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UCD Strategy World Cafés

Last updated 8th July 2024

UCD Strategy World Cafés are a series of focus group events, each focusing on a particular theme. These events took place across April and May 2024 with each one chaired by a different University Management Team (UMT) member. Participants were divided into smaller groups and assigned to different tables where a facilitator  guided a discussion on a specific question, relevant to the theme. Participants also had the opportunity to visit different tables and discuss different questions, and to engage in open dialogue with the facilitator and the wider room.

Please look through the list of World Café events below to learn more about the themes being explored and to view the outputs from each session. 

World Café - The Student and Campus Experience
World Café - The Student and Campus Experience

UCD Registrar and Deputy President, Professor Colin Scott hosted two World Café events on 17th April and 13th May.

World Café - Learning
World Café - Learning

UCD Registrar and Deputy President, Professor Colin Scott hosted two World Café events on 25thApril and 30th May on the subject of Learning.

World Café - Sustainability
World Café - Sustainability

UCD Vice President for Sustainability, Professor Tasman Crowe hosted this event on April 29th to get community feedback on how to best shape UCD’s policy, strategy and action plan and strengthen our position as a thought and action leader for sustainability.

World Café - The Global Experience
World Café - The Global Experience

UCD Vice President for Global Engagement, Professor Dolores O’Riordan hosted this event on May 1st to explore with the community, the meaning of a ‘Global University’, and to discuss what UCD as a ‘Global University’ would look like in 2040.

World Café - Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI)
World Café - Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI)

UCD Vice-President for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion led this engagement with employees on 7th May to identify how EDI and Human Rights more broadly could be reflected in the new UCD Strategy both as a key pillar as well as being embedded into all aspects of the strategy.

World Café - The UCD Organisation of the Future
World Café - The UCD Organisation of the Future

This session was led by UCD Chief People Officer and Director of SIRC, Legal Services and Transformation, Tristan Aitken on 8th May. It focussed on how professional, managerial, technical and support staff underpin the academic mission of the University and on the broader people-related agenda in UCD.

World Café - The Academic Experience
World Café - The Academic Experience

Led by College Principal, UCD College of Social Sciences and Law, Professor Niamh Moore-Cherry on 14th May. This engagement focused on the experience of being an academic at UCD now and what the community would like to prioritise to ensure an excellent work environment for the future.

World Café - UCD\'s Reputation
World Café - UCD's Reputation

On 20th May, UCD Vice President for Strategy and External Engagement, Triona McCormack hosted this event where community members were asked to think about how UCD can become a recognised thought leader and establish a strong reputation as a university of influence and impact in Ireland and the wider world.

World Café - Supporting Research to Deliver Impact
World Café - Supporting Research to Deliver Impact

These events, held across 23rd and 24th May explore what kinds of impacts UCD should prioritise, the external forces that affect our impact, and the kinds of changes to internal and external support for research that would increase our impact academically, societally, and economically. Both events were hosted by UCD Vice-President for Research, Innovation and Impact, Professor Kate Robson Brown.

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