Lecture Series
Quercus Lecture Series 2022/23
Quercus Lecture Series returned after a three-year hiatus due to Covid 19. The Hon Gary Gray gave the 2023 Quercus Lecture on Australian Policy in Southeast Asia.
The Hon. Gary Gray AO is Ambassador to Ireland, taking up his position in August 2020. Mr Gray was previously the General Manager, External Affairs at Mineral Resources Ltd, Perth; a Board member of the Australian Submarine Corporation; a Member of the Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority; a Trustee of Telethon as well as a Board Member of the Perth Astronomical Observatory. Mr. Gray was a member of the Australian House of Representatives from 2007 to 2016. On 25 March 2013, he was appointed to the Australian Cabinet as the Minister for Resources and Energy, the Minister for Tourism and the Minister for Small Business. From 2010 until 2013, Mr. Gray served as the Special Minister of State for Public Service and Integrity. Before entering Parliament in 2007 Mr. Gray spent 16 years as an official of the Australian Labor Party, rising to national secretary (1993-2000). In 1981, he graduated with a degree in economics from Australian National University in Canberra. He was awarded the Centenary Medal in 2001 and made an Officer of the Order of Australia in 2003.
Quercus 2022/23 Student Led Workshop Schedule
Student Led University Workshop
Presenter: Quercus University Scholar, Orla Leahy
Workshop: Gaisce – The President’ Award: Becoming more civically minded in my studies and beyond.
Date & Time: Monday 1st February, 6:30pm
Venue: Microsoft Teams
Student Led Active Citizenship Workshop
Presenter: Quercus Active Citizenship Scholars, Emer Neville & Reuban Murray
Workshop: The Covid Leaving Cert & the Role of Student Voices
Date & Time: Wednesday 7th February, 6:30pm
Venue: Microsoft Teams
Student Led Innovation/Entrepreneurship Workshop
Presenters: Quercus Innovation/Entrepreneurship Scholar, Nick Cotter
Workshop: How to win the Global Student Entrepreneur Awards: the playbook to survive your first 24 months as a startup and become a world-class founder
Date & Time: Monday 20th February, 6:30pm
Venue: Microsoft Teams
Student Led Sports' Workshop
Presenter: Quercus Sports’ Scholar, Maeve Gallagher
Workshop: The Life of a Tri-athlete
Date and Time: Thursday 23rd February, 6:30pm
Venue: Microsoft Teams
Student Led Creative & Performing Arts' Workshop
Presenters: Quercus Creative & Performing Arts’ Scholars, Otto Goodwin & Rere Ukponu
Workshop: The Spoken Word
Date & Time: Monday 27th February, 6:30pm
Venue: Microsoft Teams
Quercus Lecture Series 2021/22
Quercus 2021/22 Student Led Workshop Schedule
Student Led University Workshop
Presenter: Quercus University Scholar, Marieke Buckley
Workshop: Marieke’s experience as a student nurse working in the ICU/CUH during the first Covid lockdown
Date & Time: Monday 15th November, 7pm
Venue: Microsoft Teams
Student Led Innovation/Active Citizenship Workhop
Presenters: Quercus Innovation/Entrepreneurship Scholar, Emma Coffey & Quercus Active Citizenship Scholar, Anna O'Connor
Workshop: Don't Be Trashy: Sustainability in Business
Date & Time: Monday 22nd November, 7pm
Venue: Microsoft Teams
Student Led Active Citizenship Workshop
Presenter: Quercus Active Citizenship Scholar, Fidaa Marouf
Workshop: Asylum & Refuges
Date & Time: Thursday 17th February, 7pm
Venue: Microsoft Teams
Student Led Creative & Performing Arts Workshop
Presenters: Quercus Creative & Performing Arts’ Scholars, Donnchadh Hughes, Iona Ritchie & Sophie Ryan
Workshop: 'Harping On - A Focus on the Irish Harp'
Date & Time: Monday 21st February, 7pm
Venue: Microsoft Teams
Student Led Sports Workshop
Presenter: Quercus Sports’ Scholar, Paul O'Donovan
Workshop: Different Strokes - The Parallels between rowing and studying
Date and Time: Monday 28th March, 7pm
Venue: Microsoft Teams
Quercus Lecture Series 2020/21
Due to Covid-19 the usual format of the Quercus Lecture Series had to be abandoned until government guidelines safely allowed it to resume. The Quercus Student Led Workshops were started to fill the void that the scholars felt from the suspension of the lecture series. The Student Led Workshops allowed scholars to present a snap-shot of their experiences and talents to their fellow scholars, and was conducted using Microsoft Teams.
Quercus 2020/21 Student Led Workshop Schedule
Student Led Innovation/Entrepreneurship Workshop
Presenters: Quercus Innovation/Entrepreneurship Scholars, Nick Cotter, Annie Madden & Mary Murphy
Workshop: Life as a Student Entrepreneur
Date & Time: Tuesday 2nd February, 7pm
Venue: Microsoft Teams
Student Led University Workshop
Presenter: Quercus University Scholar, Louise Coombes
Workshop: Occupational Therapy: Where Creativity, Compassion & Science Collide
Date & Time: Tuesday 9th February, 7pm
Venue: Microsoft Teams
Student Led Creative & Performing Arts' Workshop
Presenters: Quercus Creative & Performing Arts Scholars, Nicole Delaney, Kyle Macaulay, Jennifer Barry, Nyala Grunwald, & Ciara Cullinane
Workshop: Beyond Performance: Four Unique Recitals and the Story Behind Them
Date & Time: Tuesday 16th February, 7pm
Venue: Microsoft Teams
Student Led Sports Workshop
Presenters: Quercus Sports' Scholars, Aoife Casey, Mags Cremen, Tara Hanlon, Lydia Heaphy & Emily Hegarty
Workshop: The Road to Tokyo 2021
Date & Time: Tuesday 2nd March, 7pm
Venue: Microsoft Teams
Student Led Active Citizenship Workshop
Presenter: Quercus Active Citizenship Scholar, Vera Stojanovic
Workshop: Applied Active Citizenship live from Europe's Largest Refugee Camp, Moria in Lesbos, Greece
Date & Time: Tuesday 9th March, 7pm
Venue: Microsoft Teams with Vera streaming live from Moria
Quercus Lecture Series 2019/20
Quercus Academic Lecture (please click to view lecture, lecture starts at 9mins due to fire alarm): Tuesday 21st January, 2020. Dr Marc Fabri, Senior Lecturer in Creative Technology at Leeds Beckett University. Leture title: 'Supporting autistic students on their journey through higher education: small changes, big impact'.
Quercus Active Citizenship Lecture (please click to view lecture): Monday 27th January, 2020. David Donoghue, former Irish permanent representative to the UN. Lecture title: 'Global action for a better world: the potential of the Sustainable Development Goals'.
Quercus Sports Lecture (please click to view lecture): Monday 17th February, 2020. Clíona O'Leary, Assistant Director of RTE Sport. Lecture title: ' 'Changing the Game' - A Personal Reflection on a career in the TV sports business, and the urgent need for fresh thinking on how sport can play a powerful role in the areas of Gender Equality and Mental Health'.
Quercus Innovation/Entrepreneurship Lecture (please click to view lecture): Monday 24th February, 2020. Julie Sinnamon, CEO Enterprise Ireland and board member of BTYSE. Lecture title: 'The role of Innovation and Entrepreneurship in driving the Irish economy'.
Quercus Creative & Performing Arts Lecture (please click to view lecture): Wednesday 4th March, 2020. Rosaleen Molloy, National Director of Music Generation. Lecture title: 'Music Generation: transforming lives through access to performance music education'.
Quercus Lecture Series 2018/19
Quercus Academic Lecture (please click to view lecture): Thursday 17th January, 2019, Prof. Michael W. Higgins, Professor of Catholic Thought at Sacred Heart University Connecticut, author and documentarian, 'John Moriarty, the environment, and the cosmos: rumminations on a Big Thinker'.
Quercus Active Citizenship Lecture (please click to view lecture): Thursday 24th January, 2019, Dr. Finola Doyle O'Neill, Department of History, University College Cork, 'From Alfred Nobel to Bill Gates: The Power of Active Citizenship'.
Quercus Sports' Lecture (please click to view lecture): Monday 28th January, 2019, Mary O'Connor, CEO Federation of Irish Sport, '20/20: If She Can't See It, See Can't Be It'.
Quercus Creative & Performing Arts Lecture (no lecture link available due to copyright): Thursday 7th February, Lord David Puttnam, Member of the House of Lords, former film producer with such films as Chariots of Fire, The Killing Fields & The Mission, 'Change or Transformation'.
Quercus Innovation/Entrepreneurship Lecture (no lecture link currently available): Thursday 28th February, 2019, Anna Marie McHugh, General Secretary of the World Ploughing Organisation & Assitant Managing Director of the National Ploughing Association, 'The National Ploughing Championships, Europe's Largest Outdoor Event'.
Quercus Lecture Series 2017/18
Quercus Academic Lecture, Tuesday 6th February, 2018 - Dr. John Borgonovo, lecturer in the School of History, "Atlas of the Irish Revolution", GO2 Kane Building, 6-7pm
Quercus Sports' Lecture, Monday 19th February, 2018 - Paul McDermott, Head of High Perfermance, Sport Ireland, "High Performance Sport in Ireland", G18 Kane Building, 6-7pm
Quercus Active Citizenship Lecture, Tuesday 27th February, 2018 - Bridget Quilligan, Manager of Kerry Travellors' Health and Community Development Project, G02 Kane Building, 6-7pm
Quercus Creative & Performing Arts Lecture, Thursday 1st March, 2018 - Lord David Puttnam, Film Producer, Chariots of Fire, The Killing Fields and The Mission among many others, "Identity is Everything", G02 Kane Building, 6-7pm
Quercus Innovation/Entrepreneurship Lecture, Tuesday 6th March, 2018 - Dr. Susan Steele, Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority, G02 Kane Building, 6-7pm