DR. SEÁN McDONAGH's presentation on Education at the Galway 2040 Symposium - http://www.galway2040.ie (Disclaimer presentation is the view of the individual and does not necessarily represent their respective organisation.

1. GALWAY VISION 2040
EDUCATION
STRAND

2. EDUCATION GROUP
DR. SEÁN McDONAGH, CHAIR
PROFESSOR PAT FOTTRELL
DR. GAY CORR
PROFESSOR JIM WARD
BERNARD O’HARA

3. COGNITIVE SKILLS : 15/16
PREDICT:
• NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
• INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON
• OUTWEIGH “YEARS OF SCHOOLING”
OECD

4. COGNITIVE SKILLS
– PISA 2006
READING MATHS SCIENCE
FINLAND 547 548 563
HONG KONG 536 547 542
GMR 531 517 526
IRELAND 517 501 508
OECD AV. 492 498 500
GMR = GALWAY/MAYO/ROSCOMMON

5. TARGET
GALWAY/MAYO/ROSCOMMON TO BE THE TOP
REGION IN EUROPE BY 2018 IN ALL PISA TESTS
- READING, MATHS AND SCIENCE – FOR 15 TO
16 YEAR OLDS

6. RETENTION TO LEAVING
CERTIFICATE
WEST (GMR) 84.6%
BORDER 83.1%
MIDLANDS 82.3%
MID-WEST 82.2%
SOUTHEAST 81.7%
SOUTHWEST 81.5%
MID-EAST 80.8%
DUBLIN 78.6%
IRELAND 81.3%

7. A KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY
IS A
MATHEMATICS BASED
SOCIETY

8. MATHEMATICS TARGET
• 25% AT HIGHER LEVEL
•“ONE GRADE UP”
•BASIS FOR STEM
•PREDICTS HE SUCCESS

9. NUIG
• GLOBAL RANKING
• INTERNATIONAL LEADER IN 5 RESEARCH
AREAS
• GALWAY: GLOBAL LEADER IN MARINE
RESEARCH

10. NUIG and GMIT
SECTORAL SKILLS
• CREATIVE INDUSTRIES
• CULTURAL TOURISM
• MARINE RESOURCES
• MEDICAL DEVICES
• HEALTHCARE
• ICT
• SUSTAINABLE ENERGY
• FINANCIAL SERVICES

11. INTERNATIONAL
NETWORK
• RESEARCH COLLABORATION
• INTERNATIONAL STAFF/STUDENT EXCHANGE
• GLOBAL CENTRE IRISH STUDIES/MARINE
STUDIES
• DIASPORA LINKS
• DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION

12. NUIG/GMIT INNOVATION
• COMMERCIALISAION OF KNOWLEDGE
• INDIGENOUS ENTERPRISE
• ENTERPRISE R AND D CULTURE
• INNOVATION INFRASTRUCTURE

13. MULTILINGUAL GALWAY
• ENGLISH
• GLOBAL LANGUAGES
SPANISH/PORTUGUESE/CHINESE
• IRISH
• TRILINGUALISM

14. ICT IN EDUCATION
• E - LEARNING
• DISTANCE/BLENDED
• ICT SKILLS
• ICT RESEARCH

15. DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE
• PRODUCTIVITY PERSISTENCE PARTICIPATION
• ADULT ACCESS TO PROFESSIONAL
UPSKILLING

16. INVITATION
• A LEARNING REGION
• PARTNERSHIP WITH ECONOMIC LIFE
• EUROPEAN LEADER

17. YES
WE
CAN!!