Written answers
Tuesday, 23 November 2021
Department of Education and Skills
Third Level Reform
Rose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein)
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455. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will bring forward an updated Higher Education System Performance Framework given the current framework was only intended to continue until the end of 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56979/21]
Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Since the publication of the National Strategy for Higher Education to 2030, the strategic policy context for the System Performance Framework has continued to evolve, including recent significant changes in the higher education landscape.
The publication of the Statement of Strategy by the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science earlier this year set out the priorities of the new department for the period 2021-2023 and included a commitment to deliver a revised system performance framework for Higher Education, which reflects national goals and priorities.
As the Deputy is aware, there is new legislation to be published aimed at reforming and modernising governance of the Higher Education sector, via the Higher Education Authority Bill and the development of the next System Performance Framework will await the publication of that legislation.
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