Category: CoP News
Event Managers
Who are you? I am Donna Carroll, Agile Coordinator. The rest of the EM CoP committee are: Elizabeth Bruton, Communications and Engagement Officer, UCD Earth Institute Jason Masterson, Facilities Manager, Estate Services Mary Staunton,...
Call to Community of Practice facilitators
Communities of Practice are an established professional learning strategy in UCD. They are an effective way for groups of people who share an interest or responsibility for something they do as part of...
Digital Literacy
Who are you? UCD’s Digital Literacy Community of Practice was launched in February 2023 to act as a central hub for activities empowering UCD students and staff to develop key digital competencies that are...
UCD Citizen Science
Why was the Citizen Science CoP established? In early 2022, Liz Bruton (UCD Earth Institute) and Jane Nolan (UCD Library) joined forces to set up the CS CoP as there was increased interest in...
What I learned through setting up a Community of Practice – the Excel Problem Solvers Group
In this article I describe the lessons I have learned from establishing a new Community of Practice, the Excel Problem Solvers Group. The Excel Problem Solvers Group is a group of colleagues who share...
GDPR Champion Network
General Background The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force in May 2018. Data protection and privacy is not designed as a legal or administrative exercise, but rather it is about respecting people’s...
Instant Messaging To Felice
We’ve all felt like this on a Monday morning: “Time is short, my strength is limited, the office is a horror, the apartment is noisy, and if a pleasant, straightforward life is not possible...
Ally for Brightspace
Overview Ally for Brightspace was introduced in 2021 as a joint project between UCD IT Services and UCD Access and Lifelong Learning (UCD ALL). Ally is an accessibility advisory tool which integrates with Brightspace...
Teaching & Learning Community
Who are the group? UCD Teaching and Learning Community How often do the group meet? How is this structured? Members of the community have a broad range of teaching and learning interests and...
UCD Research Managers & Administrators Network
What is the role of URMAN? The main role of the UCD Research Managers & Administrators Network (URMAN) is to provide an avenue for knowledge-sharing for research managers and administrators, while also being an additional pathway...
Welcome to the WST September Newsletter
The year has begun! My son was conferred three weeks ago, teaching started two weeks ago, Orientation was last week, and on this first Monday of their new lives, the campus is full of...
Facilitating Meetings for Engaged Communities of Practice
This article is aimed at anyone who finds themselves with the responsibility to run a CoP meeting, perhaps for the first time. If this is you, read on for some practical hints and tips....
A new staff perspective on getting involved in the UCD Community
When did you first join UCD and what was that experience like? Were the immediate team fully remote or hybrid at the time? Simon – I joined UCD proper in January 2022. (I...
Are you in a UCD Community of Practice (CoP)?
In this edition of the WST newsletter, we are aiming to compile a list of any active Communities of Practice in UCD to create a database of CoPs for colleagues to access through the...
Project Management – Community of Practice
By Marian O’Connor, Senior Project Manager, Student Advisers Integrating project management and change management was the focus of the recent Project Management, Community of Practice Session hosted by Angelo McNeive, of Stepstone Consulting. ...
Project Managers Community of Practice Update
By Iseult Ó Síocháin, Senior Project Officer, UCD Registry Like everything else these days, the Project Managers CoP moved online for its recent meet up in early June. The session was ably facilitated by...
Latest News from Community of Practice for School Managers
By Claire Nolan, School of Information and Communication Studies The Community of Practice for School Managers is continuing to contact each other, to discuss the developing challenges in the unique circumstances UCD now finds...
URMAN CoP Update
By Aidan McElwaine, UCD Research URMAN (UCD Research Managers and Administrators Network) is a Community of Practice which was established in UCD in 2013. Our objectives include providing a forum to share knowledge and best...
Project Managers CoP launch
By Iseult Ó Síocháin, UCD Registry Following the recent launch of the Community of Practice for Project Managers at the Work Smarter Together October event, a kick-off gathering of the group took place on...