Colin Lowry

Open Courses logo with the tagline “Recognising Professional Development,” alongside the Higher Education Authority (HEA) logo and the National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education logo.

Delighted to share the launch of this year’s Open Courses call. A fantastic opportunity to work together nationally to design and deliver short courses on strategically important areas in teaching and learning. Info webinar on 8 October.

Full Details:
www.teachingandlearning.ie/invitation-f...

Generative AI in Higher Education Teaching and Learning – Sectoral Perspectives | Higher Education Authority →

The findings from the Higher Education Authority’s sectoral engagement on gen AI in higher education teaching and learning have been published. The perspectives that emerged through this process have fed directly into the development of our forthcoming policy framework.
hea.ie/2025/09/17/g...

Cover graphic for the National Professional Recognition Framework for Teaching & Learning, Discussion Paper, August 2025. Published by the Higher Education Authority (HEA), with the HEA logo and Irish translation of its name at the bottom.

The discussion paper on Ireland’s first National Professional Recognition Framework for Teaching & Learning sets out sector-wide standards to recognise excellence in teaching and its impact on students.

📄 Read the paper and provide feedback: hub.teachingandlearning.ie/recognising-...

Cover image announcing the publication of the Review of the Irish National Framework for Student Success in Higher Education. Includes HEA logo and text: “New Report Published – July 2025”, with coloured horizontal and vertical lines on a dark blue background.

New report from the HEA reviews how the sector has engaged with the 2019 Student Success Framework. It calls for a renewed shared understanding of student success that reflects the realities of students' lives and outlines priorities for future action.

🔗 www.teachingandlearning.ie/2025/07/24/h...

Graphic announcing the SATLE Impact Award 2025. Text reads: “SATLE Impact Award 2025 – Call Now Open. Expression of Interest Deadline: 12 September 2025.” Logos of the Higher Education Authority and the National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education appear at the bottom.

The 2025 SATLE Impact Award call is now open. The award recognises excellence and impact in teaching and learning across Irish higher education. Open to SATLE funding recipients.

Expression of Interest deadline: 12 September 2025

More info: www.teachingandlearning.ie/awards/satle...

A person holding a smartphone. The screen shows a webpage titled "Artificial Intelligence in Irish Higher Education" from the HEA and National Forum. To the right of the image is a green AI microchip icon, along with the logos of the HEA and the National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education.

Over 25 initiatives have been published as part of Ireland’s national mapping of GenAI in higher education practice. Have you shared your GenAI initiative yet?

Visit the HEA GenAI Portal: hub.teachingandlearning.ie/genai/

A display banner for the DELTA Awards, highlighting 'Disciplinary Excellence in Learning, Teaching and Assessment', awarded by the National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education.

Deadline approaching - 2 July - for expressions of interest or full applications to Ireland’s only team-based national award for teaching excellence, the HEA National Forum DELTA Award. Recognise your team’s impact in teaching, learning & assessment

Apply: www.teachingandlearning.ie/awards/delta...

Graphic promoting the Education for Sustainable Development Spotlight Series featuring University College Dublin, scheduled for 20 June 2025 from 1–2 PM (online). The image shows the UCD campus with greenery, buildings, and mountains in the background, alongside logos of UCD, HEA, and the National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning.

Still time to register! Join us online this Friday, 20 June (1–2 PM Irish Time) for the HEA Education for Sustainable Development Spotlight Series with @ucddublin.bsky.social sky.social‬

Register now: https://hub.teachingandlearning.ie/esd-spotlight-series/

We look forward to seeing you there!

Bookmark teachingandlearning.ie/genai, a small but practical step towards a more informed, sector-wide conversation on generative AI in Irish higher education teaching and learning. This resource is intended to act as a centralised resource for bringing together expert and institutional practices.

Great meeting of the HEA National Forum Associates at @ucc.ie, organised by Dr Laura Lee and opened by Prof. Nuala Finnegan. The meeting included two presentations on hugely impactful SATLE-funded projects at UCC, as well as executive update from the HEA’s @colinlowry.ie.

Sincerest thanks to everyone who contributed to today's Leadership Summit on #GenerativeAI in #HigherEducation, convened by the Higher Education Authority & proudly hosted @ucc.ie. Today's conversations will feed directly into our forthcoming policies & guidelines on #GenAI.
hea.ie/2025/06/03/h...

Large group photo of workshop participants standing and smiling at the camera in the Carnegie Library space during the HEA Student-Staff Partnership Workshop, 8 May 2025.

Panel of lightning talk speakers seated in front of a presentation screen at the HEA Student-Staff Partnership Workshop. The slide behind highlights student empowerment stories from the N-TUTORR programme.

Dr David Smith, President, IADT, delivering remarks at the podium in front of a Teaching and Learning Forum backdrop.

Dr Alison Cook-Sather speaking with participants at the HEA Student-Staff Partnership Workshop, engaged in conversation.

This week, the Higher Education Authority hosted a national workshop on student-staff partnership with Alison Cook-Sather at @myiadt.bsky.social .

Thanks to all contributors who shared insights on co-creation, inclusion & student success.

Resources: hub.teachingandlearning.ie/resource/emb...

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The HEA is accepting submissions for its Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) Case Study Collection. Share your work embedding sustainability in higher ed.

Details & submission: bit.ly/esdcasestudy

As GenAI raises new possibilities and questions for how we teach, learn, assess & plan, HEA invites staff to contribute to a national mapping of GenAI in Irish HE. Submissions will support a sector-wide report and open-access database.

Submit 👉 bit.ly/mappingai

Brian O’Connell visits pioneering college course for prisoners and students in Cork prison Brian O’Connell

The Claire Byrne Show picked up on yesterday's event in Cork Prison. Do please listen (from 5.30 min onwards)... @katharinaswirak.bsky.social @jameswindle.bsky.social @ucc.ie

www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...

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The HEA is calling for contributions to Mapping Generative AI in Higher Education, a national initiative capturing how GenAI is being used in teaching, learning, assessment, research, and policy across the sector. Submissions will inform a national report & public database. bit.ly/mappingai

Join us in ORB 1.23 UCC on Friday, 4th April to discuss the @schoolofllc.bsky.social SATLE-funded teaching and learning projects, starting with coffee at 10am and ending with a light lunch - please register for catering purposes here: forms.office.com/pages/respon...

The Higher Education Authority and National Forum invite contributions from all of Ireland's institutes of higher education on projects, innovations, research, and policies related to Gen AI in teaching and learning.

hub.teachingandlearning.ie/mapping-gene...

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Call for Lightning Talk Proposals

Share your work in student–staff partnership at the HEA workshop with Dr Alison Cook-Sather on 08 May.

🔗 Submit by Monday, 07 April at hub.teachingandlearning.ie/embracing-pe...

📢 Week 7 of HEA's ESD Spotlight Series with @atu-ie.bsky.social!

🗓️ Friday, 4 April | 1-2pm (Irish Time)

Explore ATU's ESD Academy, community engagement projects, outdoor place-based learning, and research on students' environmental attitudes.

Register: hub.teachingandlearning.ie/esd-spotligh...

Promotional graphic for the HEA Workshop titled "Embracing Pedagogical Partnership: What Kind of Mindset, Courage, and Practices Are Necessary?" featuring a photo of Dr Alison Cook-Sather, the workshop facilitator. The event is hosted by the Higher Education Authority and will take place at the Carnegie Library, Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology on Thursday, 08 May 2025, from 9.30AM to 3.30PM.

HEA Workshop 'Embracing Pedagogical Partnership: What Kind of Mindset, Courage, and Practices Are Necessary?'

Join Dr Alison Cook-Sather for a full-day workshop on student–staff partnership in HE.

Spaces limited. Submit EOIs + lightning talks now: hub.teachingandlearning.ie/embracing-pe...

Graphic for the Education for Sustainable Development Spotlight Series featuring Mary Immaculate College, scheduled for 28 March 2025, from 1 PM to 2 PM (online). The image shows the college's main building and logos for Mary Immaculate College, HEA, National Forum, and Sustainable Development Goals.

Join us for Week 6 of the HEA ESD Spotlight Series with @micireland.bsky.social!

📅 Fri, 28 Mar | 🕐 1–2pm (Irish Time)

Hear how MIC is embedding sustainability in teaching, learning & curriculum design.

🔗 Register: hub.teachingandlearning.ie/esd-spotligh...

Delighted to be back at my alma mater @mtu.ie on behalf of the Higher Education Authority and National Forum to celebrate the institution’s three existing Delta awards and recently awarded SATLE Impact Award.

Poster for Education for Sustainable Development Spotlight Series, scheduled for 21 March 2025 from 1 PM to 2 PM. The poster features a photograph of the Technological University Dublin campus and includes logos of the TU Dublin, HEA, and National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, as well as the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) wheel.

Week 5 of the HEA Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) Series takes place Fri 21 Mar (1-2 pm), @tudublinsustain.bsky.social showcases ESD through assessment design, community collaborations in horticulture, and engineering module development.
🔗 hub.teachingandlearning.ie/esd-spotlight-series/

Delighted to celebrate the recipients of the National Teaching & Learning Awards today. The DELTA Award was presented to the DkIT General Nursing Team while the SATLE Impact Award recognised UCC, MTU, SETU, and University of Galway for contributions to T&L. www.teachingandlearning.ie/2025/03/12/h...

A conference room set up for the HEA Teaching & Learning Strategy Consultation Event, with round tables, notepads, and a presentation screen

Looking forward to today’s stakeholder consultation on the National Strategy for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education. A valuable opportunity to gather insights from across the sector to help shape future policy and practice.

📣 Postgraduate research students in @tcddublin.bsky.social !
There are only a few days left to fill out PGR StudentSurvey.ie!

It's vital that we get the voice of Trinity researchers in our national researcher survey. Tell us what you think!

studentbarometer.etioglobal.org/StudentSurvey/

Banner for the Education for Sustainable Development Spotlight Series at the University of Galway. Image of campus in background. The text highlights the event date as 14 March 2025, running from 1 PM to 2 PM online. Logos of the Higher Education Authority (HEA), the National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) wheel.

Join the HEA ESD Spotlight Series at @uniofgalway.bsky.social on 14 March, 1–2 PM. Explore practical ways to embed sustainability, this week's topics include media education, an Irish-language module, transdisciplinary courses & pharmacy. More info: www.teachingandlearning.ie/event/hea-ed...

Discover, share, and upload Open Educational Resources (OER) to the National Resource Hub for Open Education Week 2025 (3 - 7 March). Support open access to teaching and learning materials and enhance collaboration in higher education. Explore and contribute: hub.teachingandlearning.ie #OEWeek

Promotional banner for the 'Education for Sustainable Development Spotlight Series' event. Background University College Cork (UCC) campus. A red banner at the top displays the event title, and below it, the date '07 March 2025' and time '1 PM - 2 PM (Online)' are prominently highlighted. The UCC logo is positioned on the left, while the HEA (Higher Education Authority) and National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education logos appear on the right. A multicolored circular SDG (Sustainable Development Goals) symbol is also included.

Spotlight Series – University College Cork
Friday 7th March | 1-2 PM

The next session in the HEA Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) series explores how @ucc.ie integrates ESD across institutional initiatives.

➡️ Register: hub.teachingandlearning.ie/esd-spotligh...