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We would like to congratulate our TCPID Graduate Tomás Murphy who presented at the UN CRPD Committee on March 24th 2021. Tomás spoke on behalf of Inclusion Ireland about his experience of finding a job after graduating from Trinity College and his success story working as a permanent employee with A & L Goodbody.

Our 2021 Open Days for the Level 5 Certificate in Arts, Science and Inclusive Applied Practice will take place online via Zoom due to the current COVID 19 restrictions. They will take place on Thursday March 25th and Tuesday March 30th 2021.

The Trinity Centre for People with Intellectual Disabilities, and the School of Education have published a research report entitled ‘Post-School Transitions for Students with Intellectual Disabilities’. This research found that there is limited guidance for children with intellectual disabilities attending mainstream second level schools in Ireland as they prepare to leave school, contributing to a significant underrepresentation within the workforce and further and higher education in the State.

Following the announcement of our selection as an Innovative Practice/Policy of the Zero Project 2021, we were invited to be a part of the global Zero Project 2021 conference (ZeroCon21) which ran from Wednesday February 10th until Friday February 13th.

Our 9 recent graduates delivered two guest lectures to Masters students in the School of Education in Trinity College Dublin in November 2020 and February 2021. The lectures were designed to inform these student teachers about how best to create an environment of real inclusion within a secondary school classroom and how to ensure that they find ways to support all students with their learning within the classroom.

Our TCPID Director, Professor Michael Shevlin talks with our School of Education colleague Dr. Joanne Banks about inclusion and inclusive education in the latest episode of the Inclusion Dialogue podcast.

The Trinity Centre for People with Intellectual Disabilities is delighted to announce an exciting new partnership with Squarespace. Squarespace is the all-in-one website building and ecommerce platform that empowers millions of dreamers, makers, and doers by providing them with the tools they need to bring their creative ideas to life.

We are currently recruiting an Assistant Professor in Education to join our TCPID Team. This is a 5 year Tenure Track position. Applications to be made through the Trinity College Dublin Human Resources Department.

The TCPID hosted a School of Education research seminar on Thursday December 17th 2020. The title of the seminar, which was held online was: Staff, graduates and partners of the Trinity Centre for People with Intellectual Disabilities on linking with the business community to support students with intellectual disabilities to transition to work. A recording of the seminar is available to view now.

We are excited to announce that after a tough multi-stage process the nomination of “Trinity Centre for People with Intellectual Disabilities Graduate Internship Programme in association with EY”, has been selected as an Innovative Practice/Policy of the Zero Project 2021.

The Joint Committee on Disability Matters invited Marie Devitt, Pathways Coordinator of The Trinity Centre for People with Intellectual Disabilities as a representative from TCPID to a meeting of the Committee to celebrate the UN International Day of Persons with Disabilities in the Houses of the Oirechtas on December 3rd 2020.

CareersPortal.ie and Inclusive National Higher Education Forum (INHEF) launch new area on CareersPortal for those with Intellectual Disabilities to research Course Opportunities to access courses in Higher education.

We are very proud to welcome Phoenix Recruitment as a new TCPID Business Partner. Phoenix is a specialist professional services search firm. It conducts international search assignments for functional and senior leadership positions across Accounting, Tax, Corporate Finance, Legal & Compliance and Advisory.

The TCPID have been awarded €540,000 in growth capital as they aim to create nationwide opportunities for people with ID to access high-quality programmes, providing real pathways to education and employment. The growth capital is broken down into cash grants and non-financial supports to deliver their goals and targets for the investment period.

Marie Devitt, Pathways coordinator for the Trinity Centre for People with Intellectual Disabilities (TCPID) talks with Siobhan Kelly of Scale International on how empowering students with intellectual disabilities positively affects society.