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In our continuing series focusing on partner education collaborating providers, which deliver the off-the-job training portion of the NHA, we look at Waterford and Wexford Education and Training Board (WWETB). It will offer the new programme in Waterford College of Further Education. Noreen Reilly, Principal of Waterford College of Further Education, is delighted to be

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Yet another fantastic day for the National Hairdressing Apprenticeship, currently in development. After almost a year of hard work, the Consortium Steering Group approved the validation document in January 2019. The document is now with Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI) for the commencement of the formal validation process. Thanks to everyone that has helped at

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Peer Review Conference

A two day peer review process was held in Mullingar in October 2018, which followed on from the writers’ symposium. The peer review is a crucial part of the quality assurance process. Teachers and tutors from collaborating ETBs around Ireland came together to review and critique the written curriculum for the National Hairdressing Apprenticeship. In

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A momentous two-day event for the Irish hairdressing industry was held in September at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Athlone. Salon owners, industry experts and education experts came together to write the new apprenticeship award in professional hairdressing. The Writers Symposium event followed on from the Shaping the Future National Consultation Workshops that were hosted

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