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I was delighted to join other Irish Universities Assoc. university presidents and representatives in Leinster House today to highlight the urgent funding needs in Irish higher education and research. Thanks to all who came along and to Malcolm Byrne 🇮🇪 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 for hosting. iua.ie/wp-content/upl…

Sue Rackard, Associate Dean for Teaching and Learning at UCD School of Veterinary Medicine, introduces the #VetEd2024 symposium. Welcome to all those joining us in University College Dublin for the event and best wishes for a very productive and enjoyable time.

The University College Dublin ‘Animals’ crew from the 1970s rowed at Henley Royal Regatta today, 50 years on from their famous victory there. It was a pleasure to be able to cheer them on and to see the lasting connection between UCD Boat Club members past and present. UCD Boat Club UCD Ladies Boat Club UCD ALUMNI

Huge thanks to FBD for a €6 million philanthropic contribution to the development of UCD Lyons Farm. With University College Dublin co-investment, this will transform our agricultural science education and our research into the challenges facing agriculture and farming. rte.ie/news/business/…

Lovely obituary in the The Irish Times of Mr Justice Hugh Geoghegan, a graduate of whom we in University College Dublin are very proud. UCD Sutherland School of Law irishtimes.com/obituaries/202…

It was great to join the launch of Ireland at Expo 2025 Osaka today. With the opening of Ireland House in Tokyo and the beautiful Irish pavilion at Expo Osaka, with its imaginative programme, 2025 will be a very significant year for Ireland-Japan relations.

💙💛 Bonne chance to the thirty UCD sporting students and alumni athletes who will participate as part of Team Ireland in Paris. 👏 This is the largest-ever cohort of UCD sports stars to compete at the #Olympics. 🔗 ucd.ie/newsandopinion…

My op ed with Ibec CEO Danny McCoy in today’s The Irish Times on some consequences of the underfunding of Irish higher education. Full implementation of the Government’s “Funding the Future” report will go a long way to addressing this. irishtimes.com/opinion/2024/0…

👨‍🎓🚣‍♀️ They did it! Congratulations to former UCD Ad Astra Sports Scholar and our youngest ever UCD Alumni Award winner Paul O'Donovan, and teammate Fintan McCarthy! 👏👏👏👏 UCD Ad Astra Academy UCD Sport

Great article on #FarmZeroC and the progress being made there towards climate-neutral dairy farming. Congratulations to Prof Kevin O’Connor & all involved from BiOrbic, Bioeconomy SFI Research Centre, Carbery Group & partners. UCD Science UCD School Ag & Food UCDBiosysFoodEng Science Foundation Ireland irishtimes.com/environment/cl…

Thanks to An Taoiseach Simon Harris TD and Minister Patrick O'Donovan Department of Further and Higher Education for a very constructive meeting today on priorities for higher education nationally. Irish Universities Assoc.

💙💛 𝙋𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙡𝙮𝙢𝙥𝙞𝙘𝙨 2024: 𝘼𝙡𝙪𝙢 𝘾𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙣 𝙅𝙪𝙙𝙜𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙡𝙖𝙜 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙄𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙩 𝙋𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙨 𝙂𝙖𝙢𝙚𝙨 🇮🇪 Good luck to former UCD Ad Astra Academy Elite athlete Colin Judge PLY and fellow alums Katie O'Brien, Kerrie Leonard and Martin

Thanks to Paul Fitzgerald, Mark Simpson and all in Culture & Engagement who organised today’s celebration of the start of the academic year. It was great to catch up with so many colleagues as we look forward to welcoming new and returning students to University College Dublin.

Congratulations and thanks to Tom Flanagan on his retirement after a very successful term as University College Dublin Director of Enterprise and Commercialisation. NovaUCD UCD Innovation

Congratulations to EU Commissioner Mairead McGuinness, who today was conferred with an Honorary Doctorate of Science for her outstanding contributions to Irish agriculture. She graduated with a BSc in Agriculture Economics in 1980; the first woman to qualify in the discipline.🎓

Delighted that University College Dublin has been awarded the Athena Swan Charter institutional Silver Award in recognition of our work towards gender equality. Thanks to all who contribute to this effort across UCD, and in particular to Colin Scott, Emma Sokell, Marcellina Fogarty and all in UCD Equality Diversity & Inclusion

Congratulations to all whose degrees were conferred at the first two days of University College Dublin conferring ceremonies this week, including Mairead McGuinness, Angela Moore, Tony Smurfit and Eugene McCague, who all received honorary doctorates.

The Bean Around students who came through this University College Dublin round are among the 6 entries from over 20,000 to have made it through to the final in London on Friday of the Hult Prize, the world’s largest student-led social entrepreneurship competition. Congratulations and good luck!

The European Research Council (ERC) has announced €780M in Starting Grants to support emerging talent across Europe.  Congratulations to University College Dublin Awardees Dr Junli Xu UCDBiosysFoodEng UCD Conway Institute and Dr David MacManus UCD School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering on receiving #ERCStG awards to support their cutting-edge

Conferrings continue at University College Dublin, with honorary doctorates for Kate Raworth, Missie Collins, Colm Bairéad and Cleona Ní Chrualaoi. Comhghairdeas - congratulations!