The John Kelly Awards for Universal Design celebrate individuals and organisations who are engaging in innovative and excellent practice using the Universal Design for Learning framework and delivering a more inclusive learning experience for their learners across the Irish tertiary landscape. The Awards are a collaboration between UCD and (opens in a new window)AHEAD.
There are two categories of award:
Individual: this is targeted at practitioners who have demonstrated their commitment to UDL by undertaking the Digital Badge for Universal Design in Teaching & Learning and making exciting changes to their practice above and beyond their initial redesign.
UDL in Collaboration: for Higher Education Institutions or Further Education & Training Colleges that are developing a systematic approach to embedding UDL into their institutional/organisational culture, practices, structures, and policies and create more inclusive learning environments and communities.
Applications for both categories are now open until Sunday 31st March.
Completed applications should be sent to: (opens in a new window)[email protected]
The awards are named after the late Professor John Kelly, former Registrar of UCD and founding Chair of AHEAD in recognition of his pioneering work.
UCD CRC now has programmes listed on Courses.ie
The UCD Clinical Research Centre (UCD CRC) is an academic led, multi-site centre supporting clinical and translational research. It operates under a single governance structure within the UCD School of Medicine and the College of Health and Agricultural Sciences. The UCD CRC is at the core of the Health research and innovation strategy and provides a focal point for collaborative, multidisciplinary patient-focused research.
The centre links the clinical community to core university research institutes including the UCD Conway Institute, Systems Biology Ireland and the UCD Charles Institute of Dermatology. Over the last 5 years, the UCD CRC has developed a comprehensive taught graduate programme including an MSc in Clinical and Translational Research and a Graduate Certificate in Clinical Trials This exciting education initiative is training the next generation of investigators and research professionals.
The UCD Clinical Research Centre undertakes research in a wide range of diseases.
At the Centre they undertake advanced research in a caring environment that aims to advance medical treatment for all patients suffering from a wide range of illnesses.
The research is a truly multidisciplinary team effort. Doctors, nurses, technicians, scientists and of course, patients work together towards the common goal of developing new cures for serious illnesses.
Patients in particular play the key role. The Centre believe that through their involvement in research studies, patients are making an immense contribution towards the understanding of the mechanism of disease and greatly influence the ability to improve patient outcome in the future
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