UCD Arts and Humanities Virtual Open Evening (28 January, from 6.30pm)

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Would you like to learn more about undertaking a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in University College Dublin!? If so, the UCD School of Arts and Humanities is holding a Virtual Open Evening on Thursday, 28 January from 6.30pm, via Zoom.

This is a great opportunity for students to find out about the subjects you can take as part of a UCD Arts and Humanities degree (including Classics!) and where that degree can take you in life! You will also meet some current students and learn about their experiences of undertaking a BA degree at UCD!

The running order for the evening is:

  • Welcome from our Dean of Undergraduate Studies and overview of our courses: BA Humanities (DN530), BA Joint Honours (DN520) and BA Modern Languages (DN541)
  • Internships and popular career options
  • Student Experience and live Q&A.

You can find out more or register to attend here (places are filling up fast!).

Access Classics wins a UCD Values in Action award!

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VIA awardees Access Classics

The Access Classics team – Tasneem Filaih, Dr Christopher Farrell and Dr Bridget Martin – were delighted to win a UCD Values in Action (VIA) award in December 2020. These awards recognise individuals and teams in UCD who bring to life the University’s values of collegiality, creativity, diversity, engagement, excellence and integrity. Congratulations to all of the great teams and individuals who won a VIA award (see here for more information), and thank you to Dr Martin Brady for nominating us!

Access Classics becomes the first international partner of Advocating Classics Education (ACE)

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In 2020, Access Classics was delighted to become the first international partner of Advocating Classics Education (ACE), a UK-based initiative for the promotion of Classical Studies in education. ACE does fantastic work in promoting and facilitating the uptake of Classics in educational institutes in order to introduce as many students as possible to the joys and benefits of learning about ancient Greece and Rome. We look forward to exciting cross-country collaborations in the future! You can find out more about ACE here.

Classical Association of Ireland Latin summer school 2021

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Our colleagues in the Classical Association of Ireland are delighted to offer a unique opportunity to secondary school students between the ages of 15 and 18 to learn Latin in a fun and immersive two-week course, conceived and created by Dr Cosetta Cadau. The course will be taught by very experienced Latin teachers and is aimed at complete beginners. More details can be found here. If you or your students would like to try some fun every-day Latin, check out this wonderful quiz created by Dr Cadau! (This is a Kahoot quiz that works best being played in classroom groups.) Congratulations to all involved in this exciting new initiative to promote Latin!

Transition Year Unit

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Access Classics was delighted to launch their Classical Studies Transition Year Unit in September 2020. This Unit has been approved by the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment and is freely available to all second-level schools and institutes. The Unit takes a somewhat less-familiar approach to Classics, examining aspects of ancient Cyprus, people and the world around us (such as travel and the natural world), knowledge and advancements in the ancient world, and the echo of the past in the present.

The Unit strongly encourages students to ‘walk in the shoes’ of those in the ancient world and to examine the modern world and their place therein in light of this.

The Unit comprises a manual for teachers and an accompanying PowerPoint (these, and more information, are available under the Transition Year Unit tab). The extensive information and resources therein means that the Unit can be easily taught by non-experts.

Hibernia: Ireland and the Classical Tradition

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Our logo incorporates aspects of Hibernia, the personification of Ireland, and Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom, highlighting the strong Classical tradition in Ireland. The ancient world has had, and continues to have, a huge and influential impact on Ireland’s culture and arts, underlining Ireland’s long and creative tradition of interacting with other cultures, times and societies. It is one of the aims of Access Classics to offer support to the dynamic and enthusiastic Classics community in Ireland to help Classics grow both in and outside the classroom.

UCD School of Classics welcomed the CAI-T 2020 Young Classicist Awards

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In March 2020, UCD School of Classics was delighted to host the 2020 Young Classicist Awards, an exciting initiative run by the Classical Association of Ireland Teachers. Second-level students of Classical Studies, Latin and Greek (and those with an interest in the same) were given the opportunity to showcase their interest in Classics through a performance, presentation or craft. Access Classics had a great time running an object handling session for the students and looking at the many great entries. Congratulations to all those involved and especially to the winners! More information about the awards can be found here.