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Could these be our future teachers, one connection at a time?
Why did over 100 high school students apply to the Future Teachers’ Club (FTC)? The answer lies in the connections they’ve experienced with their own teachers. What is FTC?
Historic move away from the Points System and the Dominance of the Leaving Certificate in Ireland
Last Friday 7th July saw an historic change in third-level education in Ireland and a move away from the points system and dominance of the Leaving Certificate. Simon Harris TD, Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, announced that, from September, undergraduate students will be able to earn a university degree without need a Leaving Cert.
Looking back at the AONTAS Adult Learners' Festival 2023
At the AONTAS Adult Learners' Festival, we celebrate learning. This week-long festival happens every year in March, and we bring people together from all over Ireland. This year's Adult Learners’ Festival took place from 6th to 10th March 2023. Let's take a look at the highlights of the week.
“Stepping Stones and Stable Roots”: A Fascinating and Comprehensive Discussion of Community Education and its Relationship to Education Policy in Ireland | Aontas
AONTAS kicked off the 17th Adult Learners’ Festival with “Stepping Stones and Stable Roots”, focusing on the role of community education in Government policy. Taking place on 6th March at the Richmond Education and Event Centre in Smithfield, Dublin, the event featured speeches and inputs from policymakers, adult learners, education providers, and tutors.
Series 2 Ep 3 - Small Space Living, Trend Report, Dressing Rooms
The Great indoors is a celebration of all things interiors and everything you need to know about making your house a home. In each episode, TV presenter and designer Sophie Robinson and best-selling author and journalist Kate Watson-Smyth will discuss, debate and guide you through the top trends and hottest topics from the home front. So pull up a chair…
The arrival fallacy: Notes on loss and creativity
Hanging on the white walls of the National Gallery of Ireland are paintings by some of the greatest artists in the world and on a cool but sunny morning in October 2018 I seek refuge there, having become fed up with my own thoughts. The pale wooden floor creaks as I walk through the long, narrow room, which is empty of people but full of art. The perfect ratio. It is warm in here. I pause to stare at the Picasso and the Bonnard, as I have many times before. I see something new.
How this Trinity College team is coping with work from home
Dr Kate Smyth fills us in on how teams from Trinity College Dublin are managing remote work, with advice and support from a leading researcher in wellness at work. Since Leo Varadkar made his wartime-like speech on Thursday, 12 March, daily life in Ireland has changed significantly, particularly with the most recent restrictions. The Trinity Research and Innovation (TR&I) team, like many of our colleagues, are now working from home.
Submission is the Better Part of Valor
This will be a crowded news week, with the Iowa caucus, the State of the Union and the end of the zombie impeachment all coming up within forty-eight hours.
Wokers of the World Utd
After much acclaim for her first SteynOnline contribution, Australian Mark Steyn Club member Kate Smyth returns with this take on the wokeification of the western workplace.
Cis-ters Are Doin' It For Themselves
A familiar name from the comment section, Australian club member Kate Smyth joins us above the jump with this SteynOnline guest column. I'm scared. I'm scared for women... These were the opening words of a viral tweet on May 18th, after the result of the Australian federal election was announced. What did the tweeter - a prominent young professional - and her supporters have to fear?
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