Governing Authority
The Governing Authority (GA) of University College Dublin, National University of Ireland, Dublin was established under the Universities Act, 1997 and is the direct successor of the Governing Body established under the founding Charter of University College Dublin (1908). The primary responsibility of the Governing Authority is to guide the strategic direction of the University, with particular emphasis on overseeing policy, monitoring the performance of top management and working with the President to set UCD’s strategic aims. The Authority currently in office was appointed for the period 01 February 2014 to 31 January 2019.
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University Secretariat
email: govauth@ucd.ie
Functions of the Governing Authority are (Universities Act, 1997):
(a) to control and administer the land and other property of the university,
(b) to appoint the chief officer and such other employees as it thinks necessary for the purposes of the university,
(c) subject to the Act and its charter, statutes and regulations, to determine the membership from time to time of the governing authority, and
(d) to perform such other functions as are imposed on it by or under that or any other Act or by its charter, statutes and regulations.
Chairman
Eugene McCague BCL DipEL
The President
Andrew J. Deeks BE (UWA) MEngSc (UWA) PhD (UWA) FIEAust
Senior Academic Officer
Mark Rogers BA (Dubl) PhD (Glasgow), Deputy President, Vice-President for Academic Affairs and Registrar
Elected by the Professorial Staff
Alan Baird BSc (Glasgow) PhD (Lond), UCD School of Veterinary Medicine
Joe Carthy BSc PhD, Principal, UCD College of Science
Orla Feely BE MS (Calif) PhD (Calif), Vice-President for Research, Innovation and Impact
Pat Guiry BSc PhD MRIA, Director, UCD Centre for Synthesis and Chemical Biology
Imelda Maher BCL LLM (Temple) BL (Kings Inns) MRIA, UCD School of Law
Dermot Moran BA MA (Yale) MPhil (Yale) PhD (Yale) DLitt (NUI) MRIA, UCD School of Philosophy
Elected by the Non-Professorial Academic Staff
Joseph Brady MA PhD, UCD School of Geography, Planning and Environmental Policy
Marie Clarke MA PhD HDip in Ed, UCD School of Education
John Dunnion MSc, UCD School of Computer Science and Informatics
Russell Higgs BA (Liverpool) PhD (Liverpool), UCD School of Mathematical Sciences
Wolfgang Marx MA (Hamburg) PhD (Hamburg), UCD School of Music
Elected by the Non-Academic Staff
Margaret Brindley, UCD College of Social Sciences and Law Office
Paul Harkin BSc (DCU) MBA, UCD School of Medicine and Medical Science
Hugo O'Donnell, UCD Applied Language Centre
Elected Officers of the Students’ Union
Barry Murphy, President, UCD Students' Union
Robert Sweeney, Undergraduate Education Officer, UCD Students' Union
Eoin MacDomhnaill, Welfare Officer, UCD Students' Union
Nominations from Organisations
Charles Coase FCA MA (Oxon)
Michael Feeney BComm FCCA FIB, Chief Executive, The Institute of Banking
Nominated by the Minister for Education and Skills
Cllr Dermot Lacey
Dr Vincent McHale
Cllr Pat Nugent
Elected by the UCD Graduates of NUI
Michael Clark BSc MSc PhD
Clíona de Bháldraithe Marsh MA
Maurice Treacy BSc MBA (NU) PhD
The Lord Mayor of the City of Dublin
Lord Mayor of the City of Dublin
Nominated by the National University of Ireland
Adrian Burke BComm FCA
Emma Teeling BSc MSc (Edin) PhD (QUB), UCD School of Biology and Environmental Science
Elected by the Association of County and City Councils
Cllr Mary Barrett
Cllr Gary Carville
Cllr Mary Hilda Cavanagh
Cllr Christy Curtin
Cllr David Daniels
Cllr John Paul Feeley
Cllr Luie McEntire
Cllr Barry Ward
GA Meeting Schedule 2017/18
| Submission Deadline | Meeting Date |
| Tuesday 5 September 2017 | Tuesday 3 October 2017, 11am |
| Tuesday 14 November 2017 | Wednesday 13 December 2017, 11am |
| N/A | Tuesday 16 January 2018, 9am |
| Tuesday 23 January 2018 | Tuesday 20 February 2018, 11am |
| Tuesday 27 February 2018 | Tuesday 27 March 2018, 11am |
| Friday 6 April 2018 | Monday 30 April 2018, 12pm |
| Tuesday 22 May 2018 | Tuesday 19 June 2018, 11am |
GA Schedule of Meetings 2017/18 (PDF)