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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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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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Members of the ALL Institute present at the ICCHP AAATE conference that took place in Lecco, Italy

Members of the Assisting Living and Learning (ALL) Institute presented at the Joint International Conference on Digital Inclusion, Assistive Technology & Accessibility - ICCHP-AAATE 2022, Lecco, Italy

Date: Tuesday, 19 July 2022

Over 40% of Irish adults have a mental health disorder and one in ten have attempted suicide – MU, NCI and Trinity College research

People with a mental health disorder were five times more likely than those without to have attempted suicide.

Date: Tuesday, 28 June 2022

Ana María Sánchez Rodríguez, ALL member and adjunct lecturer at MU was selected to participate in the 2022 Global Scholars Academy (GSA)

Ana María Sánchez Rodríguez, Assisting Living and Learning (ALL) Institute member and adjunct assistant professor at Maynooth University was selected to participate in the 2022 Global Scholars Academy (GSA) in Budapest.

Date: Friday, 17 June 2022

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The graduation of STEM Passport for Inclusion students will take place in Maynooth University 24th May 2022

The graduation of STEM Passport for Inclusion students will take place in Maynooth University 24th May in Iontas Lecture theatre. The STEM Passport for Inclusion is a SFI Discover Project spearheaded by Dr Katriona O’Sullivan, ALL Institute-Maynooth University in partnership with Microsoft, MTU, Accenture, teen-turn and the RDI Hub

Date: Monday, 23 May 2022

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ALL member Dr Katriona O’Sullivan has been invited to present in the Oireachtas today Thursday, 19 May 22 by the gender equality committee.

Dr Katriona O’Sullivan, Dept of Psychology and Assisting Living and Learning (ALL) Institute member, has been invited to present in the Oireachtas today, Thursday, 19 May 22 by the gender equality committee.

Date: Thursday, 19 May 2022

ALL co-director Mac MacLachlan attended the launch of the Global Report on AT published by WHO and UNICEF on 16 May 22

ALL co-director Mac MacLachlan attended the launch of the Global Report on Assistive Technology published by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and UNICEF on 16 May 2022.

Date: Tuesday, 17 May 2022

MU research recommends ‘family’ approach within mental health services

New research by the Maynooth University Centre for Mental Health and Community Research has recommended the development of a ‘whole of family’ approach within mental health services, including automatic consideration of children when a parent has a mental health illness.

Date: Tuesday, 17 May 2022

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Publication by ALL member Emma Smith and colleagues in Assistive Technology: The Official Journal of RESNA

Publication by ALL member Emma Smith and colleagues Krista L. Best, W. Ben Mortensen and Zach Lauzière-Fitzgerald entitled, Language matters! The long-standing debate between identity-first language and person first language in Assistive Technology: The Official Journal pf RESNA

Date: Thursday, 28 April 2022

ALL member Dr Nicola Mountford part of the MU researchers team to lead one of seven teams receiving €2.47m to address UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)

The research project aims to reduce neonatal and maternal mortality by rapid detection of sepsis in resource limited environments. Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation, and Science, Simon Harris, TD, and Minister for Overseas Aid and Diaspora, Colm Brophy T.D. have announced that the team co-led by Sean Doyle, Dept of Biology and Nicola Mountford, School of Business & ALL Institute, and Peter Waiswa, Makerere University, would lead one of the seven research teams competing in the Science Foundation Ireland SDG Challenge.

Date: Tuesday, 12 April 2022

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