IDecide 2025
On 19th May, 33 primary school children from St Kiernan’s and St Peter’s in Bray completed the IDecide project. IDecide is a community outreach project aimed at 5th and 6th class primary school children from DEIS schools, with the aim of inspiring them to complete third level education in their futures. The children get an opportunity to experience university life and see themselves as active creators of their futures. The project uses storytelling, role modelling and experiential learning to achieve its intended outcomes.
IDecide was created by Nicola Dervan (School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sports Science; MSc Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics), Antonella Puggioni (School of Veterinary Medicine) and Melinda Halasz (School of Medicine) help tackle the inequality experienced by those from lower socioeconomic areas who are underrepresented in third level education. The initiative is run in collaboration with Kathie Orr from UCD Access and Lifelong Learning and the Pathways to the Profession project and supported by staff from the clinical skills labs in Nursing and Midwifery, Veterinary Medicine and Computer Science.
The feedback from St Kiernan’s and St Peter’s was extremely positive, with the children and their teachers reporting beneficial effects on the children’s agency for third level education.
19th May 2025