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Mary Immaculate College (MIC) has formally entered into a new three-year partnership with Teachers College (TC), Columbia University, marking a significant step in the College’s ongoing commitment to international collaboration in education, research and practice. The partnership was established through the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding earlier this month.
Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, James Lawless TD and Minister for Education and Youth, Hildegarde Naughton TD, today announced details of an exciting and innovative new five-year tertiary pathway into primary teaching, marking a national first in teacher education. This strategically distinctive programme, which will be delivered by Mary Immaculate College (MIC), in partnership with Tipperary Education and Training Board (TETB) and Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board (LCETB), is designed to broaden access to the Bachelor of Education (Primary Teaching) by providing an additional entry route outside of the traditional Leaving Certificate pathway.
As part of Science Week--taking place across Ireland 10-17 November—the Tipperary Festival of Science returns for its eighth year celebrating science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM)
Led by Mary Immaculate College (MIC) and held in collaboration with the Technological University of the Shannon (TUS) Thurles and Tipperary County Council Library Services, the festival attracts thousands of people each year interested in STEM. Events are held in venues across Tipperary as well as online to explore and celebrate STEM and the application of the scientific method.
Mary Immaculate College (MIC) played a central role in a national showcase highlighting inclusive education in post-primary schools across Ireland. The Realising Inclusive Special Education (RISE) Showcase, held in Naas on 16 April, brought together more than 200 schools and education partners to share approaches supporting student learning, participation and belonging.
The Physical Education Teacher Education (PETE) team at Mary Immaculate College (MIC) have been celebrated as being “national leaders” in their area and standing as a “model for best practice to others” by the President of MIC, as he celebrated their attainment of the Disciplinary Excellence in Learning, Teaching and Assessment (DELTA) Award.
Mary Immaculate College (MIC) Professor Aisling Leavy is one of three lead researchers who will coordinate Ireland’s first longitudinal study of teachers, Teachers’ Professional Journeys: The First Decade, commissioned by the Department of Education and the Teaching Council of Ireland.
Head of the Department of STEM Education at MIC, Professor Leavy, represents MIC in a consortium with the University of Limerick and the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), which will carry out this major piece of research, due to be completed in 2030.
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