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On February 12th, 2025, Universities of Sanctuary hosted an insightful and engaging webinar, “Beyond CAO – Exploring Scholarships & Alternative Entry Routes to Higher Education.” Led by Kinda Nassli, Sanctuary in Education Coordinator, this session brought together expert speakers, including Dr. Sarah Sartori (SETU),Higher Education Strategic Project Lead, South East Technological University (SETU) & Vice-Chair Universities of  Karina Curley (DCU)University […]

Tuesday February 11th drew hundreds of students and teachers to TU Dublin for a highly anticipated award ceremony in the state-of-the-art concert hall kindly offered to us by TU Dublin for the event.   Champion Schools, after they are monitored and officially recognised as nationally awarded Schools of Sanctuary, have their achievements sealed and celebrated

We are delighted to announce that we are expanding our Sanctuary network to Further Education and Training Centres and Colleges.  We are looking forward to welcoming the Further Education sector into our Sanctuary Community to further inspire models of inclusion and welcome for all across the field of education in Ireland. We will soon have

Rath Dara Community College’s Joyful Culture Day This celebration was a moving showcase of kindness, diversity and inclusion. From the minute the Schools of Sanctuary team walked in the reception door, the energy and excitement were palpable as students from diverse backgrounds came together to celebrate their unique cultures through music, dance, language, traditional clothes and

  MAYOS FIRST CHAMPION SCHOOL NAMED: SANCTA MARIA COLLEGE LOUISBURG  It was an icy start to the monitoring day in beautiful Louisburg Co. Mayo on November 27th. The monitoring team were given a truly warm welcome to the school by the Sanctuary Committee and offered a warm cup of tea to start the day. Shortly

  It was an enormous privilege and with gratitude that Schools of Sanctuary was invited to Strokestown House, Co Roscommon, on December 11th for a Charity cheque presentation by Mr. Jim Callery,  the person responsible for saving Strokestown Park House in 1979 and for setting up the National Famine Museum there.  Jim decided to walk

Schools of Sanctuary Ireland: Schools of Sanctuary Coordinator (Part-time) x2   Schools of Sanctuary (SoS) is a stream of Places of Sanctuary Ireland. We are dedicated to creating inclusive and welcoming educational environments for students from diverse backgrounds,  especially families seeking International Protection. Our mission is to support primary and post primary schools across Ireland

On the 23rd of October, a School of Sanctuary Monitoring team visited Educate Together Secondary School in the heart of the City of the Tribes. On arriving at the school, we were warmly welcomed by Tara Broderick, Leader of their school SOS team, Sarah Molloy, school principal, and Sinead Conlon, the school deputy principal. Walking

November 24th…. an award ceremony those present will never forget. It was the day after we saw the awful scenes on the streets of our capital city in November……school students in Naas CBS were getting on a bus to come to Maynooth University to celebrate their Champion School of Sanctuary award, friends of Schools of