Stranmillis University College

New course at Stranmillis University College. Key players from October 1968 discuss the events of half a century ago…

Soapbox on August 1, 2018, 7:17 pm | Readers 1623

Stranmillis University College’s Lifelong Learning team are launching a major Living History project next month to mark the half century of the civil rights march in Londonderry on 5 October 1968 which will include live interviews with key people who were involved at the time. Among those who have agreed to take part are Bernadette McAliskey, Brid Rodgers, May Blood, Eileen Paisley, Austin Currie, John Kilclooney, Stratton Mills, Kenneth Bloomfield, Danny Morrison and Billy Hutchinson. Shirley Williams, appointed by Harold Wilson to be the first …

Spring into Lifelong Learning at Stranmillis University College

Soapbox on January 26, 2017, 5:14 pm | Readers 394

This week Stranmillis University College rolls out its new Lifelong Learning courses –both daytime and evening- from History to Ethics and Wine-tasting. In sync with the ongoing ‘Decade of Centenaries’ resident historian, Dr Éamon Phoenix is offering ‘The Terrible Beauty 1916-23’ exploring the Irish Revolution and Partition. His regular Irish History morning discussion class looks at ‘Ascendancy to Rebellion’- the era of the United lrishmen. The College programme includes a tour of 1916 Dublin; there are ground-breaking courses on ‘The UDR’, …

Stranmillis launch their Spring Lifelong Learning programme

Brian O'Neill on January 27, 2015, 3:16 pm | Readers 1118

One of the benefits of working from home is the possibly of sneaking off to the cinema etc. when things are quiet. Each year I am also tempted to do some of the lifelong learning courses at Queens or Stranmillis. Unfortunately reality gets in the way and I seldom make it away from my digital shackles. If you have some free time the courses are really worth a look. Are you running night/lifelong learning classes? Feel free to plug them in …

“the current system is inefficient and we need to examine the case for reform of teacher education provision”

Pete Baker on May 21, 2013, 6:41 pm | Readers 66

The BBC reports on the latest attempt by the Northern Ireland Employment and Learning Minister, the Alliance Party’s Stephen Farry, to reform the teacher training system here. It follows the publication of a report on the first stage of the Study of the Teacher Education Infrastructure in Northern Ireland. From the ministerial press release “The research concluded that Stranmillis and St. Mary’s are the only teacher training establishments in the UK which receive premia additional to their core funding. The cost …