GUIDE (Galway University Integration Through Drama and Education) Symposium

Kunle Animashaun (Camino Productions)

Delphine Coudray (Oulala Productions)

Elaine Keane and Manuela Heinz (NUI Galway) Jenny Macdonald (From the Inside Out, Tallaght Community Arts) Chrissie Poulter (Trinity College, Dublin) Fiona Quinn (Friars’ Gate Theatre Company, Limerick) Piaras Mac Ìäinri (NUI Cork)

This symposium brings together leading academics and theatre practitioners who work with migrant students in Ireland to explore best practice in using theatre techniques as tools for transition to and within higher education.

Free admission (Pre-registration required)

Refreshments and lunch will be served.

This symposium is made possible by the National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, the Irish Research Council and the Moore Institute

To register for this free event, please visit:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/guide-galway-university-integration-through-drama-and-education-symposium-tickets-14524951521

Provisional Schedule:

10-10:30am. Welcome.

10:30 – 11:45am. Session I. Institutional Contexts for Migrant Students in Higher Education (Seminar Room G010)

Chair: Jason King

Speakers: Elaine Keane (NUI Galway), ‰Û÷Exploring Diversity in Initial Teacher Education (DITE) in Ireland – A National Project’

Piaras Mac Ìäinri (NUI Cork), ‰Û÷Institutional Barriers for Migrant Students to Transition to Third Level Education in Ireland’

Chrissie Poulter (Trinity College Dublin), ‰Û÷In-Visibility: Borrowing from Drama training to fast-track the welcome and soothe the sensitivity … in/to third-level education’

11:45am – 12pm. Coffee, Tea, and Biscuits (G010)

12pm – 1:30pm. Session II. Theatre Practitioner Case Studies (G010)

Chair: Marianne NÌ_ Chinn̩ide

Speakers: Fiona Quinn (Friars’ Gate Theatre Company),

‰Û÷Integration and the ensemble: coming together through collaborative creative processes’

Jenny Macdonald (Tallaght Community Arts), ‰Û÷From the Inside Out: Me Emerging…Using drama and storytelling to express and share the experiences of youth migrants to Ireland’

Kunle Animashaun (Camino Productions), ‰Û÷Fragments: Documenting memories and life experiences verbatim’

Delphine Coudray (Oulala Productions), ‰Û÷Oulala Productions: It Doesn’t Rub Off (2014)’

1:30pm – 2:30pm. Lunch. (GO10)

2:30pm – 4pm. Session III: Breakout workshops (Seminar Rooms G010 and G011, Room 1001, Bank of Ireland Theatre)

Groups will be assigned following the lunch break.

4pm – 4:15pm. Coffee, Tea, and Biscuits (G010)

4:15-5:30pm. Session IV: Roundtable Discussion and Conclusion (G010)

Chair: Charlotte McIvor

For further information, please feel to contact us at charlotte.mcivor@nuigalway and jason.king@nuigalway.ie.