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Irish Education Company leading the way by inviting teachers to co-design their own training!

info@fluirse.com — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0100

28th May 2009 - An Irish Education company is delivering a welcome positive message for teachers this Summer. Despite a challenging year which saw teacher-student ratios continue to increase, combined with the imposition of an effective salary reduction for teachers with the Government pension levy, Flúirse Education Solutions announced an innovative new approach to teacher’s annual summer training programmes…they’ve invited teachers to assist in designing their own courses!

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Minister accused of stealing €10m from schools in Ireland

info@fluirse.com — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Flúirse Education Solutions calls on Minister for Education and Science to give back some 10 million euro lost to schools in the continued delay to release any funding from the 252 million euro, promised before last year’s election, for investment in ICT and computers in Irish schools.

Teachers, children and parents across Ireland should call for further funding for investing in computers, broadband and software in Irish classrooms immediately, according to Tomás Finneran, [...]

Flúirse's Post Budget 2008 Reaction

info@fluirse.com — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Flúirse disappointed in Minister's lack of vision in Budget's Education spend for School Infrastructure.

Commenting on the Budget 2008, Tomás Finneran, Director or Flúirse Limited, states, “Whilst we welcome the announcement by the Minister to allocate €828 million of the total education budget of €9.3 billion to schools’ capital investment, we are disappointed that once again this government has failed to take any measures to address the continued lack of investment [...]

Education / ICT News and Events

info@fluirse.com — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 00:00:00 +0100

The Cork College of Commerce and Cork Institute of Technology, as participants in the European SLOOP program on e-learning technologies (Sharing Learning Objects in an Open Perspective) are jointly hosting a free workshop for educators in the Cork College of Commerce, Morrison's Island, on the 26th. All schools are welcome to attend. For more information and registration contact Ian Spillane at the College 353-21-4222100 (fax 4275075) or by email at sloop@ccoc.ie.

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