Tomorrow, 27th Sept, I will be facilitating our Disabled Postgrad Virtual Tea. Don't miss out. #LaunchPAD National Disabled Postgraduate Advisory Committee AHEAD Ireland Irish Human Rights & Equality Commission EDI SETU DCU Ability University of Galway EDI Trinity College Dublin TCD Postgraduate Advisory Service TCD Alumni Union of Students in Ireland Michael Shevlin Dr Patricia McCarthy ATU Galway City Munster Technological University

Join us for our next #LaunchPad Postgrad Virtual Tea next Fri 25 October at 12pm. Dr Patricia McCarthy will be facilitating this month's theme 'Developing positive relationships with supervisors and other departmental staff'. ☕️🍰 Register: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regist… AHEAD Ireland HEA Access

A reminder that our next #LaunchPad Postgrad Virtual Tea will be at 12pm tomorrow. There is still time to register, see details below ☕️

Don't miss the final Postgrad V-Tea of 2025. It's guaranteed to be Christmassy as Catherine Gallagher will facilitate festive discussion. AHEAD Ireland National Disabled Postgraduate Advisory Committee HEA Access TCD Postgraduate Advisory Service UCD Centre for Disability Studies DCU Ability Trinity Ability co_op EDI SETU Dr Patricia McCarthy RCSI PostDocs

Not only is it polling day, it is also the last #LaunchPAD NDPAC Virtual Tea of 2024 🥳 If you are a disabled postgrad/early career researcher in Ireland, join us at 12pm today for a festive catch up. Details below✨

The addition of promoting inclusive research by supporting disabled researchers & staff in #programmeforgovernment is vry welcome.Thanks for listening to us & we in National Disabled Postgraduate Advisory Committee #LaunchPAD AHEAD Ireland look forward to the removal of the glassceiling.Dara Ryder Dr Aoife Price Michael Shevlin

What an achievement for all working on this🎉. I am proud to be part of this small but growing community as Co-Chair of National Disabled Postgraduate Advisory Committee and working in partnership with AHEAD Ireland on the #LaunchPAD project.

This is an important and very welcome milestone in our work in National Disabled Postgraduate Advisory Committee This is proof that constructive advocacy can bring about positive impact and why it is always essential to consult/collaborate with disabled people in a meaningful way, across all sectors

My colleagues in AHEAD Ireland National Disabled Postgraduate Advisory Committee and I were delighted to support Research Ireland in developing this new Disability Supplement. Thanks to all the disabled researchers in the LaunchPAD community that contibuted, and to Research Ireland for inviting them into the design process

Great collaboration and outcome! 🥳 We look forward to continued engagement with Research Ireland . Well done to all involved. 👏

Dr Vivian Rath Research Ireland AHEAD Ireland Simon Harris TD Dr Aoife Price TCD Graduate Studies Michael Shevlin Irish Universities Assoc. Dr Patricia McCarthy James Lawless Norma Foley T.D School of Education HEA Access Thanks for your very valuable conversations with us, Vivian. You and your colleagues National Disabled Postgraduate Advisory Committee have been great advocates and partners. Shout out to the Research Policy and Individual-led Reseach teams Research Ireland for their work to make this happen.

Congrats to DFI member AHEAD Ireland and all involved including National Disabled Postgraduate Advisory Committee and Research Ireland on this important development.