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MU study finds 27% fall in earnings after childbirth for female university graduates
Maynooth University economists Dr Aedin Doris, Professor Donal O'Neill and Dr Olive Sweetman have found a substantial earnings gap emerges after childbirth for female graduates.
Thursday, 26 January 2023
Maynooth University Raises the issue of Child Trafficking with the UN
Dr Niamh Flanagan Coordinator of the postgraduate module on human trafficking at Maynooth Universisty, joined the Irish civil society delegation to the UN Committee on the rights of the child in Geneva last week to highlight the issue of child trafficking. Dr Flanagan provided a policy brief to members of the Committee Task Force on key concerns and shortcomings in Irish systems.
Tuesday, 31 January 2023
Maynooth University School of Law and Criminology welcomes Dr Karen Walsh
Karen will be teaching on intellectual property law modules. She welcomes potential research students, collaborations, and media enquiries pertaining to any of her research areas.
Tuesday, 31 January 2023
Change Makers series continues with episode 4 published
The Change Maker series, a collection of conversations with change makers from around the world, resumes following the inter-semester break with a new episode. The latest episode, published on January 30th, features Don Tuan Phuong, Director of the Centre for Sustainable Development Studies (CSDS) speaking with Niamh Rooney from the MU Department of International Development. Based in Hanoi, Vietnam, CSDS and the Department of International Development have collaborated on various projects over the past decade.
Tuesday, 31 January 2023
SMLLC Research Colloquium Guest Lecture by Dr. Fangmeng Tian
SMLLC Research Colloquium Guest Lecture by Dr. Fangmeng Tian: Affirmative Action Policies in College Admission in China
Monday, 30 January 2023
History Research Seminar Schedule for Semester 2, 2022-23
List of History Research Seminar topics for second semester, 2022-23
Wednesday, 25 January 2023
An international career is no plain sailing
The study, encompassing the SIEs’ proactive career reflection and construction, takes the combined external influences of complexity, chance and change into consideration. The authors show that SIEs proactively craft their careers to varying degrees and with varying frequency
Tuesday, 24 January 2023
Digital Technologies in Higher Education Module Announced
The Centre for Teaching & Learning offers MU teaching staff the opportunity to enhance their digital teaching and learning competencies
Tuesday, 24 January 2023
STRIKE PhD "Marie Sklodowska-Curie" Positions (ESR Early Stage Researchers)
We are looking for 8 ESRs to work on STRIKE — HORIZON-MSCA-2021-DN-01 project. STRIKE aims to develop a research and training network in nanomedicine/precision medicine, rising a new generation of entrepreneurial and innovative multidisciplinary young researchers.
Monday, 23 January 2023
Congratulations to Courtney on the Schwarzman Scholarship award
We are proud to share news of one of our MA in International Development programme participants being awarded the Schwarzman Scholarship. Courtney Gehle was successful in securing the graduate fellowship award which offers a scholarship for study in a one-year, fully-funded Master’s degree program in Global Affairs at Schwarzman College on the campus of Tsinghua University in Beijing, China. Courtney is one of 151 candidates chosen for the award from a global pool of candidates. We are delighted for Courtney and wish her every success with her continuing studies.
Monday, 23 January 2023
MU offers sympathies on the passing of Fr Micheál Mac Gréil
It is with deep sadness that Maynooth University offers its sympathies to the family, friends and former colleagues of Fr Micheál Mac Gréil
Sunday, 22 January 2023