Higher Education Authority an tÚdarás um Ard-Oideachas HEA

The Strategy Group supported by a secretariat are working to their terms of reference,  analysing the current environment of Irish higher education and considering the role that higher education plays in modern societies.  The Group are currently engaged in formulating a comprehensive strategic policy framework that will ensure that national objectives for the sector are achieved in the coming decades. 

     As part of this process, the Strategy Group advertised an open call for submissions on 15th May 2009 and asked those submitting to identify the three most significant changes that they would wish to see made to Irish higher education and the barriers or obstacles which they would identify to the achievement of those objectives.

The Strategy Group have received over 100 submissions to date.  Submissions can be read in full by clicking on the links in the submission list.  Where these submissions have been made in a personal capacity, contact details for those submitting have been removed. 

If you are interested in the views of those submitting on particular aspects of the higher education system, the following report has grouped elements of each submission according to theme.  The report can be accessed here.

 As part of this consultation process the Strategy Group requested more direct input from specific stakeholders to assist them in their deliberations. Discussion forums with academics, students, and second level and enterprise took place in October/November. The reports arising from these focus groups can be read by clicking on the links.

• Academic Forum Report
• Student Forum Report
• Report on 2nd Level Consultation
• Forum of Enterprise Employers

Submission List
1    Access Made Available (AMA)
2    AHEAD
3    American Chamber of Commerce
4    Aontas - The National Adult Learning Organisation
5    Aspire - Asperger Syndrome Assoc Ireland
6    Association of Heads of Schools of Science
7    ASTI
8    Athlone Institute of Technology
9    Ballymun Whitehall Area Partnership Education Working Group
10    Barrett, Dr Sean, TCD
11    Bates, Dr. Catherine
12    Byrne, Jean / Anna Maria Tighe/John P O'Keeffe
13    Comhairle um Oideachas Gaeltachta & Gaelscolaíochta (COGG)
14    Cooke, Prof Tommy, Director Community Links Prog (DIT)
15    Cork Institute of Technology, Dr. Brendan Murphy, President
16    Davies, Prof John
17    DCU
18    DIT
19    Doyle, Tom, Head of Development, IT Blanchardstown
20    Dundalk Institute of Technology
21    Education sub-group of Northside Partnership
22    Enterprise Ireland
23    FÉACH - (Association of parents of blind and visually impaired children)
24    FETAC
25    Flynn, Patrick, Lecturer, DIT
26    Foras na Gaeilge
27    Gallo, Maria, EdD Student in Higher Education
28    Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology
29    GLEN - Gay and Lesbian Equality Network
30    HEA
31    HETAC
32    Hibernia College
33    Higgs, B, Snr Lecturer & Academic Coordinator of Support for Teaching and Learning, UCC
34    IADT, Dun Laoghaire
35    IBEC
36    Institute of Technology Sligo, Gov Body and Executive Authority
37    Institute of Technology Tallaght
38    Institutes of Technology Ireland (IOTI)
39    Institutes of Technology Research Coordination and Support Office (SIF 2)
40    Irish Rural Link
41    IT Carlow
42    IUA
43    IUQB
44    Kelleher, Dr. Patrick
45    Kenny, Michael, NUIM
46    Lennon, Andrew, ABL Engineering Ltd
47    Letterkenny Institute of Technology
48    Limerick Institute of Technology
49    Mac Labhrainn,Dr Iain, Director Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching, NUIG
50    MagShamhráin, Dr. Rachel
51    McArdle Clinton, Dr. Deirde, Lecturer Dundalk IoT
52    McCluskey, Aisling  College Lecturer, NUIG
53    McDonagh, Sean
54    McDonald, Paul
55    McQuade, Eamonn 
56    Meaney, Mary, President, Institute of Technology Blanchardstown
57    Meath County Council,Working Group on  Further and Higher Education
58    Mental Health Commission
59    Molecular Medicine Ireland
60    NAIRTL - National Academy for Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning
61    NAPD - National Association Principals and Deputy Principals ()
62    National Centre for Guidance in Education
63    National College of Ireland
64    National Library of Ireland
65    NQAI - National Qualifications Authority of Ireland
66    NUI - National University of Ireland
67    NCC - National Competitiveness Council
68    NCCA
69    Network of Irish Mature Student Officers (NIMSO)
70    NUI Maynooth
71    NUI Galway
72    O Malley, Gráinne
73    O'Connor, Pat, Dean Faculty of Arts, Humanities & Social Science, UL
74    O'Flanagan, Prof Patrick, Professor and Head of Department of Geography
75    Open University Students Association
76    Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland
77    PLANET - The Partnerships Network
78    Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
79    Royal Irish Academy
80    Rowe,Dr. Mark  Friends of the University of the South East
81    SIPTU - Waterford Council of Trade Unions
82    Sligo Chamber of Commerce
83    Sligo County Development Board
84    Sligo Local Authorities, (Sligo Co Co and Sligo Borough Council)
85    Smith, Prof Terry, VP for Research, NUIG
86    Society of St. Vincent de Paul
87    South East Regional Authority
88    Stewart, Stephen
89    The Open University
90    Thorn, Richard, on behalf of IOTI & DIT SIF 2 'Addressing the Needs of the Knowledge Economy' Supported Flexible Learning Sub Project
91    Tipperary Institute
92    TUI
93    UCD - University College Dublin
94    USI - Union of Students in Ireland
95    Waterford Chamber of Commerce, McDaid P
96    Waterford City Development Board
97    Waterford County Council
98    Waterford Institute of Technology
99    Wexford Co. Co
100    Young Greens
101 Philip McGovern
102 SFI
103 Forfás
104 IFUT
105 Prof. John Davies
106 DIAS
107 Graduate Careers Ireland
108 NCI
109 HSE Covering Letter and Submission
110 Submission from Heads of the Irish Association of University and College Counsellors and of the Irish Assoc of University and College Counsellors
111 Gerry Creaner, Director, DPS Engineering (Singapore) Pte Ltd