Following the Good Friday Agreement of May 1998, David Blunkett, MP, then Secretary of State for Education and Employment and Micheál Martin, TD, Irish Minister for Education and Science, announced a new initiative to strengthen school partnerships and to encourage friendship and understanding between young people in Ireland and Great Britain.
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The next partner-finding seminar will be held in Cardiff from 30 January to 1 February 2009. All accommodation, travel and scheduled meals will be paid for by the British Council. For more information and to download an application form click here. |
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to promote school partnerships and opportunities for international cooperation and mobility |
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to focus on young people and their teachers |
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to contribute to the professional development of teachers |
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to bring added value to the learning experience |
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to target the school in the widest sense |
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seminars for partner finding |
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grants for preparatory visits enabling teachers to meet in order to plan and develop projects within the partnership |
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funding of up to €3,000/£2,000 for joint curriculum projects to include project-related field trips for pupils |
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Job shadowing opportunities for teachers from schools involved in a current East-West Joint Curriculum Project |
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to enable teachers to share experience |
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to offer insights into differing methodologies |
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to bring a new dimension to the classroom |
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to provide access to new resources |
You can download application forms and guidance here.
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Grants for teachers to meet in order to plan and develop projects within an established partnership Application form and guidelines (MS Word document, 77 KB) Deadline - 6-8 weeks before the intended date of travel. |
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Funding for joint curriculum projects to include project-related field trips for pupils Application form (MS Word document 146 KB) Guidelines (MS Word document, 486 KB) Deadline - The next deadline for applications is 01 May 2009. |
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Job shadow a teacher at your partner school for up to 5 working days (Northern Ireland only) Application form and guidelines (MS Word document, 493 KB) Deadline -please contact the British Council Belfast Office for more information |
Please contact the relevant British Council Contracts and Project delivery team on:
Telephone +44 (0)20 7389 4936 (Schools in England and Wales)
Telephone +44 (0)2890 248220 (Schools in Northern Ireland)
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