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News & Announcements
29 Nov 2024
PME Graduate receives NUI Scholarship and Prize in Education
Our 2024 top UCC School of Education PME Graduate Stephen Foley was recently awarded the prestigious NUI Scholarship and Prize in Education on November 22nd in a ceremony held in Croke Park. We are all very proud of Stephen’s ongoing achievements and how he represents our PME programme and the high standards it achieves. Stephen is currently teaching Irish and French in Cashel Community School.
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18 Nov 2024
Cork IMTA – UCC PME Bursary
Congratulations to current PME 1 student Caitriona Kiely who was awarded a bursary from the Cork Branch of the Irish Mathematics Teachers Association (IMTA). The bursary was awarded to Catriona at a small reception in UCC on the 13th of November.
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18 Nov 2024
Physical Education, Sports Studies and Arts Annual Student Awards 2024
A huge well done and congratulations to the BEd (Hons) Physical Education, Sports Studies and Arts graduates who received the Annual Student Awards on the 30th of October 2024 in the North Wing Council room.
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13 Nov 2024
New Book Publication - A Teacher's Handbook on Global Citizenship Education in the Post-Primary Classroom
We are delighted to announce the publication of a new book with Oak Tree Press by School of Education colleagues, Seánín Hoy, Gearóid O'Brien and Steve O'Brien on teaching Global Citizenship Education (GCE) in the post-primary classroom. This honours the important work that educators do in nurturing young global citizens - a most hopeful and ever-pressing responsibility.
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