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Graduate Education StrandDr Emer Cunningham
QAA Scotland :The 21st century Doctorate- Sharing European Developments 18th March 2011, Brussels
DRHEA Graduate Education
GRADUATE EDUCATION
The Dublin Region Higher Education Alliance (DRHEA) is a unique collaboration of higher education institutions across the greater Dublin region funded by the Strategic innovation Fund Cycle 2
There are four strands to the DRHEA 1) Graduate Education 2) Enhancement of Learning 3) Widening Participation and 4) Internationalisation
DRHEA Graduate Education
GRADUATE EDUCATION
The aim of the DRHEA Graduate Education Strand is to deliver a general, cost-effective and scalable approach to inter-institutional graduate programmes, encompassing advanced taught courses as a platform for research, which far exceeds the potential of six individual institutions working separately.
Inter-institutional Network
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An inter-institutional network with discipline leaders, academic staff (module coordinators, supervisors) and PhD students across six disciplines:
Chemistry
Physics
Economics
Biomedical Science
Politics/Sociology/Public
Policy
Engineering
Oversight & Coordination
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DRHEA Graduate Education Coordination Committee
(Deans/Graduate Education Leaders)
Chemistry
Physics
Economics
Biomedical Science
Politics/Sociology/Public
Policy
Engineering
1. Provide discipline-specific taught modules and Master Classes to doctoral students across the alliance
2. Establish an inter-institutional credit structure for students of DRHEA
3. Provide the administrative infrastructure within and across the institutions to ensure student mobility and credit exchange
4. Remove constraints on the development of graduate programmes across the DRHEA
Specific Goals
GRADUATE EDUCATION
1. Provide discipline-specific taught modules and Master Classes to doctoral students across the alliance
2. Establish an inter-institutional credit structure for students of DRHEA
3. Provide the administrative infrastructure within and across the institutions to ensure student mobility and credit exchange
4. Remove constraints on the development of graduate programmes across the DRHEA
Specific Goals
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Modules and Master Classes
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Academic Year
Modules Master Classes /Research Days
2008/9 50 10
2009/10 60 12
2010/11 90 5+
1. Provide discipline-specific taught modules and Master Classes to doctoral students across the alliance
2. Establish an inter-institutional credit structure for students of DRHEA
3. Provide the administrative infrastructure within and across the institutions to ensure student mobility and credit exchange
4. Remove constraints on the development of graduate programmes across the DRHEA
Specific Goals
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Modules and Credits
GRADUATE EDUCATION
• Module Descriptors with full information maintained locally within each institution and linked via web
• EQF level 7 & 8 (NQF level 9 &10) modules using European Credit Transfer System (ECTS)
1. Provide discipline-specific taught modules and Master Classes to doctoral students across the alliance
2. Establish an inter-institutional credit structure for students of DRHEA
3. Provide the administrative infrastructure within and across the institutions to ensure student mobility and credit exchange
4. Remove constraints on the development of graduate programmes across the DRHEA
Specific Goals
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DRHEA Collaborative Agreement
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• To enable module delivery, student mobility and credit exchange across the DRHEA
• Signed by the Registrar or equivalent from the six participating institutions in June 2009
Enrolment & Credit TransferGRADUATE
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• Challenges of capturing data for
– Module Enrolment– Mobility– Student Record
• Online form with common interface to existing systems
• Local assessment with results and credits transferred at the appropriate time
1. Provide discipline-specific taught modules and Master Classes to doctoral students across the alliance
2. Establish an inter-institutional credit structure for students of DRHEA
3. Provide the administrative infrastructure within and across the institutions to ensure student mobility and credit exchange
4. Remove constraints on the development of graduate programmes across the DRHEA
Specific Goals
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1. Mobility Tracking2. Joint Module Design & Delivery3. Plenary Conference- held in UCD, April 20104. Website/ Plenary Conference Report
Removing Constraints
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Mobility Tracking
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UCD
TCD
NUIM
Bilateral Flow Chart of Credits2009-10 Academic Year
45
45
20
10
90
65
each module: worth 5 credits
Economics 09/10 Biomedical Sciences 09/10
• 08/09 & 09/10: local mobility tracking, varied reporting• 10/11ff: centralised tracking enabling better and more
uniform reporting
Template for Reporting Activities
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Title of module/ master class
Host Institution
Student attendance (No)UCD DCU TCD NUIM
Policy Evaluation UCD
Political and International Relations Theory
DCU
Introduction to Quantitative Methods
TCD
Spatial Data and GIS
NUIM
Research Design TCD
Conflict Resolution
UCD
DRHEA Student taking a Module in partner institution
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Seeking good practice in
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• Registering students• Recording results of student activities• Translation of results between institutions: Equivalency table in the making but try to guide towards Pass/Fail /Distinction for PhD level modules• Transfer of the student data back to their home institutions
International examples
Harvard and MIT ‘cross-registration’:- manual systemWestern Canadian Deans of Graduate Studies Agreement:- manual system
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Challenge :
6 partners6 unique student information systems that do not communicate with each other6 sets of processes and procedures for student registration
Questions
1. How best to registering students2. How to keep a record of student activities3. How do we translate of results between institutions4. How do we transfer the student results to home institution
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