Eric Moore hosts a 2 hour workshop on Virtual Games – Interactive troubleshooting industry challenges in Bioanalytical Chemistry Focus of event: Workshop on virtual games as teaching tools Registration https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/vital-week-virtual-games-tickets-200922212747?aff=ebdsoporgprofile
The higher education (HE) sector is uniquely positioned to galvanise societal action on human rights, inclusion and sustainable development through the conscious integration of Human Rights Education and Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) throughout all teaching and learning. This session will be run by MTU’s UNESCO Chair, with a guest speaker from UNESCO’s Education for…
Ministerial launch of report and findings from the national sectoral partnership project Next Steps: Moving Forward Together Simon Harris TD, Ireland’s Minister for Further & Higher Education, Research, Innovation & Science will officially launch the report and findings from the national sectoral partnership project- Next Steps for Teaching and Learning: Moving Forward Together. The overarching…
This interactive session will see James Northridge introduce you to the exciting new Inclusive UCC project. Our guest speaker Hector Minto, Microsoft Accessibility Evangelist, will guide you through some of the accessibility features that make things possible for all and show you how digital accessibility is now everybody's business. At Microsoft, their mission is to…
This event sees the launch of UCC's SDG Toolkit and includes inputs from UCC President, Professor John O'Halloran, UCC staff and students as they share their reflections on the need for and experience of integrating the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the curriculum. The SDG toolkit is a web-based resource developed to assist…
Chaired by National Forum board member, Karena Maguire (Head of Stakeholder Engagement and Communications, QQI, who will introduce the third stage of our Gasta Marathon led by Gasta Master, Dr Tom Farrelly (MTU), and our first Poster showcase. Gasta speakers for the third scholarship hour are: Scholarship Hour 3 Chaired by Karena Maguire Gasta Marathon…
Essay mills are on the increase and the temptation to engage with these when students are under pressure is real. Megan O'Connor, USI Vice President for Education will be presenting the dark side of these businesses from real student experience. Rachel Sarsfield Ryan (IADT SU Vice President for Education) and Rebecca Roper (Head of Teaching…
Launch of education booklet following collaboration between UCC and Cork Prison Education Unit. Focus of event: Launch booklet Registration https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/vital-week-cork-prison-education-unit-tickets-200953486287?aff=ebdsoporgprofile
This seminar will draw on the experiences of academic and teaching-support staff to identify what has been learnt from the period of emergency online teaching and learning and how Maynooth as an institution can capitalise on this. Utilising a World Café event, we will problematise questions of what worked well and what didn’t, by reflecting…
This innovative and collaborative National Forum one day seminar proposes a dialogical framework involving educational, cultural and religious experts as they explore the role of religious artefacts in creative teaching and learning environments. For this event Mary Immaculate College would partner with the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin City Interfaith Forum and the MidWest Interfaith Network…
