5th November 2019
The INTO Congress of 1956, held in Belfast decided to organise a suitable memorial as a tribute to the memory of Vere Foster. The memorial takes the form of a Vere Foster medal, and is generally awarded by the INTO to the student obtaining the highest mark in Teaching Practice and/or Curriculum areas of education.
Pictured at the recent conferring ceremonies was Marita Ní Chonnaibh from Barna, Co. Galway, who was awarded the Bonn Vere Foster Award, presented by the President of the INTO, Mr Feargal Brougham, for obtaining first place in Teaching Practice on the Bachelor of Education in Education & Psychology (Primary Teaching) programme. The three-day event saw almost 2,000 students from 27 counties, 9 countries and 4 continents conferred with academic awards across the College’s 30 plus programmes.
Also pictured is Eileen Murphy, from Macroom, Co. Cork, who was awarded the Bonn Vere Foster Award, presented by the Vice-President of the INTO, Ms Mary Magner, for obtaining first place in Teaching Practice on the Bachelor of Education (Primary Teaching) programme. Eileen was also the recipient of the College Gold Medal for achieving first place on the programme and was also awarded the Peader Cremin Fellowship for achieving first place in Educational Research and the Dissertation on the programme.
The three-day event saw almost 2,000 students from 27 counties, 9 countries and 4 continents conferred with academic awards across the College’s 30 plus programmes.