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Enjoy your school holidays!
A message from Dr Ken Fennelly, Secretary to the Church of Ireland’s General Synod Board of Education (Republic of Ireland), in the Education News Brief for June.
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Council of Schools Charities’ highlight supports for education
The importance of people of minority faiths having continued access to education in their own ethos was highlighted at the Council of Schools Charities’ annual meeting on Monday (April 28).
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Christmas messages from the Board of Education (RI)
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Making Connections – Church of Ireland Centre Primary Schools Conference
The ethos of Church of Ireland primary schools needs to be part of each school’s self–evaluation and stem from dialogue with the whole school community.
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A global perspective on Protestant education
“Your history is not only your history but it’s embedded in a global perspective as well,” Professor Annette Scheunpflug remarked as she gave the keynote address at Dublin City University’s recent seminar on the history of Protestant comprehensive schools.
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Are Protestant comprehensives multiply invisible?
DCU seminar hears the history of Protestant comprehensive schools
The Revd Professor Anne Lodge, who leads the Church of Ireland Centre at DCU, has presented new research into Protestant compreheneive schools, drawing on interviews and document archives, to tell their origin and contemporary stories and how their lived ethos is expressed.
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Change and redevelopment in Protestant secondary schools
DCU seminar hears the history of Protestant comprehensive schools
Dr Ken Fennelly, who serves as Secretary to the General Synod’s Board of Education, shared a story of three parts from his own PhD research into the history of Protestant boarding schools.
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‘But that’s a whole other story’
DCU seminar hears the history of Protestant comprehensive schools
An audience gathered at Dublin City University’s Purcell House recently to explore the unique story of the five Irish Protestant comprehensive schools and how they sit within the context of education in Ireland and further afield.
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Applications now open for SEC Grants
Closing date: Monday, 30th October 2023
The SEC provides substantial grants to enable children of a Church of Ireland/Protestant denomination to attend a second level school of their own ethos.
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Primary managers call for increase in school funding
Schools’ finances remain extremely challenging due to ongoing significant increases in energy, insurance, cleaning and waste disposal costs, as well as in the cost of teaching materials and buses.
