Dr Noelle Higgins was on the organising committee of the Conference on ‘Academic Freedom in Turbulent Times’, a Scholars at Risk-Ireland Network event, held in Renehan Hall at Maynooth University on 6th November 2017, supported by Universities Ireland. She facilitated a session on the Academic Freedom Monitoring project, run by Scholars at Risk. The Department of Law contributes to this initiative through a clinic, run by Dr Higgins, where law students research and write reports on attacks on academic freedom throughout the world. Additional information is available on this event at: http://universitiesireland.ie/sar-event-academic-freedom-in-turbulent-times-6-nov-maynooth-university/
Dr Higgins teaches a module on the Rights of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples on the LLM in International Justice programme offered by Maynooth University Department of Law.