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Student Participation in Education
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The Department of Education values the views, ideas and lived experience of children and young people and we are committed to continuing to learn and improve how we support, empower and actively listen to children and young people.
The Student Participation Unit was established in the Department of Education in April 2023. The unit helps the department to make sure that the voices of children and young people inform policy development across the department.
We know that we have done a lot of work to make sure that the voices of children and young people are heard and taken seriously but we want to improve. We asked an expert group to give the department advice on how to improve its work. The expert group made five important recommendations.
We are going to make the changes that the expert group recommended. We have decided how we are going to do that. You can find the report of the expert group and the report on how the department is going to make changes below.
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The report of the expert group on student participation can be found here.
The background report of the expert group can be found here.
Background Report of the Expert Group on Student Participation
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The Student Participation Implementation Plan for the Department of Education can be found here.
Student Participation in the Department of Education Implementation Plan 2024 - 2026
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The report on consultations with children and young people can be found below.
Report on Consultations with Children and Young People to inform the work of the expert group on student participation
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Minutes from the Expert Group on Student Participation Meeting 4 Sept 2024
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Minutes from the Expert Group on Student Participation Meeting 22 May 2024
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Minutes from the Expert Group on Student Participation Meeting 10 April 2024
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Minutes from the Expert Group on Student Participation Meeting 12 March 2024
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Minutes from the Expert Group on Student Participation Meeting 24 November 2023
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Minutes from the Expert Group on Student Participation Meeting 18 October 2023
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Minutes from the Expert Group on Student Participation Meeting 13 September 2023
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Minutes from the Expert Group on Student Participation Meeting 24 May 2023
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Minutes from the Expert Group on Student Participation Meeting 22 June 2023
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Minutes from the Expert Group on Student Participation Meeting 3 May 2023
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Student Participation Unit
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Student Participation Unit, Block 1, Department of Education, Cornamaddy, Athlone, County Westmeath. N37 X659.
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