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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Members of the ALL Institute present at the ICCHP AAATE conference that took place in Lecco, Italy
Members of the Assisting Living and Learning (ALL) Institute presented at the Joint International Conference on Digital Inclusion, Assistive Technology & Accessibility - ICCHP-AAATE 2022, Lecco, Italy
Date: Tuesday, 19 July 2022
Over 40% of Irish adults have a mental health disorder and one in ten have attempted suicide – MU, NCI and Trinity College research
People with a mental health disorder were five times more likely than those without to have attempted suicide.
Date: Tuesday, 28 June 2022
Ana María Sánchez Rodríguez, ALL member and adjunct lecturer at MU was selected to participate in the 2022 Global Scholars Academy (GSA)
Ana María Sánchez Rodríguez, Assisting Living and Learning (ALL) Institute member and adjunct assistant professor at Maynooth University was selected to participate in the 2022 Global Scholars Academy (GSA) in Budapest.
Date: Friday, 17 June 2022
The graduation of STEM Passport for Inclusion students will take place in Maynooth University 24th May 2022
The graduation of STEM Passport for Inclusion students will take place in Maynooth University 24th May in Iontas Lecture theatre. The STEM Passport for Inclusion is a SFI Discover Project spearheaded by Dr Katriona O’Sullivan, ALL Institute-Maynooth University in partnership with Microsoft, MTU, Accenture, teen-turn and the RDI Hub
Date: Monday, 23 May 2022
ALL member Dr Katriona O’Sullivan has been invited to present in the Oireachtas today Thursday, 19 May 22 by the gender equality committee.
Dr Katriona O’Sullivan, Dept of Psychology and Assisting Living and Learning (ALL) Institute member, has been invited to present in the Oireachtas today, Thursday, 19 May 22 by the gender equality committee.
Date: Thursday, 19 May 2022
ALL co-director Mac MacLachlan attended the launch of the Global Report on AT published by WHO and UNICEF on 16 May 22
ALL co-director Mac MacLachlan attended the launch of the Global Report on Assistive Technology published by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and UNICEF on 16 May 2022.
Date: Tuesday, 17 May 2022
MU research recommends ‘family’ approach within mental health services
New research by the Maynooth University Centre for Mental Health and Community Research has recommended the development of a ‘whole of family’ approach within mental health services, including automatic consideration of children when a parent has a mental health illness.
Date: Tuesday, 17 May 2022
Publication by ALL member Emma Smith and colleagues in Assistive Technology: The Official Journal of RESNA
Publication by ALL member Emma Smith and colleagues Krista L. Best, W. Ben Mortensen and Zach Lauzière-Fitzgerald entitled, Language matters! The long-standing debate between identity-first language and person first language in Assistive Technology: The Official Journal pf RESNA
Date: Thursday, 28 April 2022
ALL member Dr Nicola Mountford part of the MU researchers team to lead one of seven teams receiving €2.47m to address UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)
The research project aims to reduce neonatal and maternal mortality by rapid detection of sepsis in resource limited environments. Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation, and Science, Simon Harris, TD, and Minister for Overseas Aid and Diaspora, Colm Brophy T.D. have announced that the team co-led by Sean Doyle, Dept of Biology and Nicola Mountford, School of Business & ALL Institute, and Peter Waiswa, Makerere University, would lead one of the seven research teams competing in the Science Foundation Ireland SDG Challenge.
Date: Tuesday, 12 April 2022
ALL Co-Director Mac MacLachlan accompanies Minister Rabbitte to meeting at WHO European headquarters
Assisting Living and Learning (ALL) Institute's Co-Director Mac MacLachlan accompanies Minister Anne Rabbitte, Minister of State for Disability in the Dept of Health & Dept of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to meeting at World Health Organisation (WHO) European headquarters
Date: Thursday, 10 March 2022