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Minister McEntee welcomes new MU Professional Doctorate in Educational Psychology
Minister for Education Helen McEntee, has welcomed the announcement that MU is to offer a new three-year Professional Doctorate programme in Educational Psychology from September 2025
Date: Monday, 10 March 2025
Minister McEntee welcomes new MU Professional Doctorate in Educational Psychology
Minister for Education Helen McEntee, has welcomed the announcement that MU is to offer a new three-year Professional Doctorate programme in Educational Psychology from September 2025
Date: Monday, 10 March 2025
New Programme Launch – Professional Doctorate in Educational Psychology
New Programme Launch – Professional Doctorate in Educational Psychology
Date: Monday, 10 March 2025
Minister McEntee welcomes new MU Professional Doctorate in Educational Psychology
Minister for Education Helen McEntee, has welcomed the announcement that MU is to offer a new three-year Professional Doctorate programme in Educational Psychology from September 2025
Date: Monday, 10 March 2025
Maynooth University wins 'Best Memorials' Award at Irish finals of Jessup Moot Court Competition
This highly prestigious competition represents the pinnacle of interscholastic mooting, and we would like to warmly congratulate the students - Lauren Hayden, Zoe Walsh Gibb, Emma Conway, Ethan Johnson, and Martha McArtain – as well as their coach, Dr Bríd Ní Ghráinne, on this remarkable achievement.
Date: Monday, 10 March 2025
CPEP Leads Symposium at NERA 2025 Conference
The Centre for Public Education and Pedagogy (CPEP) organised a symposium titled "Reclaiming the Publicness of Education" as part of the Nordic Educational Research Association (NERA) conference on February 6, 2025. The symposium was hosted under Network 16, The Nordic Society for Philosophy of Education.
Date: Monday, 10 March 2025
MU report highlights need to remove barriers for women in agriculture
A study led by researchers at Maynooth University has, for the first time, provided an in-depth profile of female farmers in Ireland, identifying the barriers they face and recommending policy changes to tackle them.
Date: Friday, 07 March 2025
M.Sc. Social Research - Applications Open for 2025/26
Applications are now open for our M.Sc. Social Research programme 2025/26
Date: Friday, 07 March 2025
Celebrating Dr Ronan Foley’s Contribution to Health Geography
Colleagues, students, alumni, and friends recently gathered in Rocque Lab in Rhetoric House to celebrate the career and retirement of Dr Ronan Foley. An Associate Professor in the Department of Geography and member of the Assisting Living and Learning Institute (ALL) and Social Sciences Institute (MUSSI). Ronan’s research explores the relationship between place and health—how our environments influence well-being, access to care, and quality of life.
Date: Friday, 07 March 2025
Social Justice Week event: (Poly)crises, rights and the need for transformative change? hosted by School of Law and Criminology.
The event consisted of a roundtable discussion considering the multiple, interrelated crises facing Ireland - specifically the environment, health and housing.
Date: Friday, 07 March 2025