Global Learning Schools - Northern Ireland

16/09/2026

Issue 43 of the Centre for Global Education's journal, Policy & Practice: A Development Education Review, has just been published on the theme "Development Education: Learning for Transformation". This international issue features contributions from Canada, Italy, Portugal and Uganda. It carries great writing on the transformative power of development education. You can access the full issue at: https://www.developmenteducationreview.com/

11/08/2026

Centre for Global Education has published its 2025 Annual Report with an overview of our activities over the past year including: the delivery of education programmes for Palestinian and Syrian refugees in Lebanon; the publication of the online journal, Policy and Practice; the publication of two research reports; and delivery of online global education seminars. Check it out at:

https://www.centreforglobaleducation.com/sites/default/files/CGE%20Ann%20Rep%202025%20FINAL.pdf

04/08/2026

Centre for Global Education is inviting contributions to Issue 44 of our journal, Policy & Practice: A Development Education Review on the theme “Development Education and the Uses and Abuses of Knowledge”. Authors interesting in submitting to this issue should send the editor an abstract submission form on or before 5.00pm on Friday, 4 September 2026. The full call for contributors is available at: https://www.developmenteducationreview.com/submission-guidelines

22/05/2026

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

01/04/2026

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/

11/02/2026

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

05/02/2026

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

03/02/2026

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

19/01/2026

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.

24/12/2025