THE RICHARD BURKE TY
Following on the success of
the 2017 awards, TYI will once
again be hosting the Richard
Burke TY Personified Award in
2018. The award aims to
identify those students who
best represent the Mission and
Aims of TY and who have been
proactive in fulfilling their own
potential.
Pictured above are the winners and
regional finalists of the 2017 award
with Richard Burke’s children, Event
organisers (TYI) and Sponsors (QQI)!
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Pictured (left) at the launch in April
2017 is Jim Daly, Fine Gael Cork
South West TD and Chairman of the
Oireachtas Committee on Children
and Youth Affairs
The award was launched in
April 2017 by Minister Jim Daly
and the first winners of the
awards were announced at the
TY EXPO 2017 in Punchestown
in September 2017. !
The award is named after
Richard Burke, Minister of
Education who in 1974
announced his Transition Year
brainchild at the Vocational
Teachers Association (now TUI)
Easter Conference in Dun
Laoghaire, Co Dublin. !
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The family of Richard Burke are
delighted with the award and his
children attended the inaugural
awards ceremony in September.
ABOUT THE AWARD
The award aims to identify the
student who best represents the
Mission and Aims of Transition
Year and who has been
proactive in fulfilling their own
potential.
Anyone can nominate!!! The
competition is an annual
opportunity for TY Service
Providers, Parents, TY
Coordinators & Teachers,
Guidance Counsellors, Mentors
and Employers to acknowledge
the hard work and effort that an
individual student put into their
TY and to nominate them for
recognition for a national award.
T Y UPDATE SPRING 2018
Financial, ability and
circumstantial divides are taken
into consideration.
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OVERALL AIMS OF TY
Education for maturity with
the emphasis on personal
development including social
awareness and increased
social competence.
• The promotion of general,
technical and academic skills
with an emphasis on
interdisciplinary and self-
directed learning.
• Education through
experience of adult and
working life as a basis for
personal development and
maturity.
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