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CAMPUS NEWS

Sean Dunne TAP Ambassadors

21 STUDENT ambassadors were presented with certificates at an awards ceremony of the Sean Dunne TAP Ambassadors Programme in June 2008. This initiative, part of the Trinity Access Programmes (TAP), provides opportunities for students to engage with the wider community in a spirit of volunteerism. Presenting the students with certificates was Gayle Killilea, wife of Sean Dunne, the programme sponsor. For more information visit www.tcd.ie/Trinity_Access.

(Photo captioned: Trinity TAP Ambassadors at the awards ceremony with Sarah Grimson, TAP Coordinator for Foundation Courses for Higher Education, Provost Dr John Hegarty, Gayle Killilea and Cliona Hannon, TAP Programme Director.)


AN INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY MEDIATED LEARNING EXPERIENCE

B2C Launched

THE BRIDGE TO College Programme (B2C) was officially launched by the Provost, Dr John Hegarty, and CEO of SUAS, Dr Colman Farrell, in December 2007. B2C is a partnership between the Trinity Access Programmes (TAP), SUAS and the Centre for Research in IT in Education (CRITE) in Trinity and provides students from designated disadvantaged second-level schools with an innovative technology-mediated learning experience designed to encourage educational aspiration. For more information, visit www.cs.tcd.ie/crite.


CENTRE FOR DEAF STUDIES PARTNER PROJECT WINS EUROPEAN AWARD FOR LANGUAGE 2008

THE CENTRE FOR Deaf Studies, a partner in EU project SIGNALL, has been awarded the European Award for Languages (EAL) 2008. The aim of SIGNALL is to increase the awareness of deaf culture and sign language in the EU. A central focus of the project is to provide guidelines for employers on how to better integrate deaf employees into the workplace. For more information visit www.tcd.ie/slscs/cds.


Homeless Study

A NEW STUDY of homeless young people in Dublin city was launched last November in Trinity by the Children’s Research Centre. The study, Lives in Crisis: Homeless Young People, written by Dr Paula Mayock Ph.D. (2004) and Dr Eoin O’Sullivan, documents the journey into homelessness of 40 young people between the ages of 12 and 22 years.

The book provides a detailed overview of the prevalence of youth homelessness in Ireland and outlines the services and interventions designed to meet the needs of homeless youth in an Irish context. For more information visit www.tcd.ie/childrensresearchcentre.


IMMIGRANT YOUTH RESEARCH PROJECT

The Immigrant Youth Research Project, launched by the Minister for Integration, Conor Lenihan T.D., earlier this year, aims to gain an understanding of the key experiences and issues for young immigrants. The joint project by Integrating Ireland and the Children's Research Centre in Trinity, under the auspices of the Trinity Immigration Initiative (TII), will explore how migrant youth find life in Ireland. For more information visit www.tcd.ie/childrensresearchcentre.

(Photo captioned: Minister Conor Lenihan B.A.I. (2003) with Abdul Rama and Merryjoy Itambo at the launch of the Immigrant Youth Research Project in Trinity.)