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Laptops4africa: Fundraising By First Year Computer Science Students, Leslie Shoemaker

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This project involved computing students developing and running fundraising activities to support the work of Wells for Zoe in Malawi, providing clean water to communities. The students developed a range of transferable and professional skills from this project.

College Awareness Of Road Safety (Cars) And Dit Civil Engineering Students, Valerie Fenton

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The aim of this project was to raise awareness of the vulnerability of road users such as pedestrians and cyclists, in collaboration with the Garda Road Safety Unit. Civil Engineering students and Tourism Marketing students collaboratively researched user behaviour at inner-city junctions, and developed and costed proposals to improve the design of the junctions.

Second Level School Visits By Dit Engineering And Science Students, Leslie Shoemaker

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The purpose of this project was to help secondary school pupils understand what is involved in studying Science and Engineering at third level, and to help DIT students in these areas develop a range of professional and communication skills.

Urban Community Gardening: Motivation For Participation And The Impact On Fruit And Vegetable Intake, Christina Purcell, Noelle Corrigan, Sheila Sugrue

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This was a collaborative project between two DIT students and Dublin Community Growers, investigating the relationship between involvement in community gardening and eating fruit and vegetables.

Dit-Larkin Community College Tutoring Project, Julie Dunne

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Over a 10 week period DIT 1st. year Pharmacy Technician students tutor Larkin Community College Students in Leaving Certificate Biology.

Early Development Of Professional Skills Benefits Students & Community Partners, Clare Corish, Daniel Mccartney

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Poster advocating Early Development of Professional Skills Benefits Students & Community Partners

Wells For Zoe, Malawi And Dit Students From Various Disciplines, Catherine Bates

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Since 2008 DIT students across disciplines have collaborated with Irish-Malawian charity Wells for Zoe. Students have spent up to three months in Malawi undertaking community-based projects on work placement modules, addressing the challenges facing local communities. In addition, DIT-based projects include pump design development and digital marketing projects.

Redesigning Studio Apartments For Sheltered Accomodation Using Colour Theory, Kerry Meakin

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First year interior Design and Furniture Students study colour theory as part of a second semester module on colour and perception, and as part of this brief worked with older residents in Dublin City Council housing in Raheny and Kilbarrack to collaboratively produce colour palettes and mood boards that the older people could use at home.

Lifeline And Dit Students Of Various Disciplines, Catherine Bates

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LIFELINE is a community-led project exploring the potential for transitional land use in the Grangegorman area of Dublin. DIT students across a wide range of programmes have been involved in collaborative work on this project since 2008/9, from Manufacturing and Design Engineering to Spatial Planning, and from Visual Communications to Nutraceuticals.

Students Re-Designing Rooms In The Building In Collaboration With The Young People Of Smpyp, Tracey Dalton

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This was a live project for students

which involved collaboration with the young people of the youth project .

This involved meetings, taking a brief, surveying, photographing and presenting their finished proposals to their ‘clients’.

It gave the students an indication of how to work with real clients and to give back to the community through creativity.

It also gave students an awareness of using budgets in projects.

Community Dietetics, Sheila Sugrue

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The aim of this project was to link groups of 3 to 4 final year students with community projects interested in participating where a specific nutrition need would be identified and addressed collaboratively.

Clic News: A News Website For Children, Kate Shanahan

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CliC News is a collaboration between the DIT Access and Civic Engagement Office and the School of Media, DIT. Students in Journalism plan, edit, and write articles for an interactive news website for primary school children, fostering literacy and computer literacy among the children, as well as an engagement with current affairs.

Gaelic 4 Girls: A Partnership Approach To Dit Student And Local Community Development, Sinead Mcnulty

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This is a collaborative project between Dublin Institute of Technology, the Ladies Gaelic Football Association and Dublin City Council, providing students with the opportunity to qualify as gaelic football coaches and referees, and providing girls in inner-city clubs with coaching by DIT students.

Second Year Architecture Community Based Project, Patrick Flynn

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Project based in the town of Monasterevin, Co. Laois, where students worked with local community members to develop proposals for the civic realm and the overall town strategy. Students also collaborated with members of Men Alone In No-man’s land (MAIN) to develop a concept design for a ‘manshed’ as a possible base for the men’s group, as part of the Monasterevin scheme.

"Tea And Friends" - Celebrating 21 Years Of Home-Start, Blanchardstown., Anne Fitzpatrick

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Poster showing Home-Start which is a voluntary organization working with under fives in Blanchardstown.

Burning Candles At Both Ends, Brenda Duggan

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Poster displaying details of project carried out by DIT students in fire safety week 2009. As part of 2009 Fire Safety Week, the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government and the Department of Design in DIT devised a challenge for students with the aim of promoting awareness of fire safety, particularly as students move from home into rented accommodation. Third Year students of Visual Communication were invited to submit a project as part of their assessment on the theme of “Burning the Candle at Both Ends”. Initially working individually, and later in teams, students were asked to produce …

Shopping Travel Behaviour In Dublin City Centre Survey., Dublin Institute Of Technology, David O'Connor

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Poster displaying details of DIT School of Spatial Planning staff and students collaborating with the Irish Environmental Network and the Dublin Cycling Campaign to conceive and design this survey. All partners benefitted from the generation of information about shopper travel behaviour as well as about the perceptions of various interest groups. This information is being utilised to raise awareness of city centre environmental issues, ultimately leading to improved urban design which will benefit all city centre users.

Breaking Barriers, Creating Connections: A Physical Environment Action Plan For The Northwest Inner City., David O'Connor

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Poster detailing spatial planning project on Northwest inner city Dublin. The project commenced with a community and cultural profile which examined the historical and socio-economic context of the study area. This was in order to gain an understanding of the area and its spatial planning context

Bsc Spatial Planning And Environmental Management Public Spaces Survey, David O'Connor, Dublin Institute Of Technology

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Poster displaying Public spaces survey. As part of the module on Data Collection and Analysis, in March 2010, 2nd year BSc Spatial Planning and Environmental Management students carried out an ethnographic survey of four key public spaces within the LifeLine catchment. Using a mixture of questionnaire survey and observational data, students measured usage levels, behavioural patterns and user opinions about the spaces.

Smarter Travel Survey., Dublin Institute Of Technology, David O'Connor

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Poster displaying details of Smarter travel survey. Dublin City Council is seeking to have Drimnagh designated as a Smarter Travel town. Smarter Travel towns are areas where latest practices and investments in sustainable travel are piloted and reviewed. One of the initiatives being explored is a Personalised Travel Plan (PTP), whereby local people are encouraged to improve their travel behaviour via direct marketing. As part of UniverCities (part of the Creative Dublin Alliance) and Students Learning with Communities (SLWC) initiatives, DIT School of Spatial Planning agreed to carry out a survey of the local community to gauge interest in and …

Law In Society And The Irish Penal Reform Trust., Mary Rogan

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Poster with details of law students working in the community. The School of Social Sciences and Law is committed to a socio-legal focus in its programmes and in research. Law in Society enables students to gain a practical understanding of the links between law and social change or social problems. At the same time, students can use their developing skills of legal research in a ‘real-world’ context. The module also aims to increase students’ understanding of the ethical dimensions of legal practice and to promote interest in giving something back to the community

St. Brigid's Nursery- Second Year Architecture, Patrick Flynn

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Poster with details of students' project on locating a nursery school in inner city Dublin. St Brigid’s Nursery school is currently located in Mountjoy Square. The second year architecture students explored the possibility of designing a new custom built nursery school on the existing site and a number of new locations in the North East inner city. The sites were chosen in conjunction with Dublin City Council

Msc Food Safety- Carmichael House, Food Safety Audit, Greg Burke, Dublin Institute Of Technology

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Poster displaying details of Carmichael House food safety audit which was to audit the food service operation of a registered charity, operating in a listed building and expanding both the range of foods provided and the numbers being catered for. Address all areas and specify appropriate prioritised recommendations

Reaction Time Measurement Application: Road Safety, Aidan O'Dwyer

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Poster displaying details of Reaction time measurement application in road safety.

Product Design And Enable Ireland, Assistive Technology And Design For All., Bernard Timmins, Dublin Institute Of Technology

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Poster displaying details of Assistive technology. The ultimate objective of assistive technology is to contribute to the effective enhancement of the lives of people with disabilities and elderly people, helping to overcome the barriers they experience in society, increasing their experience of independence, and positively contributing to their social inclusion.

Community Design Challenge, Bernard Timmins, Dublin Institute Of Technology

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Poster displaying community design challenge. Five physically disabled members of the community have been given a design brief: to create a design that would solve a frustrating day to day activity.

Student As Teacher: Computing Projects In Local Schools., Ciaran O'Leary, Dublin Institute Of Technology

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Poster displaying computing ininner city Dublin schools.

Dit Teaching Fellowships Reports 2011-2012, Learning And Teaching Technology Centre, Dublin Institute Of Technology

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Ocd Ireland:Fundraising By First Year Dit Engineering Students, Leslie Shoemaker

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Groups of students were asked to develope and execute a fundraising activity to assist the activities of the OCD Ireland an organisation providing support to people with obsessive compulsive disorder, body dysmorphic disorder and trichotillomania.

Dit Teaching Fellowships Reports 2010-2011, Learning And Teaching Technology Centre, Dublin Institute Of Technology

Annual Reports

No abstract provided.