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Launch of the Adult Literacy for Life Strategy
The Department of Adult and Community Education welcomes the launch of the Adult Literacy for Life, a 10-year adult literacy, numeracy and digital literacy strategy by Minister Simon Harris TD. The Strategy aims to ensure where every adult has the necessary literacy, numeracy and digital literacy to fully engage in society and realise their potential.
Date: Friday, 10 September 2021
Congratulations to 5 of our Doctoral students on their Graduation Day.
The Department of Adult and Community education wishes to warmly congratulate our five doctoral students who graduated on 8th Sept. 2021.
Date: Wednesday, 08 September 2021
Congratulations to Lilian Nwanze, winner of the USI-IRC Why Research Matters 2021 video competition
The Department of Adult and Community Education is delighted to congratulate Lilian Nwanze, winner of the USI-IRC Why Research Matters 2021 video competition.
Date: Monday, 12 July 2021
LAUNCH OF THE SMILE PROJECT WEBSITE
Maynooth University is one of six European universities from Germany, Ireland, Italy, Finland, Malta and Romania, as well as four civil society organisations from Belgium and Spain who will collaborate within the SMILE project, coordinated by eucen.The project focuses on three main areas of inequality and disadvantage in higher education: migrant background, women leadership, and low socio-economic status.
Date: Friday, 25 June 2021
Webinar 9th June, Becoming an Anti-Racist Adult Education Practitioner
Exciting webinar with our own Lilian Nwanze in conversation with the highly esteemed Professor Stephen Brookfield.
Date: Wednesday, 26 May 2021
Student Survey - DACE Consultation for National Access Plan May 2021
The Department of Adult and Community Education, Maynooth University wish to make a submission to this review on behalf of our staff and students. As students of the department, we invite you to answer a series of questions about what you think should be the priorities in the next National Access Plan which we will include in our submission.
Date: Friday, 14 May 2021
Congratulations on the launch of the Charter for Community Education
The Three Pillars group launched the Charter for Community Education at a hugely successful webinar event hosted by EPALE and Leargas.
Date: Wednesday, 28 April 2021
'Bearing Witness To The Pain Of Others' Eventbrite Online Lecture: April 15th from 19:00 to 20:30
BEARING WITNESS TO THE PAIN OF OTHERS A talk by Prof Scraton who will reflect on his experiences working with those affected by the Grenfell Tower, Hillsborough, and Stardust disasters
Date: Thursday, 01 April 2021
Survey for SUSI grant review
The Department of Adult and Community Education, Maynooth University wish to make a submission on behalf of our staff and students to the The Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science independent review of the Student Grant Scheme 2021. We invite you to answer a series of questions about your experiences and opinions on the student grant system which we will include in our submission. The survey will be closed on noon Tuesday 6th April 2021
Date: Tuesday, 30 March 2021
Minister Simon Harris congratulates the graduates of Level-9 Post-Graduate Certificate in Further Education and Training (FET) Programme Design and Validation course
Mr. Simon Harris TD, Minister at the Department for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science joined online with guests to congratulate the seventeen graduates of the first Level-9 Post-Graduate Certificate in Further Education and Training (FET) Programme Design and Validation course
Date: Wednesday, 24 March 2021