8 March 2012 Bee Park Resource Centre, Manorhamilton, 10.30am – 2pm The Centre for Cross Border Studies in partnership with the North South Ministerial Council Joint Secretariat manages the Border People website – www.BorderPeople.info. Border People provides an online signposting service for people who wish to move across the border to live, work or study. […]
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Universities Ireland 2012 North/South Postgraduate Scholarships scheme opens
INTRODUCTION Universities Ireland, which promotes collaboration between universities in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, and the Electricity Supply Board (ESB), the largest energy company on the island of Ireland, are offering five scholarships to students undertaking a recognised Master’s or the first year of a PhD programme (taught or research) in the other […]
Read More7th ICLRD conference: Planning for a New Future
The International Centre for Local and Regional Development (ICLRD) held its Seventh Annual Conference on 19-20 January 2012 in the border town of Dundalk, County Louth. The theme of this two-day event was Planning for a New Future: Can Planning and Cross-Border Cooperation Deliver Change in Ireland and Europe? The conference was organised as part […]
Read MoreCross-Border Cooperation in Health Care: 5th North/South Research Forum and hospital services report launch
Europa Hotel, Belfast Thursday 15 December 2011 9.30am – 1.00pm The 5th meeting of the North/South Research Forum, was held at the Europa Hotel, Belfast on Thursday 15 December 2011, from 9.30am to 1.00pm. The theme for the event was An Agenda for Cross-Border Cooperation in Health Care in Times of Austerity. The speakers were: Mr […]
Read MoreBorder Region Economy ‘Emerging Findings’ Conference
17 – 18 November 2011 Radisson Blu Farnham Estate Hotel, Cavan The findings of the research project ‘Reviving the Border Region Economy in a new era of peace and devolved government’ was discussed at this conference, which took place in the Radisson Blu Farnham Estate Hotel in Cavan on Thursday 17-Friday 18 November 2011. The […]
Read MoreDirector gives Dundalk IT graduation address
The director, Andy Pollak, gave the commencement address at the graduation ceremony for 900 graduates of Dundalk Institute of Technology on 5 November. This is what he said: This is a great wee country and a great wee county It is fashionable now to be depressed (sometimes even despairing) about the state of Ireland. We […]
Read MoreCross-border Training and Impact Assessment international conference
Over 130 people from 15 countries attended the Centre’s international conference – ‘Cross-Border Training and Impact Assessment in Ireland and Europe’ – in Cavan on 27-28 October. They came from border regions in France, Germany, Belgium, Poland, Czech Republic, Austria, Slovenia, Italy, Spain (Catalonia), the French Caribbean, USA, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and Ireland. The […]
Read More2011-2012 ESB-Universities Ireland North/South postgraduate award winners announced
The winners of the ESB-Universities Ireland North/South postgraduate scholarships for the 2011-2012 academic year are: Joyce Acheson, a graduate of Trinity College Dublin, doing a Masters in Advanced Mechanical Engineering at Queen’s University Belfast Jonathan Mitchell, a graduate of Queen’s University Belfast, doing an MA in Contemporary European Philosophy at University College Dublin Marian McGrath, […]
Read MoreFavourable evaluation of SCoTENS work from Oxford University team
A team from Oxford University’s Department of Education, led by Professor John Furlong, delivered a highly complimentary evaluation of SCoTENS work in the period 2003-2011 in early October. They concluded: ‘Taken overall, the findings of the evaluation are overwhelmingly positive. Despite limited and sometimes precarious funding, significant dependence on the goodwill of volunteers and the […]
Read MoreCall for 2012 Journal articles
The Centre is seeking high quality research articles on issues of practical cross-border co-operation to include in the 2012 edition of its Journal of Cross Border Studies in Ireland. The subject matter of such articles can cover a wide range of areas, including education, training, health, business and the economy, public administration, transport and communications, […]
Read MoreBorder People User Group(6) – Developing Your Cross-Border Business
2 September 2011 Radisson Blu Hotel, Letterkenny, 9am – 3pm The Centre for Cross Border Studies in partnership with the North South Ministerial Council Joint Secretariat manages the Border People website – www.BorderPeople.info. Border People provides an online signposting service for people who wish to move across the border to live, work or study. This […]
Read MoreObstacles to Cross-Border Undergraduate Education study launched
This study, by CCBS director Andy Pollak, was commissioned and sponsored by the IBEC-CBI Joint Business Council and the EURES Cross-Border Partnership. It examines past and present levels of undergraduate mobility between the two Irish jurisdictions; outlines the main obstacles to that mobility (lack of information about universities in the other jurisdiction, changes in the […]
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