A piece in Irish Examiner by Niamh Griffin discusses the UCD Agri Mental Health Group research and survey of 457 farmers that found 22.8% were considered 'at risk of suicide'. Co-Directors Tomás Russell & Louise McHugh discuss the research and the group below 👇 irishexaminer.com/news/arid-4146…

Current Masters student Paul Nangle is conducting an important piece of research exploring who the farming community sees as a credible mental health speaker? If you're a farmer & could take 10 mins to fill out this survey it would be much appreciated🙏 bit.ly/crediblemental…

Delighted to welcome students beginning their respective Masters in Agricultural Extension and Innovation to UCD School Ag & Food today Looking forward to working with you all in the coming year(s)🙌🙌

Delighted to welcome Cathy Waite to UCD School Ag & Food yesterday to deliver a guest lecture to our Masters students on research she is conducting University of Melbourne exploring young rural peoples engagement in the ag labour markets Thank you Cathy for the brilliant talk🙌👩‍🌾

Great to have met fellow Walsh Scholar Master students in Teagasc Oakpark before heading out to our advisory offices. Teagasc UCD Agricultural Extension UCD School Ag & Food #walshscholarship #agadvisory #agextension

See new research from colleagues Karen McGrath and Tomás Russell exploring how we can more successfully design digital technologies for use in the agri sector🧑‍🌾

Considering doing a masters at UCD? 📚 We will be back in The RDS next Wednesday 2nd of October, this time to chat to everyone about our Graduate Taught opportunities. Pop down & visit us at gradireland 2024 🙌 Register now for FREE at: eventbrite.ie/e/gradireland-…

Great to see the Ag Extension team attending the HEurope Re-Livestock General Assembly in Edinburgh this week. Some great research being done in this project on developing innovations to support future resilient livestock systems🐮🐷

Looking forward to kicking off the Teagasc and UCD School Ag & Food Knowledge Transfer Conference in Teagasc Ashtown today. List of speakers and book of abstracts available here: teagasc.ie/about/research…

We are delighted to announce the last of the Research Seminar Series for this semester taking place on the 13th of November at 1pm. “The Mental Health landscape of Irish Agriculture - Supporting Farming Minds” On the panel is UCD's Dr. Tomas Russell, Co-Chair of the UCD Agri

The Knowledge Transfer Conference 2024 was held on Wednesday, 23 October 2024 in in Teagasc , Ashtown. The theme this year was "Agricultural Knowledge Exchange in a Changing World" and highlighted the importance of training and advisory skillsets in order to support innovation

On the 4th of December 2024, we are delighted to host “Ireland’s Future Food Systems”, at the School of Agriculture and Food Science. This research symposium will highlight the significant transformation that is required for the development of our Future Food System in many of

Big thanks to AFBI Hillsborough for hosting our Ag Extension Masters class last week. The students got a great insight into the brilliant research happening there, including the Virtual Fencing project 🐮

Our Masters class were on the move again this week, this time to Gurteen College where they learned all about the teaching & learning activities in the college Great to see some familiar faces and past program graduates sharing their experiences with current students👩‍🌾

Did you manage to come along to the Masters Week Webinars last Thursday? Don't worry if you missed it; you can check out all out the webinars on our YouTube channel and hear back from the staff, students and recent graduates about studying graduate programmes in the UCD School

UCD is a partner in the EU PERSONA project which focuses on the Development of a Hybrid Human-AI personalised learning path for VET for innovation in agriculture. If you would like to keep up to date on the project, you can subscribe here; forms.gle/qZ3sZKqHn1rZbQ…

We are recruiting for a part time research assistant to work with the UCD Agri Mental Health team on an exciting project on farmer mental health. More details here my.corehr.com/pls/coreportal…

It’s UCDGradAdmissions Postgraduate Open Day 2025 We are here until 5pm so make sure to pop over and chat to us about all the graduate programmes we have on offer in the School on Ag & Food Science 🐄🔬🍎🌿

👋 Applications for the MSc Agricultural Extension and Innovation and MSc Agricultural Innovation Support are now OPEN! They are collaborative funded programmes delivered by University College Dublin and Teagasc for graduates with an interest and ambition to work in advisory and education

Are you interested in the MSc in Agricultural Extension and Innovation at UCD? Meet Barry Connolly…Barry decided following a business undergraduate degree, he felt could find his desired route into consultancy through this course. Hear how you can best find out about the