Teacher's pet [IrishTimes]
- Published: 19 April 2010
An insider's guide to education
- THE STARTING gun has been fired in the race to succeed John Hegarty as Trinity Provost next year.
The plum job pays a handsome €200,000 salary.
Better still, the winner gets the best address in Ireland – 1 Grafton Street, Dublin 2, a lavish residence fit for a provost.
The election among Trinity’s 1,000 academics will take place around this time next year but, as the academic year draws to a close, various candidates are getting organised.
Internally, TCD has been reviewing the various statutes governing the election. There is a possibility that senior management staff and students could be given votes in the election.
Full Story: www.irishtimes.com
Tánaiste announces €122m scheme to get building improvements underway in 1,490 schools this summer [fiannafail.ie]
- Published: 19 April 2010
1,490 primary and post primary schools across the country will benefit from small and medium scale building works this summer under a €122 million investment announced today (Monday, 19 April 2010) by the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills, Ms. Mary Coughlan, T.D.
The Summer Works Scheme covers projects in school buildings such as gas, electrical and mechanical works, roof replacements and repairs, window replacement, toilet upgrades, structural improvements and access works. The Tánaiste said that this record level of investment through the Summer Works Scheme had the potential to generate work for over 4,400 trades people across the country during the summer period.
Full Story: www.fiannafail.ie
Language gap is latest threat to jobs [IrishTimes]
- Published: 19 April 2010
Only 8 per cent of Irish secondary pupils learn two or more foreign languages, the European average is 60 per cent. How are we getting it so wrong? asks GRÁINNE FALLER
UNUSUALLY for Morning Ireland these days, the news was good. It was the beginning of March and managing director of HP Ireland, Martin Murphy, was being interviewed about 60 new jobs created by his company. He explained that the jobs would require candidates to speak at least one of a variety of European languages. “No Irish need apply then,” quipped the interviewer.
Full Story: www.irishtimes.com
New schools summer work scheme [dermotahern.ie]
- Published: 19 April 2010
The Minister for Justice and Law Reform, Dermot Ahern TD, has welcomed the allocation of funding for the Summer work scheme for schools in Co Louth. Over 40 schools in Co Louth are to benefit from the Government financed scheme which will involve the employment nationally of over 4,500 craftsmen and builders. Minister Ahern said: "A range of schools from throughout the county are on the approved list which has been sent to me by the Tanaiste and Education Minister Mary Coughlan TD. This is very welcome news and ensures that not alone will vital work be undertaken in improving our school infrastructure but also employment will be provided locally."
Full Story: www.dermotahern.ie
47 North Tipp schools benefit under €122m Summer Works Scheme - Hoctor [mairehoctor.ie]
- Published: 19 April 2010
The 47 schools who will benefit are listed below and details of the works that are to be completed under the Scheme.
"This programme was introduced in 2004 to devolve funding to local school authorities to embark on small scale building works during the summer months or at other times so as to avoid disrupting the operation of the schools".
"Over the past number of years the programme had been enormously successful, with dozens of schools in North Tipperary benefiting, I have strongly promoted the Scheme actively in Tipperary and I believe it is a very successful throughout the country," she said.
Full Story: www.mairehoctor.ie
