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Presented and produced by Seán Delaney News roundup and events noticeboard by Barry Hennessy The guest on the programme this week was Professor Colm Harmon who is the Director of the Geary Institute in University College Dublin. You can follow their blog at this link.

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney. The guest on this week's Inside Education was Professor Ed Pajak from the School of Education at Johns Hopkins University in the United States. He spoke about the portrayal of teachers in movies.

Presented by Barry Hennessy Produced by Barry Hennessy and Seán Delaney The featured guest on the programme this week was Terry McParland from Enterprise Ireland who has specific responsibility for promoting Ireland as a destination for students from abroad. You can read more about this work at the Education Ireland website.

ASTI and INTO reports by Seán Delaney. TUI report by Barry Hennessy. This programme consists of reports from the conferences of the Association of Secondary Teachers in Ireland, the Irish National Teachers' Organisation and the Teachers' Union of Ireland.

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney. This programme began with an interview  with Dr. Brendan Guilfoyle of the Institute of Technology in Tralee about grade inflation. In the interview he responds to Minister O'Keeffe's response to the problem highlighted by the Network for Irish Educational Standards, of which Dr. Guilfoyle is a founding member. The feature interview was with Maurice McMahon about his book Mr. Mac: A Blackboard Memoir on his life as a teacher in St. Benildus College in South Dublin. It is the first memoir about secondary teaching written by an Irish teacher. In it he talks about teaching Irish, teaching history, what makes a good teacher, how students have changed and about his father, the well-known writer and teacher Bryan McMahon. The book costs €15 and can only be ordered directly from Maurice McMahon at his e-mail mrmacbenildus@gmail.com.

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney. News report by Barry Hennessy. The guest on the programme was Brendan Culligan from the Marino Institute of Education whose latest book is called Spelling and Handwriting. His previous book is Improving Children's Spelling. Barry's news report covers the strategic alliance between NUIG and UL; an interview with Michael Moriarty, General Secretary of the Irish Vocational Education Association, on three new community national schools; and the appointment of Dr. Harold Hislop as the new Chief Inspector at the Department of Education and Science.

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney News Roundup by Barry Hennessy Three young students, James Dolan, Brendan Jordan and Conor Cunniffe from Carrick-on-Shannon Community School were interviewed about their project on visual, auditory and kinaesthetic learners and learning. Adrienne Webb discussed the work of the Computer Education Society of Ireland (CESI) and their upcoming conference. Barry's news stories covered the proposed abolition of the National University of Ireland (NUI).

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney. Fulbright Ireland website  Gerald Peregrine's website Deborah Meier's website  Coalition of Essential Schools  Guests on the programme: Marianne Doyle (Communications and Information Officer, Fulbright); Gerald Peregrine (Fulbright alumnus and member of Ensemble Avalon); Deborah Meier (Educational reformer, writer and activist). The book by Ted Sizer's book that Deborah Meier claimed could be read a hundred times is Horace's Compromise.

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney. News Interview by Barry Hennessy. Kevin McCarron's webpage Guest on the programme: Dr. Kevin McCarron, Roehampton University

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney. News roundup by Barry Hennessy. HEA website Guest on the programme: Mr. Tom Boland (Chief Executive of the Higher Education Authority)