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Whether you are part of our School already, or a prospective student, I’d like to bid you welcome at the start of this new academic year, and I invite you to explore our School’s activities through our website. A particularly warm welcome to all of our new and returning students, we are delighted to have you back with us!

We extend a warm welcome to Dr Amy Connery, Assistant Professor in Speech and Language Pathology. Dr Connery’s work centres on an evidence-based and stakeholder-informed framework to support speech and language therapists working with adults who stutter.

We are delighted to welcome on board Dr Isabelle Heyerick, Assistant Professor in Applied Sign Linguistics. Dr Heyerick’s area of expertise is signed language interpreting and her research is situated on the intersection of (applied) linguistics, intercultural studies, and language ideologies.

For Trinity students interested in knowing more about careers with languages, join us on Tuesday 12 April to hear from two guest speakers, part of the Human Capital Initiative Industry Guest Talks series within Trinity’s HCI-funded Languages for Employability programme. With guest speakers Erica Lee (Dept of Foreign Affairs) and Aisling O’Carroll (OROKO Travel).

SLSCS PhD student Connor McCabe has been awarded the ‘Eda Sagarra Medal of Excellence’ by the Irish Research Council for being the top-ranked postgraduate researcher in the AHSS category. Connor’s research focuses on the relationships between intonation, speech rhythm, and word stress. He is based in the Speech and Phonetics Lab in the School’s Centre for Language and Communication Studies.

Congratulations to Prof. Conama on his chapter entitled “The Bumpy Journey Towards the Irish Sign Language Act: Critical Considerations and Personal Reflections of a Deaf Activist–Scholar”, published by Multilingual Matters in a new book entitled Vulnerabilities, Challenges and Risks in Applied Linguistics. The volume provides insights on both academic and professional practice across several areas in spoken and signed languages, and encourages those involved in applied linguistics to consider their own practice and their relationship with the communities, policies and educational contexts they engage with in the course of their teaching, research and activism.

We are pleased to announce that the School has been awarded the Athena SWAN Bronze Award in recognition of our commitment to improving gender equality and representation amongst staff and students. This award reflects the engagement and continuing commitment of our School to the principles of equality, diversity and inclusion, helping us make our School a welcoming environment for all. We will shortly be sharing our self-assessment report on the School website

A new language programme open to all Trinity postgraduates has been launched by the School’s Centre for Language and Communication Studies. Funded by the Human Capital Initiative, the programme offers a range of Asian and European languages targeted at enhancing graduate language skills. .

Hearty congratulations to the members of our School staff who received these prestigious teaching awards, all from the Department of Clinical Speech and Language Studies. The recipients are Dr Gilheaney (2021), Dr Quigley (2020) and Dr Regan (2020).

Join us online for a talk by Trinity alumnus Dr Alessio Frenda, Senior Analytical Linguist at Google

CLCS Staff

We would like to congratulate Dr Sarah Sheridan on her recent Teaching Hero Award. This student-led award is for those who teach in higher education. Dr Sheridan received her award from the Union of Students in Ireland and the National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education.

We would like to congratulate Dr Ciarán Kenny on his recent Teaching Hero Award. This student-led award is for those who teach in higher education. Dr Kenny received his award from the Union of Students in Ireland and the National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education.

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