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Assistant Professor in Irish Language Education, Dublin
Client: Trinity College Dublin
Location: Dublin, Ireland
Job Category: Other
EU work permit required: Yes
Job Reference: 72a55500db40
Job Views: 12
Posted: 21.01.2025
Expiry Date: 07.03.2025
Job Description:
Job Title: Assistant Professor in Irish Language Education
Pay Scale: Lecturer (2012) Merged
Closing Date: 07-Feb-2025 12:00
Contact Email:
About Trinity: Trinity is Ireland’s leading university and is ranked 87th in the world (QS World University Rankings 2025). Founded in 1592, the University is steeped in history with a reputation for excellence in education, research, and innovation, which has been inspiring generations of thinkers for over 400 years.
Post Summary: The development of Irish-medium and Gaeltacht Education, and of Irish-language education more broadly, is an overt policy priority in Ireland. The sector is engaging with challenges with respect to the changing sociolinguistic context of the Gaeltacht, changing demographics nationally, the supply and retention of teachers, and the provision of opportunities to develop educators’ practice as specialists in their field. These issues are a growing focus of research, teaching and practice in Trinity’s School of Education. The successful candidate will be a specialist in immersion and Gaeltacht education and/or applied linguistics and will have an interest in advocating for the Irish language within Irish education and society. They will be fully conversant with the Council of Europe Framework of Reference for Languages and European and national policy in relation to the Irish language. The successful candidate will teach and supervise on the Irish language education programmes in the School, to include the supervision of postgraduate student research. The post-holder will undertake research, knowledge generation and dissemination in the field of Irish language education.
Post status: 2.5 Year, Specific Purpose Contract
Hours of Post: Hours of work for academic staff are those as prescribed under Public Service Agreements. For further information please follow the link below:
Salary: This appointment will be made on the Lecturer Full Salary Scale (€41,500 - €99,550 per annum) at a point in line with current Government pay policy.
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