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Anthropology Staff contribute to TG4 documentary 'Tríd an Lionsa'
Mark Maguire & Séamas Ó Síocháin featured on the recent TG4 documentary looking at the birth of photography in Ireland and the role it played in the country’s social, political and cultural past.
Date: Thursday, 26 November 2015
Dr. Graham Heaslip, Maynooth University School of Business, awarded a Teaching Fellowship for 2016
Dr Graham Heaslip has been awarded a Teaching Fellowship for 2016. This is the third time Graham has been awarded the prestigious Maynooth University Teaching Fellowship, a statement of his dedication to advancing teaching and learning initiatives.
Date: Thursday, 26 November 2015
Geography: MA Geography blogs ahead of Peoples Housing Forum 28th November
Students in the MA in Geography at Maynooth University were engaged with the Towards a Real Housing Strategy conference on 3 October in Liberty Hall. Ahead of the followup conference on 28 November, they wrote a set of reports and responses.
Date: Wednesday, 25 November 2015
Employment Status and Undeclared Work
The Department of Law recently hosted a half-day conference on 'Employment Status and Undeclared Work', the purpose of which was to look at the under-examined issue of undeclared work, with a focus on the case studies of self-employed workers and undocumented migrant workers.
Date: Wednesday, 25 November 2015
Rebecca King O'Riain speaking at the Sorbonne, Paris
Presents a paper on "Loving Practices and State Regulation of Mixed Couples and Their Children in Ireland"
Date: Tuesday, 24 November 2015
Professor Doherty Speaks at IED & EP Conference on Free Movement & Labour Mobility within the EU
Head of the Department of Law, Professor Michael Doherty, recently spoke at a conference co-organised by the Institute of European Democrats and Member of the European Parliament, Marian Harkin.
Date: Tuesday, 24 November 2015
Dr. Paul Donovan's research into learning accepted for publication in Management Teaching Review.
Dr Paul Donovan, Maynooth University School of Business, has recently had some of his research into learning accepted for publication in Management Teaching Review. He co-authored this paper The Role of Debate in Moving Minds with John Townsend, formerly CEO of the Master Trainer Institute in Geneva.
Date: Monday, 23 November 2015
Dr Higgins Contributes Chapter to Book on Damages for Violations of Human Rights
Senior Lecturer in Law, Dr Noelle Higgins, contributes a chapter on redress for human rights violations in Ireland to new book 'Damages for Violations of Human Rights: A Comparative Study of Domestic Legal Systems'.
Date: Monday, 23 November 2015
Rundale Group Meeting - Friday 4 Dec 2015
Speaker: Dr Ciarán Reilly, Research Fellow, Centre for the Study of Historic Irish Houses and Estates, Maynooth University Location: Sociology Department, Resource Room, Auxilia House, NUI Maynooth (same location as recent meetings)
Date: Monday, 23 November 2015
Who teaches best, Actors or Avatars? Dr Paul Donovan shows that avatars are even more effective as teachers than mere humans
Dr. Paul Donovan has had his article, 'Actors and Avatars: why learners prefer digital agents' accepted for publication in EJTD, European Journal of Training and Development.
Date: Monday, 23 November 2015