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Dr. James Ring Mr. Neil Haran

Dr. James Ring Mr. Neil Haran. Overview. Background and Introduction to the project The Limerick Story so Far What Next???. Strategic Innovation in Education. The Consortium and SIF. University of Limerick, Mary Immaculate College, Limerick Institute of Technology,

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Dr. James Ring Mr. Neil Haran

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  1. Dr. James Ring Mr. Neil Haran

  2. Overview • Background and Introduction to the project • The Limerick Story so Far • What Next??? Strategic Innovation in Education

  3. The Consortium and SIF • University of Limerick, • Mary Immaculate College, • Limerick Institute of Technology, • Institute of Technology Tralee • SIF (2006-2013) €510 m • Collaboration, improved teaching and learning, promoting institutional reform, improving access, lifelong learning, 4th level education • (www.hea.ie/en/sif)

  4. Team Structure • James Ring – Project Manager • Neil Haran – Sociologist of Education • Gabriella Hanrahan – Higher Education Liaison • Martin Galvin – Second Level Liaison • Anna Fraher – Primary Level Liaison • Catherine McCarthy – Administrator • Tracy Galvin – Post Grad Researcher

  5. Backgroundto Project • Rooted in the regeneration of Limerick City • Hope to add value to the master plan and/or city of learning framework • 10 year strategy (initial phase of 3 years) • Commitment from the Institutions to the project • Develop opportunities, pathways, choices and outcomes for all learners from regeneration learners

  6. Background to the Project • To enhance the landscape of education in Limerick to ensure that learners have the opportunity to realise their right to an education that meets their needs • Targeting all levels of education • Collaboration at all levels and stages with a bottom up approach to our work

  7. Collaboration • Develop Strategic Plan • Lengthy and Comprehensive process – to understand Ed. Landscape • Informed decision making on how to proceed • Build relationships with key stakeholders • Education, Community and Voluntary, Statutory, Employers, Shannon Consortium

  8. How we will do it • Develop as broad a picture as possible of the educational landscape I n Limerick • Identify all areas that have presented themselves to us • Identify the areas that we as a team, the Shannon Consortium, and our partners can realistically address

  9. Strategic Innovation in Education • Individual and collective commitment • Shannon Consortium as an important Civic Body • Leverage resources in fundamentally new ways Strategic Innovation in Education

  10. Civic Voice Develop an educational future for learners that • is not just an improvement, • but one of a different nature from what we now have

  11. Educational Disadvantage in Ireland • 25% of the population between the ages of 16 and 25 is functionally illiterate (O’ Brien and Ó Fathaigh: 2007) • One in seven citizens, aged between 15 – 64 years, has completed at most a primary education (CSO:2008) • 11% of the population aged 18-24 is defined as an early school leaver (CSO:2008) • Of those leaving school in 2006, 15% left school having completed only a lower secondary education. A further 4% left with no qualifications whatsoever (ESRI:2008)

  12. Limerick • Of those who have ceased education in the city of Limerick, the percentage with lower secondary level education or less is 41% • This figure rises to two out of every three individuals in the electoral districts covering the Regeneration communities • 2.6% of those who have ceased education across the city have attained a post-graduate qualification – 1% in Regeneration Communities (Census 2002) • ESL – 4% points higher than national average (HSE Health Promotion Unit: Forthcoming)

  13. Investment in Educational Inclusion • Piece-meal and fragmented • No change in relationship between educational attainment and social class • New thinking required

  14. A 10-Year Strategy • The ground reality of education in Limerick is complex • A strategy of matching complexity is required • Depth over Speed

  15. Civic Voice of Shannon Consortium • Apply intellectual resources to build a new educational future for learners across the city

  16. Real Partnership • Continuum of provision – partnership at all levels and with many sectors • Deep and meaningful level • Team as connector

  17. Focus on Systemic Change • New thinking informed by best practice • Constructive and supportive relationship with educators • Emphasis on strengths and capacities • From a language of failure to a language of possibility

  18. Coalition of Support • Shared ownership of the process of change • Invite your engagement • Recognise our need to be invited!!!!!

  19. Contact Details For further information: • James.ring@ul.ie • Neil.haran@ul.ie 061 202530

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