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.

SciFest @TCPID is an initiative that was started in 2017 by Trinity Centre for People with Intellectual Disabilities in association with Abbott Ireland and SciFest. 2019 saw the 3rd edition of the annual event whereby 1st year students from the Arts, Science and Inclusive Applied Practice (ASIAP) course worked with their mentors from Abbott Ireland (Liffey Valley & Cherrywood Campuses) on their science projects over a series of weeks. The SciFest @TCPID exhibition was showcased in the Science Gallery Dublin on 29th May 2019.

Flagship Grant support from The Ireland Funds will allow the TCPID to develop a Graduate Internship Programme, extending on the two-year Certificate in Arts, Science and Inclusive Applied Practice to include a third year of employment internship experiences. This will ultimately enable people with intellectual disabilities to compete for employment on a more equal level to their non-disabled peers and, as a result, to lead more independent lives.

SciFest@TCPID is an initiative that was developed in 2017 in association with Abbott Ireland and SciFest. The Trinity Centre for People with Intellectual Disabilities was proud to host our second annual SciFest@TCPID student exhibition and awards on Thursday, May 31st, 2018. The event was held in the Science Gallery in Trinity College Dublin. This video gives a glimpse into what happened over the 5 weeks while the students worked on their project with their mentors from Abbott Ireland.

Reflections on Getting to know Trinity Library: a guide for students with intellectual disabilities. Comments and insights from participants about what they learnt from the process of making a library video.

Getting to know Trinity Library: A Video guide for students with intellectual disabilities based in the Trinity Centre for People with intellectual disabilities. Scripted and acted by students on the certificate in Arts, Science and Inclusive Applied Practice.

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.