UDL Masterclass (Thursday 25th April at 12.30 on Zoom)

Published: 24 Apr, 2024

Sign up for our upcoming Universal Design for Learning Masterclass to hear from expert speakers on this core theme of the N-TUTORR National Programme.

Register now: Universal Design for Learning | N-TUTORR Masterclass April 2024 Tickets, Thu 25 Apr 2024 at 12:30 | Eventbrite

 UDL Masterclass

Event details:

  • Thursday 25th April 2024
  • 12.30pm to 1.30pm 
  • Zoom (link will be provided after successful registration)
  • Free to attend 
  • Advance registration is required 

As always, attendance is free but advance registration via Eventbrite is required: Universal Design for Learning | N-TUTORR Masterclass April 2024 Tickets, Thu 25 Apr 2024 at 12:30 | Eventbrite

Please be aware that we will only be accepting registrations from institutional emails. We will not accept registrations from non-institutional domains such as Gmail; so please do keep that in mind when you are registering for the Masterclass through Eventbrite. 

We have a strong line-up of speakers for this dynamic Masterclass


Dr Patricia McCarthy

Associate Research Fellow, Inclusion in Education and Society, Trinity College Dublin

Dr Patricia McCarthy graduated with a PhD from Trinity College Dublin in 2014. Her thesis focused on the educational experiences and transition opportunities of vision impaired/blind young people. Patricia is a Visiting Research Fellow in the School of Education, TCD where she coordinates the PME Sociology of Education module, contributes to the Disability Rights module TCPID, is a Master thesis supervisor and an active member of the research community.

A key component of her research focuses on UD(L), inclusion and participation of marginalised groups; Patricia’s ontological position as a disabled researcher has been instrumental in the development of her research and recent publications. She is the current Co-Chair of the Equality Committee - Staff Disability Working Group, TCD, Co-Convenor of the TCD Disabled Staff & Postgrad Forum, a member of National Disability Postgraduate Advisory Committee (NDPAC), member of Electoral Commission Research Advisory Group and member of the NCSE Consultative Forum.

Mairead McCann

Lecturer, Atlantic Technological University

Mairead McCann is a Lecturer based in the Department of Business in ATU. She teaches modules in Communication, People Management and Leadership, with an interest in Problem-based Learning and UDL and undertakes action research in these areas. She is a member of CRISP, the Strategic Research Group based in the School of Business & Social Sciences and is currently a PhD candidate in the Queen's University of Belfast in the School of Arts, English & Languages, with a research project titled: Style Shaping Substance: A Discourse Analysis of Female Politicians' Self and Media Representation in Northern Ireland.

She is an elected member of the Academic Council, and a member of the Learning Teaching Assessment sub committee and the Planning and Co-ordination sub committee.

Dr Lisa Padden

Programme Manager - University for All & Interim Disability Support Manager, University College Dublin

'Building Communities through Professional Development: Universal Design Digital Badges'

Dr Lisa Padden is Programme Manager for UCD's University for All initiative - a whole institution approach to embedding access and inclusion. Lisa and her team work closely with AHEAD on the development and delivery of the National Forum Digital Badges in Universal Design for Teaching and Learning and Universal Design Beyond the Classroom.