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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
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
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
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
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