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UCC Learning and Teaching Showcase 2025


Towards 2030: (Re)imagining the Future of Learning and Teaching in Higher Education


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Draft Agenda for the day

SESSION 1

Events will begin in the Aula Maxima for the morning session 10am  - 12pm

  • 10am opening with UCC President, Professor John O'Halloran.
  • 10.05am opening remarks, VP Learning and Teaching, Professor Paul McSweeney.
  • 10.10am-11.00am Keynote with Dr Catherine Cronin, author of Higher Education for Good: Teaching and Learning Futures. Catherine Cronin – independent open scholar
  • 11.00am-11.30am coffee break/mingling (refreshments provided)
  • 11.30am-12.15pm Panel Discussion
      • My Vision for Higher Education chaired by Deputy President and Registrar; Professor Stephen Byrne,       
      • Panellists:                                                                         
      • Chair of the Academic Council Teaching and Learning Committee.
      • Students' Union Education Officer.                               
      • Learning and Teaching leads from the Colleges.
      • Director of the Centre for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (CIRTL).

SESSION 2

From 12.15pm, events move to The Hub

  • 12.20pm – 1pm, The Shtepps:
    • OVPLT showcase:                                                                       
      • Launch of Employability Framework, Careers Service.
      • Digital & Information Literacies Framework, Library.
      • Gen AI Hub, Skills Centre.
      • SPEADE Project, Centre for Digital Education (CDE).               
    • Tour(s) of innovative teaching spaces and/or equipment on campus
      • Details TBC

LUNCH AND POSTER VIEWING

  • 1pm-2.15pm
    • Sandwich, fruit & drinks lunch (provided) -  Lucy Smith Room
    • Poster session viewing -  Dora Allman Room

SESSION 3

  • 2.15pm-3.45pm, The Shtepps
    • Short presentations from awardees of SATLE Funded Projects; past recipients of Presidents Awards for Excellence in Teaching; case studies of good practice.
  • 3.45pm closing remarks from Dr Ross Woods, National Forum for Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, Higher Education Authority (HEA).

BREAK - Return to Aula Maxima for Awards and Graduation

  • 5.30pm Pre- Ceremony reception and refreshments
  • 6pm - Presentation of Presidents Awards for Excellence in Teaching
  • 6.45pm - Graduation Ceremony for PG Certificate and Diploma in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education.
  • 7.30pm - Close

 

 

Office of Vice-President for Learning and Teaching

Oifig an Leasuachtaráin Foghlama agus Teagaisc

East Wing, Main Quadrangle, UCC

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