Seminar Series

All Welcome!

 All welcome to attend the 2019 Seminar Series to share and highlight university and community partnerships and programmes. 

Engagement

CKI Seminar Series

Location: Institute for Lifecourse and Society (ILAS), Boardroom (top floor)

Time: 12 noon

RSVP: Lunch is Served,  Book your lunch and email carmel.king@nuigalway.ie

CKI Seminar Series

All welcome to attend the Seminar Series highlighting community engagement programmes.

Technology and Social Change: NUI Galway ALIVE volunteers in the community

 Volunteers are the backbone of communities. But how do you recruit, train and retain active volunteers? NUI Galway students volunteer with charities in Galway and earn recognition in the form of a certificate to acknowledge their contribution. Students across Ireland connect with charities and reflect on the experience via StudentVolunteer.ie. Is technology and celebrating volunteering the key to generating the volunteer spirit?

 Developing and maintaining community services learning courses at NUI Galway - perspectives from the pioneers.

  Dr. Ruth McMenam and Michael Campion: A range of perspectives from academics at NUI Galway on developing of community service learning courses for undergraduate and postgraduate students.

  ReelLIFE SCIENCE: Outreach without going out…..

 Dr. Enda O'Connell: ReelLIFE SCIENCE is a nationwide STEM engagement programme, which encourages young people and the general public to discover more about STEM and its impact on individuals, society and the environment. Each year, participants from schools and community groups produce entertaining short science videos explaining scientific concepts for the public, while developing their creativity, team working, communication and digital skills. This session will highlight the impact community engagement can have on developing the science capital of participants and the civic responsibility of volunteers, while showcasing some of the best short science videos produced for the programme.

 Developing and sustainting a social enterprise - perspectives on Café Saol at ILAS

 Niamh Gallagher, Annette Hassett and Michael Smyth: Members of SCCUL Enterprises, Ground and Co., CKI and NUI Galway will offer perspectives on Café Saol at ILAS based at NUI Galway as the first social enterprse café to exist on a higher education campus in Ireland from the development of the idea through to its mainstreaming. 

  Recognising and promoting Civic Engagement in the College of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

 Dr Maureen Kelly, Vice Dean for Civic Engagement,  in the College of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, will share experiences and insights from the process of building an inter-stakeholder Civic Engagement Committee.  She will describe the value and challenges of understanding multiple perspectives and meeting diverse agendas.  Examples of specific work packages, commissioned stakeholder research and an all college staff engagement process, carried out by the Civic Engagement committee,  will be outlined. 

 Developing and maintaining community services learning courses at NUI Galway - perspectives from the pioneers.

 A range of perspectives from academics at NUI Galway on developing of community service learning courses for undergraduate and postgraduate students.

 Co-producing Knowledge – Community-engaged Research

 Participatory and collaborative approaches to carrying out research are an important aspect of community-university engagement in contemporary higher education in Ireland. Through community-based learning these approaches to research can also be an element of teaching and learning contexts. In practical terms, opportunities for students to use a community-engaged approach to research can be offered through postgraduate dissertations, and occasionally through extended essays at undergraduate level. This session will provide an overview of approaches to community-engaged research and general guidance on the process of implementing this methodology in the teaching and learning context of academic programmes.

  Changemakers: Making the Change!

 The European Solidarity Corps funds and supports opportunities for young people to volunteer or work in projects in their own country or abroad that benefit communities and people around Europe. The programme brings together young people and organisations working to create change and to build a more inclusive society.

  University of Sanctuary Initiative – Challenging Inequitable Access to Third-Level Education at NUI Galway

 This seminar will look at the activities of the University of Sanctuary steering committee to date, and chart how we can challenge inequitable access to education for International Protection Applicants, refugees and Irish Tavellers by promoting our university as a place of welcome for all.