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Quality and Qualifications Ireland

Quality and Qualifications Ireland

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Oct 23, 2026

Sinead MahonGUEST
65:00
We don't just put stuff on for the crack.
Sinead MahonGUEST
65:03
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.
Sinead MahonGUEST
65:19
So we've a broad range, I suppose, of programs.
Sinead MahonGUEST
65:23
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.

11 MINS LATER

Sinead MahonGUEST
76:54
But we haven't developed it.
Sinead MahonGUEST
76:55
We, you know, put in a funding application with Maynooth University Research Ireland.
Sinead MahonGUEST
77:00
And we're currently delivering STEM QQI Level 6 with Catriona O'Sullivan and Tord Tame.
Sinead MahonGUEST
77:07
which is a new thing for us all together.
Shane OrmsbyGUEST
9:09
So I suppose m- uh, you know, I'd worked with several awarding bodies in the past.
Shane OrmsbyGUEST
9:12
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.
Shane OrmsbyGUEST
9:22
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.
Shane OrmsbyGUEST
9:32
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.
Shane OrmsbyGUEST
9:40
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.
Shane OrmsbyGUEST
9:56
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.
Phil NewtonGUEST
28:51
I'm not sure they've got the answers, but they're certainly spending a lot more time talking about what to do.
Phil NewtonGUEST
28:57
I think QQI in Ireland, we've got a lot of time for.
Phil NewtonGUEST
28:59
They seem to be also doing a lot of good work.
Phil NewtonGUEST
29:03
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.
Phil NewtonGUEST
29:12
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.
Phil NewtonGUEST
29:26
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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Phil NewtonGUEST
76:09
or...
Phil NewtonGUEST
76:11
I'm not known for my optimism, honestly, but I have had conversations with folks like the QAA.

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