Resources

December 1, 2015

Development Education: National Report IRELAND

The National Report on Global and Development Education in Ireland: An Introduction This National Report on Global Education (GE) in Ireland is part of the European Global […]
November 24, 2015

2015 conference programme

Programme 9.30 AM Networking registration 10.00 Welcome Mary Cunningham, Director, NYCI 10.05   Ministerial Address Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Dr James Reilly 10.15   […]
November 3, 2015

NYCI Annual Conference – Playing Our Part

Dublin Castle, 7th December The NYCI Annual Conference 2015 ‘Playing our Part’ is a one-day event focusing on the youth sector’s contribution to the implementation of […]
October 16, 2015

Time is Short and the Challenge is Great – Reassessing the Purpose of Education

In this piece I share my response to the speech of President Michael D Higgins at the recent Summit of Consciences for Climate in Paris and […]
October 14, 2015

A Skills Perspective on Arts Education II

Looking at the impact that arts education could have on the development of various skills sets  was the original idea behind the OECD’s book Art for […]
September 9, 2015

Sustainable Development Goals & Young People

Sustainable Development Goals, Children & Young People Looking for some information on the new and amazing Sustainable Development Goals? Look no further! Below, find some links […]
September 3, 2015

A Skills Perspective on Arts Education

We know that access to the Arts is important for Young People, but why? In this next series of blogs we have asked individuals from a […]
August 25, 2015

Why is Creativity Important and What Does it Contribute?

If you’ve landed on this page, you may also be interested in the SPARK Youth Arts Festival, taking place from February 20th – 24th!   Following […]
August 18, 2015

Creativity, Resilience and Global Citizenship

In January of this year my colleague Nora Furlong and I hosted a programme in CIT Crawford College of Art and Design in collaboration with Youth […]