Great to see our BSc Government and Political Science students thrive on work placement in the New York State Assembly and Senate. Two students, Robyn and Aoife, even met @NYCMayor on St. Patrick's Day. If interested in our degree (CK122) e-mail Government@ucc.ie ๐ฎ๐ช ๐บ๐ฒ. @GovUCC.
The Irish Government should really learn from the French yellow vests and the mistakes made by the French Government. So many parallels between the two situations.
It wasn't our day but proud of the performance by @Lakewood_1 U18s in the Quarter-Final of the FAI National Youth Cup. A narrow 1-0 defeat and a match decided by small margins. Congratulations to Finglas United and thanks to the referee and officials.
Delighted to have been invited by @EU_Commission DG EAC to sit on the Advisory Board of the project 'Enhancing Democratic Citizenship Education: Supporting Member States with Resources and Tools'. The project aims to deliver EU-level guidelines on Democratic Citizenship Education
The countdown is on to the 26th Annual Philip Monahan Lecture @UCC with guest speaker @NicolaSturgeon ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ. The event is free of charge but prior registration is essential (e-mail government@ucc.ie). See you on 9 March in the Aula Maxima! #Monahan26
We have all the tools available to integrate it into primary school curriculum through SPHE active citizenship keytotheeu.com. EU present throughout secondary curriculum in P&S, history, geography, business and we offer dabtheeu.com
Our pb: no govt support
Absolutely. But Europe also needs to be threaded into the curriculum all the way through to university. Nobody in the political parties or in government has the slightest interest in doing this. Despite the fact we are only country in the EU mandated to hold regular referendums
Delighted to collaborate with @DublinWestEC to launch our new teaching and learning programme at primary level on active citizenship in the EU. 5 March at 3.30pm.
REGISTER at eventbrite.com/e/19808102868โฆ
If you're in Cork on 4 March, come and join us for the launch of our new T&L programme on active citizenship in the EU at primary level. Registration from 6pm for a free teacher pack. eventbrite.ie/e/launch-of-keโฆ
Come and join us for the launch of a teaching and learning programme on active citizenship in the EU on 5 March in Dublin at 3.30pm. Registration from 3pm for a free teacher pack
eventbrite.ie/e/launch-of-keโฆ