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EDUCATE TOGETHER calls for a properly resourced education system
2023 | In its 2024 pre-Budget submission, EDUCATE TOGETHER urges the Government to live up to its stated targets for Ireland’s education system and to properly resource that system by making available targeted and improved supports to schools, management bodies, and to the state’s education budget.
Climate Accelerator Programme
2023 | A new climate accelerator programme aimed at SMEs and start-ups operating in the built environment opened for submissions on Friday 11 August 2023.
Get real about Teacher Shortage Crisis
2023 | New ASTI President Geraldine O’Brian tells the Government to get real about addressing the teacher shortage crisis.
SETU launches globally in Washington DC
2023 | Ireland’s South East Technological University (SETU) was launched globally to the international community at a special reception held in the US this week.
Seventy-five percent reduction in recycling waste at Atlantic Technological University (ATU)
2023 | As part of a sustainability drive to be greener, Atlantic Technological University (ATU) campuses at Sligo and Letterkenny have made significant changes by “greening” canteen facilities.
UL publishes Climate Action Roadmap 2030
2023 | University of Limerick has unveiled an ambitious plan towards carbon neutrality by 2030.
Transformational Leadership in Sustainability Programme launched
2023 | The very first cohort of the Transformational Leadership in Sustainability Programme was launched last week by the Irish Management Institute.
Kinia Creative Tech Fest – the first national celebration of creative technology in Ireland
2023 | Over 1,000 young people and workers in youth-focused organisations attended the Creative Tech Fest event, which took place during the Kinia Creative Technology Week.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Ireland’s Education Summit 2022
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