Articles of Interest. Blog Posts. ChangED Videos. Aeon - Emma and Peter Worley discuss the necessity of... Revealed: 47% of higher education students are Catholics and 30% Protestants. New figures released by the Department of the Economy have shown that there are around one-third more Catholic students than Protestant students in Northern Ireland's higher education institutions. Out of the 43,415 NI resident students that enrolled in higher education for 2015/2016, 47.4% (20,595) were 'Roman Catholic', 30.2% (13,125) were 'Protestant', and 22.3% of students fell into the 'Other' or 'Not Known' categories.
Read More: Demographics shifting towards united Ireland - we must have a plan Students attending higher education institutes in Northern Ireland who are not from the province were not counted in the figures. Over the past five years these demographics have remained fairly stable. Back in 2011/2012 the number of Catholic students stood at 49%, while the number of Protestant students stood at 33.5% - indicating a slight increase in the size of other religious demographics in Northern Ireland's higher education institutes. John H. Finley Jr., 91, Classicist At Harvard for 43 Years, Is Dead. John H. Finley Jr., the classicist who brought ancient Greece alive and taught a generation of Harvard men how to live, died on Sunday at a Exeter Health Care Center in Exeter, N.H.
He was 91 and a resident of Tamworth, N.H. There were close to 300 years of Harvard before he came along, and the university has continued for more than a decade since he left. But almost from the moment he joined the faculty in 1933 until 1,000 students, including the university president, gave him two standing ovations at his final lecture in 1976, John H. Finley Jr. was the embodiment of Harvard. He wrote the Harvard book. As the principal author of "General Education in a Free Society," in 1946, Professor Finley laid down the principles -- and the handful of required courses -- that governed education at Harvard until the 1980's.
"A single three-by-five card," his son, John 3d, said yesterday, "would last him an entire lecture. " The care he took paid off academically, too. Photo: John H. Jonathan Clifton. Report compiled. Education-reforms-needed-in-schools-to-bridge-irelands-digital-skills-gap-399429. 40756908. Technology Teamwork and 21st Century Skills in the Irish Classroom.
Educating for employment - Adecco report on Unlocking Britain's Potential | Studio Schools Trust. Extract from the Adecco 2012 report on Unlocking Britain's Potential: Summarising the challenges The education sector has different goals from employers There is insufficient linkage between educators and employers Young people don't emerge from education 'work ready' Education is the key to social mobility - but that door remains locked to too many We're still not focusing on the areas where there are skills shortages e.g. STEM subjects We are not nurturing the attitudes and behaviours that make people employable Too often training and development is given at the discretion of employers rather than as a right of employees. Educating for Employment Our research suggests that education has lost touch with the demands of the workplace. On the one hand, we have a school system that teaches pupils to pass exams, creativity is hindered by bureaucracy, and the focus on league table placing has further weakened any existing links between educators and employers.
Collaboration is key. EdConf2015 Curriculum.