the, you know, subset of the Department of Education and Skills that looks after certification and quality assurance outside of the university sector in Ireland.
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9:22Shane OrmsbyGUEST
Um, so and our flagship, you know, Certificate in Payroll Techniques is, is a level six special purpose award on the National Framework Qualifications that's validated by QQI.
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9:32Shane OrmsbyGUEST
So we've been through, um, couple of very successful reviews with QQI since I've joined, so obviously I've been able to add some value there as well.
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9:40Shane OrmsbyGUEST
Um, the other thing that I've done is, um, you know, the, the, the content team have done a really good job of doing exactly that, you know, producing very accurate content in a timely manner, in a format that's unambiguous.
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9:56Shane OrmsbyGUEST
And, you know, while the challenge is never the ability to be able to look up the law or the statute or whatever it is.
Protecting the value of a degree in the age of AI. With Phil Newton
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28:51Phil NewtonGUEST
I'm not sure they've got the answers, but they're certainly spending a lot more time talking about what to do.
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28:57Phil NewtonGUEST
I think QQI in Ireland, we've got a lot of time for.
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28:59Phil NewtonGUEST
They seem to be also doing a lot of good work.
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29:03Phil NewtonGUEST
And then I think there are just very different approaches to this, let's say, in the United States where there isn't really a QAA or a TEQSA or a QQI.
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29:12Phil NewtonGUEST
It's very much more down to individual institutions, accrediting bodies, and individual academics who are judged maybe more on the quality of their assessments and their teaching than maybe we do here.
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29:26Phil NewtonGUEST
And I'm not fully familiar with the US system, and I'm not sure it would necessarily translate well to here.
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76:09Phil NewtonGUEST
or...
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76:11Phil NewtonGUEST
I'm not known for my optimism, honestly, but I have had conversations with folks like the QAA.