The Buzz Week 22
6th year Rhys Mordaunt wins at BT Young Scientist Business Bootcamp
Congratulations to Rhys Mordaunt for his recent success at this year’s BT Young Scientist Business Bootcamp. Rhys and his team mates (from other schools around the country) were awarded the group prize for promoting a “Reusable Braille Translator”. The aim…
Colm O’Brien Speaks to 4th Years
“I recommend that you consider believing a little more in yourself today, than you did yesterday” – Colm O’Brien We were delighted to welcome Colm O’ Brien to the school today for a talk with our 4th year students. Colm, who…
5th Year Holly Leech Wins Award at Wesley College MUN
Congratulations to 5th Year, Holly Leech who won a distinguished delegate award at Wesley College Model United Nations last weekend! Representing South Africa, Holly spoke as part of the UN Security Council. Topics discussed included conflict resolution in Syria and Climate Change. Well done to…
6th year Caitlin Owens and her Dog Ayra to Compete in Crufts 2020
6th year Caitlin Owens and her four legged friend, Ayra, have travelled to the UK to represent Ireland at Crufts 2020! The pair will be participating in both the Young Kennel Club Agility event and the Jumping event. There will…
4th Year Kerry Browne wins at Netball Europe Tournament
Kerry Browne, 4th year and member of the Irish Women’s u17 Netball team, has just arrived back from the Isle of Man where the team participated in the Netball Europe tournament. We are delighted to share that Kerry and her…
4th Year Students Participate in RCSI Mini Med Programme
This week, 4th year students Selin Palanduz, Alex Brady and Clara Donaghy had the opportunity to experience what it’s like to study medicine and work as a doctor as part of the RCSI Transition Year MiniMed programme. We sat down with…
Richard Hogan, Head of 5th Year Publishes New Book
Congratulations to Richard Hogan, Head of 5th year here in The Institute of Education on the publication of his new book Parenting the Screenager: A Practical Guide for Parents of the Modern Child. The book deals with the complicated topic of how to parent…
New Subject Offering: Computer Science
From September 2020 incoming 5th year students at The Institute of Education will have the option to study Leaving Certificate Computer Science. The Institute of Education has partnered with The Academy of Code, Ireland’s leading centre for Tech learning, to provide…
Róisín Treacy wins Female Juvenile Athlete of the Year at the Leinster awards
Congratulations to 5th year student Róisín Treacy who was awarded Female Juvenile Athlete of the Year for Co. Wicklow at the Leinster Star Awards. This prestigious award was presented to Róisín in recognition of her many athletic achievements last year.…
Students Participate in FM104 Transition Year Programme
Two of our 4th year students have just completed a week-long work experience programme with radio station, FM104. Katie Curran and Sam Lynch both participated in the programme during which they got to see what goes on behind the scenes…