The School Office seeks to maintain an enduring connection with our graduates and alumni within Ireland and across the globe.

Through their individual career progression within leading academic centres around the world, our alumni establishes the School's international reputation.  They form an extensive network of connections which assist our current students by facilitating elective exchange opportunities and which provides wise counsel to the School through strategic engagement.

The School Office works with the UCD Medical Graduates Association to support an annual reunion event which re-connects past students with their alma mater.

School support to alumni relations is lassisted by the School Office team as required.

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The School's budget and finance activities are supported by Ms Ann McGinely (College Accountant) and Mr Paul Harkin (Director of Strategic Development).  Annual School and Section budgets are developed based on the School's staff plan and our programme intake projections. 

With over 250 staff, 300 associated staff and 2,000 students deployed across nine principal locations and many other associated sites, maintaining effective communications is a significant challenge.

The School Office is responsible for managing the School's award-winning website, for developing marketing collateral and for coordinating School-wide events.

Communications, Media and Public Relations is managed by the School's Communications Manager (post currently vacant)

Contact: comms.medicine@ucd.ie

The School's education development activities are led by Associate Professor Suzanne Donnelly (Associate Deane, Programmes and Educational Innovation) and Ms Carol Lynch (Programme Manager, Strategic Projects). 

Education development activities engage a large number of academic, professional and technical staff across the School and are guided by the School's Teaching & Learning Strategy Group.

Education development activities include, but are not limited to:

• Accreditation & Quality Reviews
• Assessment Review
• Curriculum Mapping
• Clinical Tutor Induction & Academic Staff Mentoring
• New Programme Development
• Patient & Advocate Centred Education
• Programme and Module Review
• Technology-Enhanced Learning

Administrative support to the Associate Dean and her Education Development Team is provided by Ms Zoe Thompson. 

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The School boasts a complement of over 165 academic staff, 230 funded research investigators and an adjunct faculty comprising some 350 hospital consultants and over 300 junior doctors in training. School staff are based at nine locations on the Belfield campus, at our affiliated teaching hospitals and across our clinical training network.

School Office support to Human Resource Management is led by Ms Kasia Gaughan with the assistance from Ms Alice O’Donnell.

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The School coordinates its formal international activities through our International Team.  Led by the Dr Patrick Felle (Associate Dean for International Relations) and Ms Margaret Tiuchta (International Relations Manager), this team works closely with the academic leaders of various internationally-focused programmes, the UCD Health Science Programme Office, UCD International, and UCD Alumni Relations.  Administrative support to the Associate Dean and the International Relations Manager is provided Ms Una Fitzgerald. 

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Strategic development initiatives, strategic planning and business development activities are managed by Mr Paul Harkin, Director of Strategic Development with support from the School Office and our Communications Office.

The School routinely undertakes consultations with staff and other stakeholders to inform our strategic planning priorities which are presented in the School's strategic plan document.

Other School development initiatives (e.g. programme development, organsiational development, affiliations and partnerships, external accreditation, etc) are also coordinated through this function,