ALL member, Katriona O'Sullivan gives input into an article in the Irish Times entitled:
Long division: Are we doing enough to narrow the inequality gap in Irish schools? A gaping chasm remains in outcomes between our poorest schools and others
"It’s a short distance from Knocknaheeny on Cork’s northside to the gates of University College Cork. But it’s a route that crosses some of the deepest ravines of the country’s social divide. Along with the high levels of unemployment, only one in 10 young people living in the area go on to third-level education. In more affluent areas, up to nine in 10 follow this route. Ger O’Donovan is principal of St Mary’s on the Hill in Knocknaheeny. His school is one of about 900 that are part of the Deis scheme, a targeted initiative to combat educational disadvantage. These schools typically benefit from smaller class sizes, access to literacy and numeracy supports and school meals programmes. St Mary’s is classified as an “urban band one” school, which means it has the highest concentration of disadvantage in the education system. The programme is a recognition of education’s unique capacity to break down cycles of disadvantage – but is it working? Read more
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ToggleALL Member, Katriona O'Sullivan in the Irish Times
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ALL Member, Ana Maria Sanchez Rodriguez Presented a Paper at the Law and Society Annual Meeting in Washington
"Strengthening Disability People's Organizations to Scale Up – Case Study in Lao PDR"
Date: Sunday, 02 June 2019
Congratulations to Mac MacLachlan, Director, ALL Institute on Award from BPS
Congratulations Mac MacLachlan, on your Equality of Opportunity Award
Date: Friday, 31 May 2019
ALL Member, Ciarán Mac an Bhaird Wins MU Teaching Award
The Maynooth University Staff Recognition Awards were celebrated at a ceremony in Phoenix on Thursday, 30th May
Date: Thursday, 30 May 2019
ALL Institute Member, Ana Maria Sánchez Rodríguez, organized the first workshop on scaling for disability people’s organisations in Lao
The event was organized with the support of Humanity and Inclusion in LAO PDR and the Lao Disabled People’s (LDPA)
Date: Friday, 24 May 2019
ALL Member, Dr. Delia Ferri has New Article Published in Cambridge Yearbook of European Legal Studies
Article entitle 'The Social Dimension of EU State Aid Law and Policy'
Date: Tuesday, 21 May 2019
ALL Member, Katriona O'Sullivan in the Irish Times
Irish Times Article: "Long division: Are we doing enough to narrow the inequality gap in Irish schools? A gaping chasm remains in outcomes between our poorest schools and others"
Date: Tuesday, 14 May 2019
Ronan Foley, ALL Member Presents at 2 Conferences in Ireland this Spring
"Green and Blue Spaces and Health: A Health-led Approach" "Valuing Blue Space for Health & Wellbeing: Indoor and Outdoor Perspectives"
Date: Tuesday, 14 May 2019
Dreamspace leads to a dream partnership!
Katriona O'Sullivan from the ALL Institute, has been awarded a research grant from Microsoft Ireland to establish the educational impact of Dreamspace
Date: Friday, 10 May 2019
ALL Co-director Deirdre Desmond to Represent ALL at the Irish Association of Prosthetists and Orthotists Education Day
‘Caring beyond the device: tools for wellbeing in P&O’ in Athlone
Date: Thursday, 11 April 2019
ALL Member, Deirdre Desmond to be Keynote Speaker at ISPO Conference, 2019 in Japan
Topic of Keynote: "Complex Entanglements: People and Assistive Technologies"
Date: Thursday, 11 April 2019