HEA Future Focus Forum

The HEA maintains a watching brief on developments in higher education nationally and internationally in order to inform the on-going development of the Irish higher education system. This horizon-scanning is supported by the HEA Future Focus Forum series.

The HEA Future Focus Forum will build on the previous Forward Look Forums launched in 2014. The fora—for the leadership of Irish higher education, policy-makers and other key stakeholders—are held in the spring and autumn of each year. Cognisant of the rapidly changing international context within which higher education institutions operate, the fora aim to support disruptive thinking about the future of the sector through open dialogue that is unfettered by existing policy and the assumptions and values on which this is based. Focusing on cross-cutting themes that are complementary to the on-going reform of the Irish sector, the fora are participatory, supporting the development of action-oriented responses to addressing future challenges.

Details of the events which have been held to-date are presented below.