IRELAND'S EDUCATION SUMMIT 2022
Register now for this unique event in the Irish education calendar:
Ireland's Education Summit, brought to you by Education Matters, provides a truly independent and non-partisan platform for speakers from all sectors of education.
Now in its second year, the Summit features authors from Ireland’s Education Yearbook, along with guest speakers, delving deeper into the big issues they explored in the Yearbook.
Don't miss these engaging and insightful conversations on subjects that profoundly matter.
JOIN IN: Post your comments and suggestions during the Summit broadcast on 27-28 May 2022
REGISTER NOW
Registration is Free
You will get full access to all of the recording for this summit.
Early Childhood
Primary
Second Level
Further Education & Training
Higher Education
Research
Our Sponsors
Many Thanks to our sponsor Teresa Mary Hand-Campbell Director of Total Human Capital. You can watch her presentation available under the Sponsors tab.
Your Hosts
Summit Programme 2022
Research
Hosted by
Peter Brown
Director, Irish Research Council
Topic 1 - Research for Public Policy
Mary Doyle - Visiting Fellow in Public Policy at the Long Room Hub, Trinity College Dublin
Daniel Bangert - National Open Research Coordinator, Digital Repository of Ireland, Royal Irish Academy
Peter Thorne - Professor in Physical Geography (Climate Change) at Maynooth University, and Director of the Irish Climate Analysis and Research UnitS group (ICARUS)
Topic 2 - AHSS and Societal Challenges
Jane Ohlmeyer - Chair of Irish Research Council, Erasmus Smith’s Professor of Modern History (1762), Trinity College Dublin, and Principal Investigator for SHAPE-ID
Daniel Carey - Moore Institute, NUI Galway
Stephen Hadley - Moore Institute, NUI Galway
Topic 3 - Early-Career Researchers
Yvonne Halpin - MSCA National Delegate and Head of the Irish Marie Skłodowska-Curie Office
Siobhan Ni Fhlannchadha - Project Manager of StudentSurvey.ie
Higher Education
Hosted by
Prof Pól Ó Dochartaigh
Deputy President and Registrar, National University of Ireland Galway
Topic 1 - Changing Landscapes in Irish HE: Strategy, Diversity and Technological Universities
Jim Breslin - Secretary General at the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science
Dr Joseph Ryan - CEO of Technological Higher Education Association
Prof Anne Scott - Former Vice President for Equality and Diversity, NUI Galway (retired)
Topic 2 - Autonomy, Accountability and Critical Thinking in HE
Dr Tom Collins - Former Professor of Education, Maynooth University
Further Education & Training
Hosted by
Maria Walshe
Communications Manager, SOLAS
Topic 1 - Learning and Development for FET practitioners
Moira Walsh - Director of People, SOLAS
Carrie Archer - PLD coordinator at City of Dublin ETB
Topic 2 - FET in 2021 and beyond
Andrew Brownlee - Chief Executive Officer, SOLAS
Padraig Walsh - Chief Executive of Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI)
Cecilia Munro - Principal of Ballyfermot College of Further Education
Second Level
Hosted by
Dr Emer Nowlan
CEO of Educate Together
Equity and reform post-pandemic – where now for the second-level sector?
Eamonn Carroll - Postdoctoral Research Fellow, ESRI
Kieran Christie - General Secretary ASTI
Karen Ruddock - Post-Primary Languages Ireland
Connie O'Regan - Postdoctoral Researcher, NUI Galway
Primary
Hosted by
Dr Éadaoin McGovern
Director, Navan Education & Support Centre
Dr Patrick Sullivan
Deputy Chief Executive Officer, National Council for Curriculum and Assessment
Presentations and Panel Discussion
Topic 1 - Staff Wellbeing Impacts Student Wellbeing
Fiona Forman, Author and Well-Being in Education Facilitator
Topic 2 - City Connects Pilot Project
Mary Walsh, Executive Director, City Connects
Topic 3 - Being LGBT+ in Irish Schools
Cecelia Gavigan, Primary School Teacher
Topic 4 - Professional Learning in a Changing World
Ray McInerney, Director, Clare Education Centre
Panel Discussion led by Hosts Dr Patrick Sullivan and Dr Éadaoin McGovern and featuring Fiona Forman, Mary Walsh, Cecelia Gavigan, Ray McInerney, Guest Speaker Tracie Tobin
Topic 5 - Traveller Culture
Damian White, Author of Living in the Shelter, not the Shadows, of Each Other (Ireland's Education Yearbook 2021) discusses Traveller culture with Breda Mayock, artist and musician, Louise Ward, member of the Travelling Community and Siobhan Fitzgerald, Primary School Principal, Eglish National School, Co Galway
Early Childhood
Hosted by
Prof Mathias Urban
Desmond Chair of Early Childhood Education,
Early Childhood Research Centre, Dublin City University
TOPIC 1 - Perspectives on Early Childhood Education Practice
Nicola O'Reilly - Early Childhood Educator; Lecturer at Dublin City University
Tracey Reilly - BSocSc, Education Worker, Pavee Point Traveller and Roma Centre
Dr Colette Murray - Lecturer, Technological University Dublin
Kate McDonnell - Celtic Singer
TOPIC 2 - The state of the Early Childhood Profession in Ireland
Liz Kerrins - Director of Research, Early Childhood Ireland
Marian Quinn - Lecturer at MTU and Chairperson of the Association of Childhood Professionals (ACP)
Dr Sheila Garrity - Academic Director of Early Childhood Studies at NUI Galway.