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Maynooth University celebrates 25th anniversary as an independent university
Maynooth University today marks 25 years as an independent university by hosting a celebratory event for staff attended by former education minister Niamh Bhreathnach.
Thursday, 16 June 2022
New Publication: Dr Michael Palmese publishes new article in Resonance: The Journal of Sound and Culture
Dr Palmese's article discusses the World Ear Project, a radio programme that reflected the substantial growth of environmentalism in the 1970s
Tuesday, 12 April 2022
ALL member Dr Nicola Mountford part of the MU researchers team to lead one of seven teams receiving €2.47m to address UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)
The research project aims to reduce neonatal and maternal mortality by rapid detection of sepsis in resource limited environments. Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation, and Science, Simon Harris, TD, and Minister for Overseas Aid and Diaspora, Colm Brophy T.D. have announced that the team co-led by Sean Doyle, Dept of Biology and Nicola Mountford, School of Business & ALL Institute, and Peter Waiswa, Makerere University, would lead one of the seven research teams competing in the Science Foundation Ireland SDG Challenge.
Tuesday, 12 April 2022
Oireachtas Justice Committee adopts Maynooth University Academic's recommendations on Hate Crime
The Justice Committee in the Oireachtas issued their report on the Hate Crime Bill and recommend that the bill be amended to include a demonstration test of hostility and to align with Hate Crime provisions in Northern Ireland. Both recommendations were advised by Dr Séamus Taylor, Head of Department of Applied Social Studies
Tuesday, 12 April 2022
Certificate in Global Citizenship Education
This 20 credit (ECTS) part-time programme is offered by the Maynooth University Department of International Development with the Departments of Education, Adult and Community Education, Froebel Department of Primary and Early Childhood Education, Applied Social Sciences at Maynooth.
Tuesday, 12 April 2022
EXTENDED DEADLINE: Call for Papers: 4th Leuven-Maynooth-Edinburgh Research Seminar
EXTENDED DEADLINE 25 APRIL: The State of the Unions - Seminar on the EU-UK legal relationship(s), Maynooth 24-25 June 2022
Tuesday, 12 April 2022
MU researchers lead team to address UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)
Maynooth team will focus on maternal and neonatal mortality
Monday, 11 April 2022
Dr Julie Rodgers interviews authors at the Franco-Irish Literary Festival
Author interviews with Dr Julie Rodgers at the Franco-Irish Literary Festival
Monday, 11 April 2022
The Challenge of Programme Design in the FET Sector – Post Graduate Course launched
The Department of Adult and Community Education and the Further Education Support Service (FESS) open course recruitment - course to start in September 2022 (2022-23 MU_PDVFET_Course Brochure Final.pdf (maynoothuniversity.ie).
Sunday, 10 April 2022
National University of Ireland - Certificate Graduates
Congratulations to the graduates of NUI Certificate in Youth Studies and NUI Certificate in Global Youth Work and Development Education, and thanks to our partners in County Kildare Leader Partnership and National Youth Council of Ireland for their support
Saturday, 09 April 2022
Webinar for ERC Applicants 2023-2024 - Register Your Interest
On the 1st and 2nd of September the RDO will host Lotte Jaspers from Yellow Research for a two-part online Webinar about applying for ERC Frontier Research Grants (Starter, Consolidator and Advanced).
Friday, 08 April 2022