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MU welcomes expert in diagnosing Parkinson’s by scent
Prof Perdita Barran was part of the NoseToDiagnose research team that found it was possible to identify Parkinson’s disease by scent.
Monday, 13 May 2024
Education counsellors from India visited Maynooth University
Maynooth University welcomed eight education counsellors from India on campus this week. The purpose of this visit, which was organized by Education Ireland, was to further encourage student recruitment from India.
Wednesday, 11 October 2017
Dr Cullen Publishes Article in Journal of Business Ethics
Senior Lecturer, Dr John Cullen, has had an article published in the Journal of Business Ethics.
Tuesday, 10 October 2017
Maynooth Economics Research features at International Workshop on Labour Market Policy Evaluation
Research by Aedín Doris, Donal O'Neill and Olive Sweetman examining the impact of cuts to unemployment benefits on youth unemployment was featured at the 13th IZA Labour Market Policy Evaluation conference.
Tuesday, 10 October 2017
Audio of Recital at Women and the Irish Revolution 1917-23 by Doireann Ní Ghríofa
Beautiful reading by Doireann Ní Ghríofa, Rooney prize for Irish Literature winner, was a welcome guest at the Women and the Irish Revolution 1917-23: Feminism, Violence, Nationalism event last month in the RIA.
Monday, 09 October 2017
Accountancy Showcase 2017 a Great Success
The annual Maynooth University Accountancy Showcase took place on Tuesday October 3rd 2017 in the Iontas Building, Maynooth University. All the leading professional accounting firms including PWC, E&Y,KPMG,Deloitte, Grant Thornton, Mazars, BDO, RBK, Crowe Horwath, IFAC and Smith & Williamson attended as well as Hedgeserv, Kerry, The Office of the Auditor & Comptroller General, Revenue, Central Bank and IFS Statestreet. Overall the event was a great success.
Monday, 09 October 2017
Maynooth Labour Economist wins Prestigious Research Prize
Maynooth University Labour Economist, Dr. Aedín Doris, has been awarded the 2017 Miriam Hederman O’Brien Gold Medal by the Foundation for Fiscal Studies in in association with the Irish Times for her research on Higher Education Financing Reform for Ireland.
Monday, 09 October 2017
Administration issue on Advancing Human Rights and Equality Proofing launched
Edited by Dr. Mary Murphy
Friday, 06 October 2017
New Publication - The Shakespeare User: Critical and Creative Appropriations in a Networked Culture
The Shakespeare User: Critical and Creative Appropriations in a Networked Culture (Palgrave 2017) is a new essay collection that includes a chapter by Maynooth University staff member Dr Stephen O’Neill, entitled “Theorizing User Agency in YouTube Shakespeare.”
Thursday, 05 October 2017
Global Research Performance of 3,352 Business Schools Revealed in New Study
Global Research Performance of 3,352 business schools revealed in new study in which Dr Olga Ryazanova and Professor Peter McNamara have been involved.
Thursday, 05 October 2017
NPSSH Symposium, October 19th - 20th 2017
This year’s symposium will be centred on the theme of ‘Progress and Degeneration’. In the radically changed political and cultural environment that has emerged globally in the last few years, the discourse of progress underpinning many of the traditional narratives of western change and development has come to be increasingly questioned. The phenomena of ‘post-truth’; the re-emergence of nationalist politics; the increasing conflict between corporate and environmental values; the breakdown of established political alignments, as witnessed most clearly in Brexit; and the rise of information as the battleground upon which ideological struggles are waged.
Wednesday, 04 October 2017