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ABOUT US - President
 Professor
Pauline Murphy, President, Irish Association and Chairperson,
Northern Committee.
Pauline is Emeritus Professor, University of Ulster.
A southerner by birth, she went north after graduation (B.Comm,1st
and PG H Dip Education) from NUI. Since then, she has pioneered many
initiatives in education, at secondary, higher and community education
levels. As Head of Economics and Social Sciences in St. Louise's College
West Belfast -- the largest girls' school in Europe, she introduced
A levels in Economics, Politics, Sociology and Accounts to the school
curriculum and as Chief Examiner Economics for the NI Schools Council,
she introduced GCE Economics to the NI schools curriculum. Whilst
teaching in St. Louise's, she also founded the NI Community Education
Association (NICEA), to address the adult, further and community education
needs of Protestant and Catholic communities; this developed from
the Community School which she founded in St. Louise's. NICEA,a non
gov. organisation had branches in Belfast, Bellaghy and Ballymoney.
When she joined the University of Ulster in 1985, Pauline networked
with NICEA and initiated the Women's Opportunities/Social Inclusion
Unit which set up access progression routes for mature students into
Higher Education. With European Funding, in the context of action
based research projects, she designed a range of new University of
Ulster courses from Certificate level up to post_grad Diploma and
Master's level. This initiative has gone from strength to strength,
in joint research with other education projects in European countries.
Many of the courses are franchised to Institutes of Further and Higher
Education in Northern Ireland and linked to Institutes of Technology
in the south.
Another initiative which has made a significant impact in NI is the
Training for Women Network (TWN), which Professor Murphy founded and
chaired for 6 years. As an Intermediary Funding Body for the European
Special Support Programme for Peace and Reconciliation in NI, TWN
allocated £12 million for education, training and development
programmes and continues to be a partner in current EU funded projects.
This work has made a significant contribution to enabling women to
play a greater role in creating a better society in Northern Ireland.
At international level, Pauline is a Council member of The Association
for World Education (AWE); was convener of the ICEA Women in Action
Network and has presented research papers and chaired conferences
globally: in Caracas, Trinidad, Washington, Toronto, Capetown, Harare,
Thailand and most European countries. She has published extensively
and received many awards for her inspiring academic and humanitarian
achievements.
Pauline , on retirement from the University was made Emeritus Professor,Social
Inclusion. She has established PPPd Consultancy and currently is consultant
on Quality Assurance in a Higher Education Institution in Dublin and
in Equality and Diversity in other Higher Education Institutions.
She is proactive in networking and linking academic, business, civil
society and local, regional, national and European sectors, as she
believes that this is essential in developing and sustaining social,
economic and political regeneration in Ireland.
The Irish Association has the potential to be a key player in this
endeavour. Her involvement in this body is aimed to facilitate the
realisation of this potential.
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