CoP Spotlight – 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...
CoP News / CoPs / December 2023 / Digital Literacy / Newsletter / One thing to know... 2024
· by Donna Carroll · 4 Dec, 2023
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...
Citizen Science / CoP News / CoPs / Newsletter / September 2023
· by Donna Carroll · 20 Sep, 2023
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...
CoP Skills / CoPs / Excel Problem Solvers CoP / Newsletter September 2022
· by Ciaran Bryan · 29 Sep, 2022
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...
CoP News / CoPs / GDPR Champions / Newsletter September 2022
· by Emma Mescall · 29 Sep, 2022
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...
CoP News / CoP Skills / Newsletter September 2022
· by Aidan Curran · 29 Sep, 2022
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 / CoP News / CoPs / Newsletter September 2022 / Spotlight
· by Donna Carroll · 29 Sep, 2022
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...
CoP News / CoPs / Newsletter September 2022 / Spotlight / T&L
· by Emma Mescall · 29 Sep, 2022
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...
CoP News / CoPs / Newsletter September 2022 / Spotlight / URMAN CoP
· by Emma Mescall · 29 Sep, 2022
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...
CoP News / CoPs / Newsletter September 2022
· by Donna Carroll · 29 Sep, 2022
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...
CoP News / CoP Skills / Newsletter September 2022
· by Olga Murdoch · 29 Sep, 2022
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....
CoP News / Newsletter September 2022
· by Jeremy Britton · 29 Sep, 2022
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...
Call / CoP News / Newsletter September 2022 / WST 2022
· by Donna Carroll · 4 Sep, 2022
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...
CoP News / Newsletter November 2020
· by UCD Agile · 24 Nov, 2020
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. ...
CoP News / Newsletter August 2020
· by UCD Agile · 26 Aug, 2020
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...
CoP News / Newsletter March 2020 / School Managers CoP
· by UCD Agile · 24 Mar, 2020
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...
CoP News / Newsletter March 2020 / URMAN CoP
· by UCD Agile · 24 Mar, 2020
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...
Join colleagues from across UCD for the launch of the UCD Public Engagement Community of Practice on January 29th by Prof. Orla Feely. This will be followed by a selection of flashtalks on “What...
CoP News / Newsletter November 2019 / Project Managers CoP
· by UCD Agile · 19 Nov, 2019
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...
CoP News / Newsletter November 2019
· by UCD Agile · 19 Nov, 2019
By Fergus McAuliffe, School of Earth Sciences We are delighted to announce that a new Public Engagement Community of Practice will be officially launched on January 29th, 2020. The mission of the PE –...
Blog posts / CoP News / Events
· by UCD Agile · 25 Oct, 2019
Our #UCDWST 23 October 2019 Event was a great success with over 120 colleagues from across UCD in attendance! Check the link to the slides from the event at the bottom of this post....