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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New Article Published: ALL Director Mac MacLachlan in Disability and Rehabilitation
"The perceived needs-access gap for health services among persons with disabilities in a rural area within South Africa"
Date: Friday, 29 June 2018
ALL Institute Director Mac MacLachlan presents a paper at Tokyo University
Symposium on Older People and Assistive Technology, referencing recent publications on Assistive Technology Policy and Systems Thinking for Assistive Technology
Date: Thursday, 28 June 2018
ALL Director, Mac MacLachlan at the National Rehabilitation Centre for Persons with Disability, Japan
ALL Institute Director, Mac MacLachlan and Prof Eilish McAuliffe (UCD) visited Takenobu Inoue, Director of the Dept of Assistive Technology, at the National Rehabilitation Centre for Persons with Disability, in Saitama, Japan; with whom they are working on a joint project.
Date: Wednesday, 27 June 2018
ALL Director, Prof. Mac MacLachlan in Japan
ALL Director Mac MacLachlan visits WHO Centre for Health Development, Kobe, Japan, to discuss research and development issues related to Assistive Technology.
Date: Tuesday, 26 June 2018
ALL Member Dr. Ana Maria Sanchez Rodriguez has Book Chapter Published
Rodríguez, A. M. S. (2018). Contesting Neoliberalism: Bringing in Economic and Social Rights to End Violence against Women in Mexico. In G. MacNaughton & D. F. Frey (Eds.), Economic and Social Rights in a Neoliberal World (pp. 173): Cambridge University Press.
Date: Tuesday, 26 June 2018
ALL Member Delia Ferri hosts second Jean Monnet Summer School “The EU and Human Rights in a time of crisis”
The opening and closing sessions will host respectively Prof. Michael O’Flaherty (Director of the EU Fundamental Rights Agency) and Ms Emily O’Reilly (European Ombudsman),
Date: Saturday, 23 June 2018
Katriona O'Sullivan, ALL Member has New Book Chapters Published
"Responding to the Global Access Challenge: Expanding College and Career Opportunities for Students from Low-SES Communities in Ireland." "Migrating Innovations Across National Boundaries: Starting Early Access Interventions in the United Kingdom."
Date: Thursday, 14 June 2018
ALL Member Dr. Ana Maria Sanchez Rodriguez at 11th Conference of States Parties, New York
Dr. Sanchez Rodriguez participated with the Humanity and Inclusion delegation in the 11th session of the Conference of States Parties (COSP) to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)
Date: Tuesday, 12 June 2018
New Article by ALL Member Delia Ferri in 'Societies' Journal
Web Accessibility for People with Disabilities in the European Union: Paving the Road to Social Inclusion
Date: Tuesday, 12 June 2018
ALL Member Dr. Ana Maria Sanchez Rodriguez at Law and Society, Toronto 2018
“The 2030 Agenda: Understanding Economic and Social Rights for persons with disabilities”
Date: Thursday, 07 June 2018