The Centre for Excellence in Universal Design (CEUD) at the The National Disability Authority (NDA) in the presence of Mr Phil Hogan T.D, Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, launched the revised Building for Everyone series on 23rd February 2012.
Below please find the agenda for this event as well as presentations by some of the speakers.
The Centre for Excellence in Universal Design (CEUD) at the The National Disability Authority (NDA) in the presence of Mr Phil Hogan T.D, Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, launched the revised Building for Everyone series on 23rd February 2012.
Below please find the agenda for this event as well as presentations by some of the speakers.
The NSAI and NDA/CEUD Forum took place at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Northwood on the evening of Wednesday, 14th March 2012.
The National Disability Authority has been invited by the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government to nominate upto 2 candidates for consideration by the Minister in relation to appointment as Ordinary Members of An Bord Pleanala. This is a full time senior level post, based in Marlborough Street, Dublin 1 for a period of 5 years. The NDA is required to respond to the Department forwarding CVs and letters of consent from the selected nominees no later than the statutory deadline of 26 January 2011.
Every academic year, the Google Europe Scholarship for Students with Disabilities offers a 7000-euro scholarship to several European students with disabilities.
Who? Candidates must be:
“The design techniques and team building was a great experience and I would recommend anyone to get involved with future Universal Design Challenges”
(Student design team member)
“Challenging students to design products for their non-peers should be part of all college courses” (Design team mentor)
The Centre for Excellence in Universal Design invites comments on draft Universal Design guidelines for Digital TV services and equipment. The period for reviewing and submitting comments is from Friday 4th November to Friday 25th November 2011. The guidelines will become part of the suite of guidelines for information and communication technologies (ICTs) that the Centre develops and maintains for the web, hardware, software, smart card services and public access terminals.
Universal Design is the design of products, services, environments or ICT so that they can be used by anyone regardless of age, size ability or disability. Innovation which builds in a Universal Design approach from the outset has the capacity to reach significantly wider markets than an approach which disregards human diversity and results in outputs suited to a narrower range of abilities.
The National Disability Authority (NDA)/Centre for Excellence in Universal Design (CEUD) invites tenders to prepare and trial a module on Universal Design (UD), for use at first year degree level (equivalent to the National Framework of Qualifications level 6/7) in 3rd level educational institutions in Ireland. As defined, Universal Design is the design and composition of the environment, so that it can be accessed, understood and used to the greatest extent possible by all people regardless of their age, size, ability or disability.
The Centre for Excellence in Universal Design is pleased to announce the launch of the CEN Workshop on 'Curriculum for training professionals in Universal Design'
Even in severe winter conditions, Julia Cassim (facilitator) noted that “the 24 Hour Universal Design Challenge format always delivers”. James Hubbard (director) added, “with another successful challenge, following on from 2009 we have over 100 design challenge participants excited to have been through the intense and immersive 24 hour format likely to embed Universal Deign in their future work.
A seminar by the Centre for Excellence in Universal Design on Shared Spaces was held on the 6th September 2010 at Engineers Ireland. The event was attended by 130 engineers, architects, landscape architects and other professionals and advocates interested in the potential and challenges that shared spaces have to offer in the urban environment.
The Centre for Excellence in Universal Design is pleased to announce its involvement in the launch of a CEN Workshop on 'Curriculum for training professionals in Universal Design'
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