The daily operations of Una Europa alliance at UCD are supported through UCD Global.
Members of the Global Networks and Projects team hold a variety of alliance roles, including institutional coordination, project management, communications, and administrative support. Find details of staff members and their areas below.
For general queries, contact UnaEuropa@ucd.ie. For individual contacts, refer to the UCD Directory.
Shane Lordan shares the Co-Senior Local Lead role for Una Europa at UCD with Colleen Doyle. Shane provides support to UCD leadership, acts as an interface between UCD and the Una Europa Secretariat, and coordinates our overall alliance participation. Shane is also the UCD contact point for the Una Europa Seed Fund.
Along with Shane Lordan, Colleen is a Co-Senior Local Lead for Una Europa, representing UCD in the Senior Local Leads Group. She is primarily responsible for ensuring UCD's engagement and representation in the Self-Steering Committees (Faculty) and Professional Clusters (Professional Staff).
Catherine Lovett is the Una.Futura Project Officer / Senior Project Lead at UCD. UCD is responsible for Work Package 11: Community Building, Outreach and Dissemination. Catherine is responsible for ensuring that the milestones and deliverables of this work package are met.
She collaborates with project leads at our partner universities and chairs the monthly Una Europa Communications Leads meetings. Catherine also monitors the budgets of Self-Steering Committees.
Sylvia Leatham is the Communications Lead for Una Europa at UCD, and works closely with Catherine Lovett to ensure the delivery of WP11 milestones and deliverables. Sylvia ensures that alliance events, activities and opportunities are shared with the UCD community at home, and provides communications support and guidance for UCD-led activities to maximise engagement with the wider alliance community.
Sylvia is also responsible for content creation. social media, events and media relations.
Tajana is responsible for the student engagement portfolio of Una Europa within UCD. Tajana manages Una Europa opportunities for UCD students such as the Student Congress, supports the UCD Una Europa Student Association, works with UCD representatives on the Una Europa Student Board, and engages with the wider Una Europa Student Engagement Team.
Evan Connor supports Colleen Doyle in her role as Co-Senior Local Lead, assisting with the coordination and dissemination of Una Europa activities both within UCD and with partner universities. Evan's work primarily involves managing and preparing UCD students and staff for various Una Europa initiatives, including Summer Schools, Staff Weeks, and the Live my Life programme.