Job Title : Assistant Professor in Irish Language EducationPay Scale : Lecturer (2012) Merged Closing Date : 07-Feb-2025 12:00Contact Email : About Trinity:Trinity is Ireland's leading university and is ranked 87th in the world (QS World University Rankings 2025).
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Trinity College Dublin- an introduction Post SummaryThe 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: http://www.tcd.ie/hr/assets/pdf/academic-hours-public-service-agreement.pdf 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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