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Dr Ferri Presents Thematic Report on 'Reasonable Accommodation for Disabled People in Employment Contexts'
Lecturer in Law, Dr Ferri, recently presented a Thematic Report on 'Reasonable Accommodation for Disabled People in Employment Contexts’ in Brussels.
Date: Monday, 30 November 2015
Negotiating climate change and local beliefs in Africa
Experts should take note of local knowledge and beliefs when making plans about how to help people in vulnerable regions cope with the impacts of climate change.
Date: Sunday, 29 November 2015
Education Department student Niamh Burke has been awarded a bursary under the Doctoral Strand of the Assessment Research and Development Programme, funded by the National Council for Curriculum and Development.
Niamh Burke is a second year PhD student and full time Research Assistant in the Education Department. She has been awarded a bursary under the Doctoral Strand of the Assessment Research and Development Programme, funded by the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA) for her research on formative assessment in the science classroom.
Date: Friday, 27 November 2015
Dr. Paul Donovan is invited speaker at key IITD event
Dr Paul Donovan, Maynooth University School of Business recently spoke at the key IITD event - Leading the HRD Function on the important topic of learning transfer and evaluation.
Date: Friday, 27 November 2015
Anthropology Staff contribute to TG4 documentary 'Tríd an Lionsa'
Mark Maguire & Séamas Ó Síocháin featured on the recent TG4 documentary looking at the birth of photography in Ireland and the role it played in the country’s social, political and cultural past.
Date: Thursday, 26 November 2015
Dr. Graham Heaslip, Maynooth University School of Business, awarded a Teaching Fellowship for 2016
Dr Graham Heaslip has been awarded a Teaching Fellowship for 2016. This is the third time Graham has been awarded the prestigious Maynooth University Teaching Fellowship, a statement of his dedication to advancing teaching and learning initiatives.
Date: Thursday, 26 November 2015
Geography: MA Geography blogs ahead of Peoples Housing Forum 28th November
Students in the MA in Geography at Maynooth University were engaged with the Towards a Real Housing Strategy conference on 3 October in Liberty Hall. Ahead of the followup conference on 28 November, they wrote a set of reports and responses.
Date: Wednesday, 25 November 2015
Employment Status and Undeclared Work
The Department of Law recently hosted a half-day conference on 'Employment Status and Undeclared Work', the purpose of which was to look at the under-examined issue of undeclared work, with a focus on the case studies of self-employed workers and undocumented migrant workers.
Date: Wednesday, 25 November 2015
Rebecca King O'Riain speaking at the Sorbonne, Paris
Presents a paper on "Loving Practices and State Regulation of Mixed Couples and Their Children in Ireland"
Date: Tuesday, 24 November 2015
Professor Doherty Speaks at IED & EP Conference on Free Movement & Labour Mobility within the EU
Head of the Department of Law, Professor Michael Doherty, recently spoke at a conference co-organised by the Institute of European Democrats and Member of the European Parliament, Marian Harkin.
Date: Tuesday, 24 November 2015