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NORTHERN IRELAND
policies SDGs digital transformation post-COVID
• The Northern Ireland • Provision of evidence- • Collaborative Digital • Implement the proposed
Strategy for Further based knowledge, Manifesto providing NI Department for
Education - directions for innovations, technologies, guiding principles for Economy Interventions for
further education in NI, and pathways to learners decision making and the Apprenticeship and Work-
policy commitments, key (SDG 4) role of digital based on based Learning Recovery
milestones, and timescales • Accessible education for shared (i) vision, (ii) post Covid-19
• Training for Success - communities across NI and principles, (iii) and • Lead on the WBL
programme providing building social concepts: elements of the NI
tools to find work, responsibility • (i) Vision: digital by Department for Economy
focusing on extra learning opportunities into the design Covid-19 Economic
one may need. curriculum (SDG 8) • (ii) Principles: flexible, Recovery Action Plan and
• Apprenticeships - • Work with the NI Dpt. of engaging, efficient, will support the delivery of
training through Justice to support the informed, controlled a highly skilled and agile
apprenticeships to people regional rehabilitation • (iii) Concepts: learner workforce
aged 16 and over. strategy, and deliver centric, inspirational,
prison education (SDG16) collaborative, universal

IRELAND
policies SDGs digital transformation post-COVID
• Education and training • Continue to raise FE as a • The National Digital • Future FET:
needs are identified by meaningful option for Strategy 2013 and TEL Transforming Learning
expert groups, research school leavers Strategy 2019 2020, SOLAS recognises
• Continue engaging
units, and other agencies post COVID recovery
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• Successive talent stakeholders in successfully on building requiring targeted
shortage/difficult-to-fill developing FET courses in capacity in Technology initiatives particularly
vacancies surveys identify response to skills Enhanced Learning across around reskilling and
labour areas experiencing shortages, and providing FET/VET upskilling opportunities
shortages flexibility and • VET for the Future of • Modes and nature of
• Future FET: inclusiveness Work: Ireland 2020, learning will have to
Transforming Learning • contribute to the SOLAS focuses on Digital continue to adapt to a
2020, SOLAS identifies the European Education Area Transformation of FET digital world. FET can now
need for a more balanced by building FET/VET • A focus is required to maximise the benefits of
split in school-leaver capacity to carry out high embrace blended and blended/online learning
destinations between FE quality mobility projects online experiences which provision brought about
and HE within Europe and the future FET learner will by COVID
internationally expect

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