Mayor of Galway, Hildgarde Naughton has kindly agreed to officially launch Zambian Perspectives, a photographic exhibition in Aras Moyola, National University of Ireland Galway, on Wednesday, 23rd November 2011 at 6.30 pm.
The 5th biennial conference of the Child and Family Research Centre NUI, Galway addressed the challenges and opportunities in effectively realising children’s rights to be cared for safely within their families.
A presentation of the 2011 Child and Family Research Centre lunch time seminar series took place on Wednesday 18th May 2011 between 1pm-2pm.
The seminar entitled “A Contested Area – Practice, Research and Inclusion” was presented by Dr. Seamus Morrisey, Education Officer with Galway City Partnership.
The Child and Family Research Centre in NUI Galway, together with the Irish Centre for Social Gerontology and the Centre for Disability Law and Policy hosted the second Lifecourse Institute Distinguished Lecture that addressed the issues of diversity and inequalities and their effects across the Lifecourse.
The PhD Child and Youth Research Programme, NUI Galway and TCD hosted a Public Lecture on "The Positive Youth Development Perspective: Implications for Programmes and Policies", presented by Prof. Richard Lerner, Director of Institute for Applied Research in Youth Development at Tufts University on Wednesday, 23rd March 2011 at 6.00pm in Room MY243 in Aras Moyola, NUI Galway.
The Life Course Institute (LCI) has invited the election candidates from the main political parties to set out their future policy plans for older people, children and families, and persons with disabilities. Each of these policy areas is central to the work of the LCI.
