IRIU of NUI Maynooth (2009-2010)

  The Second Institutional Review of NUIM was completed
  in December 2009. The Reviewer Reports and the Follow-Up
  Report are now available. The next Institutional Review of
  NUIM is scheduled to be undertaken in 2015/2016.
 

9 November 2009	NUIM Institutional Self Assessment Report submitted
26 November 2009	Reviewer Training Session
27 November 2009	1 Day Planning Visit held at NUIM (completed by Chair and Coordinating Reviewer)
7-10 December 2009	Main Review Visit to NUIM (completed by the Team of 6 IRIU Reviewers)
15 March 2010	IUQB Board signs off NUIM review reports for publication
January 2011	NUIM’s IRIU Action Plan submitted through the IUQB’s Annual Institutional Reporting process and published in April 2011

	Prof Simon van Heyningen, Honorary Fellow & Emeritus Professor, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, (20th THES World Ranked University 2009). Review Chair Vice Principal at the University of Edinburgh, 2003-2009 Director of Quality Assurance at the University of Edinburgh 1998-2009 QAA Reviewer Chair of the HEA (Higher Education Academy) Senior Fellowship Committee Auditor for the Council for HE in South Africa Direct knowledge and experience of HE quality in 10 countries
	Dr Jacques Lanares, Vice Rector for the Development of Teaching and Quality, University of Lausanne, Switzerland (168th THES World Ranked University 2009). Responsible for institutional quality of L&T Chair of the Swiss HE Quality network (IUAQC equiv.) EUA Expert (undertaken 6 IEP Evaluations between 2006-2008) AERES Expert (undertaken 2 Institutional Evaluations in 2009) World Bank (consultant in QA at the University of Montenegro & Macedonia) Direct knowledge and experience of HE quality in 10 countries
	Professor Roger Downer, Former President, University of Limerick, Ireland. President of the University of Limerick (UL), 1998-2006 Former President of the Asian Institute of Technology Former Vice President, University of Waterloo Chair of review panels at four Canadian Universities Established the UL Quality Office and met with UL Academic and Non-Academic Review Teams (until 2006) Former director of two NASDAQ listed companies Direct knowledge and experience of HE in 7 countries
	Dr Christiane Gaehtgens, Consultant specialising in governance and quality assurance for universities and research institutes, Germany. Former Secretary General of the German Rectors’ Conference Former Secretary General Research Council for Lower Saxony Director of DAAD London, Head of the DAAD North America programmes Senior official in the German accreditation and quality assurance authority (HKO) responsible for reviews of German universities 2003-2008 Senior benchmarking expert for the European Centre for Strategic management in Universities, Brussels Direct knowledge and experience of HE quality in 5 countries
	Mr Bruno Carapinha, University of Lisbon, Doctoral programme student in Political Science. President of the EQAR (European QA Register) Executive Board Member of the European QA Forum (EQAF) Steering Committee ESU Executive Committee member & EUA Reviewer Held several student representative posts at institutional, national and European levels HETAC Pool of experts member – reviewed Sligo IoT (2008)and Letterkenny IoT (2009) Participated in numerous European conferences and seminars
	Ms Tia Loukkola, Senior Programme Manager, European University Association (EUA) Brussels. Coordinating Reviewer Manages the EUA Institutional Evaluation programme Manages the annual European QA Forum Secretary to two IEP evaluation teams (in Bosnia Herzegovina and Portugal) Former Quality Manager, University of Turku, Finland

Summary Report - March 2010

Full Report - March 2010

 
  Follow-Up Report - April 2011