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Curious and Critical GCE is a podcast series all about global citizenship education which was developed to accompany the book Global Citizenship Education: Curious Teachers, Critical Classrooms. The podcast series is hosted by Dr Brighid Golden, lecturer in Global Citizenship Education at MIC, and member of the national DICE Project Network for over ten years. In this episode I talk to newly qualified teachers Caoimhe Power and Emma Coyne who recently completed their B Ed degrees in MIC with a specialism in global citizenship education. Caoimhe and Emma discuss their experiences of teaching and researching GCE throughout their degrees and share insights into what they learned about choosing and creating resources and integrating global citizenship into the primary school curriculum.

Curious and Critical GCE is a podcast series all about global citizenship education which was developed to accompany the book Global Citizenship Education: Curious Teachers, Critical Classrooms. The podcast series is hosted by Dr Brighid Golden, lecturer in Global Citizenship Education at MIC, and member of the national DICE Project Network for over ten years. In this episode I talk to Dr Niamh McGuirk and Ryma Halfaoui. Niamh is an Assistant Professor in Ethical and Intercultural Education in DCU Institute of Education and Ryma, a first-generation migrant, is a primary school teacher, facilitator and activist based in Dublin. Niamh and Ryma discuss what antiracism and interculturalism mean and provide lots of hopeful, practical tips and ideas for how to create inclusive classrooms.

Curious and Critical GCE is a podcast series all about global citizenship education which was developed to accompany the book Global Citizenship Education: Curious Teachers, Critical Classrooms. The podcast series is hosted by Dr Brighid Golden, lecturer in Global Citizenship Education at MIC, and member of the national DICE Project Network for over ten years. In this episode I talk to Maria and Ashling from the Institute of Education at DCU about the national survey of teachers' confidence, knowledge and skills in Global Citizenship Education which was conducted on behalf of Global Village. Global Village is a Global Citizenship Education programme for primary schools in Ireland. It aims to support primary school pupils to become active global citizens committed to building a fairer and more sustainable world.

Curious and Critical GCE is a podcast series all about global citizenship education which was developed to accompany the book Global Citizenship Education: Curious Teachers, Critical Classrooms. The podcast series is hosted by Dr Brighid Golden, lecturer in Global Citizenship Education at MIC, and member of the national DICE Project Network for over ten years. In this episode I talk to Giulia Filippi about her PhD research which compares how global citizenship education is enacted within initial teacher education programmes in Ireland versus Italy. Giulia is a PhD candidate at the Free University of Bozen/Bolzano in Italy and a visiting researcher at Maynooth University in Ireland. Giulia gives us a great insight into what is working well in Ireland and what we can learn from Italy.

Curious and Critical GCE is a podcast series all about global citizenship education which was developed to accompany the book Global Citizenship Education: Curious Teachers, Critical Classrooms. The podcast series is hosted by Dr Brighid Golden, lecturer in Global Citizenship Education at MIC, and member of the national DICE Project Network for over ten years. In this episode I talk with recent MIC BEd graduates Orlaith O’Brien and Róisín Kelly who are now working as primary school teachers. Róisín and Orlaith both completed a specialism in global citizenship education during their degrees and share their experiences of learning about and teaching GCE themselves. Listen to them discuss how engaging with GCE helped them to broaden their understanding of the world and learn how to communicate complex issues in child-friendly ways.

Ombudsman for Children, Dr Niall Muldoon, will deliver a keynote address on 2 November at Mary Immaculate College (MIC) - alongside Prof. Emer Ring, Dean of Early Childhood and Primary Education at MIC - as part of an event to recognise two decades of the degree, which focuses on the care and education of children aged from birth to six years. Graduates of the programme are invited to attend this special event.

Bhí áthas ar Choláiste Mhuire gan Smál (CMgS) an tseachtain seo ceiliúradh a dhéanamh ar bhronnadh dámhachtainí dochtúireachta ar 30 céimí – an líon is airde riamh a fuair PhD ón gColáiste in aon bhliain amháin. Bhí na dámhachtaithe dochtúireachta i measc beagnach 1,500 mac léinn a bhain céim amach ó CMgS thar dhá lá ar an Déardaoin 27 & ar an Aoine 28 Deireadh Fómhair.

Bhí go leor ceiliúrtha i gColáiste Mhuire gan Smál (CMgS) an tseachtain seo nuair a bronnadh dámhachtainí acadúla ar nach mór 1,500 mac léinn ó 30 contae, 25 tír agus 5 mhór-roinn sa bhreis is 30 clár fochéime agus iarchéime a reáchtáileann an Coláiste san Oideachas agus sna Dána.

A Mary Immaculate College (MIC) academic is among the inaugural membership of the newly founded Young Academy of Ireland (YAI). Dr Deirdre Flynn, lecturer in 21st-century literature at MIC, is among forty academics from across the island of Ireland to be inducted into the YAI and will serve a four-year term.

Over 500 students from 17 primary schools from the Mid-West region took part in the regional final of the Dell VEX Robotics Competition recently. Hosted by Dell Technologies in conjunction with Mary Immaculate College (MIC), the regional final saw students take part in a game-based engineering challenge to design, code and build robots.

Three new publications from academics within the MIC's Department of English Language & Literature have been celebrated at a special event. Dr Kathryn Laing, Dr Ian Hickey and Dr Deirdre Flynn have published books in their respective research fields over the past academic year.