Connect, Create and Change – Learning around Pearse Street

Join us in Unit18 for Dublin Learning City Festival to celebrate learners and learning opportunities in our local area. With panel discussions and hands-on activities from some of Trinity’s scientists, you can have a coffee and a chat or think about starting something new.

11.30                   Guests arrive

11.40                   Event opening by Senator Aubrey McCarthy

11.50                   ‘Connecting with Ourselves’ – a guided mindfulness meditation by Emily Maskas

12.00 – 12.20    Panel 1 – Pathways to Education (facilitated by Kathleen O’Toole Brennan,  Associate Director, Trinity Access Programmes (TAP)

                               Rachel Clinton, Mature student (Sociology and Social Policy) in the Trinity Access Programme Foundation Course.

                              Leah Keogh (former SU president) and Karen Dowling (former TAP student and practicing barrister)

12.20-12.40       Panel 2 – Learn and Connect Locally (facilitated by Holly Ritchie, Trinity College PhD student and Unit18 Community Engagement Officer)

                               Lorraine Barry, Manager Ringsend and Irishtown Community Centre

                               Eimear Hegarty, Senior Librarian, Pearse Street Library

                               Unit18 Digital Skills learner – TBC

12.40                   Science and biodiversity activities with Trinity College staff

                          1.       Effective and affordable conservation – Micro-ponds and bird boxes for balconies and small gardens – Colm Ennis, Biodiversity Officer, Trinity

                            2.       Materials and Microscopes – From climate change to personalised medicine, advanced materials and bioengineering research lies at the heart of solving many of society’s challenges – Dr. Mairead Holden, Dr. Megan Canavan & Dr. Natalia Garcia Domenech (AMBER & CRANN research centres).

1pm                     Light lunch

1.30pm               Closes

Unit18 is a space provided by Trinity College for engagement with our neighbours. It is a place for residents of all ages and backgrounds to meet, learn, socialise and have fun.