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MU research highlights barriers facing Traveller and Roma students
Traveller and Roma students continue to face persistent and systemic barriers in higher education, according to a new report launched today by Marian Harkin, Minister of State for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science.
Wednesday, 07 May 2025
Community Workers Co-operative and BeLonG To receive Maynooth University John O’Connell Awards
Maynooth University has awarded two national organisations—the Community Workers Co-operative and BeLonG To—this year’s John O’Connell Awards for their outstanding commitment and contribution aimed at creating a just, equal and inclusive society.
Monday, 15 June 2015
World War One soldier’s diary placed online by Maynooth University
A digitised and fully transcribed version of an Irish World War One soldier’s diary, offering an intimate first-hand account of life on the Western Front in 1918, has been made available online.
Wednesday, 10 June 2015
Golf Scholar claims East of Ireland Amateur Championship
First year Harrington Golf Scholar Stuart Grehan claimed the biggest prize of his amateur career, winning the East of Ireland Amateur Championship at County Louth Golf Club.
Tuesday, 02 June 2015
Maynooth University crowned champions of 2015 Enactus Ireland National Competition for Social Entrepreneurship
Maynooth University to represent Ireland at the prestigious 2015 Enactus World Cup in Johannesburg, South Africa
Friday, 29 May 2015
Maynooth University Department of Law and Matheson Join Forces to Develop Innovative Funds Law Course
Maynooth University Department of Law has partnered with leading international law firm, Matheson, to create the first-ever specialised Funds Law course available at an Irish university.
Friday, 22 May 2015
Maynooth University Access Programme recognises exceptional achievement of second level students and teachers
Maynooth University presented awards for exceptional achievement to over 120 second level students and 31 teachers from Kildare, Offaly, West Dublin and Kilkenny. The awards are granted by the Maynooth Access Programme (MAP), which works with second level schools to encourage under-represented groups to enter third level.
Tuesday, 19 May 2015
Civil Rights campaigner advocates Maths Education as a civil right
Access to mathematics and science is now as relevant as access to reading and writing, according to Dr Bob Moses, the iconic civil rights activist and founder of the Algebra Project, a US non-profit organisation dedicated to improving the mathematical achievement of historically under-represented students and communities.
Monday, 18 May 2015
‘Boss Burgers’ and ‘Bad Ass Bacon’ win Student Enterprise Competition
Gavyn Pedley, a third-year Entrepreneurship student, has been awarded first prize in the Maynooth University 2015 Student Enterprise Competition for his meat-and-dairy-free vegetarian meats: ‘Boss Burgers’ and ‘Bad Ass Bacon.’
Wednesday, 13 May 2015
2015 Alumni Geography Lecture
Ar an 7 Bealtaine, tháinig beagnach 100 alumnus de chuid Mhá Nuad le chéile chun éisteacht leis na torthaí taighde is déanaí á gcur i láthair ag painéal d’eolaithe aeráide ó Roinn Tíreolaíochta na hollscoile, roinn a bhfuil aitheantas idirnáisiúnta bainte amach aici.
Friday, 08 May 2015
What Can Europe Learn from Latin America’s Experience of Austerity?
The experiences of Latin America during times of economic crisis should serve as a cautionary tale for European policy makers, warned Eduardo Silva, Professor of Political Science at Tulane University in New Orleans, speaking at the inaugural Maynooth University Visiting Scholar Lecture Series.
Wednesday, 06 May 2015