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Welcome to the December 2022 Newsletter

Welcome to the December 2022 newsletter
Welcome to my first newsletter as the Director of Agile! I am four weeks into the new job as I am writing this - what an apt time for a newsletter all about change. It’s an exciting time for all of us in Agile. You may have seen from the President’s email on 03 August that Agile is expanding to …

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Level 3 James Joyce Library Reimagining

By Lorna Dodd, Deputy University Librarian, UCD Library As we all emerge into a new, post pandemic world, our experience has emphasised the importance of campus life to the student experience and lockdown has highlighted the need for UCD Library to provide welcoming, accessible and safe learning spaces. In recognition of this, in Autumn 2021 the Library received funding to …

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Level 3 James Joyce Library Reimagining

Save the Date - WST March event

We are pleased to announce the date and theme of our upcoming March biennial Work Smarter Together event Thursday, March 23, 2023 With our upcoming biennial event in March, we are aiming to reconnect our colleagues with each other and the campus that we share as well as creating an opportunity for newer colleagues to involve themselves in the greater …

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Save the Date - WST March event

Meet the Service Leads

Meet the Service Leads
Earlier this year UCD launched its Programme for Operations and Services Transformation. Four new roles of “Service Lead” have been created to ensure that the people-focus is the driving force of the Programme. In this article, we asked our new Service Leads to talk about what led them to apply for the roles and what they hope to achieve. The …

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Collaboration for Change: Introducing Micro-credentials at UCD

By Sorcha Mulcahy, UCD MicroCreds Senior Project Manager In June of this year, the Council of the European Union (EU) adopted a Recommendation on a European approach to micro-credentials for lifelong learning and employability. The Recommendation seeks to support the development, implementation, and recognition of micro-credentials across institutions, businesses, sectors, and borders. Welcoming this recommendation, Minister for Further and Higher Education, …

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Collaboration for Change: Introducing Micro-credentials at UCD

The Unified Support Model Team, change, connection and culture

The Unified Support Model Team, change, connection and culture
The Unified Support Model (USM) team has an important role that involves working closely with colleagues across the university to support, enable and drive a consistent quality of service. Recently however, the USM team has faced a lot of challenges and undergone significant change. There have been changes to staff, the remit of the team is constantly changing as are …

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Introducing… Globot!

By Katie Kelly, International Recruitment Assistant, UCD Global Back in late 2019, UCD Global started looking for a new and innovative way to handle enquiry traffic. We pride ourselves on high-quality and personal service when it comes to our students and we wanted to make sure that the way we moved forward still supported this. We explored different options available …

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UCD Innovation Academy MakerSpace - a Creative Hub For All of UCD

UCD Innovation Academy MakerSpace - a Creative Hub For All of UCD
By Jiaqi Zhang, Technology Integration Manager, UCD Innovation Academy The UCD Innovation Academy MakerSpace is a creative hub for UCD students, staff and researchers from all disciplines, a place to forge new connections, learn future skills and bring innovative ideas to life, together. Being a maker means embracing the "do it yourself" or DIY mindset and sustainability is an …

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WST October  - Think like an Entrepreneur

Each year in October, we host our annual October Work Smarter Together event. This is an opportunity for colleagues to reconnect and meet each other centred around a session with a speaker either from our own professional community or an external speaker who engages with a topic that is of interest to the WST community. It includes a networking lunch, …

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WST October  - Think like an Entrepreneur
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