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Dr Katriona O’Sullivan ALL Institute member appears on The Tonight Show discussing the Leaving Certificate, CAO system and possible reforms.
Dr Katriona O’Sullivan, Assisting Living and Learning (ALL) Institute member and Dept of Psychology Lecturer, appeared on The Tonight Show on Tuesday, 7th September 2021 to discuss the Leaving Certificate, CAO system and possible reforms
Date: Friday, 10 September 2021
ALL Institute Member Dr Emma Smith publishes Editorial as Editor in Chief of Assistive Technology Journal
Dr Emma Smith, Postdoctoral Researcher with the Assisting Living and Learning (ALL) Institute and Department of Psychology publishes Editorial as Editor in Chief of Assistive Technology: The Official Journal of RESNA entitled, 'Assistive technology research: Evidence for a complex and growing field'.
Date: Friday, 10 September 2021
New Publication by ALL Member Dr A. Jamie Saris entitled 'The dialectics of heroin and methadone in Ireland'
New Publication by Assisting Living and Learning (ALL) Institute Member Dr A. Jamie Saris entitled 'The dialectics of heroin and methadone in Ireland' in the Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine.
Date: Thursday, 02 September 2021
New publication by ALL member and Co-Directors entitled, 'Strengthening the Participation of Organisations of Persons with Disabilities in the Decision-Making of National Government and the United Nations'
Publication by Assisting Living and Learning (ALL) Institute co-directors Professor Delia Ferri, Professor Mac MacLachlan, ALL member Dr Joanne McVeigh and Dr Hasheem Mannan in MDPI Open Access journal Disabilities entitled, 'Strengthening the Participation of Organisations of Persons with Disabilities in the Decision-Making of National Government and the United Nations: Further Analyses of the International Disability Alliance'
Date: Wednesday, 04 August 2021
New publication by ALL members and Co-Director in 'Assistive Technology: The Official Journal of RESNA'
New Publication in Assistive Technology: The Official Journal of RESNA, entitled, ‘Empirical research and available data on Assistive Technology for persons with disabilities in Malawi: a review’, by Assisting Living and Learning (ALL) Institute members Ikenna D. Ebuenyi, Emma M. Smith, Alister Munthali, Malcolm ‘Mac’ MacLachlan and Juba Kafumba and Monica Z. Jamali-Phiri.
Date: Wednesday, 28 July 2021
ALL member Dr Katriona O’Sullivan invited by the Minister for Higher Education, to feature her work on the STEM passport for inclusion in a session.
Dr Katriona O’Sullivan, Member of the ALL Institute and Dept. of Psychology Lecturer, has been invited by Minister Simon Harris TD, to have her project ‘STEM Skills Passport for Inclusion’ spotlighted at the ‘HER STEM Skills an Expert “Think-In” for Action’ hosted by the Women in Science and Technology (WITS).
Date: Wednesday, 30 June 2021
ALL member Dr Katriona O’Sullivan presents at Mutual Learning Workshop on Gender and Digitalization organized within the framework of the Horizon 2020 GENDERACTION project.
Dr Katriona O’Sullivan, Member of the Assisting Living and Learning (ALL) Institute and Dept. of Psychology Digital Skills Lecturer, presents at the Mutual Learning Workshop on Gender and Digitalization. Katriona’s presentation entitled ‘We are not all the same”: considering the interaction between class and gender in participation in the digital world’ took place Thursday, 15th April 2021.
Date: Thursday, 24 June 2021
Co-Director of ALL Institute Professor Mac MacLachlan speaks to Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters
Co-Director of ALL Institute Professor Mac MacLachlan speaks to Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters
Date: Friday, 04 June 2021
EUROPEAN SEATING SYMPOSIUM: KNOWLEDGE SERIES
European Seating Symposium Incorporating Assistive Technology Knowledge Series Introducing the European Seating Symposium’s exciting new Knowledge Series of interactive webinars offering an in-depth focus on key topics for clinicians working in the field of seating and wheeled mobility, as well as acute and community based healthcare settings, including disability and rehabilitation services. Taking place June 2022.
Date: Friday, 04 June 2021
New article published in Disability, CBR and Inclusive Development by ALL members Ana Maria Sánchez Rodríguez and Joanne McVeigh and co- director Malcolm MacLachlan
New article published in Disability, CBR and Inclusive Development by Ana Maria Sánchez Rodríguez, Malcolm MacLachlan and Joanne McVeigh. The article is entitled: Scaling of Organisations of Persons with Disabilities: A Case Study in the People’s Democratic Republic of Lao. This article is part of a larger study on scaling social community innovations, particularly looking at Laos. The study was funded by the Irish Research Council, under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions COFUND Collaborative Research Fellowships for a Responsive and Innovative Europe (CAROLINE) (Grant agreement no. 713279).
Date: Friday, 07 May 2021