QUALITY & QUALIFICATIONS IRELAND (QQI) PUBLISH A WHITE PAPER PROPOSING POLICY & CRITERIA ON ACADEMIC RECOGNITION OF FOREIGN QUALIFICATIONS

Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI) have published a  White Paper proposing Policy and Criteria for Facilitating the Academic Recognition of Foreign Qualifications, relating to their work as the Irish centre for ENIC-NARIC*.  QQI are inviting individuals and organisations to make submissions on the issues raised in the paper.

*ENIC is the European Network of Information Centres in the European Region *NARIC is the National Academic Recognition Information Centres in the European Union

QQI offers a free Qualifications Recognition Advice Service for those seeking guidance on the academic recognition of awards obtained outside the Irish system. The paper discusses QQI’s role in facilitating the recognition of foreign qualifications for individuals and a diverse group of stakeholders such as education institutions and employers presented with such qualifications. It sets out QQI's proposal to fulfil its function as the Irish ENIC-NARIC centre through the provision of authoritative advice online relating to the general academic recognition of foreign qualifications. The National Framework of Qualifications is used to place the foreign qualification in the context of the Irish education and training system. QQI will engage closely with competent recognition authorities to realise opportunities for collaboration to help achieve fair recognition of foreign qualifications in Ireland.

 QQI will still support individuals with queries, where relevant. This approach takes account of feedback received through consultation on a related Green Paper last year. The white paper can be accessed at this link:http://www.qqi.ie/Pages/Current-consultations.aspx

 

The consultation process ends on 13 February 2015.

You can find a list of  more than 200 foreign qualifications showing their equivalent level in the Irish National Framework of Qualifications (NFQ) at this page of the qqi website -  

http://qsearch.qqi.ie/WebPart/Search?searchtype=recognitions#

 For more details visit website: www.QQI.ie; www.europass.ie