Our little friend has been making waves on social media lately (see @mie.campus.cat on Instagram) – we managed to catch the MIE campus cat on a busy patrol around campus for an interview.
You’re becoming quite the campus celebrity. How are you handling this new-found fame?
Water off a duck’s back…or a cat’s I should say.
Why won’t you come around the St. Pats building?
Not enough treats on offer.
Have you any book recommendations?
The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse is a classic story, but the kitchen cat in it gets a bad rap. I have just finished reading Rigatoni the Pasta Cat by Michael Rosen – if you really want to understand the plight of cats and our endless quest for food, I would highly recommend it.
In 2023 MIE Artist in Residence, Colm Ó Foghlú, inspired by the Marino Labyrinth, composed a suite ‘A Space Among the Stones’. The four movements of the suite reflect the four elements of the Labyrinth Walk. You can listen to the suite here.
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The call for undergraduate and postgraduate papers for the Student Teacher Educational Research (STER) annual conference is now open. It is open to all undergraduate and master's students who have completed a dissertation in education, across ECE, Primary, EdStudies, MES and FE programmes. Articles and presentations trí mheán na Gaeilge are particularly welcomed.
All articles published are available open access. For more information, please visit the website www.ster.ie or follow them on Twitter @STER_Ire and Instagram @ster_research.