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…
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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…
Sisk – a unique reputation of training apprentices
John Sisk & Son has built a unique reputation of training apprentices who go on to roles in THE business and across the industry at large. Sisk provides a unique carpentry and joinery apprenticeship that offers apprentices the opportunity to ‘earn and learn’ while developing real life skills with many going on to become our…
