A Record of the Main Speeches Given by the Provost of Trinity College Dublin, Dr Patrick J Prendergast Academic Year 2014
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A record of the main speeches given by the Provost of Trinity College Dublin, Dr Patrick J Prendergast Academic Year 2014 - 2015 Contents Page Page Title Date 1 Welcome Address at the Academic World in the 14 August 2014 Era of the Great War 7 Address at the Graduate Reunion Banquet’s 22 & 23 August 2014 Reception 13 Address at the Rooney Prize for Literature 2014 1 September 2014 19 Welcome Address at the Visit of HRH Princess 6 September 2014 Maha Chakri Sirindhorn 21 Address to students of Blackrock College on 8 September 2014 ‘Career Opportunities in the Present Economic Climate” 29 Address at the 9th International Conference on 9 September 2014 Surfaces, Coatings & Nanostructured Materials (NANOSMAT) 33 Address to new Postgraduate Students 9 September 2014 37 Address to Junior Freshman Students 15 & 17 September 2014 43 Welcome Address at the 9th International Cancer 17 September 2014 Conference 47 Address at the European Society for Paediatric 19 September 2014 Endocrinology 51 Address at the Naughton Scholar Awards 27 September 2014 55 Address at the Symposium on The Role and 29 September 2014 Contribution of Universities 65 Address at launch of ‘Advancing Years, Different 30 September 2014 Challenges’: Wave 2 of ID supplement to TILDA 69 Address at the opening of the Upgraded Rugby 4 October 2014 Pitch in College Park 73 Address at the Sandford Park School Annual 8 October 2014 Prizegiving Ceremony 79 Address at the 8x8 Gala Event 9 October 2014 83 Address at the New Fellows Dinner 9 October 2014 89 Address at the Launch of Trinity Postgraduate 11 October 2014 Certificate in 21st Century Teaching & Learning 93 Address at Trinity Knowledge Transfer – Research 15 October 2014 to Impact 97 Address at the 13th Annual IUA HR Conference 16 October 2014 ‘The Value of HR in the University of the 21st Century: Thinking from the Outside In’ 101 Address at the Unveiling of the Watts Building 16 October 2014 105 Address at the Opening of Kinsella Hall 16 October 2014 109 Address at the Wexford Rotary Club 20 October 2014 115 Transcript of Provost’s Interview on the Pat 22 October 2014 Kenny Show 123 Address at the Launch of the Strategic Plan 22 October 2014 2014-2019 129 Address at the Coimbra Group High-Level 30 October 2014 Seminar on Research & Innovation 141 Address at the College for Every Student, ‘One 8 November 2014 Million More’ Conference 147 Address at the Hibernian Catch Club 11 November 2014 151 Address at the Reception in Honour of Naughton 12 November 2014 Scholars 153 Address at the Trinity Research Staff Association 12 November 2014 AGM 157 Address at the Dublin Institute for Advanced 13 November 2014 Studies Annual Public Lecture on Cosmic Physics 159 Address at the Trinity Trust commemorated as 14 November 2014 ‘Benefactors Through the Centuries’ 161 Address at the Launch of the 2014/2015 Grattan 17 November 2014 Scholars Programme 165 Presentation of School of Distinction to St. 18 November 2014 Joseph’s School, Rush 169 Address to Trinity Business Alumni in London 19 November 2014 175 Convocation Address at Thapar University 24 November 2014 183 Address to Trinity Alumni and Friends in Dubai 27 November 2014 187 Announcement of New Professor of Music 1 December 2014 191 Address at the Opening of Bridge21’s New 4 December 2014 Flexible Learning Space (B22) 195 Address at the Honorary Degree Dinner 5 December 2014 201 Address at the Alumni Homecoming 2014 22 December 2014 203 Address at the Launch of €15 Ernest Walton Coin 13 January 2015 205 Address at the Launch of RAG Week 2015 19 January 2015 209 Address at AMBER’s Industry Day 20 January 2015 211 Address at the Launch of the CAVE Research 21 January 2015 Centre for Higher Education 215 Address at the Innovation Academy Graduation 29 January 2015 Ceremony 219 Address at the European Research Council Grant 29 January 2015 Applicants 223 Address to Wexford County Council 2 February 2015 231 Address at the Trinity College Dublin World Hijab 5 February 2015 Day 2015 Event 237 Address at the Launch of the Online 10 February 2015 Postgraduate Diploma in Applied Social Studies 241 Address at the Launch of Green Week 16 February 2015 243 Address at the Farewell Reception for Brian 24 February 2015 Fitzgerald as CEO for St. James’s Hospital 247 Address to Brazilian Delegates for Brazil-Ireland 26 February 2015 Science Week 251 Address to the Society for International Affairs 3 March 2015 (SOFIA) Inaugural Ambassadors’ Ball 255 Address at the Launch of the Tyndall 9 March 2015 Correspondence 257 Address at The Friendly Sons of St Patrick 24th 14 March 2015 St Patrick’s Day Gala 263 Address at the Washington Ireland Programme 16 March 2015 2015 Class Announcement Breakfast 265 Address at the Alumni Awards 27 March 2015 269 Address at the Launch of “The Correspondence of 30 March 2015 James Ussher, 1600-1656” 273 Address at the Business Student of the Year 2 April 2015 Award 2015 277 Address at Trinity’s College Gallery “The Swing of 10 April 2015 the Sixties” 281 Address at the Scholars’ Dinner 13 April 2015 287 Address at the Dean of Students’ Volunteering 15 April 2015 Awards 291 Address at the Centre for Literary Translation 10 April 2015 Dinner in London 295 Address at the EUA Annual Conference 2015 17 April 2015 ‘European Universities in Research and Innovation: People, Policies and Partnerships’ 303 Address at the Alumni Reception in San 22 April 2015 Francisco 309 Address at the Captains and Presidents of Club 30 April 2015 and Societies Reception 313 Address at the Inaugural Trinity Global 1 May 2015 Engagement Awards 317 Welcome Address at the Public Address by Mrs 5 May 2015 Carrie Lam “Hong Kong: Asia’s World City” 321 Address at the CIMA Ireland New Members 8 May 2015 Graduation 325 Address at the AGM of the TCD Association of 12 May 2015 Northern Ireland “Trinity College Dublin: a global community, past and present” 335 Address at the Launch of Trinity Creative 14 May 2015 Challenge 339 Address at the Launch of the Centre for Inclusion 19 May 2015 & Intellectual Disability 343 Address at The Launch of ‘Villain of Steam, A Life 25 May 2015 of Dionysius Lardner’ 349 Address at Fusion in Boston 28 May 2015 353 Transcript of Provost’s Interview on Boston 29 May 2015 Herald’s Morning Meeting 365 Address at The European Approach to 1 June 2015 Universities supporting Innovation 379 Address at the Innovation Academy Executive 4 June 2015 Breakout Pitch 383 Address at the Alumni Reception in Tel Aviv 7 June 2015 389 Address to the Joint Symposium TBSI-Weizmann 9 June 2015 Institute of Science 393 Address at the Provost’s Teaching Awards 2014 10 June 2015 399 Address at the Launch of Marino Institute of 12 June 2015 Education’s Strategic Plan 2015-2020 403 Address at the Tutor’s Reception 24 June 2015 407 Address at the French-Irish Forum for Doctoral 25 June 2015 Studies & Internationalisation 413 Address at the Summer Commencements Dinner 26 June 2015 419 Address at the Vietnam National University in 6 July 2015 Hanoi 431 Address at the Public Information Evening for the 15 July 2015 Trinity Business School 14 August 2014 The Academic World in the Era of the Great War Ideas Space, Trinity Long Room Hub Colleagues, Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, You are all very welcome to Trinity College, the University of Dublin, for this important conference, which has been co-organised by Trinity and the University of Montreal. In organization and design, it’s a truly international conference, with speakers coming from Australia, the United States, Germany, Norway, Britain, Canada, France, Belgium and Russia. And that’s as it should be since the Great War affected so many countries, and so many university communities around the world. This centenary year of the war has been remarkable, globally, for the depth and quality of commemoration and scholarship. Countries have been paying tribute to the many who died in the war or were affected by it, and researchers have been looking anew at evidence to determine what happened and why it happened. The commemorations and research are international, and yet distinctive to each country. If I may take the example of Ireland – our experiences of commemoration are particular because we have come to it later than perhaps any other European country. Our focus, as a country, was firmly on the nationalist struggle - on the 1916 Rising and the war of independence – because this led to the republic we have today. The 140,000 Irish men who enlisted in the British army during the First World War were not part of the nationalist story, and were written out of history until near the end of the century, when key commentators and researchers performed an important act of excavation and reinserted these men into the narrative of Ireland’s history. In 1991 our then President, Mary Robinson – who is now Chancellor of this university - attended an Armistice Day service in St Patrick’s Cathedral, wearing a poppy. And five years later Mary Robinson’s successor, President Mary McAleese, joined Queen Elizabeth at the unveiling of a new Flanders monument to the Irish dead. 1 These important acts prepared the way for the commemorations this centenary year which have been, I am glad to say, full and comprehensive. Two weeks ago a Cross of Sacrifice was unveiled in Glasnevin cemetery, remembering the Irish soldiers who lost their lives in the two world wars. And all year the print and broadcast media have been running features on the war and on Ireland’s contribution.