On 2 July 2025 we launched our newest collaborative EDI Enhancement project with RCSI, Technological University Dublin, and University of Galway: Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) as Places for People: Inclusive Infrastructures to Support Intersectionality in HEIs. This project is funded under the Higher Education Authority competitive Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Enhancement Fund 2024. 

The kickoff event had six interdisciplinary presentations covering the intersections of Universal Design in architecture and university heritage buildings and campuses, Universal Design as an approach to meeting Public Sector Duty compliance, and expanding community accessibility to institutional heritage capital within HEIs. As part of the programme, the RCSI Estates staff also led a tour of their state-of-the-art learning facilities at 26 York Street. We were thrilled to welcome over 40 attendees from a wide breadth of organisations, who are all excited to follow this novel project through its next steps."

Attendees listen to a speaker at the Places for People MLE