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Minister Harris launches report on education inclusion for learners with intellectual disabilities
The Department of Adult and Community Education welcomes the launch of the research report on education inclusion for learners with intellectual disabilities
Friday, 07 January 2022
Fees & Grants Office Webinar Series
The Fees & Grants Office will be hosting a series of Webinars for Incoming Undergraduate Students
Friday, 10 September 2021
International Youth Work - New Interactive Online Module
New - Module 6 International Youth Work - Launch of new interactive online module Brought to you by Léargas and the National Youth Council of Ireland in Collaboration with Maynooth University, Ireland
Friday, 25 June 2021
Maynooth University Department of Chemistry awarded Athena SWAN Bronze Award
The MU Department of Chemistry has achieved an Athena SWAN Bronze Award, which recognises work undertaken to advance gender equality for staff and students at departmental level.
Wednesday, 31 March 2021
STEM-Passport for Inclusion project (STEMP.inc), led by Dr Katriona O’Sullivan to be funded under €5.2m SFI Ireland Discover Programme
Minister Harris Announces €5.2 Million Investment by Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) in 49 Public Engagement and Education Initiatives
Monday, 22 March 2021
Maynooth University records highest ever number of CAO applications
This year the University has seen a rise of 17% in applications for degree courses and a 16% rise in the number of applicants.
Tuesday, 09 March 2021
Inaugural Undergraduate Essay Writing Competition
This year the Writing Centre is running the Inaugural Undergraduate Essay Writing Competition. Our goal is to showcase and celebrate undergraduate student writing. Submit your essay to be in with a chance of winning.
Tuesday, 23 February 2021
Maynooth University welcomes once-off covid-19 contingency fund for access and support services
The Higher Education Authority allocated €1.9m among Higher Education Institutions for the purpose of enabling access services to deliver local COVID responses that support vulnerable students. The funding will be used at Maynooth University to support to support the National Plan for Equity of Access 2015-2021 objectives of attracting and retaining students from National Access Plan target groups during the COVID-19 period.
Wednesday, 16 December 2020
Dr Rosie Gowran member of the Assisted Living and Learning (ALL) Institute, Maynooth University has a new paper published in Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology
Dr Rosie Gowran member of the Assisted Living and Learning (ALL) Institute, Maynooth University has a new paper published in Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technolohy, entitled “Wheelchair service provision education for healthcare professional students, healthcare personnel and educators across low- to high-resourced settings: a scoping review protocol."
Tuesday, 15 December 2020
ALL AI Academy for Good
In June 2020, the ALL AI Academy for Good, received 47,000 euro in funding from the community empowerment fund in the Microsoft Data Centre. Using this funding, and the help of the ALL Microsoft-Internship in Maynooth University in partnership with Experiential Learning Programme. Project co-ordinator and University lecturer Katriona O'Sullivan organised the following project. Offering students who are studying in the DEIS band 1 school Mercy Inchicore, an opportunity to develop their STEM/CS skills while learning how to gain access to university. The project aims to empower young women from communities currently underrepresented in STEM with the skills, knowledge and experiences to choose STEM careers.
Friday, 20 November 2020