GROWING up in the foothills of Benaughlin Mountain, surrounded by creative family members, Mark Healy s interest and enthusiasm for art and design developed from a young age. His journey as an artist has taken him from his home county of Fermanagh to studying in England, and for a time in Seoul, South Korea. Now settled in Enniskillen, he is engaged in many aspects of the world of art, from creating his own pieces to curating the works of others. Although working in various media and styles in his own practice, Mark is currently focusing on his illustrative work, where he likes to tell the small but very significant stories of the overlooked groups of society .
THE University of Huddersfield's Professor of Childhood Studies Helen Lomax from the School of Education and Professional Development and Senior Research.
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Move quickly and misinform: How direct provision centres became a catalyst for far-right activism in Ireland
The first in a four-part investigation into the growth of far-right activity online in Ireland explores how an anti-immigration agenda infiltrated local activism. By Cónal Thomas Monday 15 Mar 2021, 12:02 AM Mar 15th 2021, 12:02 AM 19,293 Views 0 Comments
This is the first of a four-part series published today and tomorrow by Noteworthy and TheJournal on the growth of far-right ideology on Irish online networks, its influence and impact on real-life protests and events and the political endgame for some of its proponents.
Here, Cónal Thomas looks at how the direct provision system provided fertile ground for the language and tactics of the far right to take root in Ireland.
The fashionable man is something of a shape-shifter in the history of British dress. Alternately worshipped and reviled, he has represented – across various centuries – the vain ‘Fop’, the ridiculous ‘Fribble’, the flamboyant ‘Macaroni’, the posturing ‘Peacock’ and, most prominently, the exquisite ‘Dandy’. ‘A Dandy’, wrote the historian Thomas Carlyle in an oft-quoted passage, ‘is a clothes-wearing Man, a Man whose trade, office and existence consists in the wearing of Clothes . others dress to live, he lives to dress’. This (rather monstrous) caricature has endured and thus men’s fashion as a topic of study has sometimes been reduced to overly simplistic analyses (usually tied up with questions of gender and sexuality), or ignored altogether in favour of women’s fashion. Of course, there are exceptions – Christopher Breward’s
Teacher training opportunities at Hopwood Hall College are tackling skills gap head-on Date published: 13 March 2021
Kelly Hilton completed the Level 4 Certificate in Education and Training at Hopwood Hall in 2020
Hopwood Hall College and University Centre is tackling the skills gap head-on by expanding its opportunities in teacher training.
Its Higher Education branch will further establish its reputation as a hub for career changers when it offers the Level 5 Diploma in Education and Training from September 2021.
This much-anticipated course will equip people with the skills and qualifications to launch themselves into a position in a classroom environment.
Over the years many vocational specialists have undertaken similar training to transition into teaching, including 47-year-old Kelly Hilton from Oldham. The mum-of-one worked as a nurse for 25 years before completing the Level 4 Certificate in Education and Training at Hopwood Hall in 2020. She’s now embarking on an