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Education opportunities at Galway Atlantaquaria DPSM Discover Centre
Welcome to Galway Atlantaquaria, the National Aquarium of Ireland. As Ireland’s largest Native Species Aquarium, we are the perfect location for school tours and workshops based around Ireland’s marine environment and biodiversity, sustainability, environmental awareness, care and ecology investigation. We cater for students of all ages, with options available to pre-school, primary, secondary and third…
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…
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…
