Ms Patricia O'Sullivan:

We already have a template whereby we had stakeholders from a wide section of society working together in the national Covid-19 steering group on further and higher education. The Chairman was a member of that group, which also included student representatives. It successfully steered the further and higher education sector through the Covid period. It was a really good template, not just in regard to recruitment but also in having that confluence of views on validation and accreditation. We need all these experts working together, along with learner representatives. We would be very supportive of that kind of national steering or working group.