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Unlocking the Potential of People with Convictions: Removing Barriers to Higher Education
This seminar will discuss the work of the Unlocking Potential project. The project, funded by the Public Sector Innovation Fund 2020, aims to create a 'toolkit' for HEIs to guide the redevelopment of admissions policies and practices for people with convictions. The seminar (led by Prof. Claire Hamilton) will discuss the work of the project to date with a focus on the reasons for reform and will showcase the Fair Admissions Toolkit and website developed by the team. The seminar will end with a viewing of a short video with Jimmy Leonard, one of the peer researchers in a Community Needs Analysis undertaken by Sarah Meaney in collaboration with the Pathways Centre as part of the College Connect programme. The video tells the story of Jimmy’s life and tries to convey what ‘transformation’ looks and feels like. The subsequent panel discussion (led by Dr. Joe Garrighy) will focus on the changes needed to support people with convictions to access and participate in higher education and will include participants from the community needs analysis speaking on their experience of education.
When: Thursday, 11 March 2021
Invited Talk by Dr. Ashley T. Rubin Presented in LW274- Beyond The Prison
Dr. Ashley T. Rubin will be giving an Invited Talk this Thursday 11 February from 5-6pm for Dr. Ciara Bracken-Roche's Beyond the Prison Course - LW 274.
When: Thursday, 11 February 2021
Christmas Holidays
Our office will be closed from Tuesday 22 December 2020 until 4 January 2021. We would like to wish you all a Happy and Safe Christmas and we look forward to seeing you again in 2021.
When: Tuesday, 22 December 2020
Crime, Justice and the Covid-19 pandemic: Towards a Research Agenda
The Covid-19 pandemic has had profound implications for crime and its control both in Ireland and globally. This seminar will discuss the impact on policing and the prison system in Ireland, as well as some of the implications for criminological research.
When: Tuesday, 08 December 2020
Maynooth Law Society Negotiation Competition 2020
Maynooth Law Society Negotiation Competition 2020
When: Friday, 27 November 2020
The EU Whistleblowers Directive: Transposition Imperatives for Ireland
The Irish Whistleblowing Law Society and Maynooth University Department of Law are hosting a series of symposiums on the EU Whistleblowers Directive leading up to its transposition which will address key issues required to ensure the best transposition possible in Ireland. These symposiums will also be of interest to those in other EU Member States and internationally as regards best standards in whistleblower protection law. The second of these symposiums will be a virtual event held via Zoom on Wednesday, 11 November 2020 from 9.30am-12.30pm GMT. Attendance is free.
When: Wednesday, 11 November 2020
Webinar: 'Covid-19 and the Pains of Imprisonment: Should Sentencing Decisions Take Account of the Deterioration in Prison Conditions?'
Severe regime restrictions introduced to stem the threat posed by Covid-19 have had a hugely adverse effect on the lives of England and Wales’ 80,000 prisoners. Since late March, visits have been cancelled, inmates are confined to their cells for 23 hours a day and vocational, educational and spiritual provision has been curtailed. Prisoners and their families live with the constant fear of the virus taking hold. The latest figures show that 24 prisoners and nine staff have died from Covid-19. At least 16 prisoners have taken their lives since the regime changed. I will start this presentation by arguing that these regime restrictions have increased what Gresham Sykes referred to as the ‘pains of imprisonment’. Imprisonment has rapidly become more punitive.
When: Thursday, 09 July 2020
THE EU WHISTLEBLOWERS DIRECTIVE: TRANSPOSITION IMPERATIVES FOR IRELAND
The Irish Whistleblowing Law Society, in conjunction with Maynooth University Department of Law, is hosting a series of symposiums on the EU Whistleblowers Directive leading up to its transposition which will address key issues required to ensure the best transposition possible in Ireland. These symposiums will also be of interest to those in other EU Member States and internationally as regards best standards in whistleblower protection law.The first of these symposiums will be a virtual event held on 3 June 2020 from 9.00am-1.00pm GMT. Attendance is free.
When: Wednesday, 03 June 2020
Master's & Research Programmes - Live Q&As
Join our Postgraduate Office and academics from across the university for Live Q&As on our Master's and Research programmes
When: Monday, 11 May 2020
LAW/CRIMINOLOGY TASTER DAY
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED - FURTHER DETAILS IN DUE COURSE Considering studying a Law or Criminology degree at university? Spend a morning with the academics and students of the Maynooth University Department of Law to see what studying Law or Criminology at Maynooth is like. Keynote Address on the day will be delivered by the Honorable Ms Justice Aileen Donnelly, Judge of the Court of Appeal.
When: Saturday, 28 March 2020