• Skip to content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • News
  • Features
  • Opinion
  • Arts & Fashion
  • Photography
  • Health & Lifestyle
  • Cainte
  • Sports
  • Archives
    • Volume 24: 2022-23
    • Volume 23: 2021-22
    • Volume 22: 2020-21
    • Volume 21: 2019-20
    • Volume 20: 2018-19
    • Volume 19: 2017-18
    • Volume 18: 2016-17
    • Volume 17: 2015-16
    • Volume 16: 2014-15
    • Volume 15: 2013-14
    • Volume 14: 2012-13
    • Volume 13: 2011-12
  • About
    • Get Involved
    • Contact Us
    • Disclaimer
    • Privacy Policy

Student Independent News

NUI Galway Student Newspaper

Junior Certificate

‘History can illuminate and be illuminated by so many other disciplines’: NUIG’s Dr Padraig Lenihan welcomes talk of history being made core subject

February 19, 2019 By SIN Staff

‘History can illuminate and be illuminated by so many other disciplines’: NUIG’s Dr Padraig Lenihan welcomes talk of history being made core subject

By Aaron Deering Historians and history students welcomed recent comments reported in the Irish Independent by Minister for Education Joe McHugh about being open to the idea of making History part of the core Junior Cert curriculum. As a student of History, Sociology and Politics, I welcome the comments. History, as a subject, assists us in learning from the past and … [Read more...] about ‘History can illuminate and be illuminated by so many other disciplines’: NUIG’s Dr Padraig Lenihan welcomes talk of history being made core subject

Secondary Teachers to Strike in December

November 24, 2014 By SIN Staff

Secondary Teachers to Strike in December

Secondary school teachers are to strike early December, as a row over proposed reforms escalates. A spokesperson for the TUI confirmed its members, along with those of the ASTI, intend to hold a strike on Tuesday 2 December. Another potential strike in January is being discussed. Education Minister Jan O’Sullivan commented stating the decision is “disappointing and … [Read more...] about Secondary Teachers to Strike in December

Primary Sidebar

Read our latest issue:

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Twitter

Copyright © 2023 SIN Student Newspaper. All rights reserved.