Videos - The Trinity Centre for People with Intellectual Disabilities
We interviewed our students about their experience in the TCPID. It captures why going to college was important for them, what they enjoy the most about college, whether they feel part of the college community, how going to college will impact their lives, what they enjoy the most and what they find challenging.
Our TCPID graduate Dairine O Rourke presents here about My Good Life. In this presentation Dairine reflects on her time in secondary school, her experience as a student in Trinity College and her graduate internship and subsequent permanent role in Fidelity Investments.
We interviewed nine of our recent TCPID graduates in November 2020 to discuss with them their time in Trinity College, their work placements and workshops with TCPID business partners and their hopes for the future. A huge thank you to Sam Whelan-Curtin who put this video together for us.
As part of Trinity Week 2018, our students presented their energy themed posters to Professor Vinny Cahill, the Dean of the Faculty Engineering, Mathematics and Science. The exhibition was on view throughout Trinity Week in Regent House.
A video made by AHEAD featuring our Course Coordinator Dr. Mary-Ann O'Donovan and some of our students discussing their Level 5 Certificate in Arts, Science and Inclusive Applied Practice course.
The Trinity Centre for People with Intellectual Disabilities has secured an award from the Social Innovation Fund Ireland (SIFI)’s Education Fund. Funding awards were made to projects that have demonstrated innovation in education service provision that tackles educational disadvantage.According to SIFI, the Education Fund identified the “best in class” innovative education programmes that serve as models of excellence in overcoming inequalities in education.
Students at the Trinity Centre for People with Intellectual Disabilities discussing their STEM class. This video was made possible by the support of the Trinity Equality Fund and the Trinity Long Room Hub Research Incentive Scheme.
Staff from Bank of Ireland and Kieran Biddulph, a student from the TCPID tell us about their experience of the TCPID work placement programme. Bank of Ireland have been a keen supporter of the work placement programme and its students since 2013. The work placement programme is a key part of the two year Arts, Science and Inclusive Applied Practice course. It provides students with the experience of working in a professional environment and offers staff mentors the opportunity to continue to support and encourage our students.
Deborah Keating from Chartered Accountants Ireland along with Paula Conradie, a student from the TCPID and her mother Maureen Patterson, tell us about their experience of the TCPID work placement programme.
Sinead Smith from A&L Goodbody and her colleague Pat Doyle explain why A&L Goodbody support the Trinity Centre for People with Intellectual Disabilities and its work placement programme highlighting the positive experience staff have had when they have taken part in the programme.