Keynote Speaker: Nora Trench Bowles
Head of Lifelong Learning and Skills at the Irish Universities Association (IUA)
Nora drives policy and sectoral initiatives across areas such as flexible and lifelong learning including micro-credentials, recognition of prior learning (RPL), and the skills agenda. She engages with key stakeholders across the higher education sector and policy-makers, working towards greater support for and recognition of the significant contribution that the Irish universities make to skills and lifelong learning. She represents the IUA on several groups at national and European level, including implementation groups of the Expert Group of Future Skills Needs (EGFSN).
A graduate of University College Dublin, Uppsala University, Sweden and the University of Strasbourg, France, Nora previously worked in the Council of Europe and European Parliament in Strasbourg, and the European Commission in Brussels, before returning to Dublin to work for European Movement Ireland.