SMARTlab Writer’s Retreat 26 – 31 Jan 2012

Writers RetreatUCD SMARTlab PhD students: David, Nigel, Will, Taey, Rama, Sapna and Ron, were supported by Dr Chris Hales, Dr Camille Baker & Prof. Lizbeth Goodman at a writing retreat hosted by the Centre for Creative Collaboration in London. Students were given the opportunity to put time aside to focus on substantial writing focused entirely on their personal PhD work.

The aim of the retreat was to leave with a substantial amount of good-quality new writing, or vastly improved old-writing, that would be of a good enough level to include directly in the finished PhD, and to come away with an overall greater confidence in the production of academic texts.

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SMARTlab featured on Euronews

Dancing EuronewsWe are delighted to share this link to a Euronews TV feature that was broadcast on Christmas Eve.  The video segment highlights just some of SMARTlab’s work from the combined efforts of six of our nine active research groups (in Assistive & Mutimodal Tech, Live & Mediated Performance, Gaming, Virtual Worlds for Learning, Robotics and Haptics/HCI, and Future-Emerging Tech) and the importance of carrying out research in assistive technology domains.

Meanwhile, thanks to all school colleagues for patience with the slight disruption during filming on site, and of course thanks to Mick and Cathy and all 14 SMARTlab team members and collaborating participants who made the recording possible on the day and at prior rehearsals too!

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Dec 2011 SMARTlab News Bulletin – Happy Holidays!

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SMARTlab’s CATALYST PLAYshop – 15.12.11 – Come and play!

PLAYshop

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SMARTlab team members featured again at Farmleigh

Steve and companySMARTlab team members were featured again at Farmleigh this month on Friday 2 December 2011: Foundation Day, celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Children’s Medical and Research Foundation.  The event was opened by Ms Frances Fitzgerald, TD- Minister for Children and Youth Affairs. A distinguished line-up of speakers included Dr Carlos Blanco: pictured here with SMARTlab’s Steve Benton, a UCD-trained teacher and expert on STEM subjects in schools, who is leading on the Combating Childhood Obesity and SMART-LIFElab projects at the National Children’s Research Centre (for Crumlin, Tallaght and Temple Street Children’s Hospitals, Dublin); and co-project directors Dr Jacinta Kelly (Director of Research, NCRC) and Anita McKeown (CATALYST outreach labs manager for SMARTlab, UCD).

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SMARTlab thanks Dr Marie Clarke and Dr Deirdre Raftery

Dr Marie Clarke and Dr Lizbeth Goodman The School of Education & SMARTlab teams share sincere THANKS to Dr Marie Clarke, who recently stepped down from her intense and hugely productive period as Head of School, as well as THANKS to Dr Deirdre Raftery, who served as Deputy Head of School. A reception in their joint honour was held in the University Common Room in October.

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SMARTlab’s Steve Benton’s startup, MotionFox featured in the Daily Business Post

motion foxSee Startup of the day: MotionFox by Adrian Weckler in the 8 Dec 2011 edition of the Daily Business Post.  Exert: Company: MotionFox; Founders: Rob Quigley, Steve Benton; What it does: the company designs high-visibility equipment for cyclists, specifically vests that can cover backpacks

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SMARTlab is proud to announce the success of the first four graduates…

ucd graduates

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SMARTlab Writers’ Retreat for Final Year PhDs

Dr Chris Hales and Prof Lizbeth Goodman led a retreat to encourage and support the writing up process of a talented batch of PhDs in October, with thanks to Elaine Bradley for co-hosting the event. Beach walks, hill climbs and shared meals punctuated the long days of writing and peer support. With much progress made by all participants, we’ll be planning our next specialised retreat for January 2012.   Continue reading

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SMARTlab is proud to announce the graduation of two more successful PhDs:

Dr Camille Baker and Dr Denise Doyle graduated at an impressive UEL ceremony that took place on Tuesday, 15 November 2011, at the O2 Centre, London.

The SMARTlab ladies were two of just seven PhDs to graduate from UEL this year, and experienced the extra special treatment well deserved for attaining the highest academic qualification honoured. The PhDs enjoyed the pomp and circumstance of having the hood and hat placed on them by the Chair of the Board of the University in a regal manner, and Master’s graduates flocked around them afterwards to pose for snapshots with a rare breed PhD! Continue reading

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