Race equality in Higher Education – more to do says new HEA report
A survey commissioned to capture the lived experience of higher education staff in relation to race equality has been released by the HEA’s Centre of Excellence for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion.In the survey results, a majority agreed with the statement that ‘race inequality exists in Irish higher education. Respondents from minority ethnic groups were more…
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Supreme Court boosts home schooling rights
The Supreme Court has ruled that the exclusion of home-schooled students from the 2020 Leaving Cert calculated grades scheme was invalid and an ‘impermissible’ interference with the constitutional freedom of the family to provide education in the home under article 42.2 of the Constitution.18-year-old Elijah Burke from Co Mayo was home-schooled by his mother, a…
TUI says campaign against pay discrimination goes on
The Teachers Union of Ireland (TUI) has said that it remains committed to ending pay discrimination, which it says was unilaterally imposed by Government on those appointed since 1st January 2011 and continues to see teachers and lecturers paid on different pay scales for carrying out the same work.The union said that significant progress has…
Young scientists stand out from the swarm
The winners of the 58th BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition are Aditya Joshi and Aditya Kumar, 3rd year students from Synge Street, Dublin, for a project entitled “A New Method of Solving the Bernoulli Quadrisection Problem”.Professor Pat Guiry, Professor of Synthetic Organic Chemistry at UCD and Chair of Group Chemical, Physical & Mathematical Sciences…
€28m for school Energy Retrofit Pathfinder Programme in 2022
A €28m Schools Energy Retrofit Pathfinder programme that will demonstrate the approach to deep retrofit in the schools’ sector, testing energy efficiency solutions and renewable heat technology was announced in early January.This government-funded energy retrofit pathfinder programme will target energy use and carbon dioxide emission reduction by 51%, testing deep retrofit and low carbon heating…
Using Artificial Intelligence to tackle bias in recruitment at TCD’s Adapt centre
With the Great Resignation underway a lot of people are reflecting on their careers with some looking for new opportunities or a change of direction. A new research project, LAIBRE, looks to leverage Artificial Intelligence (AI) to remove any bias from the recruitment process helping to attract more diverse talent.The project aims to eliminate bias…
Atlantic Technological University is born
The three north and west ITs, Galway Mayo Institute of Technology, Institute of Technology Sligo and Letterkenny Institute of Technology will be combined to form the Atlantic Technological University.A new research project, LAIBRE, looks to leverage Artificial Intelligence (AI) to remove any bias from the recruitment process helping to attract more diverse talent.Over 3,000 students,…
Global Citizenship Education for global understanding
Many young people are worried about the future – their future and the future of the planet. Environmental degradation and increasing global and local inequality are at the heart of the malaise. The solution is to make young people aware of the reasons and history behind the problems we face, the possibilities for change and their…
Climate Action Plan 2021 – ambitious plan to put Ireland on a more sustainable path
By William Walsh, Chief Executive Officer, SEAI Last November the Government launched Climate Action Plan 2021, “an ambitious plan to put Ireland on a more sustainable path, cutting emissions, and creating a cleaner, greener economy and society”. This follows the Climate Act 2021, which commits Ireland to a legally binding target of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions…
The EMS Managed Print Solution
EMS Copiers have been in business since 1970, working with schools and colleges in Ireland for over 50 years. The company recently relocated to state of the art, 15,000sq ft offices in Greenogue Business Park, Rathcoole, Co Dublin, having outgrown two previous premises in the past five years due to a period sustained growth and…
Irish Ed-Tech Company Olive Group launch new partnership with Microsoft to benefit teachers and students in Ireland
Partnership will see the integration of Olive Groupís Virtual Learning Platform in Microsoft Teams, allowing teachers and students to access high-end, quality interactive digital content IRISH Ed-Tech company Olive Group has launched a new partnership with Microsoft that will see potentially thousands of teachers and students in Ireland benefitting from access to high-end, quality, interactive…
SCFE students are looking forward to a Bright Future
It’s that time of the year again when school leavers and other adults are planning for next September. The value of Further Education or Post Leaving Certificate courses as an alternative pathway to Higher Education is now widely understood especially by students who find the Leaving Certificate model of assessment does not work for them….
The EPA want you to tell a story
The story of disposable face masks video claimed top prize in the EPA’s The Story of Your Stuff 2021 competition The EPA’s most recent The Story of Your Stuff competition received a record number of entries in March 2021, with over 300 contenders making submissions from schools across the country. Now in its fifth year,…
Galway Atlantaquaria – Educate, Engage and Inspire
Have you considered visiting Galway Atlantaquaria, where we showcase the world of water, from the river to the Sea? We deliver in-house education, outreach and are part of a number of school programmes includes Discover Primary Science and Maths, and the Explorers Education Programme, funded by the Marine Institute. Teacher workshops We have experience in…
Go Further, Climb Higher
A quiet revolution is taking place in Dun Laoghaire, and the revolutionaries are Further Education students, carving out their place in an education system that for too long a time did not give due recognition to Further Education. This, however, is changing. Announcing an increased spend on the sector in March 2021, Minister for Further…
See your career going places with the ESB Networks Apprenticeship Programme
Do you want to be part of the team connecting our communities to clean electricity? If so ESB Networks Apprenticeship Programme might be for you. At ESB Networks, we build and maintain Ireland’s electricity network, connecting over 2.3 million homes, farms and businesses to a clean electric future. We have recruited over 300 apprentices in…
Launch your beauty career at Blackrock FEI
BFEI is long established as one of the leading providers of internationally recognised courses in the Make-Up Artistry, Beauty Therapy and Sports Massage Therapies fields. BFEI graduates are much sought after and progress to forge successful careers in their chosen fields as the case histories here illustrate. BFEI Make-Up Artistry graduate Caolán Kelly was one…
Women in Engineering at Munster Technological University
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