conference | Carlow College https://carlowcollege.ie St Patricks Mon, 10 Nov 2025 14:24:04 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 https://carlowcollege.ie/media/favicon.png conference | Carlow College https://carlowcollege.ie 32 32 Carlow College Hosts Social Care Ireland Disability SIG Conference: “Stronger Together” https://carlowcollege.ie/carlow-college-hosts-social-care-ireland-disability-sig-conference-stronger-together/ Mon, 10 Nov 2025 12:34:28 +0000 https://carlowcollege.ie/?p=37805 Carlow College, St. Patrick’s was proud to host the Social Care Ireland Disability Special Interest Group (SIG) Annual Conference on Thursday, 6th November 2025. The event, titled “Stronger Together – Building Resilient Communities of Practice in Disability Care”, marked a significant milestone in the SIG’s journey, celebrating ten years of volunteer-led advocacy, professional development, and […]

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Carlow College, St. Patrick’s was proud to host the Social Care Ireland Disability Special Interest Group (SIG) Annual Conference on Thursday, 6th November 2025. The event, titled “Stronger Together – Building Resilient Communities of Practice in Disability Care”, marked a significant milestone in the SIG’s journey, celebrating ten years of volunteer-led advocacy, professional development, and sectoral collaboration in disability social care.

The conference was officially opened by Minister of State at the Department of Health, Jennifer Murnane O’Connor, who commended the work of the SIG and the importance of community-based, person-centred care in shaping inclusive services across Ireland.

Chair of the Social Care Ireland Disability SIG, Antonia Kenny (right) presents Minister Jennifer Murnane O'Connor with a token of appreciation for her interest and support for the conference

Attendees included social care professionals, students, advocates, and individuals with lived experience, all coming together to reflect on the evolving challenges in disability care and to explore innovative approaches to building resilient communities. The programme featured keynote speakers Dr Nicola O’Sullivan and Dr Victoria Hogan, as well as interactive workshops and contributions from experts with lived experience.

Welcoming the conference to Carlow College, Dr Lisa Fortune, Director of Student Services, said: “We are honoured to host this important event at Carlow College. The Disability SIG’s commitment to inclusive practice and professional excellence aligns closely with our values. This conference not only celebrates a decade of impactful work but also inspires future directions in disability care through collaboration, reflection, and shared learning.”

The event also supported Continued Professional Development (CPD) for registered Social Care Workers, reinforcing the importance of lifelong learning in maintaining professional standards and enhancing outcomes for service users.

Carlow College extends its gratitude to Social Care Ireland, the Disability SIG, and all participants for making the day a meaningful success.

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CALL FOR PAPERS

Women's Experiences Matter: Women & Loss from the Medieval through the Ages

Women's History Association Ireland 35th Annual Conference

23-24 May 2025

The concept of loss itself is contentious and individualised. Depending on the time period and circumstance, loss has a fluid interpretation and can be understood differently from contemporary viewpoints.

Loss was not always negative. Whilst women’s choices could be curtailed by circumstance, changes in political regimes and policies, as well as status, meant women could gain bodily autonomy or self-reliance. Widowhood could offer a second chance, for example, and reproductive rights over time, have been given and taken away.

This conference theme explores women’s experiences of loss, and also seeks papers on what or how women gained, even when they may have lost. The conference committee are seeking papers which cover topics, for example, as listed below:

  • Death, suicide, infanticide & reproductive loss
  • Loss of children through death, adoption, fostering, emigration
  • Losing & Gaining Reproductive Rights
  • Loss of Family through Emigration
  • Women lost from the archives
  • Lost Loves
  • Loss of Identity
  • Memorialising & Commemorating Loss
  • Loss of Independence through marriage/widowhood/old age
  • Loss of physical or mental capacity, loss of sanity
  • Loss of freedom through marriage, prison, institutionalisation, hospitalisation
  • Loss of Income
  • Loss of social self in institutions

Other papers which focus on aspects of loss in the context of women’s experiences are also welcome.

ABSTRACT SUBMISSIONS BY 30 JANUARY 2025

PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR ABSTRACTS VIA THIS FORM

Conference Email: whai2025conf@gmail.com

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