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Spring Open Day 2022
We enjoyed showcasing our University on Saturday 30th April for Spring Open Day. We received more than 3,000 visitors to campus and everyone enjoyed the positive experience.
Date: Monday, 09 May 2022
Dr Julie Rodgers interviews authors at the Franco-Irish Literary Festival
Author interviews with Dr Julie Rodgers at the Franco-Irish Literary Festival
Date: Monday, 11 April 2022
Research Award for PhD Student in French Studies
We are delighted to announce that our PhD candidate, Peadar Kearney, has been awarded a competitive research bursary from French Screen Studies, UK-Ireland.
Date: Thursday, 08 July 2021
Franco-Irish Literary Festival 2021
Since the foundation of the Franco-Irish Literary Festival, the Alliance Française Dublin and the French Embassy have jointly organised the Festival in pursuit of the same objective: to develop and strengthen links between Ireland and France.
Date: Friday, 16 April 2021
New programmes in French, German and Spanish for Teaching at Post-Primary Level
Are you a native or proficient speaker of French, German or Spanish? Have you completed or intend to complete a teacher training programme? Do you want to become a post-primary teacher but don’t have sufficient subject-specific credits for Teaching Council accreditation? If you answered “yes” to the above questions, we may have the right programme for you!
Date: Wednesday, 14 April 2021
Laptop Loan Scheme
The government has introduced a scheme whereby undergraduate or postgraduate students may be eligible to receive a laptop, on long-term loan and at no charge, in order to assist with their online learning.
Date: Friday, 27 November 2020
Dr Julie Rodgers awarded prestigious Flaherty Scholarship
Dr Julie Rodgers, French Studies, SMLLC has been awarded a prestigious Flaherty scholarship for her research on Indigenous Quebec Women Writers. The award will facilitate a research trip to Quebec where Dr Rodgers will be hosted by the Université de Sherbrooke.
Date: Tuesday, 08 October 2019
Maynooth students' success in intervarsity French debating competition
Two teams of Final Year students from French Studies at Maynooth University competed at the intervarsity French debate competition. The annual event is organised and sponsored by the French Embassy in Ireland and was held at Queen's University, Belfast.
Date: Thursday, 05 April 2018
Citizens' Dialogue on the Future of Europe
Helen McEntee TD, Minister for European Affairs and Nathalie Loiseau, Minister for European Affairs for France, attended Maynooth University today, as part of Minister McEntee’s Citizens to Citizens' Dialogue on the Future of Europe, engaging with more than 300 students and staff in a packed Iontas lecture theatre.
Date: Tuesday, 20 February 2018
Study challenges old assumptions about French views of the English language
First significant study of France’s relationship with English since the 1990s
Date: Wednesday, 09 August 2017