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26 1999

QUALIFICATIONS (EDUCATION AND TRAINING) ACT, 1999

PART V

Dublin Institute Of Technology

Role of Institute.

38. —(1) In this Part “the Institute” means the Dublin Institute of Technology established under section 3 of the Dublin Institute of Technology Act, 1992 .

(2) The Institute shall—

(a) facilitate and assist the Authority in carrying out its functions,

(b) implement procedures for access, transfer and progression determined by the Authority under section 8 (2)(d) in so far as those procedures apply to the Institute, and

(c) provide such information as the Authority may from time to time require for the purposes of the performance of the functions of the Authority, including information in respect of completion rates.

(3) The Institute may apply to the Further Education and Training Awards Council or the Higher Education and Training Awards Council to have programmes of education and training which it provides, organises or procures validated by either such Council, as appropriate.

Quality assurance.

39. —(1) The Institute shall, as soon as practicable after the commencement of this Part, having regard to existing procedures, if any, establish procedures for quality assurance for the purpose of further improving and maintaining the quality of education and training which is provided by the Institute and shall agree those procedures with the Authority.

(2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), the procedures established under that subsection shall include—

(a) evaluation at regular intervals and as directed from time to time by the Authority of the programmes of education and training provided by the Institute, including evaluations by persons who are competent to make national and international comparisons in that respect,

(b) evaluation by learners of programmes of education and training provided by the Institute, and

(c) evaluation of services related to the programmes of education and training provided by the Institute,

and shall provide for the publication in such form and manner as the Authority thinks fit of findings arising out of the application of those procedures.

(3) The Authority shall consider the findings arising out of the application of procedures established under subsection (1) and may make recommendations to the Institute which the Institute shall implement.

(4) The Authority shall, within five years of the commencement of this Part, and thereafter from time to time as it may determine but in any case not more than once in every three years and not less than once in every seven years, in consultation with the Institute, review the effectiveness of the procedures established under subsection (1) and the implementation by the Institute of the findings arising out of the application of those procedures.

(5) The Authority shall publish in such form and manner as it thinks fit the results of a review under subsection (4) and shall include in the publication the views, if any, of the Institute.