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Placement Tutor Role
The Department of Education at Maynooth University is currently seeking applications from experienced educational professionals to work as placement tutors on the BSc.Ed and the PME programmes. A placement tutor is a person primarily engaged by the Department of Education to support and mentor student teachers and to evaluate their practice while on school placement.
Date: Thursday, 27 March 2025
Guideline Journal (IGC) March 2025 Edition- Article by Dr Clare Finegan
Guideline Journal (IGC) March 2025 ed., Article by Dr Clare Finegan -research workshop at the International Guidance conference in Finland.
Date: Thursday, 27 March 2025
Radio interview regarding education and mental health with Dr Clare Finegan
Radio interview regarding education and mental health with Dr Clare Finegan
Date: Thursday, 20 March 2025
Article in today’s Irish Times regarding education and mental health by Dr Clare Finegan
Article in the Education section of today’s Irish Times regarding education and mental health by Dr Clare Finegan- Private counselling sessions are the new school grinds.
Date: Tuesday, 18 March 2025
Department students and staff attend Lesson Study Experience in The Netherlands
As part of a larger European Project, Dr Diarmaid Hyland and Dr Tom Delahunty invited two PME students (Claire Egan and Michael Sherlock) and a teacher educator colleague (Dr Anthony Malone) on a week-long trip to The Netherlands.
Date: Wednesday, 12 March 2025
New Programme Launch – Professional Doctorate in Educational Psychology
New Programme Launch – Professional Doctorate in Educational Psychology
Date: Monday, 10 March 2025
Minister McEntee welcomes MU Professional Doctorate in Educational Psychology
Minister for Education Helen McEntee, has welcomed the announcement that MU is to offer a new three-year Professional Doctorate programme in Educational Psychology from September 2025.
Date: Monday, 10 March 2025
University of Granada Mathematics Educator visits Department of Education on Erasmus+ Teaching Stay.
From February 17th - 21st, Dr Veronica Albanese (University of Granada) was hosted on an Erasmus+ Teaching Stay by Dr Diarmaid Hyland of Maynooth University Department of Education.
Date: Friday, 28 February 2025
Sustainability in Education: Highlights from the ‘Nature-Friendly Teacher Workshop’ in Diyarbakir, Turkey
On February 24th–25th, 2025, Dr. Zerrin Doğanca Küçük led a two-day teacher workshop in Diyarbakır, in southeastern Turkey.
Date: Monday, 24 February 2025
Online webinar -Teaching to Transgress: Towards Racially Inclusive Education
This webinar explores how educators and leadership can transgress the structures and systems of power, inclusion, and exclusion currently imbedded in our education system in order to create more equitable systems for all.
Date: Wednesday, 29 January 2025