Standing Conference on Teacher Education, North and South (SCoTENS) Annual Conference: Reflective Practice: Challenges for Teacher Development 15-16 October 2009 Grand Hotel, Malahide The seventh conference of the Standing Conference on Teacher Education North and South (SCoTENS) will take place in the Grand Hotel, Malahide, Co Dublin, on Thursday 15th-Friday 16th October 2009 with the […]
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CCBS Director to address EU OPEN DAYS workshop
As part of the EU’s OPEN DAYS 2009, Director Andy Pollak will address a workshop under the theme ‘Territorial cooperation: Working together across borders’ in Brussels on 6 October. He will speak as part of a team assembled by the French government’s Mission Opérationelle Transfrontaliere (MOT) cross-border cooperation agency on how cross-border services in health, […]
Read MoreNobel Peace Laureate to address Universities Ireland event
The 2003 Nobel Peace Prize winner, Dr Shirin Ebadi from Iran, will address the launch of the Scholars at Risk Ireland Section, which is being run by Universities Ireland, in Trinity College Dublin on Tuesday 22 September. Scholars at Risk is an international network of higher education institutions committed to defending the rights of university […]
Read MoreBorder People User Group (1) – A better understanding of cross-border mobility statistics
2 June 2009 Armagh City Hotel, Armagh The second phase of the Border People online information service (www.borderpeople.info) for people wishing to move across the Irish border to live, work and study was launched in Armagh on Tuesday 2 June 2009. The service is managed by the Centre for Cross Border Studies in partnership with […]
Read MoreThird Irish-African Partnership for Research Capacity Building workshop
11-14 May 2009 Maputo, Mozambique The third workshop of the Irish-African Partnership for Research Capacity Building (IAPRCB) will take place in Maputo, the capital of Mozambique, from 11th to 14th May 2009. Further details from IAPRCB project director, Dr Niamh Gaynor (niamh.gaynor@dcu.ie; +353-1-700-5637) or workshop organiser, Patricia McAllister (p.mcallister@qub.ac.uk; +44-28-37-518282) See the project website.
Read MoreThird Irish-African Partnership Workshop, Maputo, Mozambique
The Third IAP Workshop – Maputo, Mozambique 11-14 May 2009 The third Irish-African Partnership Workshop took place in the Mozambican capital, Maputo from 11-14 May 2009. It was opened by Mozambique’s Minister of Education and Culture, Dr Aires Bonifácio Ali, and the Rector of Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Professor Filipe José Couto. Other speakers at the […]
Read MoreHead of Northern Ireland Civil Service to launch 2009 Journal of Cross Border Studies in Ireland and five EU INTERREG-funded research projects
25 March 2009 Belfast The Head of the Northern Ireland Civil Service, Mr Bruce Robinson, will formally launch the 2009 Journal of Cross Border Studies in Ireland in Belfast today. The 2009 edition of the journal features an interview with the First Minister, Rt Hon Peter Robinson MP MLA, on North-South cooperation, and articles on North-South […]
Read MoreSecond Irish-African Partnership for Research Capacity Building workshop
10-13 November 2008 Entebbe, Uganda This workshop, the second of five to be organised by the IAPRCB, will bring together 70 senior academics (32 from Ireland, 38 from Africa) to discuss research capacity building in health, education, ICT and gender in the 13 participating universities in Ireland, Northern Ireland, Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi and Mozambique. See […]
Read MoreStanding Conference on Teacher Education, North and South (SCoTENS)
Annual Conference: School Leadership, Policy and Practice, North and South 9-10 October 2008 Wellington Park Hotel, Belfast The 6th Annual Conference of the Standing Conference on Teacher Education North and South (SCoTENS), organised by the Centre, will take place at the Wellington Park Hotel in Belfast. For more information please contact: Ms Patricia McAllister, Conference Organiser, The […]
Read MoreCross-Border Cooperation as part of the Northern Irish Peace Process: Some Lessons for Europe
12-13 June 2008 Crown Plaza Hotel in Dundalk This conference in the Crown Plaza Hotel in Dundalk invited participants (from both Ireland and continental Europe) to discuss the above topic under a number of thematic headings. Its main aim was to disseminate some of the good learning from North-South cooperation in Ireland – notably EU-funded […]
Read MoreFinancial and Professional Services on Europe’s Celtic Rim Common Problems, Shared Solutions?
15 May 2008 Belfast Hilton Hotel (Postponed because of the illness of its University of Stirling organiser) The Centre is joining with the University of Stirling and InterTradeIreland to organise this one-day invitational seminar in the Belfast Hilton Hotel. It is an extension to Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland of the seminar series […]
Read MoreBorderPeople Dublin Launch
Tuesday 29 April 2008 Buswells Hotel, Dublin www.BorderPeople.info will be launched on Tuesday 29 April 2008 by well known broadcaster Claire Byrne. The website addresses the needs for the 23,000 people a day who cross the border in Ireland to work, study or retire. This site is a ‘one-stop shop’ for people who commute across […]
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