Regina Murphy Wins NUI Education Award

The National University of Ireland celebrated the academic achievements of its graduates and students at its annual awards ceremony held in the Royal Hospital Kilmainham, on Tuesday 23 November 2010.  Regina Murphy, Director of Inservice Education, St Patrick’s College was awarded the Dr Mary L. Thornton NUI Scholarship in Education 2010.  The scholarship was established by the late Dr Mary L Thornton and is intended to encourage postgraduate research within NUI on education in Ireland.  It is the only award in education offered by the NUI.  Regina is currently completing her PhD in the Education Department at University College Cork.

Presenting awards with a total value of €640,000, the Chancellor of the University, Dr Maurice Manning remarked that "at a time when many other kinds of investments have proven to be worthless, we are satisfied that this is money well spent and will yield good returns for a long time".  He called on the award winners to believe that they too "can and should be part of Ireland’s recovery.  I don’t just mean its economic recovery though that is of course the most pressing need. I also mean the restoration of Ireland’s public space, the re-formulation of its public policies and the re-structuring of its public institutions and services.

 

Last Updated: Thursday December 09 2010