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Paul O’Donnell’s article sets out the context and rationale for teaching and learning outdoors in primary schools, and highlights various ways of incorporating its use by schools, including exemplars of practice.

Senior Leaders Breakfast Briefings at the IMI Campus

2023 | The Irish Management Institute (IMI) will host the first in a series of spring Senior Leaders Breakfast Briefings on Wednesday 29 March, 7.30-9 am, at the IMI Campus, Sandyford, Dublin 16.
Paul O’Donnell’s article sets out the context and rationale for teaching and learning outdoors in primary schools, and highlights various ways of incorporating its use by schools, including exemplars of practice.

The Rise of Teaching Outdoors in Primary Schools

Yearbook 2022 | Paul O’Donnell’s article sets out the context and rationale for teaching and learning outdoors in primary schools, and highlights various ways of incorporating its use by schools, including exemplars of practice.

Dr Ciaran Seoighe,

Creating our Future – A Book of Inspiration

Yearbook 2022 | Creating Our Future was a unique public-engagement activity on research, at a scale not previously undertaken in Ireland.

Catherine Mulwa Hibernia College

Exceptional Ability and the Law: the legal framework for gifted education

Yearbook 2022 | Legal Rights | The Irish Constitution promises that all children will receive a ‘certain minimum education’. This standard of education is not defined, and it remains unclear whether it is an objective standard or one tailored to a child’s ability.

Catherine Mulwa Hibernia College

How to Flourish in Third Level Education

Yearbook 2022 | We constantly focus our attention on the 20% of students who are not doing well, but we could pay more attention to the majority of students, helping them become the best versions of themselves.
Catherine Mulwa Hibernia College

Winners of Trócaire Poetry Competition announced

2022 | Poetry Ireland and Trócaire are delighted to announce the winners of the 2022 poetry competition which this year had the theme ‘A Better Tomorrow’.

Catherine Mulwa Hibernia College

Focusing on a Sustainable Future

2022 | In a brand-new event, the Kennedy Summer School is set to host a panel discussion exploring how we can all work towards a sustainable future, working together for policy and political change in combination with personal responsibility.

Catherine Mulwa Hibernia College

Girls building for the future!

2022 | A collaboration between Teen-Turn and the Irish Manufacturing Research (IMR) has provided teenage girls across Ireland with the opportunity to build a robotic arm.

Innovative Programmes for people dealing with Special Needs

2022 | Recent studies suggest that children with special educational needs make up approximately 25% of the overall school population.

The European Dimension in Irish Education after Brexit

2022 | A National Symposium at the University of Limerick, 10-11 May 2022, will address the issue of the European dimension in all levels of Irish education.

New Postgraduate Diploma in Science in Business Data Analytics

FET, Higher Education | Hibernia College has launched a new one-year Postgraduate Diploma in Science in Business Data Analytics.

Security analyst Tom Clonan wins the Trinity Seanad by-election

Tom Clonan has been elected in the 2022 Seanad by-election to represent the University of Dublin (Trinity College Dublin) constituency.

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