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A DkIT lecturer has helped develop a programme teaching social diversity and inclusion which will be delivered across Europe.
The programme features the experiences and views of migrants as they settle in host countries, and includes some of those who have made a new home in Louth.
In a cross border joint partnership with Southern Regional College in Newry, DKIT lecturer in Social Care, Dr Colletta Dalikeni, designed and delivered an OCN NI Level 2 course (Level 3 in the European Framework) in Social Inclusion and Diversity, to 23 educators from across Europe.
During the week-long event, which took place from 26th to 30th November, Caroline Coleman from the Southern Regional College delivered a ‘ Train-theTrainer’ course to provide participants with the skills and knowledge to deliver Dr. Dalikeni’s course across Europe.
The DkIT lecturer intends to develop the course to a level 7 and 8 for DKIT graduates and for Continuous Professional Development (CPD) for employees in the various sectors in the North East region.
Commenting on the development of the new course, Dr. Dalikeni said: ‘ This is a wonderful example of how successful collaboration and partnership can be a change for good.’
DKIT’s course will be translated into the languages of the five partner countries and used across Europe to help communities understand the complexities of migration and to promote inclusion and diversity at a local and national level.
The event is a key output of the Learning for Living Together Project funded under the Key Action 2 Erasmus+ Programme.
The project aims to support integration and promote diversity within five partner countries which will increase the knowledge and awareness of the needs and circumstances of new migrants, refugees and asylum seekers.
Project partners have produced a website to host all the project outputs
including training resources.
Films have also been made depicting the experiences of migrants and the positive impact they have had on their host country, including the Louth area.
The project is led by the Southern Regional College in Northern Ireland in collaboration with four other partners including DkIT; RIC, a Latvian organisation which uses art and creativity to promote social integration, personal development and improve the quality of life for low-income families and those deemed ‘at-risk’; CONFORM, who develop research projects and training plans for classrooms, experiential and e-learning courses and consultancy and technical assistance; Linkopings Kommun in Sweden who provide support for newly arrived migrant, refugee and Roma children and adults; and Kettle of Fish, a social economy film production company from Northern Ireland. GARDAI are investigating a number of assaults which occurred over the past week.
A customer in a Park Street takeaway had his arm broken when he was assaulted on Monday December 10 at 2.30am. Three men entered the premises and one of them attacked the man. Gardai will be examining CCTV footage and have appealed for any witnesses to come forward.
A 44 year old man was hospitalised after a brawl involving in excess of thirty male at Dundalk Stadium in the early hours of Sunday. The injured party was knocked unconscious in the attack which happened at 12.45am at a Christmas party. One man has been arrested and charged in relation to the incident while a number of other men were arrested in relation to public order offences.
Gardai are seeking witnesses to an assault at Park Street in the early hours of Monday morning in which a man was assaulted with the leg of a stool by two other men who approached him at 1.15am. He declined medical attention.
Anyone with any information about these incidents is asked to contact Dundalk Garda Station at 042 938 8400.