DRHEA Graduate Education Strand: Repositioning the Dublin Region as an International Centre for Doct

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DRHEA Graduate Education Strand Repositioning
the Dublin Region as an International Centre for
Doctoral Education

• Prof Gary Murphy, Director of Graduate Research,
  Dublin City University
• 10th November 2009, IUA Meeting, Trinity College
  Dublin

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The Dublin Region Higher Education Alliance
(DRHEA) is a unique collaboration of higher
education institutions across the greater Dublin
region funded by the Strategic innovation Fund
Cycle 2There are four strands to the DRHEA 1)
Enhancement of Learning 2) Graduate Education
3) Internationalisation4) Widening
Participation
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The DRHEA Graduate Education Strand aims to
radically reposition the Dublin Region as an
International Centre for Graduate , and in
particular, doctoral Education by combining the
strengths of the six participating
institutions Dublin City University Dublin
Institute of Technology Institute of
Technology, Tallaght National University of
Ireland, Maynooth Trinity College Dublin
University College Dublin
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The DRHEA Graduate Education Strand aims
to deliver a general, cost-effective and scalable
approach to inter-institutional graduate
programmes, encompassing advanced taught courses
as a platform for research, which will far exceed
the potential of six individual institutions
working separately.
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Specific Goals of the DRHEA
Graduate Education Strand Provide discipline
specific taught modules and Master Classes to
doctoral students across the alliance Provide
the administrative infrastructure within and
across the institutions to ensure student
mobility and credit exchange Establish inter
institutional credit structure for students of
DRHEA Remove constraints on the development
of graduate programmes across the DRHEA
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DisciplinesA comprehensive range of advanced
courses and master classes involving
international experts are available to all PhD
students in the DRHEA Graduate Education Strand
in six disciplines
Chemistry
Economics
Engineering
Biomedical Science
Politics/Sociology/Public Policy
Physics
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DRHEA Structure
DRHEA Board
DRHEA Management Committee
DRHEA Graduate Education Coordination Committee
Chemistry
Physics
Economics
Biomedical Science
Politics/Sociology/Public Policy
Engineering
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Progress from beginning of the Project in May
20081. Inter-institutional Agreement2.
Modules and Master Classes delivered3.
Website
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To enable module delivery, student mobility and
credit exchange across the DRHEA, an
Inter-Institutional Collaborative Agreement has
been prepared by the DRHEA Graduate Education
Coordination Committee and signed by the
Registrar or equivalent from each of the
participating institutions.
Inter-institutional Collaborative Agreement
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In 2008/9 there were approx 50 modules and 10
Master Classes provided to the allianceIn
2009/10 there will be over 60 modules, 10 Master
Classes and 2 Research/Graduate Students Days
delivered over Semester 1 and Semester 2.
DRHEA Modules and Master Classes
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DRHEA Website http//www.drhea.ie
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Future Plans

• Symposium involving all institutions and
  disciplines aimed at sharing experiences and best
  practice
• Detailed implementation of DRHEA Graduate
  Education MoU for student mobility, credit
  transfer etc
• Maximising collaborations and opportunities
  with other DRHEA strands including
  Internationalisation
• Working with Dublin City Council and relevant
  local authorities to develop Dublin as a
  Knowledge Capital