Global Learning Schools - Northern Ireland

The paperback edition of Global Education in Ireland: Critical Histories and Future Directions edited by Eilish Dillon, Niamh Gaynor, Gerard McCann and I, has just been published by Bloomsbury Academic and available to order at: https://www.bloomsbury.com/.../global-education-in.../ A reminder that this book is also available in an open access format online at: https://www.bloomsburycollections.com/monograph?docid=b-9781350380417

Issue 42 of the Centre for Global Education's journal, Policy & Practice: A Development Education Review, has just been published on the theme "Pedagogical Responses to the Meta Crisis: The Role of Development Education". A timely and important contribution on how we as educators address the multiple crises assailing our world. View all articles at: https://www.developmenteducationreview.com/

Calling all post-primary teachers, Centre for Global Education is offering fully funded and comprehensive Teacher Professional Learning (TPL) that aims to enhance classroom practice in global learning. For more information and to register, please visit: https://www.centreforglobaleducation.com/news/fully-funded-teacher-professional-learning

Centre for Global Education and Comhlámh have produced a report on a seminar they organised on 14 January 2026 on the theme "Development Education and Hope". The seminar debated the content of Issue 41 of CGE’s bi-annual journal Policy & Practice: A Development Education Review. The report carries the presentations of the speakers at the seminar - Benedict Arko, Gerard McCann and Elizabeth Meade - and a recording of the event.

https://www.centreforglobaleducation.com/sites/default/files/Dev%20Ed%20and%20Hope%20Seminar%20Report%20Feb%2026%20Final.pdf

The February newsletter from the Centre for Global Education
has just been published with an update on all our current activities and a round up of news, events and publications from across the international development sector. Check it out at: https://bit.ly/3ZhSx3t

In 2025, billionaire wealth reached its highest level in history at $18.3 trillion. This comes as 1 in 4 people don't regularly have enough to eat, and nearly half the world's population lives in poverty. Oxfam's 2026 global poverty report titled "Resisting the Rule of the Rich" is just out and essential reading..

https://www.oxfamamerica.org/explore/research-publications/resisting-the-rule-of-the-rich/ #:~:text=In%202025%2C%20billionaire%20wealth%20grew,world's%20population%20lives%20in%20poverty.

Centre for Global Education and Comhlámh invite participation in a webinar titled "Development Education and Hope" which will debate the content of Issue 41 of Policy & Practice: A Development Education Review. Speakers are: Benedict Arko ((University of Education, Winneba, Ghana), Elizabeth Meade (Maynooth University) and Gerard McCann (St. Mary’s University College, Belfast). Wednesday, 14 January 2026 | 12.00 – 01.30pm. Register https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/development-education-and-hope-webinar-tickets-1974263128162?aff=oddtdtcreator

Read about the Centre for Global Education's 2025 programme for Palestinian and Syrian refugee children living in three camps in Lebanon. We delivered classes for 100 post-primary children in core areas of the schools' curriculum and psychosocial support. The project was funded by NIPSA and delivered in partnership with the Women's Programs Association in Lebanon.

https://www.centreforglobaleducation.com/sites/default/files/NIPSA%20Report%202025%20FINAL.pdf

Research being launched tomorrow commissioned by Centre for Global Education and compiled by the School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work at Queen's University Belfast. The research discerns the main drivers of poverty in north of Ireland and contextualises findings with international comparisons. Launch details at https://centreforglobaleducation.com/events

https://www.centreforglobaleducation.com/sites/default/files/Poverty%20in%20NI%20Final_0.pdf