Alexa MacDermot
researcher. educator. advocate.
Conferences
Listed below are national and international conferences I have presented at, either as part of a team or alone.
"The Power of Disability"
February 2024
AHEAD and the Union of Students of Ireland.
February 7-8th 2024.
Student panellist.
Online conference.
“Panorama: Widening the Lens for Systemic Inclusion in Tertiary Education”
March, 2024
AHEAD 2024 Conference. 20-21st March, 2024. Chair for the student panel.
Croke Park, Dublin.
“Rethinking Assessment: inclusive assessment and standards in a dynamic and changing world”
April 2024
Radisson Blu Dublin.
AHEAD, QQI, Disability Advisors Working Network (DAWN).
17th April 2024. Chair for student panel.
“Enhancing Academic Integrity”
September 2024
“Digital Literacy Skills for Students in Accredited Programmes”
December 2024
Poster presentation.
HEA Teaching and Learning Conference 2024, Dublin.
12th December 2024.
“School of Agriculture and Food Science EDI Week: Neurodiversity”
February 2025
School of Agriculture and Food Science,
UCD Belfield, Dublin,
13th February 2025.
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Student panellist representative for the UCD Neurodiversity Collective.
“Bridging the Gap: Exploring Gaps and Opportunities in Supporting Postgraduates and Early Career Researchers with Disabilities”
March 2024
"Digital Skills for Success in the Workplace - a student-staff partnership for accessible course content creation"
June 2025
Media and Learning conference. Leuven, Belgium.
19th June 2025.
Conference group presentation of the SATLE project with the UCD Library, led by Dr Marta Bustillo.
“Autoethnography: inclusive methodological practices for neurodivergent researchers doing neurodivergent research”.
July 2025
13th ALTER Conference: Transformations. Innsbruck, Austria.
8-10th July 2025.
Research methodology presentation.