Community Links Programme - creating opportunity for all

Interdisciplinary projects:

• College Awareness of Road Safety (CARS) 
• LIFELINE
• Wells for Zoe

Projects by DIT College:

College of Engineering and Built Environment:

• Architect students design a new nursery for a local Dublin inner-city nursery
• Electrical Services Engineering students work on energy saving projects with local school pupils
• Architecture and Architectural Technology Students work with St Michael's House on an innovative toy project
• Planning and Environmental Management students engage in data collection and analysis on topical issues
• Electricial Engineering Students work with the Aisling Projects to build Lego robots
• The School of Spatial Planning develops a RAPID Environmental Action Plan
• An Assistive Technology Project: Product Design Engineering and Enable Ireland.
• Manufacturing Engineering Students and the Adventure Sports Project
• Electrical Services Engineering Professional Development Projects with Dublin inner city schools.
• College Awareness of Road Safety (CARS) 
• The LifeLine Project

College of Applied Arts and Tourism:

• Early Childhood Education students give drama workshops to local nursery children
• Law students carry out legal research for local NGOs
• Master students in Applied Media Studies carry out a media literacy community-based learning project
• Professional Design Practice master students carry out projects with local community groups
• Early Childhood Education Students work with Home-Start Ireland
• Arts in Context, with communites in Dublin's north inner city 
• Hospitality Management and Tourism students research heritage sites for local community groups
• College Awareness of Road Safety (CARS) 

College of Sciences and Health:

• Leisure Management students train local children in Gaelic For Girls through Dublin City Council sports clubs
• Dietetic students work with various community groups on their nutrition needs
• Masters students in MSc Environmental Health and Safety carry out research with local community groups
• Pharmacy students tutor biology and maths to local second level pupils
• Optometry students carry out on-site screenings in local schools
• Environmental Health students give presentations on concepts of health in local schools
• Computer Science students teach computer and web based skills in schools
• A Food Safety Management Toolkit for the Carmichael House
• Safety audits and chemical risk assessments with schools and small to medium sized businesses
Planning and Environmental Management students engage in data collection and analysis on topical issues
• Optometry students evaluating patient satisfaction and clinically analysing a community-based diabetic ocular screening clinic
• Medical Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Science Professional Development Projects with Dublin schools 
• Chemistry in the Classroom
• College Awareness of Road Safety (CARS) 
• The LifeLine Project

College of Business:

• Product Design students studing communication design a fun communications toy for the Central Remedial Clinic School, Scoil Mochua.
• College Awareness of Road Safety (CARS)