University for All Publications
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A Decade of Action shaping a University for All Updated: 18 November 2025
This publication chronicles how the Widening Participation Committee has led on the mainstreaming of access and inclusion in UCD over the last ten years.
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Access and Inclusion is Everyone’s Business! Promoting Universal Design Beyond the ClassroomUpdated: 18 November 2025
This paper describes how the authors are expanding the reach of Universal Design from a teaching and learning focus to be widely adopted by all staff in tertiary organisations. The authors outline the development of a national professional development opportunity for student support and engagement professionals in Ireland: The Digital Badge for Universal Design Beyond the Classroom.
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Democratising UDL Professional Development in Higher Education through Partnership and Platforming Local LeadershipUpdated: 18 November 2025
This journal article describes a partnership programme that creates and empowers faculty to be local leaders in inclusion and Universal Design, and provides them with the structure, support and a community of practice in order to achieve the programme goals.
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Hand the Shame Back: A Qualitative Study of Traveller Experiences Across the Education ContinuumUpdated: 18 November 2025
This study employed a Participatory Action Research approach which significantly contributed to the research design and analysis of the research findings. The findings presented in this research report on Traveller experiences across the continuum of education. These experiences are critical to understanding the deeply ingrained practices and structures that impact Traveller's access to and engagement in higher education.
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Inclusive Assessment & Feedback: Universal Design Case Studies from IADT and UCDUpdated: 18 November 2025
The case studies in this publication explore practice and innovation in assessment and feedback presenting evidence of ‘what works’ in different practical contexts and disciplines in IADT and UCD.
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Inclusive Teaching & Learning Case Studies in Engineering, Architecture & Affiliated Disciplines Updated: 18 November 2025
This publication is the result of successful ongoing collaboration of colleagues across the UCD College of Engineering and Architecture. The case studies presented here focus on the implementation of Universal Design for Learning in these specific disciplines and is the result of the Inclusive Teaching Pilot born out of the College's Athena Swan Action Plan.
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Learning from UDL leaders: UCD University for All Faculty Partner Case StudiesUpdated: 18 November 2025
This collection features case studies from 26 University for All Faculty Partners implementing UDL across the full spectrum of schools and disciplines in UCD.
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Making Inclusive Higher Education a Reality: Creating a University for AllUpdated: 18 November 2025
Revealing higher education inclusive practice in action, this key title showcases a range of international case studies from a number of universities in order to highlight approaches to developing a culture of access and inclusion. It provides detailed information on how to transform institutional commitment to access and diversity into systemic change and the creation of a university for all based on the experience of UCD.
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Universal Design for Curriculum DesignUpdated: 18 November 2025
This collection of case studies explores the Principles of Universal Design for Learning and simple strategies for implementation in your own teaching.
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Unlocking Inclusion: Toolkit for Universal Design in Higher EducationUpdated: 18 November 2025
Using a range of key Enablers and Pillars, the Toolkit provides a far-reaching exploration of the institutional, administrative, academic, and practical factors that will contribute to a more equitable higher education experience for all.
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Who Counts? University for All Data, Metrics, and Evidence 2020-2021 Updated: 18 November 2025
Published in May 2022, this report provides a comprehensive view of UCD's widening participation and access data spanning admissions, participation, progression, retention, outward mobility, completion and graduate outcomes.