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Design and Delivery of ADR Module as part of Chief Justice's Summer School - June 2023
The summer school takes place during June 2023 when 30 law graduates from Ireland, Northern Ireland, France/Wales and the US shadow a Judge and attend talks and workshops.
Date: Wednesday, 28 June 2023
Ukrainian and MU students awarded innovation prize
Third level students from Ukraine and Ireland have received an innovative solutions award for a project that aims to improve lives and education across Europe.
Date: Tuesday, 27 June 2023
Maynooth Centre for European Law Organised Workshop on the Windsor Framework
The broad themes were the protection of rights under the Protocol; cooperation North-South, East-West; and the future of the Protocol and the Windsor Framework.
Date: Monday, 26 June 2023
Companies wandering blindly in a world of hybrid work
How do organisations manage hybrid work? (A spoiler: not very well so far) Dr. Tatiana Andreeva discusses with The Irish Times her recent study on employer perspectives on employee work location.
Date: Friday, 23 June 2023
Donal Coffey invited to speak on The Fifth Court Podcast
Donal explains the facts behind the infamous Eileen Flynn case.
Date: Friday, 23 June 2023
Skills-based volunteering is examined by Dr Kiera Dempsey-Brench, School of Business
Skills-based volunteering is touted to provide a "triple win" for stakeholders. Non-profits win because they gain access to new knowledge and specialist skills. Employers win from enhanced employee engagement. Employees who use their professional skills while volunteering stand to benefit too: they find volunteering more valuable and report higher levels of skill development.
Date: Friday, 23 June 2023
Maynooth criminologists speak at 2023 North-South Criminology Conference at DCU
Colleagues including Dr Ian Marder, Dr Lynsey Black, Dr Rhiannon Bandiera, Dr John Morrison, Dr Megan Coghlan, Dr Ciara Bracken-Roche and Dr Joe Garrihy as well has PhD students Niamh Wade, Siobhán Buckley, Danielle Jefferis and Shauna Arrmstrong.
Date: Thursday, 22 June 2023
What about HER-SELF?
The 1st May 2023 saw the start of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine funded HER-SELF (Highlighting pathways to Empower Rural women to have Sustainable & Equitable Livelihoods in Farming) project.
Date: Wednesday, 21 June 2023
Dr Joe Garrihy delivers the invitational lecture at the Prison Visiting Committees’ Annual National Training
Dr Garrihy was invited to speak on his diverse research activities across Irish prisons.
Date: Wednesday, 21 June 2023
Dr Opeyemi Kolawole presents a paper on Technology Transfer and Least Developed Countries at Intellectual Property Law Conference at Sheffield University
The research paper, which derives from Dr Kolawole’s doctoral research project completed at Sutherland School of Law, University College Dublin, under the supervision of Dr Cliona Kelly, examined the technology transfer framework in the TRIPS Agreement, particularly Article 66.2, which focuses on technology transfer to Least Developed Countries.
Date: Tuesday, 20 June 2023