Joint ICLRD & CCBS Conference 29-30 January 2015
 

Mentoring in Macedonia
 

 

 

Implications of UK withdrawal from the EU
 

Scholars at Risk (SAR)
 

Cross-Border Education
 

 

In line with its objective of providing a supportive framework for collaborative research and professional activities in teacher education in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, the Standing Conference on Teacher Education North and South (SCoTENS) provides ‘SEED FUNDING’ for projects such as research, conferences and exchanges which further this objective.
 
We are delighted to announce that the SCoTENS Seed Funding Call for 2015-2016 has now opened. Please click here to download an application form.
 
As the funding is for a collaborative project,  a minimum of 2 partners is required, with at least one of the partners coming from each jurisdiction, north and south. The application has to be for a joint project to secure funding.
 
SCoTENS will assist any SCoTENS members that are seeking a partner from the other jurisdiction through our matching service.  There is more information available on the matching service here.
 
Please note that all queries and applications should be sent to Ruth Taillon, Secretary, SCoTENS at the Centre for Cross Border Studies at r.taillon@qub.ac.uk or on 028 3751 1550 (048 from the South).
 
The closing date for this round of applications is 13th February 2015. Only applications submitted by this date will be considered.

 

Entries are being sought for the 2015 ‘Decade of Centenaries’ all-island schools history competition. The competition is sponsored by Mercier Press and is open to primary and post-primary students from across Ireland. The deadline for receipt of completed projects is 3 April 2015. Projects can be submitted by a class, a group of students, or an individual student. 

Prizes will be awarded to the best primary and post-primary project in each category. Schools and students are invited to submit a project that relates to any aspect of the school history curriculum. The topic selected can relate to any aspect of Irish or international history that is covered in the history curriculum. However, projects must relate to one of the following four categories: 

‘Decade of Centenaries’ – a study of an individual, event or development that relates to the period 1912-1922. (Entries submitted under this category must be related to or impact on Irish history in this period);
Biography – a study of an individual person;
Local or regional issues – a study of a particular historical event that affected your local or regional area; or
National issues – a study of an event or development that affected the island, including social and cultural history, ‘women in history’ etc.
 
For further information click here.
 

Cross-Border News

 

The website of the Border Roads to Memories and Reconciliation project has recently gone ‘live’ at – www.borderroadmemories.com.

‘Border Roads to Memories and Reconciliation’ gave residents along both sides of the border an opportunity to remember and express their feelings in relation to the closure of border roads and the impact that it had on their lives. The project digitally recorded 149 interviews and linked these accounts with recovered photographs taken at the time of the road closures and newspaper articles that covered the events. A number of showcase events in October and November provided an opportunity for the team to introduce the project’s interactive website to people across the border counties. CCBS Director, Ruth Taillon was guest speaker at the 6 November event in Enniskillen. At the event she praised the project, saying, “I believe that it is a very important piece of work that will be a priceless resource for many years to come. ... This project has …  allowed people, many for the first time, to tell their stories and for those stories to be heard. It has already made a real contribution to better understanding within and across communities. But more importantly, it’s now here as a resource for others who want to rebuild those broken relationships and the reverse the isolation and the social and economic decline of border communities. ... People need to know about it. People need to use it and hopefully build upon it. So thank you again, to all those who worked so hard to make it happen.“

Cross-Border Events

 

CARDI: Leadership Call Now Open
 

On Friday 31 October 2014 CARDI launched a new Call for Fellows under its Leadership Programme in Ageing Research. It will fund the full-time salaries for three years of up to four research Fellows. In collaboration with the American Federation for Aging Research’s Paul Beeson Awards, CARDI is seeking top quality post-doctoral researchers for this programme which is  designed to develop outstanding leaders in ageing research. The new call is open until Friday 30 January 2015 and full terms of reference and application procedures are available here. If you have a query please email leadership@cardi.ie.

 

 

CARDI in collaboration with the Irish Network for Research in Dementia and Nuerodegeneration, the Alzheimer's Society (NI) and the Alzheimer's Society of Ireland will host a free networking and information event entitled  Future directions and collective strengths in dementia research on Friday 12 December 2014 in Dublin. The event will bring together researchers and funders to explore current and future directions in dementia research in Ireland, North and South. For more details click here. As places are becoming limited we recommend you reserve your place as soon as possible by emailing events@cardi.ie.
 

Book Launch:
The European Union and Peacebuilding - The Cross-Border Dimension
by Cathal McCall
 

Publications

 

Focus on...Influenza and older people

 

Influenza is the leading cause of death from infectious disease among older people. This edition of the CARDI “Focus on . . .” series examines influenza issues on the island of Ireland and what steps can be taken to reduce the incidence among older people. Read it here.