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We provide support, resources and professional development to the University College Dublin teaching community to enhance our students' educational experience. Find out more on our website: www.ucd.ie/teaching #SpéirGhorm

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Navigating the rapid developments in Generative AI?

Below are three upcoming UCD T&L activities designed to support UCD staff in this area.

Full details and all links to apply or register are available on our GenAI webpage - www.ucd.ie/teaching/res...

15.10.2025 09:10 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Promotional slide for the next Teaching Toolkit Thursday Session on the topic of Key Assessment Types. On 16th October 2025, from 1-1:45pm.

Promotional slide for the next Teaching Toolkit Thursday Session on the topic of Key Assessment Types. On 16th October 2025, from 1-1:45pm.

UCD Colleagues,

We're exploring Key Assessment Types in our next Teaching Toolkit Thursday session. Join us for a discussion on effective assessment design.

📅 Thurs 16 October 2025
🕐 13:00-13:45
📍 Zoom

👉 Find session details and how to join: www.ucd.ie/teaching/new...

09.10.2025 15:42 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Teaching Toolkit Thursday - Generative AI Teaching & Learning Resources
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Teaching Toolkit Thursdays: GenAI Webinar Recording

Our webinar on Generative AI is now available. Catch up on the latest developments and key teaching resources in this 20-minute presentation.

Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIzv...

24.09.2025 09:25 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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UCD Colleagues: We're recruiting 4 paid Student Partners (Stage 2+) for UCD Teaching & Learning. A great chance for students to help shape the academic experience.

We'd appreciate your help spreading the word.

Deadline 3-Oct-25.

All details & application form via: www.ucd.ie/teaching/wha...

10.09.2025 15:10 — 👍 2    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
Promotion image of next Teaching Toolkit Thursday on Gen AI and Learning Resources, Thursday 18th Septemeber 2025, at 1pm-1:45pm on Zoom.

Promotion image of next Teaching Toolkit Thursday on Gen AI and Learning Resources, Thursday 18th Septemeber 2025, at 1pm-1:45pm on Zoom.

UCD colleagues,

Please join us for our first Teaching Toolkit Thursday of the new academic year, where we'll be exploring the timely topic of Generative AI Teaching & Learning Resources.

📅 Thurs 18 September 2025
🕐 13:00-13:45
📍 Zoom

👉 Booking & further details: www.ucd.ie/teaching/new...

09.09.2025 14:03 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Students in Conversation - Active and Collaborative Learning Spaces
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What should students expect from a session in an active and collaborative learning space? Kaila and Staffin, UCD Students as Partners in Teaching and Learning, share the insights and advice they got from other students: youtu.be/XEArp4S0_YE

Read our new online resource: www.ucd.ie/teaching/res...

22.05.2025 07:58 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Assoc. Professor Neal Murphy - Active and Collaborative Learning Spaces
YouTube video by UCD Teaching & Learning Assoc. Professor Neal Murphy - Active and Collaborative Learning Spaces

Video: Assoc. Prof. Neal Murphy, UCD School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, shares his insights and examples of his methods for teaching approaches in active and collaborative learning spaces: youtu.be/OF6izYBQBqQ

Read our new online resource: www.ucd.ie/teaching/res...

08.05.2025 09:15 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Sherry Ishak - Active and Collaborative Learning Spaces
YouTube video by UCD Teaching & Learning Sherry Ishak - Active and Collaborative Learning Spaces

Video: Sherry Ishak, Lektor in @ucdslcl.bsky.social talks about activities and support that can help your students benefit from active and collaborative learning spaces: youtu.be/bomaLZDYPQg

Read our new online resource: www.ucd.ie/teaching/res...

02.05.2025 14:30 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Nicola Dervan - Active and Collaborative Learning Spaces
YouTube video by UCD Teaching & Learning Nicola Dervan - Active and Collaborative Learning Spaces

VIDEO: Nicola Dervan, Dietetics Special Lecturer and Practice Tutor in the UCD School of Public Health, Physiotherapy & Sports Science, shares her advice on teaching in active and collaborative learning spaces: youtu.be/1bC_pZ3o0II

Read our new online resource: www.ucd.ie/teaching/res...

01.05.2025 08:28 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Dr Mark Pickering - Active and Collaborative Learning Spaces
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VIDEO: What are some ways to tap into your students’ creativity when teaching in active and collaborative learning spaces? Dr Mark Pickering, UCD School of Medicine, shares examples from his teaching: youtu.be/2sdTkfnMNeM

Read our new online resource: www.ucd.ie/teaching/res...

17.04.2025 08:07 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Gray-blue book launch graphic with pale blue 'Equity in the Workplace' book cover and the UCD  crest and Library text. Event speakers are listed.

Gray-blue book launch graphic with pale blue 'Equity in the Workplace' book cover and the UCD crest and Library text. Event speakers are listed.

Join us for a Book Launch!📘
22nd April
James Joyce Library

'Equity in the Workplace' is a timely book amplifying the voices of Black and African Irish women in Irish academia/ teaching profession, shedding light on their experiences and fight for workplace equity.
www.eventbrite.ie/e/equity-in-...

10.04.2025 13:56 — 👍 6    🔁 6    💬 1    📌 0
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Newgrange tombs not just burial places for elite, new study shows Jessica Smyth, Associate Professor at the UCD School of Archaeology on a new study which shows Newgrange tombs were not just burial places for the elite.

Audiofile: A clip of UCD School of Archaeology's Associate Professor Jessica Smyth on Irish national radio RTE1 on her research work with Dr Neil Carlin and an international team, on Neolithic kinship, community and burial at Newgrange and other Neolithic tombs in Ireland www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...

10.04.2025 12:37 — 👍 61    🔁 26    💬 1    📌 2
Dr Anshu Suri - Active and Collaborative Learning Spaces
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VIDEO: How can you and your students get the most out of working in active and collaborative learning spaces? UCD academic Dr Anshu Suri @ucdsmurfitschool.bsky.social shares her insights and advice: www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsJ4...

Read our new online resource: www.ucd.ie/teaching/res...

10.04.2025 08:48 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
Dr Anshu Suri - Active and Collaborative Learning Spaces
YouTube video by UCD Teaching & Learning Dr Anshu Suri - Active and Collaborative Learning Spaces

VIDEO: How can you and your students get the most out of working in active and collaborative learning spaces? UCD academic Dr Anshu Suri @ucdsmurfitschool.bsky.social shares her insights and advice: www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsJ4...

Read our new online resource: www.ucd.ie/teaching/res...

10.04.2025 08:48 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Our online feedback session takes place today!

UCD academics and researchers: Have your say at 12pm. See the link below to find out more and to register.

@ucdresearch.bsky.social @ucdengarch.bsky.social @ucdhumanities.bsky.social @ucdtl.bsky.social @ucdischool.bsky.social

07.04.2025 06:14 — 👍 1    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
UCD crest; TEL All, technology enhanced learning for all.

UCD crest; TEL All, technology enhanced learning for all.

UCD colleagues: See you on Tuesday 29 April for the TEL All Talks 2025 online, followed by an in-person networking lunch at UCD Quinn School of Business.

▶️ Book your places for both: www.ucd.ie/teaching/new...

03.04.2025 13:23 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
New UCD Library artificial intelligence guide graphic depicting a vibrant tree frog clinging to a branch, with speech bubble declaring "are you using AI responsibly?"

New UCD Library artificial intelligence guide graphic depicting a vibrant tree frog clinging to a branch, with speech bubble declaring "are you using AI responsibly?"

UCD Library is launching an important and timely new guide on #artificialintelligence tomorrow.
Stop by the James Joyce Library foyer Wed to find out more from librarians Marta Bustillo & Sandra Dunkin, and where you may be lucky enough to get a cupcake!🧁

See the new guide at libguides.ucd.ie/GENAI

01.04.2025 14:27 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 1
Teaching Toolkit Thursday - Cultivating Belonging in the Classroom
YouTube video by UCD Teaching & Learning Teaching Toolkit Thursday - Cultivating Belonging in the Classroom

What do our students feel is important for cultivating a sense of belonging in the classroom? Watch the video of the latest Teaching Toolkit Thursday session, in which two of our UCD Students as Partners in Teaching and Learning share their insights with academic staff: youtu.be/iqlkC_duoSs

27.03.2025 09:09 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Teaching Toolkit Thursday - Cultivating Belonging in the Classroom - 20 March at 1:00 pm via Zoom

Teaching Toolkit Thursday - Cultivating Belonging in the Classroom - 20 March at 1:00 pm via Zoom

Happy Thursday! Reminder to UCD teaching colleagues: join us via Zoom at 1:00 pm today for the final Teaching Toolkit Thursday session of this academic year, on cultivating belonging in the classroom.

➡️ Booking and details: www.ucd.ie/teaching/new...

20.03.2025 09:13 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Teaching in Active and Collaborative Learning Spaces
Browse our new online resource with approaches and activities that help support your teaching and your students' learning
Find out more: www.ucd.ie/teaching

Image: A group of people working at a flip chart. Text: Resources Teaching in Active and Collaborative Learning Spaces Browse our new online resource with approaches and activities that help support your teaching and your students' learning Find out more: www.ucd.ie/teaching

Planning your teaching for next year? Our new online resource has essential activities and approaches to help you and your students get the most out of active and collaborative learning spaces.

➡️ Find out more: www.ucd.ie/teaching/res...

19.03.2025 09:36 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
Teaching Toolkit Thursday - Cultivating Belonging in the Classroom - 20 March at 1:00 pm via Zoom

Teaching Toolkit Thursday - Cultivating Belonging in the Classroom - 20 March at 1:00 pm via Zoom

UCD colleagues: The final Teaching Toolkit Thursday session of this academic year, on cultivating belonging in the classroom, is next Thursday 20 March at 1:00 pm via Zoom and features our UCD Students as Partners in Teaching and Learning.

➡️ Book your place: www.ucd.ie/teaching/new...

13.03.2025 09:24 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Blue and white Covidence workshops graphic, displaying the Covidence logo, the UCD crest and a photo of students studying at tables in the UCD Health Sciences Library.

Blue and white Covidence workshops graphic, displaying the Covidence logo, the UCD crest and a photo of students studying at tables in the UCD Health Sciences Library.

Register for one of our ten free upcoming workshops, giving you an introduction to #Covidence, the no. 1 systematic review tool.
These sessions are 1 hour long & take place at 1.00pm in the UCD Health Sciences Library (Room D111).

Book on our Library Training page: hub.ucd.ie/usis/W_HU_ME...

12.03.2025 14:11 — 👍 1    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

Congratulations from us too, Frances!

12.03.2025 08:40 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Teaching Toolkit Thursday - Cultivating Belonging in the Classroom - 20 March at 1:00 pm via Zoom

Teaching Toolkit Thursday - Cultivating Belonging in the Classroom - 20 March at 1:00 pm via Zoom

Happy Thursday! The next Teaching Toolkit Thursday session for UCD teaching colleagues, on 20 March 2025 at 1:00 pm, is on cultivating belonging in the classroom. Share ideas, ask questions and be inspired!

➡️ Book your place via the UCD Teaching & Learning website: www.ucd.ie/teaching/new...

06.03.2025 08:56 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Group photo of the 15 UCD University Teaching and Learning Awardees 2023-24

Group photo of the 15 UCD University Teaching and Learning Awardees 2023-24

Well done to all 15 UCD University Teaching and Learning Awardees 2023-24 who were presented with their awards at a ceremony this week. [Click image to view in full size]

➡️ Find out more about each awardee and their achievements: www.ucd.ie/teaching/awa...
#UCDTLAwards @ucddublin.bsky.social

28.02.2025 19:15 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1
Associate Professor Mary Higgins, UCD School of Medicine, receiving a University Award for Teaching Excellence in the UCD University Teaching and Learning Awards 2023-24 from Professor Colin Scott, UCD Registrar, Deputy President and Vice President for Academic Affairs

Associate Professor Mary Higgins, UCD School of Medicine, receiving a University Award for Teaching Excellence in the UCD University Teaching and Learning Awards 2023-24 from Professor Colin Scott, UCD Registrar, Deputy President and Vice President for Academic Affairs

Congratulations to Associate Professor Mary Higgins, UCD School of Medicine, on receiving a University Award for Teaching Excellence in the UCD University Teaching and Learning Awards 2023-24 at a ceremony this week.

➡️ Read the award citation: www.ucd.ie/teaching/awa... @ucd-chas.bsky.social

28.02.2025 15:20 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Dr Nicolas Pillai receiving a University Award for Teaching Excellence in the UCD University Teaching and Learning Awards 2023-24 from Professor Colin Scott, UCD Registrar, Deputy President and Vice President for Academic Affairs

Dr Nicolas Pillai receiving a University Award for Teaching Excellence in the UCD University Teaching and Learning Awards 2023-24 from Professor Colin Scott, UCD Registrar, Deputy President and Vice President for Academic Affairs

Congratulations to Dr Nicolas Pillai, UCD School of English, Drama & Film and @creativefutures.bsky.social on receiving a University Award for Teaching Excellence at the UCD University Teaching and Learning Awards 2023-24 this week.

➡️ Read the award citation: www.ucd.ie/teaching/awa...

28.02.2025 15:14 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Dr Adamaria Perrotta, UCD School of Mathematics and Statistics, receiving a University Award for Teaching Excellence in the UCD University Teaching and Learning Awards 2023-24 from Professor Colin Scott, UCD Registrar, Deputy President and Vice President for Academic Affairs

Dr Adamaria Perrotta, UCD School of Mathematics and Statistics, receiving a University Award for Teaching Excellence in the UCD University Teaching and Learning Awards 2023-24 from Professor Colin Scott, UCD Registrar, Deputy President and Vice President for Academic Affairs

Congratulations to Dr Adamaria Perrotta, UCD School of Mathematics and Statistics, on receiving a University Award for Teaching Excellence in the UCD University Teaching and Learning Awards 2023-24 this week. #UCDTLAwards

➡️ Read the award citation: www.ucd.ie/teaching/awa... @ucdscience.bsky.social

28.02.2025 15:07 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Emer O'Daly, UCD School of Architecture, Planning & Environmental Policy, receiving a University Award for Exceptional Contribution to Learning in the UCD University Teaching and Learning Awards 2023-24 from Professor Colin Scott, UCD Registrar, Deputy President and Vice President for Academic Affairs

Emer O'Daly, UCD School of Architecture, Planning & Environmental Policy, receiving a University Award for Exceptional Contribution to Learning in the UCD University Teaching and Learning Awards 2023-24 from Professor Colin Scott, UCD Registrar, Deputy President and Vice President for Academic Affairs

Congratulations to Emer O'Daly, UCD School of Architecture, Planning & Environmental Policy, on receiving a University Award for Exceptional Contribution to Learning in the UCD University Teaching and Learning Awards 2023-24.

➡️ Read the citation: www.ucd.ie/teaching/awa... @ucdengarch.bsky.social

28.02.2025 15:02 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Dr Matthew O'Brien  receiving a University Award for Exceptional Contribution to Learning in the UCD University Teaching and Learning Awards 2023-24 at a ceremony this week from Professor Colin Scott, UCD Registrar, Deputy President and Vice President for Academic Affairs

Dr Matthew O'Brien receiving a University Award for Exceptional Contribution to Learning in the UCD University Teaching and Learning Awards 2023-24 at a ceremony this week from Professor Colin Scott, UCD Registrar, Deputy President and Vice President for Academic Affairs

Congratulations to Dr Matthew O'Brien @mattob90.bsky.social on receiving a University Award for Exceptional Contribution to Learning in the UCD University Teaching and Learning Awards 2023-24 at a ceremony this week. #UCDTLAwards

➡️ Read the award citation: www.ucd.ie/teaching/awa...

28.02.2025 14:56 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

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