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Creative Galway
09 February 2023
15
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What Makes Us Empathetic?
Bernadine Brady, Conn Holohan
While there is evidence to suggest that empathy is on the decline in society, using varied methodologies, researchers at University of Galway are exploring new ways to counter these trends. Dr Bernadine Brady was Principal Investigator in a recent study at the UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre (UCFRC) assessing the attitudes of 700 12–16-year-olds in Ireland on empathy, social values and civic behaviour. In
Immersive Empathy
, Principal Investigator Dr Conn Holohan and his colleagues are investigating empathy through a different lens, empowering clients of Galway Simon to tell their life stories and reflections on homelessness through oral history and virtual reality.
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15 December 2022
25
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Dr Helen Maher, Vice President for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, University of Galway
Bríd Seoige
Whose identity, experience and knowledge matters and how are we accountable for including diverse perspectives and characteristics? These are questions that Dr Helen Maher, Vice President for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI), addresses on a daily basis at University of Galway. We sat down with Helen to reflect on our progress to date, the steps still to take and the vital difference that EDI makes to a university community.
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28 April 2021
Cois Coiribe Podcast: Mary Harney – survivor and social justice activist
In this episode of our Cois Coiribe podcast, Law lecturer Dr Maeve O’Rourke sits down with NUI Galway alumna Mary Harney (MA 2013, LLM 2020). The tireless and beloved social justice activist shares wisdom she has gleaned from surviving institutional abuse as a child, a lifetime advocating for justice and her pursuit of education.
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28 April 2021
Cois Coiribe Podcast: Women in Sports and levelling the playing fields
This episode of our Cois Coiribe podcast delves into equality, diversity and inclusion when it comes to women in sport. Host Seán Crosson, lecturer and co-director of the MA in Sports Journalism and Communication at NUI Galway, teases out these burning issues with Clíona Foley, sports journalist and regular on Newstalk’s Off The Bench and Louise Toal, digital sports editor for Galway Pulse.
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Equality
28 April 2021
17
MINS
Inclusion – a goal and a role for us all
Dr Shivaun Quinlivan
When we think of equality we think of fairness and ways to increase diversity, but stopping there is stopping short. As society strives for meaningful equality it is up to all of us to ensure that everyone feels included.
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Equality
28 April 2021
14
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Migrants and minorities in higher education – battling embedded inequality
Dr Srinivasan Raghavendran
An academic’s personal reflection on the need to level the playing field for immigrant and minority ethnic staff and students in universities and a call for institutions to be the champion for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion.
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