IRIU of NUI Galway (2010-2011)

  The Second Institutional Review of NUIG was completed in
  December 2010. The Reviewer Reports and the Follow-Up Report
  are now available. The next Institutional Review of NUIG is
  scheduled to be undertaken in 2016.
 

4 November 2010	NUIG Institutional Self Assessment Report submitted
19 November 2010	1 Day Planning Visit held at NUIG (completed by Coordinating Reviewer)
3 December 2010	Reviewer Training Session
6-9 December 2010	Main Review Visit to NUIG (completed by the Team of 6 IRIU Reviewers)
April 2011	IUQB Board signs off NUIG review reports for publication
January 2012	NUIG’s IRIU Action Plan submitted through the IUQB’s Annual Institutional Reporting process and published in April 2012

 

	Dr Rodney Erickson, Executive Vice President & Provost, Pennsylvania State University, USA (Chair). Executive Vice President & Provost of Penn State University, 1999-present, with responsibility for all institutional and programme accreditation Engages with all programme review teams of specialised accreditors on-site visits to the University, reviews all accreditation findings, and directs responses to accreditation recommendations. Member of the Board of Directors of the Association for Specialized and Professional Accreditors (ASPA) representing the CAOs of US HEIs Worked with the Council of Higher Education Association (CHEA) on issues of accreditor recognition policies and strengthening positive interactions between colleges/universities and institutional and specialized accrediting organisations
	Prof Stephen Shute, Deputy Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Quality Assurance & Student Affairs), University of Birmingham, UK. Chairs numerous University of Birmingham Committees including the Academic Policy and Regulations Committee; the Programme Approval and Review Committee; and the Progress and Awards Board Former Dean of Arts and Social Sciences, former School of Law Director of Learning and Teaching. Postgraduate Dean from 1997-2007 and is still a member of the School's Management Team. Non-Executive Board member on the HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (HMCPSI)
	Prof Áine Hyland, Former Vice-President, University College Cork (UCC), Ireland. Recently retired as Professor of Education and Vice President at UCC Chair of the International Advisory Board of the (Irish) National Academy for the Integration of Research and Teaching and Learning and Vice-Chair of the Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences. Member of the European Universities' Association Institutional Evaluation Team and is co-ordinator of the U.S. based Carnegie Foundation's CASTL Graduate Education Network. Published widely in the area of educational history and policy and in recent years has presented papers, nationally and internationally, on aspects of the scholarship of teaching and learning in higher education
	Ms Rossella Iraci Capuccinello, PhD Student, Catholic University of Piacenza, Italy. Research field - Economics of Education - An econometric analysis of dropouts from further education in England (including 6 month studying at the University of Lancaster, UK) Degree from the University of Pavia (Italy). Erasmus student at the University of Warwick (2000-2001), UK Undertaken tutoring posts in the University of Pavia Member of the national Bologna Experts group Participated in 3 EUA IEP Evaluations
	Prof Mairéad Browne, Emeritus Professor, independent consultant in Quality Assurance and Organisational Change (since 2001), Sydney, Australia. Former Dean of the University of Technology, Sydney, Graduate School Undertaken projects with INQAAHE (International Network of Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education) - including editing an online programme for a university award in quality assurance. Chaired quality reviews in Australia, Oman, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain and served on a number of trial audit and audit panels for AUQA – the Australian Universities Quality Agency Current appointments include Senior Consultant for the Carrick Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education. She is also a member of the Australian Research Council Appeals Committee 2005-2007 and has served as a trained Auditor for Australian Universities Quality Agency since 2001
	Mr Tony Platt, Assistant Director, Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA), UK (P/T) and Assistant Registrar, University of Essex, (P/T) UK. Responsible for the development of the new QAA Institutional Review process for Wales Audit secretary for over 12 QAA UK based reviews (including the reviews of the University of Wales in 2003/04 and 2009/10), and two QAA Overseas Audits At the University of Essex, was responsible for the management of administrative service reviews, validations and until 1999, responsible for the whole of 'Registry' and faculty management functions

Summary Report - April 2011
  
Full Report - April 2011

 
  Follow-Up Report - March 2012.