Seanad debates

Thursday, 10 May 2012

Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages

 

1:00 am

Photo of Averil PowerAveril Power (Fianna Fail)

We will be pressing the amendment. Given the whole function of the authority will be about the student experience and ensuring it is top class, I do not believe having two learner representatives on a board of eight is unreasonable. It was different when there were separate agencies covering different sectors. Now that only one agency will examine the whole and diverse experience from short courses in the further education colleges right up to doctorate level, it is not reasonable to ask one student to represent the whole student experience on this board. Two representatives out of eight would enhance the whole work of the authority and be of benefit to the board, making its work more effective.

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