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Welcome to the December 2023 WST Newsletter

Welcome to the December edition of the Work Smarter Together Newsletter - ‘One thing to know about…. In 2024’. In this newsletter we asked colleagues from across UCD to tell you a little bit about what their team does and what you can expect from them in the coming year. We hope this will be an opportunity for you to …

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Welcome to the December 2023 WST Newsletter

One Thing to know about ... 2024

One Thing to know about ... 2024
Through this newsletter theme, we wanted to give the wider UCD Community a sense of what some of our colleagues do that might be of interest, use or relevance to them coming into 2024 as well as providing  an opportunity to talk about projects or initiatives that they are delivering together. Contributions from: UCD in the Community University CRM Project …

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Spotlight: MENU turns 5!

Spotlight: MENU turns 5!
Time flies when you have a good time. This well-known saying couldn’t describe better how the Multicultural Employee Network in UCD (MENU) has been since the group was set up under EDI umbrella almost 5 years ago. Now, as we approach the MENU big birthday – 5 years -which we’ll celebrate on 7th December in the UCD Global Lounge, we …

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A Day in the Life – Gavin Nolan

A Day in the Life – Gavin Nolan
Who are you? Hi, I’m Gavin Nolan and I’m a Change and Communications Lead in UCD. I am part of the Organisational Change Management Team and am currently working with the POST programme team. How did you get here? What was the journey to UCD? Well, my journey actually started here, in UCD in 2007. I studied Pharmacology and graduated …

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CoP Spotlight - Digital Literacy

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 central to academic, professional and personal success and wellbeing. The CoP is a collaboration between Leigh Wolf (UCD Teaching & Learning), Emily Smith (UCD Access and …

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Project Focus - The Importance of Understanding in Relationship Management

Project Focus - The Importance of Understanding in Relationship Management
The Advance Centre is one of the 24 HEA funded projects set up in 2020 as a part of the Human Capital Investment Pillar 3 (HCI). This was a government investment focused on increasing capacity in higher education, in skills-focused programmes designed to meet priority skills needs. Pillar 3 is specifically aimed at delivering innovation and agility to create …

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WST October Roundtable - ‘How will AI shape my future in UCD?’ - Review

WST October Roundtable - ‘How will AI shape my future in UCD?’ - Review
On October 26, WST held its first ever roundtable event on the very timely topic of AI and disruptive technology through the lens of how it would impact the staff in UCD.  It was called ‘How will AI shape my future in UCD?’ The roundtable was framed as an internal discussion on how AI could impact the jobs of the …

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