IUQB review
The IUQB was established in 2002 to increase the level of inter-university co-operation in developing quality assurance procedures and processes, in line with best international systems. The IUQB conducts regular external reviews of Irish universities, establishes good practice and publishes national guidelines, applying agreed European standards and guidelines, co-operating with national and international organisations and disseminating information to stakeholders.
At the request of the Irish Universities Quality Board (IUQB), the HEA has commissioned an independent external review of the performance by the IUQB of its functions. The full terms of reference and process for this review are available for download.
The review has considered the extent to which the IUQB is fulfilling its main objectives and includes an evaluation of the IUQB’s compliance with the European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA) standards and guidelines for quality assurance in the European Higher Education Area (EHEA). A successful review will allow the IUQB to seek membership of ENQA and of any future register of quality assurance agencies operating in the EHEA.
This review has now been completed and a copy of the expert group’s report along with supporting materials is now available for download.
Key documents include:
1. The Irish Universities Quality Board Self-Evaluation Report
2. The Report of the Expert Group
3. Response of the Irish Universities Quality Board (IUQB) to the report of the Expert Panel
4. The Response of the Higher Education Authority to the report of the Expert Panel
These key documents along with supporting material are all available for download on the following page: www.hea.ie/en/IUQB_Review_Documents
Other stakeholders may also prepare responses following publication of the review outcomes. These documents will also be provided on the above page in due course.
The membership of the Expert Group was as follows:
- Don Thornhill, (Chair of the Expert Panel), Chair, National Competitiveness Council
- Marion Coy, President, Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology
- Fiona Crozier, Assistant Director, Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education, United Kingdom
- John Dunne, Chief Executive, Chambers Ireland
- Des Geraghty, Chair, Affordable Homes Partnership (and former President of the Services, Industrial, Professional and Technical Union)
- Daithí MacSíthigh, Postgraduate student, Trinity College Dublin, Former Education Officer, Union of Students in Ireland (Nominee of the USI)
- Jean Morse, Executive Director, Middle States Commission on Higher Education, USA
- Gerard Wrixon, Former President, University College Cork
- Tim Conlon, Secretary to the Expert Panel, Higher Education Authority