Ireland – NCI: social justice in the docklands
The summer issue of the Journal of Jesuit
Business Education carries a paper by Gina Quin, President of the National
College of Ireland, on the work of the NCI in meeting the educational needs of
the children of marginalised families in the local community. She traces this
commitment to social justice in the College’s mission to its Jesuit origins.
The NCI emerged out of the Catholic Workers College, later the College of
Industrial Relations, which was established in Ranelagh by the Irish Jesuits in
the 1960s as a bid to bring professional qualifications to the developing
economy. Its focus from the start was on facilitating a deep and responsible
culture in employee/manager relations, trade unions, and other forms of
industrial relations. Read more…
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