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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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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.

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Our schools’ response to the war in Ukraine

“The current war in Ukraine has had a devastating impact on the people of that country and being displaced as a refugee is even more difficult at Christmas time. Our schools have responded to the arrival of refugees from Ukraine by opening their doors, and we see this response every day in schools and classrooms.”

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Dr Kenneth Milne – Contribution to history, education and Church recognised by DCU

The contribution made by Dr Kenneth Milne to history, education and the Church of Ireland was honoured yesterday (Tuesday November 29) by Dublin City University with the conferring of the award of Doctor of Philosophy (Honoris Causa).

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Minister praises ‘vibrant tradition of education’ and diversity in Protestant schools

The governors and principals of Protestant second level schools have been praised for their flexibility and openness to change by the Minister for Education.

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