Advanced SearchWidening Access to Third Level Education on the Island of Ireland: Towards Better Policy and Practice
Posted On: 06 Nov 2003
Higher Education Conference Series: Conference 3
6-7 November 2003
Ramada Hotel, Belfast
The purpose of this conference was to discuss how improved collaboration in policy and practice issues could widen access to Higher Educationon on a North/South basis. This was the third in a series of North/South Higher Education Conferences.
PROGRAMME
Thursday 6 November
Chair: Professor Áine Hyland. Vice-President, University College Cork
| 1.15 pm | Registration |
| 2.00 | Official opening by a Northern Ireland government representative and the Irish Minister for Education and Science, Mr Noel Dempsey TD |
| 2.45 | A Reflection on Equal Educational Opportunity Policy in the United States Dr Arnold Mitchem, President, US Council of Opportunity in Education |
| 3.30 | Mr Samuel Isaacs, Executive Officer, South African Qualifications Authority The South African Experience of Higher Education Access for Disadvantaged Persons: A National Qualifications Framework perspective |
| 4.00 | Refreshments |
| 4.30 | From Periphery to Policy: Inclusive Access to Higher Education in the Republic of Ireland Dr Mary-Liz Trant, Head of National Office for Equity of Access to Higher Education, Dublin |
| 5.00 | Opening plenary discussion |
| 7.45 | Reception |
| 8.30 | Dinner |
Friday 7 November
Chair: Mr Dick Langford, Chairperson, National Qualifications Authority of Ireland
| 9.15 am | Widening Access in Scotland: Recent Policy Developments Mr David Wann, Deputy Chief Executive, Scottish Higher Education Funding Council |
| 9.45 | Widening Access: The Northern Ireland Experience Professor Bob Osborne, Professor of Applied Social Studies, University of Ulster |
| 10.15 | Three parallel sessions to examine examples of good practice in Ireland:
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| 11.45 | Final plenary session, introduced by Dr Rosemary Hamilton CBE, Director, The Open University in Ireland |
| 1.15 | Lunch (and close of conference) |
See the list of attendees
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