“One of the country’s largest teacher-training colleges is to take up a role in educating second-level teachers as it takes over St Patrick’s College in Thurles as a satellite campus.The transfer to become part of Mary Immaculate College (MIC) in Limerick is to be finalised in the coming months …” (more)
[Niall Murray, Irish Examiner, 15 September]
“Substantial progress has been made in implementing radical changes to teacher training – according to a forthcoming report from the Higher Education Authority. But the plans are meeting stiff resistance from a minority of colleges …” (more)
[Seán Flynn, Irish Times, 4 February]
“The education & training of teachers in Ireland is set to be transformed with fewer colleges, a stronger focus on research and more modern governance structures. These proposed changes could signal the end of a long tradition which heretofore involved both the Roman Catholic Church and the Church of Ireland controlling teacher training …” (more)
[Thurles Information, 6 September]
“A new academic alliance with the University of Limerick will offer a degree status to teaching college graduates in Tipperary. Degree programmes at St Patrick’s College in Thurles will be accredited by the University of Limerick from 2012 …” (more)
[Jimmy Woulfe, Irish Examiner, 5 May]
“On May 4, St. Patrick’s Teacher Education College in Thurles, Co Tipperary, announced an academic alliance with the University of Limerick (UL). From September 2011, degree programmes at St. Patrick’s College will be accredited by the University of Limerick (UL), and from 2012 graduates of the College will be awarded University of Limerick degrees …” (more)
[Education Matters, 4 May]
