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...
Category: CoPs
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...
CoP Spotlight – Project Management
Who are you? Frank Desmond (IT Programme Management Office Manager), Marian O’Connor (Senior Project Manager, Office of the Registrar) and Brídín Walsh (Head of IT Programme & Risk Management) coordinate the group’s activities. ...
CoP Spotlight – 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...
CoP Spotlight – 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...
CoP Spotlight – 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...
CoP Spotlight – 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...
What is a Community of Practice?
In this issue of the WST newsletter we are focusing on Communities of Practice and specifically the CoPs already established here in UCD, we have been in contact with different types of CoP to...