This was a really great panel to be part of and a very engaged audience. There’s a real appetite from all stakeholders to increase the numbers of and provide adequate support to disabled postgrads. Proud to be a part of National Disabled Postgraduate Advisory Committee AHEAD Ireland .

The ask & offer from National Disabled Postgraduate Advisory Committee & AHEAD Ireland. The offer is to connect with Launchpad ahead.ie/postgraduate. A summary of the ask is to be a good ally, find out what institutions are doing & listen to, support & engage with the community QQI

Aoife Price National Disabled Postgraduate Advisory Committee describes the goals for the NDPAC following an intro from Dara Ryder AHEAD Ireland citing stark figures of representation from postgraduate students with disabilities at today’s DCU Research hosted doctoral supervision symposium Irish Universities Assoc. QQI

Places are filling fast for our unique careers event for students & grads with disabilities, Building the Future! Have a practice interview, get expert advice on your CV and meet employers with live jobs. Sign up to attend this event in Dublin on May 29th buff.ly/3P8lYAs

#GATHER2024 is just a few days away but it's not too late to register 👉bit.ly/3WHteHR

Run in partnership with National Adult Literacy Agency (NALA) and AHEAD Ireland, this is the THE event to learn all about innovative #AssistiveTechnology .

'Instead of thinking about inclusive assessment, we might also think about assessment *for* inclusion..'

Watch this clip from Dr Joanna Tai, our keynote speaker at Rethinking Assessment: Inclusive Assessment & Standards in a Dynamic and Changing World.

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What's coming up at #GatherAhead ? On May 22 we'll have;

✅Assistive Technology For Managing Dyslexia

🗨️A chat with the specialists - panel on AT trends for tertiary education

🖱️Short demonstrations of #AT

🪩 NTUTORR GenAI Champions: Tools & Tricks for Learners by Learners

What's coming up at #GatherAhead ? On May 21 we have;

🖱️Digi Coaches bringing Accessible Technology into the Classroom

🗨️AI for inclusive teaching, learning & assessment in FET: Limerick & Clare ETB case study

🔍 #AT with Google for Education

✅AltitUDe Digital Learning Pillar

Graduates with disabilities achieve permanent employment success as Executive Officers in February 2023 through the WAM programme partnership with the Civil Service. Could this help you or someone you know? Find out how the scheme works at #AHEADjournal - buff.ly/3TUEGx0

What's coming up at #GatherAhead ? On May 20th we'll have;

✅An Intro to 3D Modelling within Blender using #AssistiveTechnology

🗨️Short demonstrations of Assistive Technologies

💭Never mind the AI, let’s get AT embedded first!

✅My experience using #AT : a Learner's Journey

Today is Global Accessibility Awareness Day #GAAD ! 💡 To celebrate, why not sign up for our free online event exploring assistive technologies. From May 20-22 we have a packed programme in store with helpful info no matter where you are in your #AT journey buff.ly/3V2EJbS

Job fairy 📢 #WAMworks

A packed programme coming up at UCD Access & Lifelong Learning's symposium, May 23;

- Launch of UCD Access & Lifelong Learning AHEAD Ireland National Forum T&L UD Beyond the Classroom badge

- Release of updated Toolkit which will support implementation of ALTITUDE Charter

- Keynote Sarah Diedro Jordao
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Dr Joanna Tai's keynote at our QQI, AHEAD Ireland and DAWN event was superb and well received. We are delighted the event facilitated connections with Irish researchers in the field: advancing scholarship in assessment is a key strand of our #RethinkingAssessment programme

Places are filling fast for our unique careers event for students & grads with disabilities, Building the Future! Have a practice interview, get expert advice on your CV and meet employers with live jobs. Sign up to attend this event in Dublin on May 29th buff.ly/3P8lYAs

Have you thought about any barriers on your campus routes? The Crowd4Access project at Uni of Galway mapped their campus through a Citizen Science approach to environments for everyone. Explore their maps here #AheadJournal - buff.ly/3UhqVKd University of Galway Access Centre Insight SFI Research Centre

Looking to build a career in finance? If you have, or are working towards, a masters in Business, Accounting, Actuarial or a related discipline, this role at Allianz could be for you! Exclusively for applicants with disabilities.

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🔍 Are you a learner with a disability in specialist training in Ireland?

Share your experiences & hopes for the future with TCPID's LEARNER VOICE research project for SOLAS

Click the link to participate & have your voice heard! #disability

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Did your PhD thesis look UD friendly? One PhD student charts her journey to recognise the accessibility features she should include to create a digitally accessible thesis. Check out the concepts you should consider & resources you might use #AHEADJournal buff.ly/3JepANV

Want to watch the #AHEAD2024 Conference back? Recordings are available now 📽️ - buff.ly/3QD7oBo