Partnerships with External Organisations
DIT is commited to working in partnership with appropriate institutions and organisations, in Ireland and abroad. The Institute recognises the mutual benefit which arises from the development of colloborative programmes of study, and more importantly, the increased opportunities which the provision makes available to a wider range of students.
DIT is committed to providing access to students of all ages and backgrounds, and to achieving quality and excellence in all aspects of work.
To date the Institute has developed collaborative arrangements with a number of external organisations. Please click here to access current External Partnership listing
Through its Quality Assurance Office within the Directorate of Academic Affairs & Registrar, the DIT provides a validation and franchising service, based on its quality assurance procedures, to academic institutions, professional bodies, companies and other organisations.
In developing formal collaborative programmes which involve a DIT award, the Institute will wish to assure itself that partner institutions offer an ethos and environment for teaching and learning appropriate to higher education and to the particular proposed collaboration.
The Partnerships with External Organisations document details the accreditation/validation/franchise procedures.Download this document in WORD
This document sets out good practice procedures for partnership with external institutions/organisations which wish to offer courses leading to DIT awards. The future development of such partnerships may call for revision of the procedures from time to time, so that they continue to operate within the framework of the Institute's strategic plan and general academic quality assurance procedures.
The forms of partnership and collaboration envisaged in this document are:
- the validation and franchising of programmes of study
- the process of mutual recognition of programmes and joint programmes and awards.
