A Day in the Life – Mary Staunton
I had the chance to catch up with Mary Staunton, for a Day in the Life interview at the end of last week. It’s difficult not to talk to Mary for exactly as long...
Category: Interview
The Water Cooler
Welcome to The Water Cooler, our newest WST feature. Here, we take some time to look at a topic that is impacting the organisation and everyone who works in UCD. Nothing fits this description...
A Day in the Life – Sasha Smith
Who are you? My name is Sasha Smith and I am the SEA in UCD Classical Museum. How did you get here? What was the journey to UCD? I did a BA...
One Thing to know about UCD Library in 2024
Who are you guys? UCD Library is welcoming and friendly, with an expert team offering the UCD community a range of library and information services that are continuing to grow all the time. We...
One Thing to know about UCD Proposal Support Team in 2024
Who are you guys? The Proposal Support Team provides Pre-Award research support to the UCD Research Community for national and international research funding applications. We liaise with research funding agencies in relation to both...
One Thing to know about UCD in the Community in 2024
About UCD in the Community UCD in the Community was established in 2016, to support and promote community engagement across the UCD community. The objective of UCD in the Community is to connect UCD...
One Thing to know about UCD IT Services in 2024
Who are you guys? UCD IT Services Where do you fit in in the broader UCD picture? We are part of Academic Affairs, reporting to the Registrar and Deputy President. What would...
One Thing to know about UCD Registry’s Staff Connector in 2024
Who are you guys? We are the Student Desk, which is UCD Registry’s front-facing team based in the Customer & Curriculum Operations Unit. Where do you fit in in the broader UCD picture? Registry...
One Thing to know about UCD Student Advisory Service in 2024
Who are you guys? University is a big part of students’ life when they are here with us for the duration of their studies. However, it’s not the only part. UCD Student Advisers support...
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...
One Thing to know about UCD Access & Lifelong Learning in 2024
Who are you guys? We are UCD Access & Lifelong Learning. We support students from diverse backgrounds: Students with disabilities Low-income students Mature students Part-time learners QQI-FET students Refugees/Asylum seekers While doing this, we...
One Thing to know about UCD Agile in 2024
UCD Agile – Beyond the Belts Who are you guys? Hi all, I am Emma Mescall, projects coordinator/facilitator and I work in UCD Agile now for nearly 4 years. UCD Agile is a unit...
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....
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...
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...
A Day in the Life
In June 2023, we themed our newsletter around the idea of ‘A Day in the Life’. We asked some of our colleagues to complete a questionnaire about their day and experiences working in UCD. ...
A Day in the Life – Niall Dennehy
Who are you? My name is Niall Dennehy. I’m from Carlow but live in Dún Laoghaire with my wife and two daughters. How did you get here? What was the journey to UCD? I...
A Day in the Life – Tadhg O’ Leary
Who are you? Tadhg O’Leary, Programmes and Communications Assistant at UCD Sport. How did you get here? What was the journey to UCD? I studied the BSc Sport and Exercise Management degree from...
Suzanne Shorten – A Day in the Life
Who are you? I’m Suzanne Shorten, and I look after the summer letting sales of the student residences at Belfield, under the name ‘Summer at UCD’, which we created just over 10 years ago. ...
Dr. Arjumand Younus – A Day in the Life
This interview was conducted over Zoom and has been edited for length and clarity. Donna Carroll: Who are you? Arjumand Younus: So I’m Dr. Arjumand Younus. At the moment, I’m an assistant Professor of...