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Co-Director of ALL Institute Prof Deirdre Desmond working on the DEPTH Study that has Identified Key Guiding Principles for the Role of Technology in Promoting Inclusive Higher Education
Prof. Pamela Gallagher (School of Psychology, DCU); Postdoctoral Researcher Dr Klavdija Zorec (School of Psychology, DCU); Trevor Boland (AHEAD); Prof. Deirdre Desmond (Department of Psychology & ALL Institute, Maynooth University); and Anne O’Connor (Disability and Learning Support Service, DCU), are working on The DEPTH Study: Designing for Enhanced Participation through Technology in Higher Education. This project funded by the Irish Research Council, explores the experiences of college students with disabilities and the role of technology in promoting inclusive higher education in Ireland.
Date: Monday, 01 November 2021
New publication by ALL Member Dr Rosie Gowran and colleagues entitled, 'Understanding Parents’ Perspectives of Support Services for People Living with Spina Bifida and/or Hydrocephalus in Ireland: A Qualitative Exploration'
New publication by Assisting Living and Learning (ALL) Institute Member Rosie Gowran and colleagues Maeve Buckley and Pauline Boland entitled, 'Understanding Parents’ Perspectives of Support Services for People Living with Spina Bifida and/or Hydrocephalus in Ireland: A Qualitative Exploration' the published in Disabilities
Date: Friday, 29 October 2021
ALL Member Dr Katriona O'Sullivan has been awarded the 2021 Early Career Faculty of Science and Engineering Research Achievement Award and overall recipient of the 2021 Maynooth University Early Career Research Achievement Award
Assisting Living and Learning (ALL) Institute Member and Dept of Psychology lecturer Dr Katriona O'Sullivan has been awarded the 2021 Early Career Faculty of Science and Engineering Research Achievement Award and overall recipient of the 2021 Maynooth University Early Career Research Achievement Award .
Date: Tuesday, 19 October 2021
Publication by ALL Institute member Dr Nicola Mountford and Dr Gillian Moran chapter entitled, 'Please don’t put a price on our lives”: Social media and the contestation of value in Ireland’s pricing of orphan drugs'
Assisting Living and Learning (ALL) Institute member Dr Nicola Mountford and Dr Gillian Moran, School of Business, published chapter entitled, 'Please don’t put a price on our lives”: Social media and the contestation of value in Ireland’s pricing of orphan drugs.' in the book 'Healthcare Activism: Markets, Morals, and the Collective Good' edited by Professor Susi Geiger published by Oxford University Press, U.K
Date: Friday, 01 October 2021
Dr Katriona O'Sullivan ALL members' MU ‘Digital Wealth Project’ awarded close to half a million euro in funding
The Digital Wealth Project, a collaboration between Maynooth University and Microsoft Education Ireland, has been awarded a Rethink Ireland Education grant of €450,000.The project led by Dr Katriona O’Sullivan, Assisting Living and Learning (ALL) Institute Maynooth University and Microsoft Education Ireland is a school outreach programme which aims to address digital poverty and increase the digital capacity of 135 schools across Ireland.
Date: Monday, 27 September 2021
Publication by ALL Institute member Dr Ana María Sánchez Rodríguez in journal 'Disability and Society'
Publication by Assisting Living and Learning (ALL) Institute member Dr Ana María Sánchez Rodríguez in journal 'Disability and Society' entitled 'Disability-inclusive development: a postcolonial analysis in Lao PDR'
Date: Tuesday, 14 September 2021
Dr Katriona O’Sullivan ALL Institute member appears on The Tonight Show discussing the Leaving Certificate, CAO system and possible reforms.
Dr Katriona O’Sullivan, Assisting Living and Learning (ALL) Institute member and Dept of Psychology Lecturer, appeared on The Tonight Show on Tuesday, 7th September 2021 to discuss the Leaving Certificate, CAO system and possible reforms
Date: Friday, 10 September 2021
ALL Institute Member Dr Emma Smith publishes Editorial as Editor in Chief of Assistive Technology Journal
Dr Emma Smith, Postdoctoral Researcher with the Assisting Living and Learning (ALL) Institute and Department of Psychology publishes Editorial as Editor in Chief of Assistive Technology: The Official Journal of RESNA entitled, 'Assistive technology research: Evidence for a complex and growing field'.
Date: Friday, 10 September 2021
New Publication by ALL Member Dr A. Jamie Saris entitled 'The dialectics of heroin and methadone in Ireland'
New Publication by Assisting Living and Learning (ALL) Institute Member Dr A. Jamie Saris entitled 'The dialectics of heroin and methadone in Ireland' in the Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine.
Date: Thursday, 02 September 2021
New publication by ALL member and Co-Directors entitled, 'Strengthening the Participation of Organisations of Persons with Disabilities in the Decision-Making of National Government and the United Nations'
Publication by Assisting Living and Learning (ALL) Institute co-directors Professor Delia Ferri, Professor Mac MacLachlan, ALL member Dr Joanne McVeigh and Dr Hasheem Mannan in MDPI Open Access journal Disabilities entitled, 'Strengthening the Participation of Organisations of Persons with Disabilities in the Decision-Making of National Government and the United Nations: Further Analyses of the International Disability Alliance'
Date: Wednesday, 04 August 2021