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.
The Tonight Show hosted by Claire Brock requested that Dr O’Sullivan appear on last Tuesday’s show using her expertise as lecturer in Digital Skills and her experience working with Education and Psychology. The segment where she discussed the Leaving Certificate and CAO System with Garry Gannon, Social Democrats TD, and Kieran Christie, ASTI, was an excited exchange of ideas and discussion referring to alternative options to the traditional exam format, student experience, socio-economically disadvantaged areas as well as much more.
Watch the programme in full on the Virgin Media Player here: https://www.virginmediatelevision.ie/player/show/1294
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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
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Date: Tuesday, 26 June 2018
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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
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Date: Thursday, 14 June 2018
ALL Member Dr. Ana Maria Sanchez Rodriguez at 11th Conference of States Parties, New York
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Date: Tuesday, 12 June 2018
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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