NUI Maynooth President’s 09/Report10 The 2009 World University Rankings, published last October, classed the University among the top 500 in the world, and the Sunday Times' Irish University Rankings' for the same period revealed its status as first in research income per academic, and joint first for student employment. NUI Maynooth President’s 09/Report10 1 President’s Foreword President’s Foreword...... 3 2 Year in Review 2.1 The Events...... 9 2.2 The Rewards...... 15 2.3 The Staff Room ...... 23 2.4 The Student Experience ...... 28 2.5 The International Perspective ...... 32 2.6 The Access Office ...... 34 2.7 The Library ...... 36 2.8 The Alumni Activities...... 38 2.9 Oifig na Gaeilge agus Oifig na dTeangacha Oifigiúla...... 39 3 research 3.1 Research Highlights...... 43 3.2 Commercialisation Pursuits...... 45 4 Governing Authority Governing Authority...... 48 5 Finance, Statistics & Sponsors 5.1 Income & Expenditure Accounts ...... 51 5.2 Student Statistics ...... 52 5.3 Research Sponsors ...... 58 1 Foreword points requiredfor entrytoalmostallofourcourses. year hascausedanincreaseinLeavingCertificate for placesattheUniversity for thethirdconsecutive years. Indeed,thisescalationinapplicationnumbers highest entrypointsofanyuniversity for thelasttwo 15% surgeinpopularityanditsrequirementsfor the of Artsdegreehasundoubtedlycontributedtoits The widechoiceof22subjectswithintheBachelor skills andeducationalneedsinthesmarteconomy. in theareasidentifiedby theIrishGovernment for future indicate thatstudentsareseeking todevelop knowledge design studies,upby 32%,8%andrespectively, demand for biotechnology, computing,andproduct choice hasinfact grown by 11%. Inparticular, therising students whonominatedNUIMaynoothastheirfirst increased by 6%,CAO figures show thatthenumberof While overall applicationsto thethirdlevel sectorhave graduates withthebestpossiblequalificationsandskills. Maynooth andontheprioritywe placeonequippingour testimony tothecalibreofteachingandresearchatNUI joint firstfor studentemployment. These distinctionsare its statusasfirstinresearchincomeperacademicand Irish University Rankings for thesameperiodrevealed among thetop500inworld, andtheSunday Times’ Rankings publishedlastOctober, classedtheUniversity over thepastacademicyear. The 2009 World University domestically andinternationally, continuedtostrengthen NUI Maynooth’s positionamongitspeers,both Rising intheanks Pres i de n t’s mentoring toassistwiththetransition tolife oncampus. summer courses,information sessionsandpeer in thematurestudentgroupingwas metby preparatory Maynooth’ AlumniHallofFame, therecord14%increase while thefirstinductionswere madeintothe‘Madein well asinthemajorswimmingandsnooker varsities. And Ladies’ OpenChampionshipsacrosstheBritishIsles,as at thefirstEuropeanUniversities GolfChampionship and snooker andGAA like never before, withnotablevictories research. The sportsscholarsexcelled ingolf, swimming, portal for thecombinedoutputofallIrishuniversities’ course ataChineseuniversity andhelpedinspireanew Intervention. ItalsohasplanstopioneerthefirstIrish as well astheuniqueDiplomainMediationandConflict programme, theonlyoneofitskind for migrant workers, the Community Work inaChangingIrelandcertificate The University congratulated itsfirstgraduates of few towinaNAIRTL Award for Excellence in Teaching. on anyUNCommitteeaswell asthatofonetheselect is theacademichomeoffirstIrishwoman toserve Roundtable oftheEUFundamentalRightsAgencyand example, NUIMaynoothhostedthefirstever Irish Access, andAlumniOfficesaswell astheLibrary. For student achievements, andactivitiesoftheInternational, quality faculty events, staffawards andappointments, These successfactors arereflectedintheextremely high and €600,000incommercialisationfundssecured. patents filed,over 14industrialcollaborations concluded out oftheUniversity, ninelicencedealssigned,seven surpassed previous years, withtwo companiesspun months prior. The commercialisationmetricsfor 2009–10 of the2010semester–morethantwiceintake of12 Office welcomed arecord300postgraduates atthestart ahead ofschedule.Inaddition,theGraduate Studies set intheUniversity’s Strategic Plan2006–2011two years expenditure roseto€25.8million,exceeding thetarget publications andcitations.Externally fundedresearch terms ofthevolume ofPhDgraduations andhighquality expansion indirectoutputsofresearchinvestment in and internationalimpactintheresearcharena,with 2009 was alsoapositive year ofsustainedgrowth

NUI Maynooth President’s Report 2–3 field ofDefence Studies. strategic partnershipinthe of Agreementtoformalise a signing ofaMemorandum John Hughespicturedatthe and President, Professor Major General Pat O’Sullivan Chief ofStaff(Operations), Defence Forces Assistant ↑ and socialregeneration architectandfacilitator. international peacekeeper, conflict zone mediator to continuebuildingexpertise for its growing roleas the Forces, inassociationwithNUIMaynooth,order long-term development ofmilitaryeducationwithin Academic Boardhasalsobeensetuptooversee the courses totheCadetSchool.AJointDefence Studies Infantry SchoolattheMilitaryCollegeandseveral Leadership for seniorofficers,various modulestothe also delivers adoctoral level CertificateinStrategic officers frominternationalforces. The University brought totalgraduate numberstoover 150,including Management andDefence StudieslastSeptemberhas rank whoreceived theirMAdegreesin Leadership, eight year relationship. The 22Officers atCommandant Forces signedaMemorandum ofAgreementfollowing an Defence Studies,NUIMaynoothandtheIrishDefence Formalising anotherstrategic alliance,inthefieldof many moduleswithothereducationandartsstudents. be builtanditisenvisagedthatitsstudentswillshare a university campus.AdedicatedFroebelCentreisto disciplinary opportunitieswhichcanonlybeobtainedon and outstandingreputationofFroebelwiththemulti- education, whichcombinestherich67year tradition match isintroducinganew modelofprimaryteacher as well asworking todevelop new courses. Thisideal Postgraduate DiplomainArtsSpecialEducation, Masters DegreeinSpecialandInclusive Education,and Education degree,HigherDiplomainPrimary Education, will thenaward FroebelCollege’s four-year Bachelorof to NUIMaynoothasofSeptember2013. TheUniversity education collegeanditsentirestudentbodytransfer Primary Educationisduetobeformed whentheteacher The FroebelDepartmentofEarlyChildhoodand primary andsecondary, throughtoadultandcommunity. spectrum ofteachereducationonanIrishcampus–from that theUniversity willbetheonlyoneoffering thefull Maynooth andtheFroebelCollegeofEducationis The resultofapromisingpartnershipbetween NUI Programme Development primary qualificationsarenotinthis subject. will co-instruct19existing schoolteacherswhose a new MScprogramme inMathematicsfor Education Faculty ofEducation attheUniversity ofCambridge, between theMathematicsDepartmentand of immunology. Andinafirst-timecollaboration challenges andwishingtobroadentheirunderstanding graduates interestedinmajorhealthanddevelopment and istargetedatbiologicalhealthscience in higherdegreeoptionsthebiologicalsciences programme representsaninnovative development through theInstituteofImmunology, thisunique Engineering atthe2010Grad IrelandAwards. Run in Postgraduate Courseofthe Year Scienceand Immunology andGlobalHealthwhichtookfirstprize Validation alsocamefor theMScprogramme in qualifications eitherasbarristersorsolicitors. to preparestudentsprogresspostgraduate the professional legalbodiesandexplicitly designed programmes were developed inconsultationwith BCL LawandArtslawthroughtheBAdegree degree course. The University’s BBLLawandBusiness, the entrance examination for theBarrister-at-Law to itsscheduleofapproved degreestoundertake King’s InnshasaddedNUIMaynooth’s lawdegrees by theDepartmentofLaw, theHonorable Societyof on offer andofthevery highstandardsmaintained In recognitionofthequalitylawprogrammes in additiontothecoursesfor theDefence Forces. Intervention throughtheSchoolofBusinessandLaw masters anddiplomacoursesinMediationConflict recent years, with40studentscurrentlycompleting has pioneeredaleadershippositioninthisarea Kennedy throughouthispoliticallife. NUIMaynooth engagement –allareasthatwere deartoSenator conflict resolution,mediation,leadershipandcivic the firstofitskind inIreland,willspecialise consensus. The Kennedy Centre for ConflictIntervention, revolved aroundhealingconflicts andachieving Senator Edward M.Kennedy, whoseinvaluable legacy Intervention isbeingformed inhonourofthelate On thesametheme,anew Centrefor Conflict Board ofEnterpriseIreland. and HughCooney, Chairman, Technology andInnovation; TD, Ministerfor Science, Institute; withConorLenihan Fellow basedintheHamilton Post-Doctoral Research Award 2010DrRossO’Neill, Ireland ‘One to Watch’ Winner oftheEnterprise ↗ Coughlan TD. Mary along withthe Tánaiste, in IT atIntelCorporation IVI andCTO for Innovation Chairman andDirectorof Hughes andMartinCurley, President, Professor John Centre fundingare €5 millionIVICompetence At theannouncementof ↑ the internationalfinancialservicessector inIreland. a criticalunderpinningfor thefuturedevelopment of and willrepresentaglobally-leading facility toprovide mathematics, financialeconomicsand computerscience be createdfromcomplementaryexpertise infinancial universities, themulti-disciplinary researchcentrewill Economics Department.Alongwithhispeersfromother with thehelpofProfessor GregoryConnor fromthe and ComputationCluster(FMC2)–istobefounded Strategic ResearchCluster–theFinancialMathematics Government investment ofover €4million,anew SFI the SFI’s Principal Investigator Programme. With a €636,000 committedtohisparticularprojectunder Computer ScienceandtheHamiltonInstitute,hadover Barak Pearlmutter, researcherattheDepartmentof SFI’s ResearchFrontiersProgramme, whileProfessor for cutting-edgeresearchprojectsfundedthroughthe of Immunologywere amongtherecipientsof€8.5million Sinead Miggin,DepartmentofBiologyandtheInstitute Dr Andrew Coogan,DepartmentofPsychology andDr An Foras Feasa, NIRSA andtheUniversity Library. and thenew instituteintheareaofChemicalBiology, and CallanInstitutes,theInstituteofImmunology NUI MaynoothrecipientsincludeIVI,theHamilton building for bothnew facilities andgraduate education. (PRTLI), whichisthebasisofnationalresearchcapacity Programme for Researchin Third Level Institutions under Cycle 5oftheHigherEducationAuthority(HEA) €10.5 millionwas setasidefor seven researchprojects successes insecuringfundingfromvarious sources. The 2010spring-summerseasonbroughtfurthernotable international leaderinthisrapidly developing space. five years andassistitinfirmlypositioningIrelandasthe investments, thisCentrewillunderpinIVIfor thenext frameworks tobetterrealisethebusinessvalue ofIT With anobjective ofdeveloping andtestingnew industry-led CompetenceCentreinIT Innovation. Value Institute(IVI)inDecember2009tohostan exceptional award of€3.8milliontotheInnovation agenda, EnterpriseIrelandandtheIDA granted an expertise insupportofanindustry-inspiredresearch As partoftheGovernment’s policytoalignacademic Research &Commercialisation more effective central administrative support. researchers toparticipateinconsortiaandoffer the variety ofschemesbeingappliedfor, motivate quality andcompetitiveness ofsubmissions,increase O’Neill, thestrategy intendstoimprove thequantity, sources to€3.5millionby 2011.Ledby Professor Ray strategy inanattempttoincreaseincomefromEU climate, theUniversity launcheditsnew EUfunding projected for 2011.Inresponsetothiscurrentlyunstable with anotablereductioninfundedresearchactivity the impactofwhichwillbefelt fromtheendof2010 over 60%inthewake ofthenationaleconomiccrisis, for new awards toNUIMaynoothresearchersfell by However, inspiteofallthesepositive indicators,funding to commercialrealitythroughBlueBox Sensors. of adecade’s academicwork insensortechnology Department, whowas recognisedfor histransferring was Professor JohnLowry, HeadoftheChemistry Lifescience andFood Commercialisationcategory award-winning form inthe2009EnterpriseIreland O’Neill, researcherattheHamiltonInstitute.Alsoin (commonly known as‘ringingintheears’)was DrRoss development ofarevolutionary treatmentfor Tinnitus Enterprise Ireland‘One to Watch’ Award 2010for the treatment ofwidespreadbeediseases. Winner ofthe and hive strengththroughtheprevention and of proprietaryagentstoaugmenthoneybee health Beemune Limited,whichiscommercialisingaset GPS andvideoinacheapportableway, and University delivering aproductbasedonsynchronising iGeotech Limited,aspin-outcompanyfromthe Transforming researchtomeetmarket needsare

NUI Maynooth President’s Report 4–5 Facilities A number of other crucial construction projects were advanced, chief among these being the 6,200 sq.m. The official launch of the Centre for Teaching and extension to the John Paul II Library on the South Learning last October was an important and timely Campus, which was granted planning permission earlier initiative, particularly in the context of intensifying this year. The design team have made huge strides student diversity and participation in higher education, since then, with a contract likely to be awarded later and highlights our commitment to excellence in Report 6–7 NUI Maynooth President’s this autumn. Work began on a new state-of-the-art teaching at both undergraduate and postgraduate University Restaurant to replace the one lost to a fire levels. The Centre is responsible for teaching and at the end of 2008, with a planned opening at the start learning support and development at the University, of the second semester in 2011. Significant headway both through representation on national and has also been made on two further capital projects – a international organisations and expert groups in the Business Innovation and Incubation Centre to support the areas of teaching, evaluation, technology and higher growing level of research commercialisation activities education research, as well as through the provision and additional on-campus student accommodation which of courses, workshops and consultations with will provide in excess of 300 more beds in the student individuals and groups on teaching methods, course village. Both of these important initiatives are expected design, e-learning support and development, Moodle to be on-site early in 2011. Over the coming few years, training, assessment, teaching and evaluation. capital investment will exceed a further €60 million Tremendous progress was made in the implementation as we strive to ensure that we continue to offer first of our Campus Development Plan over the past year, class facilities on a modern and welcoming campus. with a total investment in all projects exceeding €20 million. Most recently, in June 2010, the new €15 million Quality 4,600sq.m. Iontas building, positioned prominently along The University was gratified to receive commendations the new Broadwalk which will run through the heart of the in the report on quality assurance procedures prepared North Campus, was completed. It houses the two leading by an independent international expert panel following research institutes of An Foras Feasa and NIRSA/NCG an extensive review, and published by the Institutional in addition to the School of English, Media and Theatre Review of Irish Universities, managed by the Irish Studies, and provides a new 350-seat lecture theatre, as Universities Quality Board. The review team, comprising well as valuable additional social space for students. Also academics from the Universities of Lausanne and Lisbon finished and opened was the 1,400 sq.m. Rowan House among others, concluded that NUI Maynooth is ‘meeting building, in which the School of Business and Law, and the highest national and international standards in the Department of Anthropology are based. And I was quality assurance’ and welcomed ‘in particular the broad personally pleased to see the introduction of the new approach to quality assurance and quality enhancement Student Common Room on campus at the end of last year that pervades all activities undertaken by the University’. which provides an attractive area for social activities. Revised and new policies were also introduced in the areas of Equality and Workplace Bullying and Mobility and Traffic Management respectively. From international strategy to domestic success, NUI Maynooth remains at the forefront of academic and research excellence while retaining the foresight to address and adapt to changing economic circumstances. On a personal note, the past academic year has been particularly memorable as it signals my last as President of this fine University. Indeed, since assuming the role in 2004, I have watched this institution double in size to over 8,000 students and increase its share of CAO first preferences by more than 50%, making it the The official launch of the Centre fastest growing in the country. I am immensely proud for Teaching and Learning last of everything we have achieved here during my tenure and I have no doubt that this unique place of learning October was an important and shall continue to thrive thanks to the passion and timely initiative, particularly in the prowess of the staff and students within its walls. context of intensifying student diversity and participation in higher education, and highlights our commitment to excellence in teaching at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Professor John G. Hughes President NUI Maynooth President’s Report 8–9 NUI Maynooth President’s Year in Review

Humanities ‘Neurononsense and the Soul’ was the subject matter of the Aquinas Lecture delivered by Roger The Language Centre had a full schedule for 2009–10, Scruton, Professor of Philosophy at Oxford commencing the year with a three-day training course University. Known to be controversial and polymathic, for postgraduates on their way to teach Irish at American Professor Scruton is the author of 40 books, and Canadian universities for a year. The Centre also two operas and two novels and is the intellectual developed a website with additional information and force behind the pro-hunting lobby in England. support for these Foreign Language Teaching Assistants, 2.1 2.1 sponsored by the Fulbright Commission and the Ireland Another acclaimed novelist, Colm Toibin was welcomed Canada University Foundation. A weekend immersion as the guest speaker at the second annual An Foras course in Irish language and culture featuring classes, Feasa Séathrún Céitinn Lecture, where he spoke about 2talks, visits and a dinner was also held at NUI Maynooth ‘Flann O’Brien, Borges, Pessoa: Three Writers, Three for Fulbright Scholars coming to Irish universities from Cities’. As current chair of the national consortium

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he he Southern Illinois and Massachusetts, and Boston College. infrastructure for the humanities, the Institute also hosted the annual Humanities Serving Irish As host of the 37th Meeting of the Association of

Society (HSIS) two-day conference. Presentations Language Testers in Europe (ALTE) entitled ‘Testing were made by early-career researchers funded by lesser-used languages in a multilingual context’ held in the HSIS consortium as well as by representatives Carton House in mid-November, the Language Centre from the European Science Foundation, the Digital welcomed ALTE delegates from 20 countries to hear Humanities Observatory and An Foras Feasa. from speakers such as An Coimisinéir Teanga, Seán Ó Cuirreáin, Professors Barry O’Sullivan and David Little from the University of Roehampton and formerly of Trinity College Dublin respectively, and Paul Caffrey from the Department of Education and Skills. President Hughes travelled to Paris in March to award NUI Certificates in Irish Language, Contemporary Irish History and Culture, and Teastas Eorpach na Gaeilge (TEG) to 40 students following these courses at the former Irish College. HE Paul Kavanagh, the Irish Ambassador to France, and his wife attended along with guest speaker Seán Ó Cuirreáin. Irish courses based on TEG are now available in Paris, Prague, New York, London and Cambridge, and plans are underway for the launch of the first Irish course at a Chinese university, namely Beijing Foreign Studies University, in 2011 with the support of the Department of Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs. Wexford CountyDevelopment Board inEnniscorthy. the ClimateChangeand You Conference hostedby John Sweeney ofICARUS was akeynote speaker at the firstevent ofitskind inthesouth-east,Professor system intermsofpromotingcreative thinking. In of thinking tothechallengesfacing our education for us?’ Topics ranged fromthetheoryandpractice Academy toexplore thetheme‘Isthinking reallygood from Sociologyjoinedapanelhostedby theRoyal Irish Series, ProfessorCelebrity Thinking MaryCorcoran First MinisterandDeputyMinister. Aspartofits Department ofthe Taoiseach andtheOfficeof Consultative Conference, jointlyorganisedby the the economyrespectively atthesecondNorth-South together insportandyouth work andinnovation in Design andCreativityaddressedthetopicsofworking Social StudiesandDaminiKumar asDirectorof them, DrMauriceDevlin oftheDepartmentApplied expert opinionsathighprofilegatherings.Among Several faculty memberswere invitedtosharetheir pursuing careersincharteredaccounting. to graduate fromtheUniversity, mostof whoare precedent was thefirstMAinAccounting class with theMigrant RightsCentreIreland.Alsosetting Work inaChangingIreland,runcollaboration from theNUIcertificateprogramme Community 22 foreigners fromalmostasmanycountriesgraduated In thefirstprogramme ofitskind for migrant workers, Taoiseach andEUAmbassadortotheUnitedStates. featured akeynote addressfromJohnBruton,former competitiveness. This latter EuropeDayConference and thefutureofEuropeanUnion,itseconomy EU andissuesrelatedtoitsmembershipapplication; of the Western Balkans; Turkey’s relationshipwiththe various events toinvestigate suchtopicsasthefuture The Centrefor theStudyof Wider Europeorganised dignity andequalityonholdinIrelandorelsewhere. used asanexcuse toputthe march towards fullhuman Board saidthattheeconomicdownturn mustnotbe Representative andChairpersonoftheFRAManagement Head ofAppliedSocialStudiesattheUniversity andIrish were amongthoseinattendance.AnastasiaCrickley, Network againstRacismandIrish Traveller Organisations Committee, IrishCouncilfor CivilLiberties,European NUI Maynooth.DelegatesfromtheUNHumanRights States’ was openedby President MaryMcAleeseat Challenges andOldIssuesfor theUnionandMember the EUFundamentalRightsAgency (FRA),entitled‘New in thepastacademicyear. The firstIrishRoundtableof several oftheactivitiesinFaculty ofSocialScience Europe andmigration formed acommonthemeacross Social cience country tookpartinthesepopularSciencePracticals. candidates. Over 2,500 studentsfromacrossthe with revision experiments for LeavingCertificate also openedtheirlaboratories onceagaintoassist of Chemistry, ExperimentalPhysicsand Biology reactions toDNAextractions. The Departments demonstrations ondiverse subjectsfrom chemical almost 800primaryschoolstudentstofreetalksand GPS navigation. The annualScienceWeek welcomed man usingsatellitetracking, text messaging and challenged participantstotrack andcatchamystery and filmediting. The clever ‘Hideand Tweet’ competition development; gamesprogramming; musictechnology; programming, graphics andmapping; robotics;web in about20different activitiesincludingcomputer Science SummerSchoolengaged35young people pupils throughaseriesofinitiatives. The Computer The Faculty continueditsoutreachtosecondaryschool Dr Sinead McGilloway from the Department of Psychology. and behavioural difficultiesinyoung children,isledby backgrounds. The study, designedtoalleviate emotional the 220delegatesfromeducation,healthandacademic for Childrenand Youth Affairs openedproceedingsfor funded projectsinIreland.BarryAndrews, TD Minister set ofresultsfromanytheAtlanticPhilanthropies considerable mediaattentionandrepresentedthefirst national Archways Conference. The findingsattracted of Positive Parenting’ were presentedatthesecond Study intheform ofthereport‘Proving thePower The firstfindingsoftheIncredible Years Ireland most frequentinheritedmusculardisorderinIreland. therapy asameansofreversing musclewasting inthis the University specificallyon‘exon skipping’ gene Dystrophy IrelandandProfessor Kay Ohliendieckfrom renowned researcheriscollaborating withMuscular Steve Wilton, aworld-leading genetherapy expert. The organised aworkshop aroundthevisitofProfessor Muscular Dystrophy,theDepartmentofBiology another cure-seeking path,thistimefor Duchenne Dublin, University CollegeDublin,andNUIGalway. On wide researchgroupsfromthelikes of Trinity College Cannabinoid ResearchinIrelandtogathercountry- Immunology organisedthethirdannualworkshop on neuroinflammatory diseases,theInstituteof cannabis-based drugsinthetreatmentofvarious In aneffort todevelop thetherapeutic value of to web development andholographic television. numerous ICT aspects,fromelectronicsandrobotics with thosefromallIrishinstitutionslearnedabout IMWS. Delegatesfrom16Chineseuniversities along in associationwithElectronicEngineering,theNCGand Maynooth careoftheDepartmentComputerScience Communications TechnologyConference cametoNUI The fourth China-IrelandInformation and Science &Engineering Professor JohnHughes. Agency withPresident, the EUFundamentalRights the firstIrishRoundtableof Mary McAleesepicturedat Social StudiesandPresident the DepartmentofApplied Anastasia Crickley, Headof → Child TrainingSeries. Parent, Teacherand of theIncredible Years of Washington andfounder Webster-Stratton, University speaker Professor Carolyn Psychology; andkeynote Investigator, Dept.of McGilloway, Principal CEO Archways; DrSinéad (l–r): MsAileenO’Donoghue, Archways Conference are Attending thenational → Philosophy DepartmentandProfessor JamesMcEvoy. Thought editedby DrMichaelDunne,Headofthe output isTheIrishContributiontoEuropeanScholastic Shakespeare andtheIrish Writer . Alsoaddressingnative Ghaeilge) andBrianCosgrove (English)amongothersto Input was received fromDr Tadhg ÓDúshláine(Nua- and Irishlanguage,sincetheearlytwentieth century. responses toShakespeare by Irishwriters,inbothEnglish domestic andinternationalscholarsexploring the of English,issuedacollectionessaysby leading In thepublicationsphere,DrStephenO’Neill,Department commentary tonationaldiscussionanddebate. the University’s academicscontributedvaluable due toinadequatehousingconditions,manyof of onlinedatingor‘cyberia’tosocialrightsbreaches measures, fromcultural concernsaroundthedangers volcanic ashcloudtofinancialturmoilandausterity topical issuessuchasflooding,droughtsandthe and foreign, throughthecourseofyear. From airwaves andreadintheprintmedia,bothdomestic on various mattersofthedaycouldbeheardon numerous faculty departmentsandresearchinstitutes The keen insightsofNUIMaynoothstafffrom Faculty Publicity user-centred toolsandsystemsfor society. learning intheworkplace, businessinnovation and including promotingscientificresearch,life-long achieving excellence ininnovation andcreativity, deliberations producedseven commandmentsfor the EUManifesto for CreativityandInnovation. The Design, presentedAn Taoiseach BrianCowen with Damini Kumar, Programme Directorof Product On behalfofher26-strongAmbassadorGroup, disease anddeathinorgantransplant patients. in question,Aspergillusfumgatus,cancausesevere immune responseandsocauseinfection. The fungus against oneofthetoxins itcanproducetoreduceour discovered how apathogenicfungusprotectsitself Led by Professor SeanDoyle, theresearchershave Pathogens, themostprestigiousmicrobiologyjournal. Austrian collaborators was publishedinPLOS Departments ofBiologyandChemistryalongwith Groundbreaking researchby scientistsatthe and studentsfromtheDepartmentofLaw. newsletter containingnews andarticlesby staff in thecountry.Golden Threadisthenew AndThe national organisationsrepresentingolderpeople Studies withOlderandBolder,anallianceofseven was preparedby JoeLarragy fromAppliedSocial the Government’s NationalPositive AgeingStrategy by 400%over thepastseven years. Asubmissionto the indigenouscomputergamesindustryhasgrown Society attheUniversity ofLimerickrevealed that from theInstitutefor theStudyofKnowledge in Department ofSociologyandDrAnthonyCawley A jointsurvey conductedby DrAlphra Kerr fromthe

NUI Maynooth President’s Report 10–11 of Celticof Studies ofHead School D Profile staff ofRoinnnaNua-Ghaeilgein1977. proudest momentofbeingappointedtothe Maynooth for four decades.Herecalls his Leuven, Tadhg hasremainedloyal toNUI Studies andanotherattheUniversity of a year attheDublinInstitutefor Advanced change, plusc'estlamêmechose.’ Apart from cultural revolution recognised thatplusça o mores. Those ofuswhoembraced the universities, resistedandsighedO,tempora, our moreconservative institutions,like the the oldregimechangedutterly. ‘Some of the world, whentheParis riotsensuredthat class of1969,aftertheyear thatrocked Tadhg joinedtheUniversity withtheradical essentially European,specificallyBaroque. means ofhelpingtodefineIrishcultureas agus LitríochtnaGaeilge1600–1650asa which influencedhiswritingofAnEoraip identity andinspiration. Itwas thelatter our linguisticheritageasaforce for unity, access tothirdlevel andthefunctionof an active roleinallpromotionsconcerning ‘free education’inthe1960s, Tadhg takes As oneofthefirstgeneration tobenefitfrom and beingtherewhenthelightsgoon.’ their potential;sharingthejoy ofinsight; role, ‘Ilove guidingstudentstorealise school himself, Tadhg relisheshisteaching that hewas luckyenoughtobekept at Ceann ScoilanLéinnCheiltigh.Admitting School ofCelticStudies,betterknown as Dr Tadhg ÓDúshláineistheHeadof From working classCorkcityoriginally, r T adhg ÓD adhg úshláine mhairimid. Andlongmaywe continuetodoso.’ order toremainthesame.Arscáthachéile on thisisland. We have always changedin and adaptedtosuittheneedsofgenerations the originalRoyal CatholicCollegehasevolved revolutionary-orientated IrishCatholicclergy, of controllingthecontinentally-educated, Government ofthisarchipelagoasaway over thelasthalfcentury. ‘Conceived by the and thrived andrecastitselftothechallenges the Maynoothnetwork ofstudentshasevolved of missionattheUniversity, anddescribeshow before missionstatements,hefelt thesense his motto‘MaynoothisitsStudents!’Long Irish. This livingdimensionisalsoevident in prioritising spoken –rather than written– discipline, Tadhg hopestoleadefforts in University’s technologicalinitiatives inhis As well ascontinuingtodevelop the for besteducationalinitiative in2009. which received the Technology IrelandAward Irish, known as Téacs GaeilgeBeoor TGBeo, and learningpackage for LeavingCertificate development ofatechnologicalteaching small partincontributingtotheSchool’s Seamus Heaney.’ This penchantplayed no continues totwitterthroughthepoetryof Blackbird atBelfast Lockinthe9thcentury doing sopioneeredMoodle,ensuringthatthe doodled toillustrate theBookofKells, andin homo ludens–theIrishmonkwhoelaborately sapiens, norhomofaber; returnstoitsnative technology. ‘Our vocation nolongerhomo Tadhg possessesanobvious passionfor of knowledge andtomaster new skills.’ how exciting itisto discover new areas for mysubject,andtoshow mystudents in teaching.‘Ilove tosharemyenthusiasm academia isunderpinnedby thejoy he finds PhD for hisAlmaMater. Hisdevotion to Oxford whileconcurrentlycompletinga working asalecturerattheUniversity of years later. Latterly, hespentthreeyears awarded hisZweites Staatsexamen two a Grammar Schoolteacherbefore being in Göttingen(Germany)andtraining as equivalent) fromtheGeorgAugustUniversity Staatsexamen inGermanandHistory(MA Florian’s qualificationsincludeanErstes culture oftheGerman-speaking countries.’ of historyandlinguistics,literature and variety ofattractive choicesintheareas instruction inthelanguagearenaanda very bestdealpossible–the delivery insuchaway thatstudentsgetthe entity. ‘We have shapedourcurriculumand nationally andinternationallyrecognised at NUIMaynoothhasdeveloped intoa by thefact thattheGermanDepartment Along withhiscolleagues,Florianisrewarded ‘Approaches to Translation Studies’. in EuropeanStudiesandtotheMAmodule also contributetointerdisciplinarymodules Coordinator oftheGermanDepartment.I postgraduate levels andIam thePostgraduate and literature atallundergraduate and ‘In themeantime,IteachGermanlanguage Languages, Literatures andCultures(SMLLC). of thenewly establishedSchoolofModern February 2010,heassumedtheroleofHead Department for atotalofnineyears. In Acting Headaswell asHeadoftheGerman to Professor, Florianalsoserved asthe from lecturertoseniorandultimately 19 year tenureatNUIMaynooth.Promoted ranks oftheGermanDepartmentduringhis Professor FlorianKrobbhasrisenthroughthe Literatures &Cultures Head of School Languages, of Modern Professor Florian Krobb Profile core ofourmission–thepursuitlearning.’ entity ifwe don’tlosesightofwhatisatthe a collegiate,welcoming andself-confident inclusivity. The University willcontinuetobe model ofcombiningacademicambitionand doom andgloom:‘NUIMaynoothcouldbea opportunity amidstthecurrentclimateof and theSMLLC asawhole.And hesees benefit boththeseindividualdisciplines and by initiatingmutualprojectsthatcould subjects ofGerman,FrenchandSpanish; between theSchool’s threecomponent environment; by buildingonexisting synergies a professional andcollegiateworking consolidation oftheSMLLC by creating Florian’s plansfor 2010include the during the Weimar andearlyNaziperiods.’ Catholicism andright-wingsectarianism children’s andadventure literature, ‘bourgeois’ emphatic conservatism, literary avant-garde, a numberofdifferent interlinked areas: next research project,astudythatstraddles Wilhelm Raabe.‘I’ve alsoembarked onmy and publicationofabookonGermanauthor namely thecompletionofamajorstudy proud ofhisotherachievements inthisperiod, Literatures andCulturesin2009,Florianis of theSchoolModernLanguages, Apart fromthevery significantestablishment

NUI Maynooth President’s Report 12–13 had apartinshapingpolicythisway!’ a hugechallenge,andrealprivilegetohave and contexts. Itwas anamazingopportunity, whole range ofcountrieswithdiverse systems centre ofeducationpolicydiscussionsina fascinating roleasitbroughtmeintothe teacher policyinAfrica.‘Ifound thisareally University towork withthe World Bankon from 2004to2009,hetookleave fromthe in 1996,asalecturereducation. Then Aidan’s careeratNUIMaynoothbegan experience thatwas valuable inthenext.’ remain very similar, andeachjobhasadded of educationyou work on,thehumanissues with ConcerninBangladesh.‘Whatever level at UCDandongrassroots educationprojects As such,heworked ontechnologyineducation gradually broadeninghispursuitsinthefield. qualified asasecondaryschoolteacherbefore Aidan studiedGeography andHistorylater With adeep-rootedinterestineducation, perspectives, soeverything gets questioned!’ ability toview anyissuefrommultiple distinguishing feature ofeducatorsisthe contact withmanydifferent opinions–one research take shape.‘Ienjoy the constant confidence andtowatch goodinsightful teachers develop theirskills andgrow in Aidan findsitvery satisfyingtoseestudent wide-ranging educationresearchprojects.’ co-operating schools,andinvolvement in evening students,linkswithdozens of is always onthego,withdaytimeand researchers ineducation.‘TheDepartment the BScinScienceEducationtodoctoral students, ranging fromundergraduates on programmes cateringfor almost500 Dr AidanMulkeen oversees tendifferent As HeadoftheEducationDepartment, D Profile Department ofHead Education r A idan Mulkeen can develop tothebestoftheirabilities.’ where itisneededandensurethatallstudents close knowledge helpsustoprovide support in theirschoolsisanadvantage, ofcourse. This each andevery one–thefact thatwe visitthem larger classes,we endeavour togetknow one ofourcoursesanonymously. Even inthe like toensurethatnostudentcanpassthrough fastest growing University in thecountry. ‘We it hasmanagedtopreserve despitebeingthe strong assetfor NUIMaynooth,andonethat Aidan believes thatthepersonaltouchisa and learnnew competenciesalongtheway. good ICT skills, dosolidcurricularprojects island. Heexplains thatstudentsdevelop for along-termsustainablepeaceonthis understanding, andtohelplaythefoundations from northandsouthinabidtobuildmutual people, theprojectbringstogetherschools over 200schoolsandthousandsofyoung and theUniversity ofUlster. Embodying ‘Dissolving Boundaries’runby NUIMaynooth established withAidan’s helpin1999is a memorable milestone.Anotherproject cohort ofstudentsatKilkenny Castleas and herecallstheconferring ofthefirst in ICT ineducationalmosttenyears ago, and development ofapioneeringnew course through Aidan’s involvement inthedesign The commitmenttohisareaisalsoevident

President, NUIMaynooth. Professor Jim Walsh, Deputy Dr MicheálÓCeárnaand → Dr MalachyMcCann. President oftheRIAand Professor Nicholas Canny, →

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he T place equalityattheheartofUKlegalsystem’. Julian King creditedMr Taylor withhaving‘helped affecting 42,000publicbodies. BritishAmbassador and implementinganew statutorycodeonequality landmark StephenLawrenceInquiryandonpreparing to recommendationsandlegislationarisingfromthe Prosecution Service,hiswork focused ontheresponse with theCommissionfor RacialEqualityandtheCrown promoting equalityinBritain.Asaformer seniorofficial II intheBritishHonoursSystemfor hisservicesin Social Studies,hasreceived aCBEfromQueenElizabeth Seamus Taylor, alecturerattheDepartmentofApplied area ofantimicrobialandanticancerchemotherapy. screened potentialnew drugcandidatesfor useinthe as metal-baseddrugs.Herecentlypreparedand assessing thetherapeutic potentialofcomplexes his researchonsyntheticcoordinationchemistryand Laboratory withintheChemistryDepartment,focuses Ireland. DrMcCann,whodirectstheBio-Inorganic Irish Academy, thehighestacademicdistinctionin among 24memberstobeadmittedtheRoyal Also excelling inhisfield,Dr Malachy McCannwas contribution toFrenchLiterary andCultural Studies. Sulivan andPascal whichwas deemedaworthy Julien Greenaswell asMauriac,Bernanos,Huysmans, in France andontheworks ofFrenchwriterssuchas extensive writingonthe20th-centuryChristiannovel was DrO’Dwyer’s researchandteachingthroughhis of Chevalier dansl’ordre desPalmes académiques.It at theFrenchDepartment,was theprestigioustitle Michael O’Dwyer, SeniorLecturerandSubjectLeader Prime Minister, François FillonpersonallyonDr Another Francophone honourbestowed by theFrench Camille LochtfromtheInstitutPasteur deLille. cough vaccines for infants inassociationwithProfessor was inrecognitionofDrMahon’s work onwhooping and theRoyal CollegeofSurgeonsinIreland. This merit Servier inconjunctionwiththeIrelandFundofFrance the DrJacquesServierScholarshipby theInstitute the Faculty ofScienceandEngineeringwas awarded Dr BernardMahon,CellularImmunologistandDeanof Staff uccesses

back toIrelandfromhisMassachusettshome. a NationalHistoricPark, andhasbeenaregularvisitor heritage, includingthemove tomake theGreatBlasket Presidents tirelesslythroughouthislife for theBlasket Congressmen, Taoisigh, visitingIrishMinisters and establish inDunChaoin,CountyKerry. Helobbied Ceárna was honouredattheBlasket Centrehehelped a ‘truelivinglinktoourheritageandtradition’, MrÓ One ofthelastremainingislanders,characterised as with thetraditional Irishway oflife ofprevious centuries. Blasket Islandispreserved for itsindelibleassociation commitment toensuringthatthelegacyofhisnative of LiteratureonMicheálÓCeárnafor his60-year The University conferred anhonoraryDoctorate collaborative work andcommunity interaction. nurturing herstudents’personaldevelopment through innovative learningtoolsandreal-world projects,and tutoring andpeerreview, inspiringinterestwith confidence andself-esteemthroughcollaborative students. Herapproachinvolves buildingstudent to createanexciting learningenvironmentfor teaching thatcombineswithherresearchexpertise accolade recognisesDrBergin’s enthusiasmfor at DublinCastleby President MaryMcAleese,this (NAIRTL) Award for Excellence in Teaching. Presented the Integration ofResearch, Teaching, andLearning five recipientsofthe2009NationalAcademy for the DepartmentofComputerSciencewas oneofonly In anotheruniqueachievement, DrSusanBerginfrom

NUI Maynooth President’s Report 14–15 Research Rewards Student Accolades Following competitive heats at NUI Maynooth, Laura Research Rewards O’Toole was selected to represent the University Report 16–17 NUI Maynooth President’s Professor Barak Pearlmutter, researcher at the Parents, school principals and guidance counsellors Aran O’Loughlin BSc, a second year Biology PhD student at the annual Science Speak competition with her Department of Computer Science and the Hamilton gathered to watch 105 high-achieving Leaving Certificate working at the Animal Bioscience Centre at Teagasc in presentation on ’Solar Energy – a Shining Future’. This Institute, received over €636,000 for his venture entitled students being awarded their Entrance Scholarships to County Meath, won an award for Best Postgraduate unique intervarsity event provides a platform for ‘Higher-Level Efficient Numerics and Machine Learning’ various degree programmes across all three faculties Poster at the annual meeting of the Association for the best postgraduate science communicators from under the SFI’s Principal Investigator Programme. It is of the University. Their diligence was rewarded with a Veterinary Teaching and Research Work. Carla Cummins, each of the seven Irish universities to present their one of 27 pioneering projects to be chosen for a total purse of €1,000 along with a guaranteed place in one of an SFI-funded student in the Molecular Evolution and research to a non-specialist, lay audience, testing funding of €25 million over the next five years, announced the University’s on-campus apartments. At the other Bioinformatics Unit of the same department was the communication skills and ability to make research by Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation, Batt end of the scholarly spectrum, over 2,200 students runner-up at the 11th Young Systematist’s Forum in accessible to all. Ms O’Toole came runner-up with her O’Keeffe TD in April 2010. Professor Pearlmutter plans received their degrees and diplomas at the conferring London. Her research work is focused on developing new illustration of how artificial photosynthetic devices to build a prototype compiler to extend and optimise ceremonies held throughout the year. All disciplines methods for the analysis of DNA and protein evolution. can lead to improved and more affordable solar cells. numerical computing software for use in scientific and were represented along with first time qualifications Also representing the University, specifically the engineering applications. The resulting improvements in the BA Music Technology International, Diploma in A powerful performance of ’This Is the Moment’ from Department of Chemistry, at the 60th Lindau Nobel will have industrial, commercial and scientific importance Arts – Addiction Studies, and Diploma in Mediation the musical Jekyll and Hyde propelled Arts student Laureates meeting was Dean St Mart. His selection as in areas ranging from systems biology and climate and Conflict Intervention. More than 170 of these Sean Carey to the final of Fame: the Musical. The one of only 650 nominees from 5,000 students and young modelling to speech recognition and computer vision. graduates won prizes in recognition of scoring top Dunshaughlin teenager faced tough opposition from researchers across Europe afforded him the opportunity marks in their studies and carrying on the long-standing Ben Morris of Tallaght in the ultimate sing-off at the A month later, Minister O’Keeffe named Dr Andrew to engage with Nobel Laureates and fellow researchers. tradition of academic excellence at the University. Helix and unfortunately the public vote saw the end Coogan, Department of Psychology and Dr Sinead of his shot at the lead male role in the hit show that Anthropology student Svenja Gosen’s essay ‘Spoken, Miggin, Department of Biology and the Institute of Benjamin Larkin and Roisin O’Flaherty, an anthropology is set to tour Ireland later this year. A protégé of St Not Written: Storytelling, Lament and Gossip as Immunology among the recipients of €8.5 million for and chemistry student respectively, were among the Mary's Musical Society in Navan and past pupil of Performance Events’ was deemed the winner of cutting-edge research projects funded through the benefactors of the inaugural Undergraduate Awards Gaelscoil na Rithe and Dunshaughlin Community the 2010 Postgraduate Essay Prize conferred by SFI’s Research Frontiers Programme. Dr Coogan’s of Ireland. President Mary McAleese presided over the College, Mr Carey’s media studies with Irish and the Anthropological Association of Ireland. research ‘Is there a role for NF-kB in the circadian ceremony where Mr Larkin won a gold medal for his essay History were on hold as he advanced through the clock?’ seeks to understand how a molecule that ’Formal interactional structures versus the maintenance ↘ It was final year Venture Management student, Fame competition. Broadcast on RTÉ, the search signals in the brain and immune system is involved in of coherence’ and Ms O’Flaherty was a joint winner for (l–r): Róisin O'Flaherty, Fintan Lawlor who scooped the annual Student for the stars was launched in January and 12 finalists the human body clock to better identify how it runs ’Sea sponges cure cancer?’ Gavin Armstrong in final year Department of Chemistry Entrepreneur title with Bespoke Mobile Suits were chosen from the thousands of applications and normally and during sickness. Dr Miggin’s research maths also had the right formula for an undergraduate pictured with President (BMS). The business initiative, which was awarded hundreds of performers who went on to audition at ‘Towards understanding the mechanisms involved mathematics prize presented at the Royal Irish Academy. Mary McAleese at the €6,000 by the Commercialisation Office, is a locations in Dublin, Cork, and in London’s West End. in the negative regulation of Toll-like Receptor 3 inaugural Undergraduate mobile tailoring service, providing custom-made First, second and third places in the HH Steward signalling’ aims to develop more efficacious therapies Awards of Ireland. suits for busy executives around the country. Literary Scholarship in Latin for 2009 went to Diana for the treatment of infectious diseases. The Minister Popescu, Timothy Moriarty and Chona Gillan. Dr maintains that these research areas are ‘profoundly ↓ Maurice Manning, NUI Chancellor, presented the Announcing the SFI Principal linked to our health and wellbeing and the researchers’ Ancient Classics students with their rewards at a Investigator Programme work will generate high-value downstream jobs’. special ceremony in the Royal Hospital, Kilmainham. awards is (middle) Batt An international consortium led by Dr Sinead McGilloway, O’Keeffe TD, Minister Second year Arts students Sarah Davis specialising Department of Psychology and Director of the Mental for Enterprise, Trade in English and Music and Sharon Hickey studying Law Health and Social Care Research Group, has secured and Innovation with (l–r): with English were chosen from 270 Northern Irish, Irish funding to the tune of €600,000 from Atlantic Professor Frank Gannon, and British applicants to be part of the Washington Philanthropies and the Office of the Minister for Director General, Science Ireland Programme 2010. A prestigious two-month Children and Youth Affairs. This money is supporting Foundation Ireland; and internship and intensive training course in leadership a significant study to evaluate a complex community Professor Barak Pearlmutter, and service will allow them to gain a unique insight change initiative called ‘youngballymun’, aimed at Dept. of Computer Science into America’s professional and social culture. improving the well-being and learning outcomes and the Hamilton Institute. for those aged between 0 and 21 in the suburb. As a student of Media Studies, Lisa Whelan’s Memories was shortlisted for Radio Production of the Year, The Broadcasting Commission of Ireland (BCI) Arts and Features category, at the 10th anniversary Media Research Funding Scheme has selected two Oxygen.ie National Student Media Awards. Over new research projects at NUI Maynooth. ‘Funding 600 students and national media personalities along Programmes, Sustaining Broadcasters; a jurisdictional with high profile judges and sponsors attended the analysis of programme making support schemes 2010 Smedias at the Mansion House in April. for community radio’ is led by Dr Kenneth Murphy and Dr Gavan Titley, and ‘Drivers of change? An assessment of plurality within community radio in Ireland’ is directed by Dr Anne O’Brien and Dr Niamh Gaynor from Dublin City University. Profile Dr Susan Bergin Lecturer, Department of Computer Science Report 18–19 NUI Maynooth President’s

Dr Susan Bergin is a lecturer with personal A major piece of Susan’s research focused on educational history at the Department of the development of a computational model to Computer Science, having completed both a predict how students were likely to perform Masters and PhD in the field at NUI Maynooth. in the end of year exam after two weeks on an While her current remit commenced in introductory programming module. By reducing 2007, she spent three years as a part-time 30+ factors down to three, she improved Retention Officer at the Department from the prediction accuracy rate from previous 2003 to 2006. This position was focused levels of 40–50% to 85%. More recently, she on designing innovative teaching tools to has been active in a novel assessment for assist students learning to program and group-based projects and robotics for teaching as part of this Susan ran a weekly drop-in programming. It was during her PhD period clinic, and designed and developed both a that the seeds were sown for her victory in the formative assessment programming system Excellence in Teaching Award presented by the and a dedicated 1st year portal to improve National Academy for Integration of Research, programming skills. In addition, she was Teaching and Learning. ‘Juggling teaching, heavily involved in integrating problem-based supervision, research and administration learning into the 1st year curriculum and gave can be a struggle so I’m delighted with the talks to career guidance counselors about award as recognition for my teaching efforts. studying Computer Science at tertiary level. The transition from second to third level is hard for students and requires patience, With 17 different degree programmes possibly innovation and dedication but it’s worth taking 1st year Computer Science, diverse the investment to watch them thrive.’ student types and backgrounds result. ‘For example, music technology, history and Open to all 38 higher education institutions, anthropology students, to name but a few, Susan was one of five winners – the first sit alongside hardcore CS students so we ever from NUI Maynooth – selected by an need innovative teaching using diverse media international judging panel and honoured by and approaches to capture the material President Mary McAleese at Dublin Castle and present it so that it is accessible to the in November 2009. She was bestowed widest audience.’ In fact, Susan’s PhD research with a Fellowship to improve teaching and was born of a 30-year global problem of learning, a piece of Waterford crystal and the difficulties and drop-outs experienced €5,000. With a Postgraduate Diploma in by 1st year Computer Science students on Higher Education under her belt, she is also the Introduction to Programming module officially qualified to teach at third level. (referred to as ‘CS101’ worldwide). ‘As computer Susan runs numerous computer science science is not a second level subject, often competitions, summer schools and web students don’t comprehend what the course development projects, such as CSRocks, a is really about and can find it difficult to popular information portal describing the grasp the underlying concepts at the start.’ subject to 2nd level students and parents. ‘I love working with my 2nd/3rd/HDip students to develop websites for the community as they are real world projects and are more engaging given the live element at the end.’ Total number of students on campus 





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           2.3 2.3 External Appointments Minister for Energy, Communications and Natural Resources, Eamon Ryan TD, announced the appointment Report 22–23 NUI Maynooth President’s Nominated by the Irish Government, Anastasia Crickley, of Professor Chris Morash as Chair of the Compliance Head of the Department of Applied Social Studies, Committee of the newly created Broadcasting Authority was elected to the United Nations Committee on of Ireland, the new single broadcasting content regulator. the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) for a a ST the ROO Minster Ryan commented: ‘Broadcasting in Ireland four-year term and is the first Irish woman to serve on is entering a period of change. New technologies are any UN Committee. This appointment is international changing viewing and listening patterns but the old rule recognition of the prominent role Ms Crickley has

M remains insofar as the quality of the content defines played throughout her career in tackling issues relating success. These appointees will have the requisite skills to racism and discrimination, and in the promotion of to help Irish broadcasting adapt and thrive. I hope and

ff human rights both in Ireland and abroad. In addition to trust they will be strict, strong and visionary in their founding and chairing several national agencies, she

exciting new roles.’ Professor Morash is the founder of served until very recently as the inaugural Chair of NUI Maynooth’s Centre for Media Studies and Head the European Union Fundamental Rights Agency and of the School of English, Media and Theatre Studies. previously as Chair of the EU Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia. Welcoming the announcement, Another ministerial notification was made by Éamon Ó the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Micheál Martin TD, Cuív TD, responsible for Social Protection (previously said: ‘I believe Anastasia Crickley will bring a wealth Social and Family Affairs), that of Dr Stuart Stamp, of expertise and practical experience to her new role Research Associate at the Department of Applied and will be a very significant asset to the work of the Social Studies, to the Board of the Citizens Information Committee. She will also be a strong independent Board. Dr Stamp, who has published extensively and impartial voice as required by the Convention.’ on the subject of over-indebtedness and financial exclusion, assumes the five-year appointment from Vice President for Research, Ray O’Neill, was recruited 2010. Also engaging with citizens, Damini Kumar as the Irish representative to the Research Policy from Product Design was part of the judging panel Working Group (RPWG) of the European Universities of ‘Your Country, Your Call’, a national competition to Association (EUA). This former advisory body is seek out and support two transformational proposals commissioned by, and reports to, the EUA Council with to help secure prosperity and jobs for Ireland. Each membership drawn from the EUA Board and nominations winning idea is to receive €100,000 along with a received from national rectors’ conferences. The main development fund of €500,000 and independent functions of the RPWG are to review European research working group for their respective implementation. and innovation policy development of importance to Europe’s universities; to advise on the preparation of EUA positions and statements on European research policy initiatives; and to propose and promote new policy instruments to strengthen the position of Europe’s universities as the main stakeholders in the European Research Area. In addition, the Group establishes and maintains a working dialogue with the European Commission and other major interest groups in research and innovation policy, including business, non-university research institutions, and national funding agencies through their respective European associations. Carr; andProfessor Vincent Comerford. (l–r) DrNiallMcKeith; Professor Peter ↑

Dr Paul Donovan Director ofIVI&Professor inBusinessInnovation Dr Brian Donnellan Lecturer, DepartmentofEducation Ms Majella Dempsey Lecturer, DepartmentofSociology Cullen Pauline Dr Other notableappointmentswere thoseof: Arts, CelticStudiesandPhilosophyrespectively. welcomed asthenew DeansofSocialScience,and RowenaO’Connor Pecchenino were andDrThomas President for InternationalAffairs, whileProfessor External Affairs andProfessorLarry Taylor of Vice- Collins assumetheroleof Vice-President for Promotions attheUniversity sawProfessor Tom Internal Affairs of Law, SchoolofBusinessandLaw Professor ofLaw&HeadtheDepartment Dr Sandeep Gopalan Studies, DepartmentofEnglish Professor ofLiterary andCultural Professor Luke Gibbons Lecturer, DepartmentofPhilosophy Edelheit Dr Amos Economics, FinanceandAccounting Senior Lecturer, Departmentof

in Biologyfrom1978untilherretirement2001. peacefully on12December2008inEngland.Shelectured in remembrance ofLynneWhittaker, whopassedaway a memorialmassandtreeplantingceremonywas held followed by acelebratory lunch.Aroundthesametime, with long-servingmembersfor aninformation session staff whoareeitheralreadyorsoon-to-beretiredalong workshop andlunchgatheredaround50University Towards theendofyear, the30-yearreunion and dignityattheforefront ofallhisinteractions. given hismannerofmaintainingaperson’s rights Counsellor, aremitwell suitedtohispersonality for 17years. In2000hebecamethefirstAcademic University Registrar andsuccessfullyperformed it Chemistry, Professor Carrthenaccepted thejobof earned retirement.OriginallyattheDepartmentof University, Professor Peter Carralsotookhiswell- Following 38years ofdedicatedservicetothe by Dr Terry Dooley was launched atthereception. of IrishHistoryinhonourRV Comerford edited and AnForas Feasa. Ireland’s Polemical Past: Views the OPW-NUI MaynoothArchive andResearchCentre including theCentrefor HistoricHousesandEstates, to hisfounding roleinanumberofresearchcentres, 2009. Professor Comerford’s reputationalsoextends of whichhewas Professor andHeadfrom1989to the HistoryDepartment,whichhejoinedin1977and where hewas thanked for hislegendarydedication to special gatheringoffriends,colleaguesandalumni, ProfessorComerford Vincentwas honouredata One ofNUIMaynooth’s mostrespectedacademics at hisExperimentalPhysicsDepartment. to teaching,administration andoutreachactivities College, especiallyhisenthusiasticcommitment contribution toboththeUniversity andStPatrick’s McKeith paiddeserved homagetoaunique32-year The well-attended retirementpartyfor DrNiall pivotal inthe‘re-discovery’ ofpoverty inIreland. in publicservicetohisnameandisregardedas field, ÓCinnéidehasanexemplary track record Social Science.Now anEmeritusProfessor inthe and communityworkers andinitiatedaBachelorin status, buthepioneeredtheeducationofyouth Applied SocialStudiesandbringittoDepartmental in 1980.NotonlydidheestablishtheCentrefor a longlegacywhichbeganatStPatrick’s College Ó Cinnéideduringhisretirementcolloquiumdueto Tributes flowed for thework ofProfessor Séamus Farewell T ributes Careers Office Jennings Ms Loretta Department ofAppliedSocialStudies Ms Maura Haughney Department ofAdult andCommunityEducation Gildea Bernie Ms Finance Office Fitzharris Connie Ms Department ofEducation Fahy Lilly Ms Department ofGeography Duffy Paddy Professor Department ofBiology Ms Sheila Donnelly Campus Services Clougher Mary Ms Department ofComputerScience Cannon Lily Ms Finance Office Byrne Stephen Mr Registrar’s Office Burns Ann Dr Department ofBiology Professor Ann Burnell Department ofEnglish Sr Angela Bracken Department ofGeography Mr Brendan Bartley Library Ms Sallyann Alexander environs over thepastyear, namely: members whodepartedtheUniversity The University alsosalutedotherstaff

The HamiltonInstitute Professor Peter Wellstead Department ofPhilosophy Waxman Wayne Dr Department ofMathematics Walsh David Dr Roinn naNuaGhaeilge Rowan Geraldine Ms Access Office Roche Kellyann Ms Department ofSociology Professor Michael Peillon Roinn naNuaGhaeilge ÓMuirí Damien Dr Department ofComputerScience Murphy Anne Ms Department ofEnglish McStravick Ann Ms Access Office Ms Marie McEneaney Department ofEnglish Mr Tom Madden Department ofEnglish Mr Seamus MacGabhann

NUI Maynooth President’s Report 24–25 single personwas injured!’ crowd controlestablished.Asaresultnot that thebuildingwas speedilyevacuated and complemented thesecurityteaminensuring Assistants fromtheAccommodation Office, teamwork ofstaff, particularlytheResidence Emergency Planwas activated, thesupportand media headlines.‘WhiletheUniversity’s describes how theevent madelive national during OpenDayinNovember 2008. Terry mainly visitingsecondaryschoolstudents, restaurant, whichwas crowded withstaffand was theoutbreakofafireinnorthcampus inherent in Terry’s jobspec.Onesuchexample and maintainingacommonsenseapproachare Expecting theunexpected, taking initiative and assistancefromthecampuspopulation. security servicesandrequestsfor support office, andattendingtoadiverse range of include patrollingthecampus,manning serviceable. Additional day-to-dayduties fire alarms,CCTV andaccess controlare that securitysystemssuchasintruderand at thecloseofbusinessby guaranteeing checking, securingandalarmingthebuildings of readinessfor thedayaheadaswell as buildings andensuringthatthey areinastate Terry’s dailytasksincludeunlocking allcampus is responsive tostaffandstudentneeds.’ them andproviding acourteousservicethat anticipating risks,taking actiontoprevent frequent thecampus.Myprimaryfocus ison a safe andsecureenvironmentfor allwho since. ‘Myroleasasecurityofficeristoprovide extensive development ofthecampus ever joined thedetailin1996andwitnessed the NUIMaynoothSecurity Team, having Terry Byrneisalong-standingmemberof Security Services T Profile erry Byrne erry course heisundertaking inthewinter. will beassistedby anin-housecomputer continue guaranteeing aqualityservice,which participate.’ Above all, Terry’s ambitionisto these occasionsrunsmoothlyfor allwho being partoftheoverall team toensurethat of satisfaction inplanning,settingupand of studentsandstaff. ‘There’s agreatsense to showcase thetalentsandcommitment Finals asmemorable andgoodopportunities ceremonies, carolservicesandSigersonCup Terry regardsevents suchasthegraduation products toshopsthroughoutNorthKildare. in Kilcock andspent24years delivering the salesdepartmentatKelly’s Bakery decades, asheworked for thisperiodwith his linkswiththecountyspansomethree with NorthKildare Rugby Club.Indeed, rugby inparticular, havingpreviously played Terry takes akeen interestincampussport, and nightshiftsdisruptsleepingpatterns.’ an anti-socialelementinrespectoffamily life which posesitsown challenges.‘Shift work has system ofearly, lateandnightwork shifts, throughout theyear necessitatesaroster caring andvibrant, providing a24-hourservice environment hecharacterises asfriendly, While Terry enjoys hiscareerwithinan and otheruniversities andinstitutes. Council, MilitaryCollege,AnGardaSíochána, Central ApplicationsOffice, Teaching and Science,HigherEducationAuthority, Association, DepartmentofEducation outside bodiessuchastheIrishUniversities students andmaintainsregularcontactwith Counselling Officeregardingthewelfare of the Academic Advisory Officeandthe St Patrick’s College. Sheinteracts with Departments atbothNUIMaynoothand of theAcademic, Administrative andService behalf oftheRegistrar withstaffmembers In termsofcommunications,Joanliaiseson and advisesthemontheproceduresinvolved. examination checksandexamination appeals also processesrequestsfromstudentsfor other Departments,whenappropriate.’ She members oftheRegistrar’s staff orto my discretioninitsdistributiontoother ‘I evaluate eachindividualqueryanduse via letter, email,andphoneorinperson. also dealwiththemanyqueriesreceived adequate stationerysupplies.Joanmust updating andmaintainingfiles,ensuring necessary arrangements for hismeetings, all ofhisappointmentsandmaking the organising theRegistrar’s diary by scheduling ranging fromday-to-daytaskssuchas The postincludesavast array ofactivities, administration oftheRegistrar’s Office. in chargeoftheoverall organisation and of thepostinfirstinstanceandisnow for theestablishmentanddevelopment in April1999.Shewas therefore responsible Assistant tobeappointedtheRegistrar Centre, JoanbecamethefirstPersonal Mathematics toassistingtheComputer Progressing fromtheDepartmentof scenes atNUIMaynoothfor some13years. Joan Galvinhasbeenworking behindthe PA to Registrar the Joan Galvin Profile it mustbetowork in.Icouldn’tagreemore!’ often commentedonwhatawonderful place it isabeautifullocationandvisitorshave the magnificentgardensinStJoseph’s Square, ‘Situated ontheSouthCampusandoverlooking Joan appreciatesherworking environment. Humanity House,oneofhervery firsttasks, Registrar’s Officetoitscurrent homein Having supervisedtherelocationof acted assecretarytoanEU-fundedproject. Food CentreatAshtown, whereshealso in Malahidebefore transferring totheNational years, initiallyattheKinsealy ResearchCentre Teagasc), wheresheworked for atotalof21 job withAnForas Taluntais (now known as in BishopStreet.Joanthenembarked ona to theCustomsandExcise Training Centre period atDublinCastle,shewas relocated the Revenue Commissioners.Afteratraining Limerick in1976,shecommencedhercareerat Studies attheHighSchoolofCommerce, On completingherDiplomainSecretarial experience tocallonwithinhercurrentpost Joan hasnoshortageofpriorprofessional or perhapsdelicatemanagement.’ a seriousincidentrequiringimmediate issues ranging fromasimplequeryto with personsatalllevels whohave different days areever thesame.‘You aredealing enjoys herbroadjobdescriptionasnotwo disability scholarships.Joanthoroughly remit aswell asarranging paymentsofthe monitors theaccountsunderRegistrar’s records ofallfinancialtransactions and On thefinancialfront,Joansafeguards the

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t n de u t S he T frame towinhisown match and theteamtrophy. sank two superb shotsontheblueandpinkin thefinal challenger fromQueensUniversity, whileEamonRelis nerve toretainthe individualchampionshipagainsta Intervarsity Competition . Johnny Williams held his NUI MaynoothSnooker andPool Clubatthe2009 individual andteamtitleswas celebrated by the Another malethree-in-a-row conquestinboththe 1,500-metre freestyleandgruellingmileevents. while theformer two scholarsalsowon medalsinthe relay inanimpressive timeof1minute44seconds, Alberto and Tadhg Gaviganwon the200-metrefreestyle Championships. Joseph Cassidy, SeamusStacey, Irish swimmingattheLeinsterLongcourseSwimming The NUIMaynoothDevils remainedinthespotlightof men’s event for thesuccessfulswimmingscholars. win inthreeyears andthirdconsecutive wininthe prize by aslimfive points. Itwas thesecond overall strong resultsinthefinals,combinedtosecuretop relay records,andthefemale squad,whoscored University’s men’s team,whosmashedtwo Irishvarsity Swim Ireland’s eliteandIrishrecordholders,the standards imposedby certainsquadscomprising Championships inDublinDecember. Inspiteofsoaring in IrelandcompetedattheIrishSwimming Varsity 250 swimmerscomprisingawho’s whoofthesport March tosecurehisfirstprofessional win. ever final18roundscoreontheprocircuitin student fromNewbridge, whoshothislowest promising asproven by Paul O’Hanlon,aformer The futurefor allofthesegolfscholarslooks amateur championJennifer Songwitha3and2margin. singles performance, overcoming reigningUSwomen’s of strength’ by the team captain, Ms McVeigh shone in her Club inMassachusettsmid-June2010.Calleda‘tower at the36thCurtisCupmatchplayed attheEssex County Ms McVeigh alsorepresentedGreatBritainandIreland wins complimenther2007 World University Gamestitle. Open and2009 Welsh Ladies’Open. These impressive 2010 HelenHolmScottishOpen,2009Ladies’British throughout theBritishIslesinpastyear, winningthe of theleaderboardatStroke PlayChampionships Danielle McVeigh fromRoyal CountyDown finishedtop Golf scholarandstudentofBusinessManagement, record withanine-under-par63,earningthirdplace. while histeam-mateJoáoCarlotabroke thecourse four-under-par 68towintheindividualchampionship of nine-andfour underpar. JamesMonaghancardeda tournament leadersUniversity ofUlsterwithscores nine strokes behindtotake theteamtitlefrom Harrington GolfScholarshipstudentscamefrom team events. Played over four rounds,thePaddy in theAlgarve (Portugal) inboththeindividualand Universities GolfChampionshipheldat Vale daPinta Maynooth dominatedthefirstever European The sportingyear beganintotaltriumphasNUI Sports cholarships added treatfor theyoung maleandfemale fans. of physicalfitness.LiftingtheHeineken Cupwas an learn moreaboutthegame’s values andtheimportance chance tomeetnew friendsandLeinsterplayers andto This safe introductiontothegamecombinedwith the LeinsterRugbySummerCampatUniversity. between theagesofsixandtwelve participatedin In otheroutreachtolocalschools,over 100children ensure thehighcaliberofscholarshipnominees. recruited astheRugby Development Officertohelp former EdinburghRugby Captain,was alsorecently will openupthankstothisalliance.DennisBowes, enthusiasts fromagesixuptoAllIrelandLeaguelevel next two years, andplayingopportunitiesfor local scholarships willincreasefrom22to40over the club calledNUIMBarnhallRFC. The numberofrugby University andBarnhallRFC,resultinginare-branded bolstered by thestrategic partnershipbetween the The rugby academyatNUIMaynoothhasbeen League runners-up&RyanCupsemi-finalists Senior Hurling Purcell Shieldsemi-finalists Camogie Giles Cupwinners Ladies Football League &Championshipwinners(secondyear running) Freshers Football Leinster Leaguewinners Men’s IntermediateFootball League winners Men’s SeniorFootball University’s GAA teamsin2009–10were following: City University. Othernotableaccoladesfor the defeated inthenext roundby overall winnersDublin points inthequarter-finalsandwere onlynarrowly favourites University ofUlsterJordanstown by two team causedasurpriseupsetby beatingcompetition In this2010Cupsponsoredby UlsterBank,thehome the highlightofHigherEducationFootball season. The University was proudtohostthe99 th SigersonCup, North Leinster, Ulster Bank. Joanne Leonard,AreaManager Carlow, GerBrennan,Dublinand Coyne, Galway, Paul Cashen, students attheUniversity, Niall NUI MaynoothwithcurrentGAA McGinnity, AssistantRegistrar the launchfromleft,John NUI Maynooth.Picturedat February atthehostvenue was officiallylaunchedon9th Education football season, the highlightofHigher The UlsterBankSigersonCup, → Golf ScholarDanielleMcVeigh. → funds for very worthy causes. The 23 The annualcharityevents attheUniversity roserecord Annual Events help for cancerpatients,theirfamilies andfriends. October 2003toprovide emotionalsupportandpractical This facility inClane,CountyKildare, was setupin chosen charity,theLittle Way CancerSupportCentre. gig contributedtoagrand totalof€5,079raised for the cake salesandClubsSocietiesevents, thisinaugural other charityinitiatives throughouttheyear suchas newcomer nomineesSaccadeandSavingJ.Alongwith such asSydney SamsonandMundyalongwithbest featured industrycharttoppersandaward winners The 12hoursoflive musicplayed acrossthreestages people togethertoraise money for thoselessfortunate. dance, performance andgourmetfood aimedatbringing point being‘TheGathering’, anew festival ofmusic, Union was rebranded asCharityWeek withthefocal Raise andGive (RAG) Week organisedby theStudent’s 20 supportcrew comprisingpastandpresentstudents. of theendeavour by the100cyclists, 50collectorsand the NationalBreastCancerResearchInstituteasaresult Student’s UnionandEyreSquare.€77,000was donatedto elements onthe400-kilometre returnroutebetween the attracted 170participantswhobraved theMarch rd Galway Cycle Lectio Divina Father MartinLoftusCup Fiach O’NeillandGemmaMcGrory Contribution toSocietyLife Award Tea Society Best New Society Kieran Timmons, St Vincent DePaul First Year SocietyPerson ofthe Year Ann MarieO’Reilly, PlayDo Society Person ofthe Year Fashion Show, Spotlight Society Event ofthe Year Canoe &Kayak (M.U.C.K.) Justin Cullinane,MaynoothUniversity First Year Athleteofthe Year Darragh Quinn,Swimmingand Waterpolo Club Club Executive ofthe Year Lorraine McGill,Fencing Club Athlete ofthe Year Biology Society Most Improved Society Swimming and Waterpolo Club Most Improved Club Dance Society Best Society Cumann Peile BestClub Hotel inMarchwere asfollows: Societies Awards heldattheGlenroyal The winnersofthe16thannualClubsand

NUI Maynooth President’s Report 28–29 great loss.’ support thebereaved partiesatthesetimesof so we dowhatwe caninStudentServicesto foremost butalsofor fellow studentsandstaff, a very traumatic timefor thefamily firstand the occasionaltimewhenastudentdies.‘Itis problems, thehardestpartofAoife’s remitis to seestudentsgoingthroughthesetypesof Student AidCommittee. While itcanbehard she processestheirapplicationsthroughthe looking for financialassistance,whereby of actingasthecontactpointfor students wellbeing, ormoney. Shecitestheexample health, personalrelationshipsandemotional confide inAoife aboutissuestodowith information orguidance,studentsoften As well asrequestingstraight-forward they arefacing somesortofdifficulty.’ the extra milefor students,especiallywhen Departments asthey arepreparedtogo colleagues inthevarious StudentServices the University. Ireallylike working withmy to oneofourmanyothersupportservicesat myself andamhappy torefer thestudents for onereasonoranother. ‘IdowhatIcan for directionorseeking helpandsupport to steerstudentswhocomeherlooking of campuslife. Sheexplains how shetries questions andqueriesaboutmanyaspects call for studentswhohave awidevariety of More oftenthannot,Aoife isthefirstportof over theworld, tobeagreatprivilege.’ people fromallover thecountry, indeedall consider theopportunitytowork withyoung rewarding. ‘Like manyofmycolleagues,I she describesaschallengingandvery Assistant atStudentServices,arolewhich Since 2005shehasbeentheExecutive of thejobAoife CollinsatNUIMaynooth. Working withstudentsisatthevery core Executive Assistant, Student Services A Profile oife C oife ollins are theuniquequalitiesofUniversity. special andmemorable life experience which to make students’timeinNUIMaynootha like thesealongwiththecommitmentofstaff Foundation. Shebelieves that itisinitiatives substantial sumofmoney for theJackandJill with theMaynoothGalway Cycle, raised a the StudentsUnion,anevent which,along she co-organisedwithMaryMacCourtfrom remembers the2005Fashion Show which occasions suchastheGAA Ball.’ Shealsofondly well asparticipatinginmemorable social with individuallygiftedsportspeople,as in mysharingmanywonderful moments I’ve hadinthesportsarenahave resulted scholarships specifically. ‘Theinteractions her closeinvolvement withthesports University’s bodyofstudents, Aoife highlights While thrivingontheday-to-daywork withthe skills necessaryinhercurrentlineofwork. undoubtedly strengthenedtheinterpersonal people-focused experience whichhas Association (IATA). Itisthisfrontline, supervisor attheInternationalAir Transport the mediaindustry, andseven years asa College, astintinPRandmarketing within Tourism StudiesandBusinessfromLSB Aoife’s background incorporates aBAin Ireland canbefor themwhenthey first arrive.’ gives agreaterappreciationofhow different cultures thatourstudentsarecomingfromand always interestingtoseethecountriesand to potentialapplicantsandtheirparents.‘It’s universities fairly regularly, inordertotalk recruitment fairs andmeetspartner Helen. Shetherefore attendsinternational with littleornofee charges,accordingto and postgraduate programmes inEnglish and France whonow offer undergraduate and New ZealandandincreasinglyGermany abroad. CountriessuchastheUK,US,Australia with thirdlevel institutionsfromIrelandand competitive areaasNUIMaynoothcontends The initialrecruitmentphaseisahugely Ireland andtheImmigration Services. and external bodiessuchasEnterprise office inBeijing,internationalpartners University departments,itsrepresentative staff grants aswell asliaisonwiththevarious administration oftheErasmus studentsand addition, Helenisresponsiblefor the and by organisingtheirorientation.In including adviceonimmigration matters, the foreign studentsthroughpastoral care, Once selected,shethenfocuses onwelcoming and evaluate internationalqualifications. undergraduate andpostgraduate applications, degree students,coordinatebothnon-EU when Helensetsouttorecruitinternational Her jobbeginswiththeapplicationstage international studentbodysince2006. of theprocesstoengagewiththisburgeoning Officer, HelenKirrane hasbeenattheheart than 50countries.AsInternationalStudent amounting to600young peoplefrommore international studentsattheUniversity, now keep pacewiththegrowing numbersof has hadtoexpand inthepastfew years to The InternationalOfficeatNUIMaynooth International Student Officer H Profile elen Kirrane elen that they have easyaccesstoDublin.’ beautiful surroundingsaswell asthefact They alsoappreciatethepeacefuland it’s friendly, inclusive andvery welcoming. experience atNUIMaynooth,sayingthat time andagainthatthey reallyenjoy their feedback. ‘Our internationalstudentstellus These moves canonlyenhancethepositive in conjunctionwiththeLanguageCentre. programmes for internationalstudents a range ofsummerandEnglishlanguage with internationalpartneruniversities; and exchanges andjointprogression degrees new partnershipsfor studentandstaff the development ofcertainareas,including service improvements for students andstaff; Helen aretheprocedural changesaimedat Some ofthelatestinitiatives mentionedby together particularlyduringstressfulperiods.’ – we’re avery goodteamandwork well of colleaguesintheofficeisvery important can presentitsown challenges. The support for studentssoevery daycan bedifferent and enjoyable overall. ‘We have anopendoorpolicy Helen findsitinteresting,rewarding and as theInternationalOfficercanbedemanding, coordinator. While sheconfesses thatherwork by undergraduate internationaladmissions as Socrates (Erasmus) coordinatorfollowed UCC’s InternationalEducationOffice,firstly current remitwas thefive years spentin roles atherAlmaMater. Ofrelevance toher before assumingavariety ofadministrative Geography fromUniversity CollegeCork Helen graduated withaBAinEnglishand

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l a n o i at n ter n I he T P conditions policy recentlywhose issued inform should report universities in G the students areventuring abroadaswell morethanever. report thatitscampaignispayingdividendsasourown from theFaculties, theInternationalOfficeishappy to gone fromstrengthtostrength. With encouragement the establishedallianceswithUSandChinahave with universities in Vietnam andBethlehem. Moreover, Africa butpossiblerelationshipsareinthepipeline places like China,India,Nigeria,Sudan,andSouth record numberofforeign studentsoncampusfrom connections andcollaborations. Notonlyistherea in itssuccessfulstrategy ofsecuringinternational Back athome,ourInternationalOfficecontinues exchange tocollaborative researchanddegrees. and Irishcounterparts,fromstudyabroad explored thepossibleconnectionsbetween American highest inEuropeonmanycrucialscores–and the successofIrishuniversities –rated amongthe figures inhighereducation.Discussionshighlighted of allseven Irishuniversities welcomed leading local based photographer Maeve Hickey, representatives photographic exhibit AmericainIrelandby Maynooth- EU Studyon Third Level Education. Surroundedby the York sawtheIUA launchtheIrishUniversity Survey and universities. The event attheIrishConsulateinNew to theaccomplishmentsandattractiveness ofIrish York Citybroughtbothacademicandmediaattention held inJanuaryandMay Washington DCandNew In theUSA, theresulting‘Connectingevents Continents’ in collaborative efforts abroadamongtheuniversities. in thiscapacityhasspearheadedasignificantincrease Universities Association(IUA) InternationalGroupand Professor Taylor hasalsoserved astheChairofIrish for internationaleducation.SinceJanuary2010, policy andgreatlyameliorate thenationalconditions Group whoserecentlyissuedreportshouldinform the Irishuniversities intheGovernment HighLevel President for InternationalAffairs, hasrepresented In theformer category, Professor Larry Taylor, Vice the internationalisationofallaspectsUniversity. context ofinternationaleducationaswell asgrowth in significant contributionstoimprovements inthelarger international frontfor NUIMaynooththatinclude This pastyear hasseenmajordevelopments onthe International Affairs I nternational A rofessor L and greatly for arry T international ffairs aylor ameliorate overnment H I the represented , has , V ice P education resident for the igh L celebrating itsnew statusasChangzhouUniversity. gala festivities backinChangzhou,whereJPUwas to betheonlyforeign guestinvitedtospeakatthe Returning thevisit,Professor Taylor was honoured across threedifferent subjectareashereathome. this particularprogramme with30infinalyear study two institutions. Over 200studentsarepresentlyon celebrate thefive-year relationship between the to renew thedoubledegreeagreementandto Polytechnic University (JPU) toMaynoothinFebruary, President Pu Xuzhongledadelegationfrom Jiangsu In thepresenceofChineseAmbassadortoIreland, finance, andaccountingprogrammes offered inEnglish. impressed by thequalityofbusiness,economics, Wu totheChineseUniversity, wherethey were highly a visitby Professor Taylor, DrXinyu Wu andMsLuna our studentsinShanghai. This link-up was inspiredby will facilitate industrialplacementopportunities for undergraduates tostudyinthepartnerinstitutionand Shanghai University willsupportasmallnumberof agreement signedbetween NUIMaynoothand Among thenew connections,anacademicexchange Chinese onnections national G evel . . roup

rish , Studies asadegreeisduetobeintroducedin2011. brought intothecurriculumin2010,whileChinese Chinese Philosophy, andChineseHistoryarebeing a few moresubjectssuchasChineseEconomy, modules taughtattheLanguageCentre.Inaddition, various disciplineshave taken theChineseLanguage academic year, morethan25ofourstudentsfrom the ChineselanguageatUniversity. Inthepast Classroom tofacilitate theteachingandlearningof College Cork,NUIMaynoothlaunchedaConfucius Institute inChineseLanguage Teaching at University Following along-termrelationshipwiththeConfucius the development oftheIrishStudiesCentre. between BFSUandNUIMaynooth,especially and ofthefruitfulcooperation andexchanges Ireland’s placeintheinternationalcommunity University (BFSU)hespoke to thestudentsabout Martin two monthslater. AtBeijingForeign Studies by theIrishMinisterofForeign Affairs, Micheál The Chinesecapitalwas alsothelocationofavisit and enjoy theStPatrick’s Dayparade together. with theirformer headsofdepartmentandprofessors returned Chinesegraduates were delightedtoreunite was inaugurated duringtheIrishfestival, and15recently opportunities. The NUIMaynoothAlumniChinaChapter forum focused onfurtherexploring mutualresearch Joint ResearchandEducationCentrelastyear, this in Beijing.Following thelaunchofSino-Ireland Peking University duringtheStPatrick’s Daycelebrations Foreign Experttoattendatwo-day ResearchForum in universities invitedby theStateAdministration of members ofaselectgroupfromnumberIrish NUI Maynoothwas alsorepresentedinChina,as Annual Conference andexhibition inKansas City. the NAFSA AssociationofInternationalEducators impetus behindtheInternationalOfficeattending opportunities ininternationaleducationwas the crisis. Networking withpartnersandcreatingnew in ordertodrive growth afterthecurrenteconomic growing economiclinksbetween ourtwo countries for theCommunityForum andadiscussionabout Offices, aswell astheUSAmbassadorwhocame with ourAdmissions, ResidenceandInternational who participatedinvery productive discussions the groupoffive ChicagoHighSchoolCounsellors Two visitsofnotetotheUniversity by Amercianswere education collaborations between thetwo countries. Irish Embassytoinitiateresearchandpostgraduate at theone-dayresearchseminarorganisedby the Irish Universities AssociationandNUIMaynooth Ray O’Neil, VP for Research,spoke onbehalfofthe Irish medicalschoolsover thepastdecade.Professor students throughtheexcellent reputationearnedby of Asia,Irishhighereducationisfamiliar tolocal and althoughitwas ourfirstintroductiontothispart US, Australia, andIrelandattendedtheexhibition education institutionsfromthehostcountry, theUK, Lumpur, Malaysiaearlyinthenew year. Over 90higher International OfficeattheStarEducationFair inKuala Helen Kirrane andDrXinyu Wu representedthe Other Highlights Executive Assistance,BeijingOffice. Wu, Director andMsFlora Xu, Chapter launchare(l–r):MsLuna At theNUIMaynoothAlumniChina ←

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ccess A he T confined toclearlyidentifiableareasorregions. affects acrosssectionofallcommunitiesandisnot DEIS schools,recognisesthateducationaldisadvantage scheme, whichwas primarilyreserved for studentsfrom all 730secondaryschoolsinIreland. This expansion ofthe disadvantaged backgrounds, extended fromthe305to for countrywideschoolleavers fromsocio-economically admissions schemewhichbroadensaccessopportunities Higher EducationAccess Route(HEAR),thethirdlevel Education 2010Conference atUniversity CollegeCork. Change: Making theConnections’atPathways to of Access, AnnO’Briendelivered thepaper‘Agents of Authority’s eLearningSummerSchool.AndDirector well asexternally attheDublinRegionalHigherEducation Education Department’s eLearningstafftraining day, as the Library Information Skills Training initiative andthe several in-housetalksonassistive technologyaspartof Days andUniversity Day. Staffmembersalsodelivered and givingtalkstoursduringtheNUIMaynoothOpen activities over thepastacademicyear, hostingstands The Access Officewas infullgeartermsofoutreach Outreach A to provide thesegroupswiththesupportthey require. represented groupstoenterthirdlevel educationand remained consistentinitsefforts toencourage under- During 2009–10,theNUIMaynoothAccess Office ctivities personal andacademicskills requiredfor studentlife. on onlinevideoprojectstoexplore thewiderange of about thecampus,struckupfriendships,andworked Access Programme (MAP). The participantslearned students enteringtheUniversity throughtheMaynooth the residentialorientationprogramme tohelpprepare guidance of22studentleaderscompletedLaunchpad, In September2009,83incomingstudentsunderthe counties intheborder, midland,andwestern regions. participation andpromotelifelong learningacross14 seven highereducationinstitutions,aimstowiden Irish economy. This educationalinitiative, involving the importanceofgraduates for thefutureof them onachieving theircertificatesandemphasising graduates withPresident JohnHughescongratulating the graduation ceremonyfor theAccess21 2009 At theotherendofscale,NUIMaynoothhosted students inmaking theirrespective applications. DARE andHEARschemeshasbeendeveloped toassist accesscollege.ie, containingfulldetailsofboththe number ofapplications.Adedicatedwebsite, www. organisations andtoultimatelyencourageagreater was toraiseawareness amongstudents,schoolsand The objective ofthenationallaunchlastOctober student friendlywithtransparent,robustcriteria. application processthroughtheCAO, andismore Fund. Asaresult,DARE hasamorestreamlined provided bytheGovernment’s StrategicInnovation school leavers withdisabilities,throughfinance scheme, asupplementaryadmissionsinitiative for the DisabilityAccess RoutetoEducation(DARE) Significant improvements have beenmadeto Access OfficerUCD. and FionaSweeney, Access Project Manager; TCD; MaureenDunne,IUA Grace Edge,Access Officer Professor John Hughes; Yr TCD student;President, are (l–r):GaryGannon,2nd Education Access Route launch oftheHigher Participating atthe ← NUI Maynooth. Brandes, Access Officer Maynooth; andMartha Director ofAccess NUI Officer UCD;AnnO’Brien, Fiona Sweeney, Access Route launchare(l–r): Education Access Present attheHigher ← and ‘Inspiration’, aneducationalmindmappingtool. Read and Write Gold’ thatreadselectronictext aloud upgrades oftheexisting sitelicencesfor ‘TextHelp public areacomputerroomsoncampus,aswell as ‘ZoomText’ screenmagnificationsoftware for all into themainstreamthroughadditionof There was furtherintegration ofassistive technology resources suchaslinks,videos,wikis, tweets andmore. of thatcontent.Studentsthencreateandshare the classroomwhilepromotingpersonalexploration learning method,andreinforce materialpresentedin online communicationandcollaboration asavaluable Student+ isdesignedtodevelop digitalliteracy, promote explanation intheface-to-face context. Morespecifically, which canuncover problemareasthatneedfurther students todiscusstheirunderstandingofnew materials a one-way transmission ofinformation, andtoencourage potential tomake thiscourseinteractive asopposedto The onlinecommunicationtoolsoffer enormous exam preparation, anddifferent learningstyles. skills, writingtechniques,usingtechnologyinlearning, covers topicssuchasacademicconventions, study sessions withonlineactivitiesandtutorsupport, consisting of20weekly hour-longgroupclassroom in thethirdlevel learningenvironment. The course, well, succeedinassessmentsandfeel comfortable independent learnerswhocanmanagetheirworkload help participantsbecomeeffective, confident,and academic skills module,Student+,isdesignedto was madeavailable thisyear toallstudents. This in ordertobesuccessful,anew learninginitiative significant stepwithmanynew skills tobelearned Recognising thatthetransition toUniversity isa Enabling Learning thought thatthirdlevel was anoptionfor them. role modelsfor potentialstudentswhomaynothave students cansharetheirexperiences andbecome part in. The rationale istoprovide aspacewhere events orcommunityoutreachinitiatives they take success storiesandtopublishtheirreportsfrom new Access AllAreassectiontohighlighttheirown the integration ofthestudentperspective througha such as YouTube, Flickr, Twitter andDelicious, include greatereaseofaccesstointeractive content mind. Improvements totheexisting award-winning site sector, families andcommunitygroupsforemost in potential students,currentstaffandthe this year withtheexpectations ofvisitorssuchas The MAPwebsite, www.access.nuim.ie, was redesigned them inmaking themove tocampus life. equivalent offirstyear maturestudentstosupport mature studentcommunitymentoringthe with almost75volunteers fromtheUniversity’s Peer Mentoringprogramme continuedthisyear The popularandsuccessfulMatureStudent part ineachmeetingbetween OctoberandMarch. qualified apprenticeswithnowork prospectstook average of60peoplewhohadlostjobsorwere newly daytime andevening Information Sessions.An a returntoeducationby runningaseriesofeight economic downturn andconsequentlyconsidering in theproportionofpeopledirectlyaffected by the The MatureStudentOfficereactedtothehugeincrease transition tofull-timestudyandmaximum participation. level study–allofwhichhelpstheminmaking the gain insightsintotheacademicrequirementsofthird University, learnspecificskills andmost importantly are allowing morestudentstoengageearlywiththe commencing theirfirstsemester. These initiatives finance, economics,scienceandmathematicsbefore Department, prepared30studentsinthefieldsof Student OfficeinconjunctionwiththeMathematics mathematics programme, establishedby theMature study criticalwritingtechniques,whileanew summer courses gave over 150studentstheopportunityto increased capacity. The four one-week essaywriting also expanded thisyear throughextra programmes and Programme. Summercoursesfor thisincominggrouping who attendedthetwo-day MatureStudentOrientation commencing degreestudiesin2009,themajorityof increased by almost14%,with324new undergraduates The numberofmaturestudentsenteringNUIMaynooth Mature Students

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he T Study ofIrishLiterature (IASIL) Conference inJuly2010. coincided withtheInternationalAssociation for the an honorary doctorate fromNUIMaynoothin2008, from SeánO’Faolain toMunira H.Mutran, whoreceived of Wider Europe.Anexhibition ofcorrespondence Fair’ hostedby theLibrary for theCentrefor theStudy capital citiesandthe‘EuropeanStudiesOpportunities inform peopleoftherichnessandvariety oftheregion’s Capitals’ organisedonbehalfoftheEuropeanUnionto Other highlightsincluded‘TheManyfaces ofEurope’s Maisithe: decorated andillustrated Irish Books’. na Gaeilge2010,was marked with‘An Leabhar Exhibition’ andanotherdedicatedperiod,Seachtain centred onScience Week was the‘Women Scientist’s March andwas featured intheLiffey Champion.Also the past’ran fromScienceWeek inNovember until Future: experiments, inventions anddiscoveries of The RussellLibrary exhibition, ‘How we arrived atthe community andschoolgroupswere inattendance. interest University colleagues,localpoliticians, in arange ofareasscientificandengineering many world-class innovations, researchandpublications This publicationsfestival highlightedNUIMaynooth’s the outputofFaculty ofScienceandEngineering. The following month,anotheryearly occasioncelebrated and studentsran duringArtsweek inDecember2009. showcasing paintingsandphotography by university staff housing avariety ofexhibitions. The annualartexhibition The Library continueditsstrongtradition ofcreatingand Exhibition Highlights and provides aworldwide gateway tothatcontent. of researchacrossallseven universities andtheDIT in June2010.RIANallows for simultaneoussearching repository for thecombinedresearchoutputwent live Institute of Technology (DIT)following suit,anational Library. With theotherIrishuniversities andtheDublin available onwww.eprints.nuim.ie whichismanagedby the an institutionalrepositoryandover 1,700publicationsare NUI Maynoothwas thefirstuniversity inIrelandtosetup a numberofnew activitiesanddevelopments. regional, nationalandinternationallevels andunderpin contribute totheUniversity’s manyrolesatlocal, the President, containsseven strategic goalswhich approved by theAcademic Councilandlaunchedby The NUIMaynoothLibraryStrategicPlan2009–2011, skills training; morespacefor collections;andacafé. groups, staffandpostgraduates, andinformation spaces for socialandsilentstudy;readingroomsfor extension areongoing,withplansfor designatedstudent Preparations for amajorstate-of-the-artlibrary Strategic Development used inherdoctoral thesistotheLibrary. of the97archival interview recordingsshe Dr HeatherCrawford madeapresentation Protestants andIrishnessinIndependentIreland, Forming thebasisofherbookOutsideGlow: significant contributiontoresearchattheUniversity. nineteenth andtwentieth centuriesandwillmake avery history oftheareaanditsfarming communityduringthe have lived theresince1874. Italsorecordsthesocial Celbridge, CountyKildare andthe Wardell family who documents thehistoryofhouselocatednear maps, accountbooks,andphotographs, thearchive Cottage inApril2010. Through itsletters,deeds, History Department,acquiredthearchive ofStacumny at Castletown, jointlymanagedby theLibrary andthe The OPW-NUI MaynoothArchive andResearchCentre in Yorkshire, inscribed with ç.250,000 Irishnames. spectacular pre-famine paperrollfromCastleHoward involving thepreservation anddigitisationofa Houses andEstatesonthe MorpethRollproject, Feasa and theCentrefor theStudyofHistoricIrish The RussellLibrary isco-operating withAnForas through theIrishScriptonScreen(ISOS)initiative. now accessibleontheweb andmorewillbedigitised Sixteen oftheUniversity’s Irishmanuscriptsare researchers tostudytheEighteenthCenturyafresh. more than136,000titles,theECCOdatabasewillenable in thisperiod,withover 26millionpagesoftext from technology andgeneral reference publicationsprinted Covering arts,humanities,socialscience,scienceand to collaborative fundingfromanumberofDepartments. Eighteenth CenturyCollectionsOnline(ECCO),thanks comprehensive fulltext onlinehistoricalarchives, with theLibrary acquiringoneofthelargestandmost Growth inbothprintandelectroniccollectionscontinued, Main Collections the new library extension. An artist’s impression of → Library hasalsoadoptedFacebook and Twitter. pre-1850 collectionavailable worldwide, whilethe born inMay2010ismaking imagesanddetailsofthe immediate answers. Ablogby theRussellLibrary website wherestudentscanaskquestionsandget include anonlinechatserviceembeddedinthelibrary support servicesfor studentsbothon-andoffcampus, complement theexisting andmoretraditional library New initiatives utilising Web 2.0technologies,which writing for publication,intotheirteachingpractices. topics suchasplagiarism,researchmethodologiesand enthusiastic aboutincorporating thecontent,covering launch ofarange ofonlinetutorialsinAprilandwere engineering. Academic andsupportstaffattendedthe humanities andonpublishinginthesciences information inthesciences,socialartsand by runningworkshops onsourcingandmanaging established genericskills for postgraduate programmes The Library played avery active roleinthenewly semester aswell asthroughouttheacademicyear. library servicesoffered intheearlyweeks ofthefirst Training (LIST), aprogramme ofshortsessionsonvarious Over 900peopleattendedtheLibrary Information Skills Library Services management systems,andoninformation literacy. the refurbishmentofitsfacility, intheselectionoflibrary provide valuable adviceandassistancetotheschoolon the MaynoothPost Primary Library hasseentheformer A new partnershipbetween theUniversity Library and Module inInformation Literacy Across two Campuses’. and ‘DoubleImpact:DesignDelivery ofanAccredited Engineering’, ‘Library Information Skills Training (LIST)’, Literacy Programme for theFaculty ofScienceand ‘Designing andDelivering aGenericSkills Information public, university andspeciallibraries. They were: Information Literacy Award categorywhichcovered skills projectswere highlycommendedinanational Irish university libraries. Three library information to conductresearchwhichwillbebeneficialall from theAcademic andNationalLibrary Co-operative Resources Toolkit’, whiletwo othersreceived funding for herentry‘TheLearningand Teaching Information Ireland Societyfor HigherEducationpostercompetition throughout theyear. Astaffmemberwon the2009All conference papers,holdingevents andpublishing international development oflibraries by presenting Library staffcontributedtothenationaland External Contributions

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Alumni he T to ChinaandMichaelFinneran TD alsojoinedthegroup. Nola’s restaurant. DeclanKelleher, theIrishAmbassador and broughttogether15alumnifor Sundaybrunchat reunion tookplacearoundtheStPatrick’s Dayfestivities success withthestatesidestudentspast. The Beijing College Clubwhereasimilarformula proved tobeabig Garden. The venue thefollowing February was Boston the University, before anenjoyable dinnerintheRose John Hughessharedexciting new developments at graduates caughtupover cocktail hourwhilePresident scene for thefirstUSoccasioninOctober2009. The trendy Elizabeth Restaurant inEast Village was the New York, BostonandBeijingover thepastyear. The A seriesofinaugural AlumniReunionswere stagedin former students,currentlecturersandafew retiredstaff. earlier, thePhDHistoryReuniongatheredaround100 field trips.AlsohostedattheUniversity somemonths growth oftheGeography Departmentanditsrenowned geographer’s view ofthecurrenteconomicclimate, former lecturersintopicssuchasclimatechange,a its cohorttogetreacquaintedandlistentalksfrom The AlumniGeographyReunioninApril2010welcomed Reunions who have graced theUniversity’s hallssince1966. outstanding achievements fromamongthe50,000plus ‘Made inMaynooth’AlumniHallofFame tohonour America toAsia. The AlumniOfficealsolaunchedthe location, fromtheartstosocialscienceand Maynooth alumniaccordingtobothdisciplineand 2009–10 was thebusiestyear yet for reunitingNUI portfolios aswell asDeputyLeaderofFiannaFáil. Health, andPublic Enterpriseand Transport and went ontoserve asMinisterintheEducation, in 1967,shewas firstelectedtoDáilÉireannin1982 Patrick’s College,completingaHDipinEducation t of Fame. From inducted intothe‘MadeinMaynooth’AlumniHall for Longford-Westmeath was thefirstpersontobe and a‘trailblazer’ forO’Rourke graduates, MaryTD Described asoneofIreland’s greatpoliticalleaders National Forum onEuropebefore hercurrentpost. an MAinEnglish.Sheserved asDirectorofthe a BAinEnglishandIrishimmediatelycompleted t from graduated in drivingtheclimatechangeagendaforward. She for Ireland’s agricultureandforestry industriesand for 2010inrecognitionofhersignificantachievements Byrne Nasonreceived thePresident’s AlumniAward Representative totheEU,AmbassadorGeraldine Ireland withdistinction. Ireland’s DeputyPermanent excelled intheirchosencareersandrepresented were honouredattheevent onaccountofhaving Two oftheUniversity’s mostluminousformer students with the‘WindingBack Years’ event theme. the IrishRatPack whosangoldfavourites inkeeping continued withagaladinnerinPugin Hall,withmusicby with achampagnereceptionintheCloistersand in attendance. The black-tiecelebration commenced Alumni AssociationinJune2010withover 150guests The thirdannualAlumniBallwas hostedby theMaynooth Winding Backthe he firstlaygraduating classofSt hen StPatrick’s Collegein1980with Y ears Ambassador toBelgium. Excellency BrianNason, her husband,His Byrne Nasonwith Ambassador Geraldine Her Excellency, ← Maynooth' HallofFame. alumnus ofthe'Madein Hughes astheinaugural President, Professor John is congratulated by O'Rourke,Mary TD, ←

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NUI Maynooth President’s Report 38–39 Bushe agImram 2009. Ní FhoghlúagusPaddy Dhomhnaill; Siobhán Mac Mathúna;NualaNí Theo Dorgan;Seán ↗ mbliana –ábharléitheoireachtad’fhoghlaimeoirí fásta. ar chomórtaslitearthadechuidOireachtasnaGaeilgei Bhí SiobhánNíFhoghlú,OifigeachnaGaeilge,inamoltóir Ghleann CholmCillelehOideasGaelimíMárta. mhór eilearchúrsadeireadhseachtaineinGaeltacht chúrsa inGaeltachtRáthChairnmínaNollagaguscuid Port Láirge.D’fhreastailscatamacléinnarghearr- ar chúrsadeireadhseachtaineinGaeltachtnaRinne, le micléinnóngcúrsaDioplómasaGhaeilgefreastal Ghéar’ arAnBéalBochtafheiscint. ThacaighanOifig leis anstáitsiúadheincompántasdrámaíochta ‘Aisling Eagraíodh turas godtíIonadEalaíonSolsticearanUaimh agus ÉigsenaBrídeoigeinGaeltachtUíbhRáthach. Cheanainn; ScoilGheimhridhMherrimansaGhaillimh sa phríomh-chathair;OireachtasnaGaeilgeiLeitir Ar nahimeachtaíbhí:Imram, mór-fhéileliteartha hOllscoile freastalorthuletacúóOifignaGaeilge. ag naheagraíochtaí Gaeilgeagusspreagsiadbaillna D’fhreastail nahOifigighargoleorimeachtaíarnan-eagrú T a thabhairtdonHEAarndéantarfaoin scéim. seo: táOifigeachnaGaeilgefreagrach astuairisc Soláthar SpeisialtadonGhaeilgeathugtarandeontas Ghaeilge areachtáillecabhairdeontaisónHEA. Faoin an modúlseo,ceathrúbhliaindonRoinntrí mbliain nacéime. AntOllamhS.ÓBuachallaamhúin mhodúl roghnachtríGhaeilgedogachfochéimí i ‘Codaigh agusCórais DhinimiciúlaRéadacha’, mar Thairg RoinnnaMatamaiticeanmodúlMT480C, Modúl MatamaiticetríGhaeilge eagmháil leGaeltachtaíisSaolnaGaeilge

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esearch R are making impressive contributionsinthesefields. and someofNUIMaynooth’s foremost researchers energy andresourceefficiencyamong othertopics, prioritizing healthandaging,climate change,and and innovation. The European effort ispresently strengthen linksbetween education,business,research of leadingEuropeanresearchers.Italsoaimsto research anddevelopment andfacilitates networks approach toselectinganddeveloping themesof measures, theCommissiontakes ahighlystrategic to identifyandtackle thelatterthroughavariety of most seriouschallengesfacing oursociety. Inseeking are connectedandresourcedtowork togetheronthe is endeavouring toensurethatitscleverest minds tomorrow’s problemstoday’, theEuropeanCommission With itsheadlineof‘thebestbrains inEuropesolving funding fromtheEUandotherinternationalsources. dynamic by reinvigorating itsapproachtoseeking 2010. The University hasresponded tothisdomestic along withthoseofotherpublicservants inJanuary Researchers’ salarieswere alsocutby theGovernment notable reductioninresearchactivityprojectedfor 2011. impact ofthiswillbefelt fromtheendof2010witha 60% inthewake ofthenationaleconomiccrisis. The and thosefor NUIMaynoothresearchersfell by over for new awards for allnationalagencieswas curtailed Along withthevarious positive indicators,funding in scienceandengineering,issimplyimpossible. competitive researchinmanydisciplines,especially powerful proxy for activitywithoutwhichinternationally to anendrather thanagoalinitself, itisnevertheless a ahead ofschedule.Althoughresearchfundingisameans in theUniversity’s Strategic Plan2006–2011two years €25.8 millionin2008–09,thusexceeding thetargetset Overall externally fundedresearchexpenditure roseto the numberofhighqualitypublicationsandcitations. 76 PhDgraduations lastyear, andanannualincreasein Direct outputsofresearchinvestment expanded with economic downturn begantosimultaneouslytake root. Maynooth, whilethestricturesofglobalandnational international impactontheresearchfrontatNUI 2009 was aperiodofcontinuedgrowth andincreasing R esearch one ofIreland’s largestpublicsectorinstitutions. Post, StateStreet, SAP andBeaumontHospital, which ithasrecentlyrecruitedinclude Deutsche new membersCiscoandthe US AirForce. Companies including Ernst& Young, Microsoft andBPaswell as blue-chip patronmembersengagedinitsdevelopment, Group, IVInow hasover 30industrypartners andfive between Intel,NUIMaynoothandtheBostonConsulting rapidly developing space.Initiatedasajointventure establishing Irelandastheinternationalleaderinthis underpin itfor thenext five years andassistitinfirmly value ofIT investments, andtheCompetenceCentrewill and testnew frameworks tobetterrealisethebusiness advantage toIrishindustry. IVI’s objective istodevelop alliances drive innovation anddeliver acompetitive research agenda,becausethesestrategic research academic expertise insupportofanindustry-inspired is acrucialstrategic plankofgovernment policytoalign milestone by theUniversity community. This initiative the finalsigningofcontract was seenasamajor Innovation. Following several years indevelopment, 2009 tohostanindustry-ledCompetenceCentreinIT (IVI) by EnterpriseIrelandandtheIDA inDecember €3.8 milliongranted totheInnovation Value Institute Bucking thenationaltrendwas anexceptional award of Limited (UK)andDualsystemsBiotechAG (Switzerland). membrane proteins,involving companiesAFChemPharm won over €645,000for industry-collaborative work on Centre Limited(UK).Similarly, Professor JohnFindlayhas lungs with Trinity CollegeDublin(TCD) andtheDolomite the development ofdrugdelivery mechanismstothe million for anEUindustrypartnershipprogramme for of thesameInstitutehassecuredapproximately €1 In othernotablesuccessesthisyear, DrShirley O’Dea recently awarded thePrix del’InstitutServier(seep.15). achievements andwork inthisregard,DrMahonwas from seven EUMemberStates.Inrecognitionofhis including two private companiesandeightlaboratories, Medical Research,theconsortiumcomprises10entities, 2010. Co-ordinatedby theFrenchInstituteofHealthand whooping coughwhichisduetoenterclinicaltrialsinlate a consortiumprojectpioneeringnew vaccine for currently aPrincipal Investigator in‘Child Innovac’, Dr BernardMahonoftheInstituteImmunologyis

NUI Maynooth President’s Report 42–43 national telecommunicationsgraduate educationdrive. Institutes have beenpledged€740,000 aspartnersina relating tonetworked systeMsInaddition, thetwo and breakthroughs inbottleneckmathematicalissues of highspeedtelecommunications,wirelesssystems, in capitalfundingandwillfacilitate researchintheareas research infrastructurewillbefinancedby €4.5million of €5.2million.Improvements intheUniversity’s ICT with theCallanInstitutefor appliedICT received atotal centres ofexcellence inapplied mathematics,along The HamiltonInstitute,oneoftheIreland’s leading of theCompetenceCentreinIT Innovation. It buildsontheafore-mentioned award insupport researchers inthedevelopment ofIT frameworks. space tohouseup35industryandacademic way ofacontributiontowards anew research IVI was guaranteed €1.2millioninfundingby for bothnew facilities andgraduate education. is thebasisofnationalresearchcapacitybuilding Research in Third Level Institutions(PRTLI), which the HigherEducationAuthority(HEA)Programme for funding for seven researchprojects underCycle 5of was successfulinsecuring€10.2millionexchequer In July2010itwas announcedthatNUIMaynooth PRTLI Cycle 5 technologies, particularlywithintheurbanenvironment. an initialfocus onexploring theconvergence ofthese develop itsstrengthsintheseindividualareas,ithas intelligent systems. While theInstitutecontinuesto image andvideosignalprocessing,cognition communications, dataminingandknowledge extraction, technology, andcentralises expertise inwireless in theapplicationofcomputerandcommunications the reconfigured facility carriesoutappliedresearch new researchareas.Comprisingover forty researchers and Wireless Systemsaswell asbringinginanumberof successes oftheprevious Institutefor Microelectronics institute, theCallanInstitute,whichbuildson In 2010,NUIMaynoothestablishedanexpanded research securing of€600,000incommercialisationfunds. conclusion ofover 14industrialcollaborations and signing ofninelicensedeals,filingseven patents, The othermetricswere equallyimpressive, namelythe spun outoftheUniversity over thepastacademicyear. to market-leading productswithtwo companiesbeing efforts intransforming academicexcellence inresearch The CommercialisationOfficereapedtherewards ofits which hassecuredoverall funding of€3.2million. in theSmartBaymarineresearchprojectledby DCU social sciences. TheUniversity isalsoastakeholder and accessrepositoryfor thehumanitiesandqualitative accessible andsustainabletrusteddigitalrepository Technology. The consortiumwillbuildarobust,scalable, the RIA, TCD, NUIGalway andtheDublinInstituteof a nationalaudio-visualrepositoryinconjunctionwith partnering withtheNUIMaynoothLibrary, willdevelop collaboration between AnForas Feasa andNIRSA, professional opportunitiesfor itsgraduates. Aresearch structured artsandhumanitiesdegreeprovide new of new mediaandcomputertechnologieswithina will integrate advanced researchintheapplication Academy (RIA). Thisgloballyinnovative offering College Cork(UCC),NUIGalway andtheRoyal Irish Arts andHumanities,inassociationwith TCD, University for itspartinastructuredPhDprogrammeDigital Historical andCultural Traditions, was granted funding An Foras Feasa, theInstitutefor ResearchinIrish million directed attwo projectsofinternationalnote. featured amongtheworthy recipients,with€2.2 The humanitiesandsocialsciencesatNUIMaynooth also biomedical researchtotheclinicandmarketplace. of RCSI,tofocus oneducationtowards thetranslation of bioscience expertise atDCUandtheclinicalcapability research atNUIMaynooth,thetechnologicaland Biology tobringtogethertheexcellent basicbiomedical Immunology andthenew instituteintheareaofChemical will encompassresearchersfromtheInstituteof of Technology, Tallaght.undertaking significant This College ofSurgeonsinIreland(RCSI)andtheInstitute collaboration withDublinCityUniversity (DCU),theRoyal PhD programmeinBio-Analysisand Therapeutics in chemistry researcherstowards establishingastructured €1.6 millionhasbeenobtainedby bioscienceand        



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NUI Maynooth President’s Report 44–45 National Centre for Geocomputation C Profile support staff. Itcertainly leftanimpression!’ suits andacrowd ofcheeringresearchersand wrestling fightcompletewithgiantrubber his NIRSA equivalent engagedinasumo head oftheNCG(mynew supervisor)and the like, whatIwitnessedinsteadwas the postgraduate versus faculty softballand the rightplacefor hisPhD.‘Whileexpecting Day –asthemomentheknew hehadchosen campus –andtheNCG’s annualAthletics Having saidthat,herecallshisfirstdayon quality, whichiscertainlynoeasytask!’ that Ilive uptothishighlevel ofresearch with thesefreedomscomesanexpectation own andrelatedfieldsdayinout.However, and work withtopnotchresearchersinmy topics, choosemyown scheduletoanextent, topics. ‘Ialsogettopickmyown research environment withothersinterestedinsimilar at work onhisown for funsoappreciatesan most likely bedoingthesamethingshedoes in particular. Carsonreveals thathewould and onaspectsofsnow water equivalence spatial-temporal analysismethodsingeneral and spatialstatisticsledtoanMScon the University of Victoria focused onGIS His BSchonoursdegreeinGeography from academic andnon-academicgroupings. with theuniversity communityaswell aswider projects, andcreatemaintainlinkages help ondepartmentandgroup-basedresearch reviewed journalarticlesoratconferences, to publishhisresearchoutputsaspeer- and SFI,Carsonisembracing opportunities Geocomputation (NCG).Fundedby theISSP conduct hisPhDattheNationalCentrefor Canada inSeptember2008,specificallyto Carson Farmer cametoNUIMaynoothfrom arson Farmer initial findingsatoneortwo conferences. publications, andifpossible,presentsome issue atleasttwo peer-reviewed journal finish phasesoneandtwo ofhisthesis, the mainaimsfor Carsonin2010areto Along withstagingtheseeducationalevents, workshop scheduledfor SeptemberinItaly. held todatewithamoresubstantialthree-day Three successfulmasterclasseshave been their analyses100%cheaper, andjustaseasily.’ can show peoplethatit’s possibletodoalotof with tighterbudgets),andIlike thefact thatwe source modelworks reallywell (particularly work-flow. ‘For alotofresearchers,theopen- facilitate incorporating itintotheircurrent of switchingtoopen-sourcesoftware, andto convince researchersofthepotentialbenefits software for geospatialresearch. The goalisto UK collegesthatintroduceopen-source Carson isbusydeveloping courseswithsome terms ofextracurricular teachingactivities, participated inthisyear’s Galway Cycle. In also helpedtoorganiseseveral events and funding, facilities, andexperiences. He attending meetingsaboutgraduate student his DepartmentandGraduate Studiesand Feedback Councilmember, liaisingbetween University life. HeparticipatedasaGraduate Carson hassinceimmersedhimselffullyin

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Members of Governing Authority Elected officers of the Students’ Union by Panel 2005–2010 Mr Aengus Ó Maoláin Ms Liz Murray Pictured left to right: Postgraduate student Chairman Mr Ciarán Reilly (not pictured) Mr Dan Flinter IBEC Ex Officio Ms Noreen Deegan (not pictured) Professor John G. Hughes Dr David Redmond ICTU Mr Mike O’Malley Ms Annette Kennedy Members of academic staff who are Nominees of the Trustees Professors or Associate Professors of St Patrick’s College Professor Daniel M. Heffernan Reverend Professor Hugh Connolly Professor Anne Ryan An tOllamh Próinséas Ní Chatháin Vacant Permanent or full-time members of academic staff other than Professors Graduates of the University or Associate Professors Ms Ann Marie Brennan (not pictured) Dr Deirdre Kirke Mr Anthony Jordan (not pictured) Ms Anastasia Crickley Nominees of NUI Senate Dr Joseph Timoney (not pictured) Professor Ann Burnell (not pictured) Dr Richard Watson (not pictured) Professor Jim Walsh Permanent or full-time employees of the Minister’s Nominees University who are not academic staff Professor John Coolahan (not pictured) Mr Jim Keenan Ms Siobhan Corry Ms Paula Murray Other External Members Mr Peter Cassells Mr Richard George Ms Anne Heraty (not pictured) Vacant

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de n t 2nd Year Chemistry with Pharmaceutical Chemistry 9 12 11 19 19 15 i st

1st Year Chemistry with Pharmaceutical Chemistry 12 9 11 10 20 15 16 Report 52–53 NUI Maynooth President’s i cs 2nd Year BSc Multimedia 5

1st Year BSc Multimedia 13 10 1 4th Year Psychology through Science 17 22 12 18 3rd Year Psychology through Science 18 17 21 12 18 Students by Course & Year 2009/10 2008/9 2007/8 2006/7 2005/6 2004/5 2003/4 2002/3 2001/2 2nd Year Psychology through Science 20 19 21 20 16 18 Degree Courses 1st Year Psychology through Science 19 20 20 23 20 18 19 Postgraduates in Arts+ 371 693 570 633 593 557 574 524 425 4th Year Engineering 24 20 18 17 19 20 25 Postgraduates in Social Science+ 472 3rd Year Engineering 28 19 19 19 19 19 23 24 Postgraduates in Science 276 248 190 190 183 177 176 164 115 2nd Year Engineering 14 25 19 17 17 21 20 28 28 Postgraduates in Engineering 84 49 51 42 34 27 22 14 9 1st Year Engineering 14 11 24 33 22 19 18 23 28 MSc Software Engineering* 16 11 16 19 18 12 25 19 13 3rd Year Product Design 10 12 15 4th Year Science 85 99 90 103 84 95 107 138 138 2nd Year Product Design 18 10 3rd Year Science 73 73 101 76 98 85 93 137 180 1st Year Product Design 25 21 12 2nd Year Science 91 79 76 119 89 102 93 98 144 2nd Year Science Education 30 3 6 1st Year Science 127 117 109 104 132 107 110 118 116 1st Year Science Education 29 32 4 3 4th Year Theoretical Physics & Computer Science 0 1 1 1 5 5 3rd BA Anthropology International 1 4 4 3rd Year Theoretical Physics & Computer Science 0 0 0 0 1 5 8 3rd BA Anthropology 8 12 10 2nd Year Theoretical Physics & Computer Science 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 9 2nd BA Anthropology 16 14 1st Year Theoretical Physics & Computer Science 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 6 10 1st BA Anthropology 21 19 18 3rd Year Theoretical Physics & Mathematics 8 2 2 4 3 2 1 1 2 3rd Year Arts 634 602 615 597 630 622 607 594 535 2nd Year Theoretical Physics & Mathematics 8 6 2 3 5 4 2 1 1 2nd Year Arts 874 734 688 728 745 733 695 674 625 1st Year Theoretical Physics & Mathematics 7 7 7 2 3 6 4 2 1 1st Year Arts 878 985 858 809 835 827 850 822 847 4th Year Software Engineering 20 18 20 27 37 47 46 64 28 3rd Year Art Single Honours 30 12 45 37 39 36 45 34 34 3rd Year Software Engineering 28 17 17 18 18 33 58 52 70 2nd Year Art Single Honours 0 18 10 28 28 35 30 36 33 2nd Year Software Engineering 24 30 20 18 20 21 31 73 77 4th Year BA International 43 33 36 44 25 13 16 15 1st Year Software Engineering 33 22 26 26 26 35 28 34 77 3rd Year BA International 23 42 31 40 43 27 17 16 15 4th Year Physics with Astrophysics 6 8 12 8 8 5 2nd Year BA English 18 19 19 3rd Year Physics with Astrophysics 6 7 12 14 13 8 6 1st Year BA English 21 21 10 20 2nd Year Physics with Astrophysics 12 11 5 12 15 16 11 6 2nd Year BA History 15 1st Year Physics with Astrophysics 12 10 12 4 13 15 17 11 7 1st Year BA History 25 16 4th Year Computational Biology & Bioinformatics 4 2 4 5 9 15 2nd Year Law & Arts 26 18 3rd Year Computational Biology & Bioinformatics 4 4 2 3 6 11 15 1st Year Law & Arts 22 30 12 18 2nd Year Computational Biology & Bioinformatics 5 6 4 4 3 6 13 15 1st Year Business and Accounting 44 1st Year Computational Biology & Bioinformatics 11 9 8 4 4 3 5 14 18 2nd Year Business and Law 15 4th Year Biotechnology 13 17 15 12 10 15 21 16 23 1st Year Business & Law 19 16 3rd Year Biotechnology 6 14 17 15 13 11 15 22 17 3rd Year Business Management International 1 2nd Year Biotechnology 7 9 14 19 22 16 14 18 26 3rd Year Business Management 51 1st Year Biotechnology 15 12 24 20 22 27 21 22 17 2nd Year Business Management 55 56 4th Year Biological Sciences 48 41 41 25 38 1st Year Business Management 37 56 57 3rd Year Biological Sciences 57 50 41 41 26 38 3rd Year BBA Equine Business 2 Students by Course & Year 2009/10 2008/9 2007/8 2006/7 2005/6 2004/5 2003/4 2002/3 2001/2 Students by Course & Year 2009/10 2008/9 2007/8 2006/7 2005/6 2004/5 2003/4 2002/3 2001/2 3rd Year Equine Business 10 3rd Year Media Studies 30 32 31 30 38 2nd Year Equine Business 21 13 2nd Year Media Studies 28 36 34 34 35 39 1st Year Equine Business 18 26 19 1st Year Media Studies 45 35 38 37 38 40 42 4th Year BA Finance International 2 0 2 3 4th Year BA Media Studies International 1 2 4 3rd Year BA Finance International 0 3 0 2 3 3rd Year BA Media Studies International 2 1 1

3rd Year BA Finance 41 41 45 59 116 121 93 96 101 3rd Year BA Multimedia 11 Report 54–55 NUI Maynooth President’s 2nd Year BA Finance 38 44 46 43 78 112 111 96 99 2nd Year BA Multimedia 11 12 1st Year BA Finance 60 58 53 67 73 104 127 124 119 1st Year BA Multimedia 22 15 15 4th Year BA Finance & Accounting International 1 3rd Year BA Politics 12 3rd Year BA Finance & Accounting International 2 2nd Year BA Politics 20 14 3rd Year Finance & Accounting 84 93 58 1st Year BA Politics 25 26 22 2nd Year Finance & Accounting 77 89 94 63 3rd Year Psychology 49 55 57 38 34 35 36 31 1st Year Finance & Accounting 71 81 96 80 54 2nd Year Psychology 56 53 54 57 36 35 38 37 34 3rd Year Finance Accelerated 0 0 0 0 1 1st Year Psychology 24 26 25 21 23 21 25 23 20 3rd Year BA Music 32 33 27 35 26 35 31 29 27 Applied Social Studies 18 43 14 18 22 0 34 0 46 2nd Year BA Music 33 35 31 29 37 31 33 35 26 3rd Year Social Science 51 41 33 38 43 27 1st Year BA Music 25 36 36 27 26 37 41 41 34 2nd Year Social Science 57 49 43 34 40 45 30 4th Year BA Music International 0 0 3 3 1st Year Social Science 56 65 60 50 36 45 44 35 3rd Year BA Music International 1 1 0 2 4th Year BA Social Science International 0 1 3rd Year Music Technology 27 27 27 3rd Year BA Social Science International 0 0 1 2nd Year Music Technology 36 42 32 32 Total 6591 6016 5407 5148 5069 4826 4689 4444 4177 1st Year Music Technology 47 41 45 39 39 4th Year BA Music Technology International 3 3 Diploma Courses 3rd Year BA Music Technology International 6 3 3 Ard Dioploma san Aistriuchan 24 34 34 19 4th Year European Studies 4 6 14 11 Postgraduate Diploma in Adult & Community Education 30 23 23 22 22 24 20 26 27 3rd Year European Studies 16 5 8 16 8 H Diploma in Applied Physics* 2 2 4 1 1 2 4 12 20 2nd Year European Studies 11 17 10 13 16 14 H Diploma in Arts (Adult Guidance & Counselling) 22 22 19 14 20 18 12 9 10 1st Year European Studies 21 17 24 22 20 22 19 H Diploma in Arts (Applications of I.C.T. in Education) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 4th Year Finance & Venture Management 15 21 15 (Kilkenny & Maynooth) 3rd Year Finance & Venture Management 13 14 19 22 H Diploma in Anthropology 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 2nd Year Finance & Venture Management 13 11 18 21 25 H Diploma in Arts (Civic, Social & Political Education) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1st Year Finance & Venture Management 0 19 16 20 28 29 Postgraduate Diploma in Community Work 0 26 27 41 26 22 18 16 12 1st Year BBS Venture Management 41 H Diploma in Arts (Cultural Tourism)* 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4th Year French & Historical Studies 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 H Diploma in Arts (Finance) 13 7 6 8 6 12 10 11 10 3rd Year French & Historical Studies 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 H Diploma in Arts (Remote Sensing) 0 0 17 16 15 14 19 0 19 2nd Year French & Historical Studies 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 Postgraduate Diploma in Arts 22 17 25 21 23 20 22 23 23 (School Guidance Counselling) 1st Year French & Historical Studies 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 H Diploma in Economic Science 3 2 3 1 3 6 3 4 1 4th Year German & Historical Studies 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 0 Postgraduate Diploma in Education 148 159 151 141 170 160 161 156 160 3rd Year German & Historical Studies 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 Postgraduate Diploma in Educational Management 19 21 26 21 25 28 31 31 28 2nd Year German & Historical Studies 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 Postgraduate Diploma in Educational Leadership 126 143 1st Year German & Historical Studies 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 Postgraduate Diploma in Electronic Engineering 16 6 1 2nd Year BA Geography 26 H Diploma in Information Technology* 37 6 5 6 6 10 9 16 55 3rd Year BA Mathematics 3 2 6 H Diploma in Innovative Teaching & Learning 18 0 0 5 20 2nd Year BA Mathematics 0 4 4 6 H Diploma in Irish History 9 11 13 17 13 13 17 19 7 1st Year BA Mathematics 6 0 3 4 10 H Diploma in Mathematics 5 4 1 3 3 1 1 6 5 4th Year BA Maths International 0 1 Students by Course & Year 2009/10 2008/9 2007/8 2006/7 2005/6 2004/5 2003/4 2002/3 2001/2 Students by Course & Year 2009/10 2008/9 2007/8 2006/7 2005/6 2004/5 2003/4 2002/3 2001/2 Part-time Undergraduate Degree: H Diploma in Mathematical Science 3 2 2 1 1 1 0 3 0 BA Local & Community Studies (Kilkenny & Maynooth) 164 186 194 222 223 184 187 200 230 H Diploma in Mathematical Studies 9 1 3 Remote Learning Degree: BSc Rural Development 0 0 12 14 21 22 Postgraduate Diploma in Music Technology 3 7 3 3 2 0 5 0 2 Grand Total 8147 7640 6961 6574 6509 6149 5967 5778 5609 H Diploma in Philosophy 19 9 12 11 10 12 8 H Diploma in Software Engineering 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 * These courses were assisted by the European Social Fund

H Diploma in Science (Computer Science) 4 Report 56–57 NUI Maynooth President’s + Some of the students on these courses were assisted by the European Social Fund H Diploma in Statistics 5 0 3 3 2 1 1 5 1

Postgraduate Diploma in Higher Education 21 31 21 Student Numbers by Faculty Diploma in Arts (Adult Guidance & Counselling) 7 3 15 21 14 16 25 26 26 & Graduate Status 2009/10 % 2008/9 % 2007/8 % 2006/7 % 2005/6 % 2004/5 % 2003/4 % Diploma in Arts (Drama & Theatre Studies) 9 21 27 29 30 29 35 35 21 Full-Time Diploma in Addiction Studies 0 29 46 Arts, Celtic Studies & Philosophy Undergrad 4191 52 3897 51 3470 50 3192 49 3285 51 3127 51 3005 51 Diploma in Church Music 7 10 12 6 7 9 11 0 6 Arts, Celtic Studies & Philosophy Postgrad 816 10 713 9 708 10 758 12 783 12 761 12 778 13 Diploma in Community & Youth Work 64 74 68 52 52 37 42 39 42 Science & Engineering Undergrad 1302 16 1222 16 1200 17 1142 18 1013 16 981 16 950 16 Diploma in Continuing Education 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 41 23 Science & Engineering Postgrad 363 4 304 4 261 4 253 4 242 4 224 4 233 4 Diploma in Local History 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sub-Total 6672 82 6136 80 5639 81 5345 83 5323 83 5093 83 4966 84 Diploma in Mediation & Conflict Resolution 20 13 Diploma in Philosophy 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 7 Part-Time Diploma in Rural Development 0 0 7 11 18 22 10 18 19 Arts, Celtic Studies & Philosophy Undergrad 612 8 624 8 647 9 596 9 638 10 562 9 560 10 Diploma sa Ghaeilge 50 53 44 24 38 25 8 Arts, Celtic Studies & Philosophy Postgrad 510 6 513 7 280 4 216 3 173 3 125 2 123 2 Postgraduate Certificate in Anthropology 3 2 7 1 8 Science & Engineering Undergrad 11 0 16 0 15 0 38 0 19 0 22 0 9 0 Professional Certificate in Teaching & Learning 0 19 19 Science & Engineering Postgrad 96 1 25 0 16 0 1 0 6 0 7 0 5 0 Certificate in Sociological Teaching & Learning 0 0 11 Sub-Total 1229 15 1178 15 958 13 851 12 836 13 716 11 697 12 Certificate in Adult Guidance Training of Trainers 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 14 20 Total 7901 97 7314 95 6597 94 6196 95 6159 96 5809 94 5663 96 Certificate in Culture & Society 8 Certificate in People, Places & Heritage 2 Erasmus Visiting 149 2 198 3 196 3 197 3 179 3 169 3 146 2 Certificate in Science 9 17 9 6 12 12 25 12 Erasmus Abroad # 52 1 55 1 44 1 63 1 54 1 30 0 25 0 Certificate in Engineering 8 7 7 5 10 3 NUI Certificate in Management 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 0 0 of Adult Education Guidance Certificate in Economics, Finance 15 7 6 5 2 & Venture Management Distance Education 45 1 73 1 124 2 118 2 117 2 124 2 133 2 International Foundation Certificate 8 5 7 3 2 Total 8095 100 7585 100 6917 100 6511 100 6455 100 6119 100 5942 100 (minus the Erasmus Abroad figures above) Distance Education Degree 45 73 124 118 117 124 133 131 121 Distance Education Postgraduate Degree 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 # Already included in Full-Time Figures above Degree Extension for Engineers (DEFT) 10 15 15 21 17 12 9 * These courses were assisted by the European Social Fund Erasmus Exchange Programme Abroad 52 55 44 63 54 30 25 26 35 + Some of the students on these courses were assisted by the European Social Fund Erasmus Exchange Programme Visiting 149 198 196 197 179 169 146 140 121 Occasional Students (includes Qualifiers & BATh) 354 289 283 274 268 268 279 289 321 Teastas I Muineadh na Gaeilge d’Aosaigh 10 15 Teastas I Litriocht na Gaeilge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 Total 1392 1438 1348 1190 1196 1117 1091 1134 1202 5.3 5.3 An Chomhairle um Oideachas Gaeltachta & Gaelscolaíochta Enterprise Ireland Commercialisation Fund Technology Development Phase Analog Devices Enterprise Ireland Feasibility Study Grant Aspire Enterprise Ireland Innovation Partnership Feasibility Study Athlone Community Taskforce

Sp R Enterprise Ireland International Collaboration Programme

esearch esearch Atlantic Philanthropies Enterprise Ireland Research Innovation Fund o n Austrian Film Magazine Skip Enterprise Ireland Ulysses sors Austrian Research Promotion Agency

Enterprise Ireland/IRCSET Report 58–59 NUI Maynooth President’s Bayer Schering Pharma AG Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Biosensia

Environmental Sciences Association of Ireland (ESAI) Broadcasting Commission of Ireland (BCI) Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI/USA) Canal Communities Local Drugs Task Force EPA Environmental RTDI Programme 2000–2006 Carton House Golf Club EPA STRIVE Programme 2007–2013 Central Statistics Office (CSO) European Union International Scientific Cooperation (INCO) Programme Centre for Cross Border Studies European Union Cooperative Research Action for Technology (CRAFT) Initiative Centre for Study of Historical Irish Houses and Estates European Union ERASMUS Programme Centres for Science, Engineering and Technology (CSET) European Union ESPON Research Programme Cisco Systems Inc. European Union Fifth Framework Programme (FP5) Citigroup European Union Sixth Framework Programme (FP6) Clondalkin Partnership Scholarship 2005 European Union Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) Clondalkin Partnership Ltd. European Union INTAS Initiative COFORD Forest Research Programme 2000-2006 European Union INTERREG Programme Combat Poverty Agency European Union Leonardo da Vinci Programme (2000 –2006) Commission on Nursing Hours European Union Marie Curie Fellowships Connecticut Cooperative Highway Research Program (USA) European Union Research Training Network Grant Cumas Teoranta European Union Socrates Programme Crisis Pregnancy Agency European Union STREP Project DAFRD Research Stimulus Fund European Commission (European Year of Citizenship through Education 2005) Department of Agriculture and Food European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO) Department of Education and Science European Office of Aerospace Research and Development (EOARD) Department of Foreign Affairs European Space Agency (ESA) Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government Fingal Development Board Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform Foras na Gaeilge DePuy Ireland French Embassy in Ireland Discovery Programme Geological Survey of Ireland Donegal County Council GlaxoSmithKline S.p.A. Dublin County Council HEA Intermediary Funding Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) HEA North South Programme for Collaborative Research Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) HEA Programme for Research in Third-Level Institutions (PRTLI CYCLE 4) Educational Studies Association of Ireland (ESAI) HEA Strategic Initiatives Fund Eircom HEA Technological Sector Research Eli Lilly Health Research Board (HRB) Embark Initiative (IRCSET) Postdoctoral Fellowship Scheme Henkel Loctite Ireland Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Projects Heritage Council Enterprise Ireland Advance Technologies Research Programme Hewlett Packard (Manufacturing) Enterprise Ireland Commercialisation Fund Higher Education and Training Awards Council (HETAC) Enterprise Ireland Commercialisation Fund Proof of Concept Phase HRB Cochrane Training Fellowship HRB Equipment Grant NUI Maynooth New Researcher Award HRB Programme Grant for Research on Blood Utilisation and Hepatitis C NUI Maynooth Publications Grant HRB Research Awards NUI Maynooth Quality Promotion Office HRB Research Project Grants – General NUI Maynooth Research Enhancement Fund Intel Corporation NUI Maynooth, ITT and DIT International Centre for Local & Regional Development (ICLRD) Ordnance Survey Ireland

International Reading Association Oriflame Glocal Technical Centre Report 60–61 NUI Maynooth President’s IRCHSS Post Doctoral Fellowships Office of the Minister for Integration IRCHSS Research Project Grants Office of Public Works (OPW) IRCHSS Senior Research Fellowships Office of the Houses of the Oireachtas IRCSET Basic Research Award Older & Bolder IRCSET Embark Initiative PLANET The Partnerships Network IRCSET Postdoctoral Fellowship Scheme Pro Helvetia, Arts Council of Switzerland IRCSET Ulysses Scheme PRODEX Fund (European Space Agency) Ireland Canada University Foundation (ICUF) Raising Performance Ltd. Ireland Newfoundland Partnership Royal Irish Academy (RIA) Irish Aid – Programme of Strategic Cooperation between Irish Aid and the Science and Technology Facilities Council Higher Education and Research Institute (2007–2011) Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) Irish Equine Centre Seagate Technology Media (Ireland) Irish Georgian Society SFI Conference and Workshop Grant Irish Hospice Foundation SFI EUREKA Award Irish Research Council for Humanities and Social Sciences (IRCHSS) SFI Industry/Research/Equipment Supplement Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering and Technology (IRCSET) SFI Investigator Programme Grant Irish Universities Association (IUA) SFI President of Ireland Young Researcher Award (PIYRA) James and Adeline Callery SFI Principal Investigator Career Enhancement (PICA) Joint Astronomy Centre (USA) SFI Research Frontiers Programme Joseph Rowntree Trust SFI Science Teacher Assistant Researchers (STAR) Kildare VEC SFI Strategic Research Cluster (SRC) Leverhulme Trust SFI Walton Fellowship Local Government Computing Services Board (LGCSB) Sisters of Mercy Marine Institute of Ireland Solvay Pharmaceuticals B.V. Meath County Development Board Spanish Ministry of Science and Technology Merck KGaA Tallaght West Childhood Development Initiative Ltd. (TWCDI) Microsoft Ireland TDK Electronics Ireland Ltd. Misean Cara – Mission Support from Ireland Teagasc Muscular Dystrophy Ireland (MDI) Teagasc Walsh Fellowship NARSAD Scientific Council (USA) Trócaire National Academy for Integration of Research, Teaching & Learning (NAIRTL) The Equality Authority National Advisory Committee on Drugs (NACD) The Jerusalem College of Engineering National Centre for Technology in Education (NCTE) The NHS National R&D Programme on Forensic Mental Health (UK) National Consultative Committee on Racism and Interculturalism (NCCRI) The Ohio State University National Council for Special Education (NCSE) The Wellcome Trust National Institute for Regional and Spatial Analysis (NIRSA) University of Glasgow National Rosacea Society (USA) US Air Force National Youth Council of Ireland (NYCI) Youngballymun Ltd. NORFACE ERA-NET Research Programme Wavebob Ltd. NUI Maynooth Western Development Commission