ALL Institute: Assisting Living & Learning

Dr Katriona O’Sullivan ALL Institute member appears on The Tonight Show discussing the Leaving Certificate, CAO system and possible reforms.

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Friday, September 10, 2021 - 12:00

Dr Katriona O’Sullivan, Assisting Living and Learning (ALL) Institute member and Dept of Psychology Lecturer, appeared on The Tonight Show on Tuesday, 7^th September 2021 to discuss the Leaving Certificate, CAO system and possible reforms.

The Tonight Show hosted by Claire Brock requested that Dr O’Sullivan appear on last Tuesday’s show using her expertise as lecturer in Digital Skills and her experience working with Education and Psychology. The segment where she discussed the Leaving Certificate and CAO System with Garry Gannon, Social Democrats TD, and Kieran Christie, ASTI, was an excited exchange of ideas and discussion referring to alternative options to the traditional exam format, student experience, socio-economically disadvantaged areas as well as much more.

Watch the programme in full on the Virgin Media Player here: https://www.virginmediatelevision.ie/player/show/1294

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Publication by ALL member Mohamed Maalim and Co-Director Mac MacLachlan in Societies entitled, The Assistive Technology Passport: A Resource for Enhancing Capabilities as a Result of Better Access to Assistive Technology

Publication by Assisting Living and Learning (ALL) Institute member Mohamed Maalim and Co-Director Mac MacLachlan in Societies entitled, The Assistive Technology Passport: A Resource for Enhancing Capabilities as a Result of Better Access to Assistive Technology

Date: Friday, 02 December 2022

Dr Katriona O Sullivan in front of participants of the STEM Passport for Inclusion Project

Dr Katriona O'Sullivan to appear on BBC Radio 4, Saturday Live, this Saturday 29th October

Dr Katriona O'Sullivan, Assisting Living and Learning (ALL) Institute and Department of Psychology, to appear on BBC Radio 4, Saturday Live, this week, 29th October 2022, hosted by Nick Grimshaw.

Date: Thursday, 27 October 2022

Screenshot form Oireachtas TV about joint committee on disability matters

ALL Institute co-director Mac MacLachlan spoke to the Joint Committee on Disability Matters in the Oireachtas this morning.

Assisting Living and Learning (ALL) Institute co-director Mac MacLachlan spoke to the Joint Committee on Disability Matters in the Oireachtas on behalf of Maynooth University this morning 6th October 2022.

Date: Thursday, 06 October 2022

SHAPES Consortium meeting in Thessaloniki

SHAPES Consortium 2nd in person meeting at the end of the third year of the project and post Covid looks forward to more frequent meetings.

Date: Wednesday, 05 October 2022

STEM Passport for Inclusion program has been nominated for the 1st Annual Women in Tech European Award – Most Impactful Initiative Award

STEM Passport for Inclusion program, led by Assisting Living and Learning (ALL) Institute member Dr Katriona O'Sullivan, has been nominated for the 1st Annual Women in Tech European Award for Most Impactful Initiative Award, taking place in Amsterdam on the 20th September.

Date: Thursday, 08 September 2022

Holly Foley speaking at the STEMP Inc graduation in front of a Maynooth University backdrop

Dr Holly Foley appointed the Universal Design for Learning lead for Maynooth University this year.

Dr Holly Foley, ALL Institute member and Project Manager for the STEM Passport for Inclusion Project, will be the Universal Design for Learning lead for Maynooth this year. Booking is now open for Maynooth staff (you don’t have to be teaching/lecturing).

Date: Thursday, 25 August 2022

Clinical Psychology Forum Number 353 - May 2022. Special Issue: Interrogating Disability, Part One. Edited by The Interrogating Disability Collective. Cover

ALL Co-Director Mac MacLachlan publishes article in Special Issue of the Clinical Psychology Forum

ALL Co-Director Mac MacLachlan publishes article entitled, ‘Structure power and practice: Designing a new rights-based national clinical programme for people with disability in Ireland’ in Clinical Psychology Forum Special Issue: Interrogating Disability, Part One

Date: Tuesday, 16 August 2022

Disability & Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology Cover Page

Publication in Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology by ALL Institute members and WHO representatives entitled ‘Assistive technologies are central to the realization of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities’

Publication in Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology by Assisting Living and Learning (ALL) Institute members and World Health Organisation (WHO) representatives entitled ‘Assistive technologies are central to the realization of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities’

Date: Friday, 29 July 2022

ALL Member Emma Smith awarded RESNA award for her contributions to the field of rehabilitation engineering & assistive technology, and service to the organization.

Assisting Living and Learning (ALL) Institute Member and Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow Dr Emma Smith has been awarded the 2022 RESNA (Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America) Fellow Award for her contributions to the field of rehabilitation engineering & assistive technology, and service to the organization.

Date: Wednesday, 27 July 2022

Master of Science Scholarship in Monitoring of Organisations of People with Disabilities (OPDs) Participation in Development Programmes and Policies

The Assisting Living & Learning (ALL) Institute of Maynooth University and the International Disability Alliance (IDA) are pleased to announce that a Master of Science (MSc) Scholarship will be available for one student intending to commence MSc studies in 2022.

Date: Wednesday, 20 July 2022

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