IRIU of University College Cork (2012-2013)

  The IRIU Review Process will be completed in December 2012
  and the Review Reports alongside the University’s Response
  will be published in March 2013.
 

23 October 2012	UCC Institutional Self Assessment Report submitted
8 November 2012	Reviewer Training/Briefing Session
9 November 2012	Planning Visit (completed by the Chair and Coordinating Reviewer)
10-13 December 2012	Main Review Visit to UCC (completed by the Team of 6 IRIU Reviewers)
March/April 2013	IUQB Board signs off UCC review reports for publication

	Professor Jonathan Osmond, Pro Vice Chancellor for Education and Students, Cardiff University, Wales, UK (Chair). Responsible for all aspects of students’ education and experience within Cardiff University Member of various Wales, UK and European policy committees and advisory groups Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and of the Higher Education Academy Undertaken numerous external examiner and validation roles Expert evaluator of the European Commission FP7 Socio-Economic Sciences and Humanities Theme
	Dr Anne Martin, QA Consultant, Former Deputy Vice Chancellor & Vice President (Academic), Deakin University, Australia. Former University Dean for Academic Planning and Programs and Acting Vice-Chancellor for Academic Affairs in the City University of New York System; Former Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at the University of South Australia and Former Head of the School of General Education, South Australian Institute of Technology. Served on numerous institutional and government committees, including the Victorian Higher Education Advisory Committee and the Tasmanian Higher Education Expert Group. Honorary Auditor for the Australian Universities Quality Agency (AUQA). Anne is on the national auditor registers in New Zealand, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Bahrain, and Hong Kong Recipient of the AUQA Australian Higher Education Quality Award in 2010
	Professor Roger Downer, Former President, University of Limerick. IRIU Reviewer - NUIM, 2009 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 and direct knowledge and experience of HE in several countries
	Ms Andrea Blattler, Studying a Political Science and Philosophy MA at the University of Lucerne, Switzerland. Undergraduate teaching and research assistant, University of Lucerne President of the Executive Board, European Quality Assurance Register (EQAR) Member of the European Students Union (ESU) Academic Affairs Committee Member of the Steering group of the E4 – MAP ESG Project – mapping ESG implementation across the European Higher Education Area Member of two EUA evaluation teams and has contributed to numerous European conferences on quality assurance in higher education
	Dr Don Thornhill, Forfás Board member and Chairman of the National Competitiveness Council, Ireland. Consultant and adviser on strategy and policy as well as a board member of organisations in the private and public sector Former Chairman of the Higher Education Authority Former Secretary General of the Department of Education and Science Former Assistant Secretary in the Office of the Revenue Commissioners Chair of the Irish Payments Services Organisation, Chair of the Ageing Well Network, Deputy Chair of the Chartered Accountants Regulatory Board
	Dr David Cairns, Former Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA) Assistant Director, UK. Coordinating reviewer DCU IRIU (2010) Assistant Director, QAA Development and Enhancement (97-09) Worked in the QAA and its predecessor, the HE Quality Council (HEQC) Co-ordinated the QAA Codes of practice – Complaints and Appeals Coordinated over 100 QAA reviews,  including assisting in editing/drafting process of review reports ENQA Reviewer 2010 onwards

 

 
  The Review Report alongside the University’s
  Response will be published in March 2013.

 
  The University Action Plan will be published in April 2014.