Cork charity aims to foster wellbeing in the school community
Cork charity, Ag Eisteacht, is running a second summer training course for primary school teachers in Cork to foster well-being in the school community by helping teachers to build more responsive relationships. The DES-approved ABLE4Teachers course runs from the 19th – 23rd August at Cork Education Support Centre (CESC), The Rectory, Western Rd, Mardyke, Cork. Based on…
Education Magazine
Aiming for excellence in academic writing
The Academic Writing Centre was founded at Athlone Institute of Technology in 2015. The centre’s aim is to promote excellence in academic writing, through a variety of means: individual support, small group sessions, large group classes, seminars and class presentations. By Emer Connolly Academic Writing Skills Tutor, Athlone Institute of Technology ACADEMIC writing has become an integral…
Green News
New scheme for biomass boilers and anaerobic digestion heating systems The Government has opened the second phase of the Support Scheme for Renewable Heat (SSRH), which will provide operational support for biomass boilers and anaerobic digestion heating systems. This round of the Scheme will support businesses and farms for up to 15 years for the…
GMIT sponsorship is on the ball
The Gaelic Players Association and the Women’s Gaelic Players Association in association with Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology unveiled new scholarships for members of the organisations. The partnership covers four scholarships for taught masters programmes as well as a number of research masters. Research will focus priority areas such as recovery, sleep quality and nutrition. The…
A demographic funding crisis is looming say universities
As almost 124,000 Leaving and Junior Certificate students sat exams in June, the Irish Universities Association called on the Government to set out a sustainable funding model to prepare for these and future generations of third level applicants. The numbers of students commencing exams are the beginning of a highly significant demographic bulge which will…
News in brief
792 new special needs assistant posts The government has announced 800 new special needs assistant posts will be allocated to schools from September and as the need for more additional supports in schools is confirmed in the early weeks of the school year, up to 130 additional posts are expected to be allocated by December….
ASTI poll highlights challenges to inclusive education
Lack of training, no allocated time for planning and large class sizes are the challenges facing second-level teachers in supporting students with special education needs (SEN). A RED C / ASTI survey published recently shows that the practice of mainstream teachers supporting SEN students in mainstream classes is a key inclusion strategy employed by second-level…
UCC music professor launches first global hip hop studies journal
UCC Professor of Music, J. Griffith Rollefson, has launched the world’s first academic journal of international hip hop music, culture, and politics. Professor Rollefson launched Global Hip Hop Studies (GHHS) during the European Hip Hop Studies Network Conference at the University of Bristol recently. He also gave the keynote for the conference. The journal is…
Government announces €7.5m capital funding to support apprenticeship programmes
The Government has announced capital funding of more than Ä7.5 million for nine Institutes of Technology and the Technological University (TU) Dublin. The funding forms part of the Government’s commitment, under Project Ireland 2040, to increase investment in higher and further education and training and to the modernisation of equipment available for craft apprenticeship provision….
UL says Call It Out
A groundbreaking LGBT+ public education and awareness campaign has been rolled out to the UL campus. Call It Out is a joint initiative of the Transgender Equality Network Ireland (TENI) and the Hate and Hostility Research Group (HHRG) at UL that seeks to shine a bright light on the sometimes visible, often hidden phenomena of…
Over 450 students from ‘non-traditional’ backgrounds get scholarships from UCD
Over 450 students from ‘non-traditional’ backgrounds have been awarded scholarships worth over Ä2m from UCD since 2012. The figures were released at UCD’s Access Symposium which celebrated the contribution UCD’s Access and Lifelong Learning Centre has made to widening participation at the university. The figures relate to the Cothrom na Féinne scholarship fund which supports…
