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Criminologists publish study on lecturer-student relationship building
In October 2024, Dr. Ian Marder (Assistant Professor in Criminology), Ashleigh Pillay (Research Assistant in Restorative Practices and PhD Student in Criminology) and Triona Kenny (Research Assistant in Restorative Practices and PhD Student in Criminology) published a new article in the Journal of Further and Higher Education.
Date: Wednesday, 09 October 2024
Department of Education Faculty win Large European Funding
Dr Diarmaid Hyland and Dr Tom Delahunty of the Department of Education, Maynooth University, have recently been awarded ERASMUS+ KA2 funding worth €400,000, as members of an international consortium conducting research in Teacher Education.
Date: Wednesday, 09 October 2024
New Research Highlights the Impact of Commuting on Rural Towns Across Ireland
The InPLACE (Investigating Planning, Place-Making, and Commuting) report, which studied seven rural towns in Ireland and Northern Ireland, along with two in Maryland, USA, reveals both the opportunities and challenges associated with long-distance commuting.
Date: Wednesday, 09 October 2024
Culture Night Shadow Puppetry
Culture Night Sept 2024 - Shadow Puppetry
Date: Friday, 04 October 2024
Young people are exposed to high levels of marketing for gambling
New research published by Maynooth University and Ulster University has found that young people who live on both sides of the border in Ireland are exposed to extremely high levels of gambling marketing when viewing some national and international sporting events.
Date: Friday, 04 October 2024
Maynooth Centre for European Law - Special Issue of the Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly: The Windsor Framework – guarantees, gaps and governance
The special issue is the product of the Centre’s launch workshop on the Windsor Framework - the name given to the reworked protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland – which took place in June 2023 and which was generously supported by the Maynooth University Social Sciences Institute and the University’s Impact Through Dissemination Fund.
Date: Friday, 04 October 2024
Minister launches MU reports on home visiting services for vulnerable families
Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth Roderic O’Gorman has launched several Maynooth University reports, setting out the findings of the first ever comprehensive review of the provision of home visiting services for families with babies and young children in Ireland.
Date: Thursday, 03 October 2024
The 2nd International UDL Symposium
The 2nd International UDL Symposium was held on September 16 and 17 in the Westgrove Hotel, Clane, Co. Kildare
Date: Wednesday, 02 October 2024
23 MU researchers listed in World’s Top 2% Scientists Rankings
Maynooth University is strongly represented in the World’s Top 2% Scientist Rankings. This year, 23 researchers are recognised as leading experts in their fields in the rankings produced by Stanford University scientists in cooperation with publisher Elsevier BV and the SciTech Strategies Inc, based on Scopus data.
Date: Wednesday, 02 October 2024
Céad Míle Fáilte chuig grúpa éagsúla domhanda
Céad Míle Fáilte chuig grúpa éagsúla domhanda - One hundred thousand welcomes to a globally diverse group. We are delighted to welcome a new group of MA participants to our MA programmes in International Development, and International Peacebuilding, Security and Development Practice for the 2024/2025 academic year. We had the pleasure of meeting most of the group at our orientation day held on Monday 29th September 2024. As always, the group represents a diverse global community; bringing varied and rich experiences to the programmes.
Date: Tuesday, 01 October 2024