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Maynooth University Academics Announced as Finalists for Prestigious International Dexter Award.
Dr Olga Ryazanova Leads a Team of Maynooth University School of Business and George Washington University Academics in research that has become a finalist for the Carolyn Dexter Best International Paper Award in the Academy of Management Annual Meeting 2016
Date: Friday, 15 July 2016
School of Business PhD Candidate Tadhg Ryan Charleton receives Fulbright-Enterprise Ireland Award
Tadhg Ryan Charleton, a John and Pat Hume PhD Scholar at the School of Business, has been awarded a prestigious Fulbright Scholarship. Tadhg will visit the Pamplin College of Business at Virginia Tech for one year. Sponsored by Enterprise Ireland, he will build and extend his PhD research on innovation performance in knowledge sharing alliances between competitors.
Date: Friday, 15 July 2016
Huffington Post gives top rating to 'Aging & the Digital Lifecourse'
The recent book by David Prendergast and Maynooth graduate Chiara Garattini has been described by the Huffington Post as one of the most important studies on aging today
Date: Thursday, 14 July 2016
Geography Success: "I WAS TOLD I would never write with a pen – and now I’m a teacher."
Geography student James Cawley completes his journey as student and begins another as a teacher.
Date: Tuesday, 05 July 2016
MU Sociology at 9th International Conference on Gender, Work and Organization, Keele University UK
International Conference on Gender, Work and Organization, Keele University UK
Date: Monday, 04 July 2016
Seoladh Portráidí na Scríbhneoirí Gaeilge agus www.portraidi.ie
Beirt taighdeoirí ó Ollscoil Mhá Nuad, Dr Liam Mac Amhlaigh agus Ronan Doherty, i mbun mhórsaothair nua le litríocht na Gaeilge a cheiliúradh.
Date: Monday, 27 June 2016
The launch of Portráidí na Scríbhneoirí Gaeilge (Portraits of Irish-language writers) and www.portraidi.ie
Two researchers from Maynooth University, Dr Liam Mac Amhlaigh and Ronan Doherty, launch major new work celebrating Irish-language writers.
Date: Monday, 27 June 2016
We need to trust teachers to take ownership of student assessment, say international experts
Chuala siad siúd a d’fhreastail ar an gceathrú Fóram bliantúil Oideachais de chuid Ollscoil Mhá Nuad ó bheirt saineolaithe idirnáisiúnta a deir gur cheart go mbeadh ról lárnach ag múinteoirí na hÉireann maidir le measúnú a dhéanamh ar dhaltaí an Teastais Shóisearaigh agus ar dhaltaí na hArdteistiméireachta.
Date: Friday, 24 June 2016
Jack Fogarty - Rest in Peace
The Department of Design Innovation would like to extend our sincere condolences to the family and friends of Jack Fogarty who sadly passed away following a tragic accident while studying abroad in Slovenia.
Date: Thursday, 23 June 2016
Ireland in danger of replicating failed US prison experiment, say leading experts
With Ireland’s prison population having increased by over a third to just under 4,000 people since the mid-90s, policy makers must be wary of replicating the situation in the United States, says Dr Claire Hamilton, Senior Lecturer in Law at Maynooth University. Dr Hamilton was speaking in advance of Maynooth University’s 10th annual North South Criminology Conference, which will see the launch of the first of its kind Handbook of Irish Criminology, of which she is co-editor.
Date: Thursday, 23 June 2016