Fulbright Irish Language Assistants programme announced

The Fulbright Irish Language Assistants programe, offering opportunities for Irish language teachers and scholars to spend an academic year teaching in third-level institutions in the US, has been launched.

The next phase of the programme covers 2008-2011. At present, Fulbright foreign language teaching assistants are working with students in the Bronx, New York City, southern Illinois, Indiana and Minnesota.

The Fulbright Commission was established in 1991. Each year, the commission awards scholarships for Irish citizens to lecture, research or study in the United States and for US citizens to lecture, research or study in Ireland.

Link here for information on St Patrick's College Fulbright visiting scholar.

Last Updated: Wednesday January 23 2008