Higher Education Authority Bill 2022
Public bill · Government · Presented
A new framework for higher education would replace the old 1971 law and give the Higher Education Authority stronger powers to oversee universities and other funded providers, while setting clearer duties for the Minister. It would put student interests, equality, diversity, research, lifelong learning, and better use of public money at the centre, and introduce tighter rules on governance, reporting, funding, and intervention where institutions fall short. It also updates how governing boards are made up and how some institutions, including Trinity College Dublin and the National College of Art and Design, are governed.
Formal long title
Bill entitled an Act to provide for changes to the functions and governance of An tÚdarás um Ard-Oideachas and the oversight by it of higher education providers which are designated institutions of higher education under this Act; to provide for the preparation, review and amendment of a strategy for tertiary education; to provide for better engagement with students and equity of access to, and participation and the promotion of success in, higher education and lifelong and flexible learning; to provide for the designation of certain higher education providers as designated institutions of higher education and, if appropriate, the removal of such designation in certain circumstances; to amend the provisions regarding the composition of the governing authorities or governing bodies of certain designated institutions of higher education, including the Supplemental Letters Patent of 1911 in respect of Trinity College, Dublin; for those purposes, to repeal and replace the Higher Education Authority Act 1971 and to amend the Universities Act 1997, the Technological Universities Act 2018, the Regional Technical Colleges Act 1992, the Regional Technical Colleges (Amendment) Act 1994, the National College of Art and Design Act 1971, the Student Support Act 2011, the Industrial Training Act 1967, the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005, the Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) Act 2012 and the National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Act 2014; and to provide for related matters.
Last updated 11 September 2024
- Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Primary
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- Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: From the Seanad Dáil
- Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage Seanad
- Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) Seanad
- Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Report Stage Seanad
- Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) Seanad
- Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) Seanad
- Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Committee Stage Seanad
- Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) Seanad
- Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Second Stage Seanad
- Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages Dáil
- Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) Select Committee on Education, Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science
- Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) Select Committee on Education, Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science
- Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Committee Stage Select Committee on Education, Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science
- Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) Dáil
- Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Referral to Select Committee Dáil
- Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) Dáil
- Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Second Stage Dáil