The partnership between the ALL Institute and Microsoft DreamSpace received high praise yesterday when they received the RIA 2020 US-Ireland Research Innovation Award for Innovation in Talent Development.
In 2018 Microsoft and the ALL Institute embarked on a research partnership which examined the impact of the DreamSpace 21CLD education activity- led by Dr Katriona O’Sullivan.
The research has paved the way for a stronger evidence base assessing the overall impacts of DreamSpace for students, teachers, and broader society, thus allowing DreamSpace to use evidence-based activities to increase STEM participation.
Microsoft Ireland’s DreamSpace is an immersive, research-based STEM experience for students to enhance their STEM skills, develop their understanding of Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) concepts, promote an understanding of the technology sector career pathways, and support and inform classroom curriculum development. By creating and delivering authentic and experiential learning experiences, focused on teachers and students, the project is supporting the wider Government STEM strategy 2024.
The US-Ireland Research Innovation Awards which are now in their sixth year, are a joint initiative between the Royal Irish Academy (RIA) and the American Chamber of Commerce, to recognise excellence in research innovation, creation and invention by an organisation, as a result of US FDI in Ireland. This year marked the first year of the Innovation in Talent Development category.
The ALL Institution looks forward to the coming years, where this partnership will go from strength to strength
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ALL Member Dr Katriona O'Sullivan has been awarded the 2021 Early Career Faculty of Science and Engineering Research Achievement Award and overall recipient of the 2021 Maynooth University Early Career Research Achievement Award
Assisting Living and Learning (ALL) Institute Member and Dept of Psychology lecturer Dr Katriona O'Sullivan has been awarded the 2021 Early Career Faculty of Science and Engineering Research Achievement Award and overall recipient of the 2021 Maynooth University Early Career Research Achievement Award .
Date: Tuesday, 19 October 2021
Publication by ALL Institute member Dr Nicola Mountford and Dr Gillian Moran chapter entitled, 'Please don’t put a price on our lives”: Social media and the contestation of value in Ireland’s pricing of orphan drugs'
Assisting Living and Learning (ALL) Institute member Dr Nicola Mountford and Dr Gillian Moran, School of Business, published chapter entitled, 'Please don’t put a price on our lives”: Social media and the contestation of value in Ireland’s pricing of orphan drugs.' in the book 'Healthcare Activism: Markets, Morals, and the Collective Good' edited by Professor Susi Geiger published by Oxford University Press, U.K
Date: Friday, 01 October 2021
Dr Katriona O'Sullivan ALL members' MU ‘Digital Wealth Project’ awarded close to half a million euro in funding
The Digital Wealth Project, a collaboration between Maynooth University and Microsoft Education Ireland, has been awarded a Rethink Ireland Education grant of €450,000.The project led by Dr Katriona O’Sullivan, Assisting Living and Learning (ALL) Institute Maynooth University and Microsoft Education Ireland is a school outreach programme which aims to address digital poverty and increase the digital capacity of 135 schools across Ireland.
Date: Monday, 27 September 2021
Publication by ALL Institute member Dr Ana María Sánchez Rodríguez in journal 'Disability and Society'
Publication by Assisting Living and Learning (ALL) Institute member Dr Ana María Sánchez Rodríguez in journal 'Disability and Society' entitled 'Disability-inclusive development: a postcolonial analysis in Lao PDR'
Date: Tuesday, 14 September 2021
Dr Katriona O’Sullivan ALL Institute member appears on The Tonight Show discussing the Leaving Certificate, CAO system and possible reforms.
Dr Katriona O’Sullivan, Assisting Living and Learning (ALL) Institute member and Dept of Psychology Lecturer, appeared on The Tonight Show on Tuesday, 7th September 2021 to discuss the Leaving Certificate, CAO system and possible reforms
Date: Friday, 10 September 2021
ALL Institute Member Dr Emma Smith publishes Editorial as Editor in Chief of Assistive Technology Journal
Dr Emma Smith, Postdoctoral Researcher with the Assisting Living and Learning (ALL) Institute and Department of Psychology publishes Editorial as Editor in Chief of Assistive Technology: The Official Journal of RESNA entitled, 'Assistive technology research: Evidence for a complex and growing field'.
Date: Friday, 10 September 2021
New Publication by ALL Member Dr A. Jamie Saris entitled 'The dialectics of heroin and methadone in Ireland'
New Publication by Assisting Living and Learning (ALL) Institute Member Dr A. Jamie Saris entitled 'The dialectics of heroin and methadone in Ireland' in the Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine.
Date: Thursday, 02 September 2021
New publication by ALL member and Co-Directors entitled, 'Strengthening the Participation of Organisations of Persons with Disabilities in the Decision-Making of National Government and the United Nations'
Publication by Assisting Living and Learning (ALL) Institute co-directors Professor Delia Ferri, Professor Mac MacLachlan, ALL member Dr Joanne McVeigh and Dr Hasheem Mannan in MDPI Open Access journal Disabilities entitled, 'Strengthening the Participation of Organisations of Persons with Disabilities in the Decision-Making of National Government and the United Nations: Further Analyses of the International Disability Alliance'
Date: Wednesday, 04 August 2021
New publication by ALL members and Co-Director in 'Assistive Technology: The Official Journal of RESNA'
New Publication in Assistive Technology: The Official Journal of RESNA, entitled, ‘Empirical research and available data on Assistive Technology for persons with disabilities in Malawi: a review’, by Assisting Living and Learning (ALL) Institute members Ikenna D. Ebuenyi, Emma M. Smith, Alister Munthali, Malcolm ‘Mac’ MacLachlan and Juba Kafumba and Monica Z. Jamali-Phiri.
Date: Wednesday, 28 July 2021
ALL member Dr Katriona O’Sullivan invited by the Minister for Higher Education, to feature her work on the STEM passport for inclusion in a session.
Dr Katriona O’Sullivan, Member of the ALL Institute and Dept. of Psychology Lecturer, has been invited by Minister Simon Harris TD, to have her project ‘STEM Skills Passport for Inclusion’ spotlighted at the ‘HER STEM Skills an Expert “Think-In” for Action’ hosted by the Women in Science and Technology (WITS).
Date: Wednesday, 30 June 2021