The ALL Institute is pleased to share that Dr. Emma Smith, Postdoctoral Researcher, has been awarded a highly prestigious Marie Sklowdowska Curie Actions Individual Fellowship (approximately EUR185 000 over 2 years) from the European Commission Horizon 2020 program. Dr. Smith will receive funding to work with Prof. Mac MacLachlan on a project called ARISE, which aims to develop a framework for resilient and inclusive systems to enable participation in society through the use of assistive technologies. In the course of her fellowship, Dr. Smith also will be working closely with the European Disability Forum.
ALL Institute: Assisting Living & Learning
ToggleALL Institute member, Dr. Emma Smith, has been awarded the highly prestigious Marie Sklowdowska Curie Actions Individual Fellowship
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Advancing Perspectives on Wellbeing through Interdisciplinary Research - 4th Anniversary - Ideas in ALL Blog Symposium
Celebrating the Fourth Anniversary of the ‘Ideas in ALL Blog’ in the 2024 Winter Symposium
Date: Friday, 20 December 2024
Horizon Europe conference celebrates MU GoGreenNext initiatives
Horizon Europe (HE) Impact Conference showcased MU's GoGreenNext €6 million smart city project
Date: Wednesday, 11 December 2024
Driving Change: Leadership and Governance for Disability-Inclusive Health Systems
This flexible tool is a framework that can be adapted by each member state to suit their needs both regionally and nationally to help achieve disability-inclusive leadership and governance:.
Date: Monday, 09 December 2024
Prof McMahon hosts IRC funded workshop with Breakthrough Cancer Research on the hospital exemption pathway for the development of ATMPs for patients with ‘unmet need’
This project is run in collaboration with Dr Frances Drummond and Breakthrough Cancer Research and funded by the Irish Research Council New Foundations scheme.
Date: Monday, 02 December 2024
Over 5,000 students benefit from MU's STEM Passport
Maynooth University, in partnership with Microsoft Ireland, Taighde Éireann – Research Ireland and the Department of Education, has published the STEM Passport for Inclusion Impact Report which reveals that over 5,000 students from disadvantaged backgrounds have participated in the initiative to date.
Date: Wednesday, 27 November 2024
Prof. Delia Ferri and Dr. Charles O’Sullivan awarded from the EU’s Horizon Europe Research and Innovation programme
The MU researchers’ work will be conducted as part of an international consortium led by Universitá di Firenze - PIN Arco (Florence, Italy).
Date: Tuesday, 05 November 2024
Prof. Mac MacLachlan Appointed to WHO Technical Advisory Group on Health for People with Disabilities
Mac will be contributing his expertise to advance health initiatives for people with disabilities across the region
Date: Monday, 14 October 2024
'Learning from innovative staff practices that led to virtual disability services using the lens of Complex Adaptive Systems'
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Date: Thursday, 10 October 2024
Young people are exposed to high levels of marketing for gambling
New research published by Maynooth University and Ulster University has found that young people who live on both sides of the border in Ireland are exposed to extremely high levels of gambling marketing when viewing some national and international sporting events.
Date: Friday, 04 October 2024
Minister launches MU reports on home visiting services for vulnerable families
Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth Roderic O’Gorman has launched several Maynooth University reports, setting out the findings of the first ever comprehensive review of the provision of home visiting services for families with babies and young children in Ireland.
Date: Thursday, 03 October 2024