ISP: EUROPE

Fidelma Murphy

Director of Learning – Europe

Fidelma joined ISP in September 2022 as Director of Learning for Europe; she supports our schools in Italy, the UK and Switzerland.

Fidelma was born and educated in Ireland but has worked and lived internationally in both Europe and the Middle East. She has an MA in languages and a Higher Diploma in Education from Trinity College Dublin. She has extensive experience in education as a teacher, coordinator of International programmes, consultant to start-up schools in the Middle East, recruiter, school principal and an IB school visitor. She is a linguist and particularly enjoys supporting the development of multilingual language programmes. She also enjoys building partnerships with schools wishing to become part of a bigger educational family.

Fidelma comes from a family of educators. Her father was a Senior Lecturer in the Dept. of Higher Education and Research at Trinity College Dublin, his passion lying in comparative education. Fidelma shares his passion for International Education.
In her free time Fidelma enjoys cooking, travelling, yoga and practising water sports.