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Institute of Technology Blanchardstown

Annual Report

1 September 2016 – 31 August 2017

Contents

Governing Body Chairperson’s Statement 3

President’s Introduction 4

Governance and Management 5

Governing Body 5

Governing Body fees and expenses 6

Senior Management group 6

Academic Council 7

Academic Activities 8

Research Activities 8

School of Business 10

School of Humanities 14

School of Informatics and Engineering 16

Learning and Innovation Centre (LINC) 18

Student Services 21

Library 23

Human Resources 25

Civic Engagement 26

Campus Development 32

Technological University for Dublin 33

Student and Staff Profile 35

Student Profile 35

Staff Profile 38

Diversity 41

Energy Efficiency Progress and Overview of Energy Usage 2016-2017 43

External Funding Received from other Government Agencies 44

External Consultancy Firms 44

Formal Representation of the Institute on External Boards/Groups 45

Selection of Notable Highlights 47

Selection of Staff Publications 49

Financial Statements 54

Appendix 86

Governing Body Meeting Record 2016-2017

Annual Reports 2016-2017

Governing Body Chairperson’s Statement

As Chairperson of the Governing Body, I am delighted to present the Annual Report for the academic year 2016-2017.

This report shows critical work on the path to our transformation to a Technological University and the wide consultation process that showed open and engaging discussion across the Institute, enterprise and wider stakeholder groups.

The Governing Body believes that the Institute is central to future economic development in the region and that there are broad social and cultural advantages to widening participation in higher education.

The next few years will be an exciting time in the Institute’s history as it continues to support the needs of the people of Blanchardstown and the greater Dublin and Meath regions.

Professor Tom Collins

Governing Body Chairperson


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President’s Introduction

In my new role as President, I am pleased to introduce, at an important time in our development, our Annual Report for the period of 1 September 2016 – 31 August 2017.

With the help of our strategic plan working group, we established a process which identified six institutional priorities over the next three academic years as we strive to become part of a Technological University. The culmination of this inclusive consultative process is a road map of what ITB aspires to achieve. It is a clear statement of our future direction and has the support of our stakeholders, staff and students.

Although the current climate that faces all third level institutes is complex and changing, ITB’s current position and relative financial health is a result of sensible and prudent decision-making within ITB that will allow us to continue to move forward, change and grow.

Above all else, ITB will continue to offer relevant and flexible programmes, make education accessible to all, and provide an unrivalled student experience. The education we provide will make a real difference to the lives of our students and the community in which we serve.

Dr. Diarmuid O’Callaghan President


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Governance and Management

Governance and management is controlled primarily by three interconnected bodies, namely the Governing Body, the Senior Management team and the Academic Council.

Governing Body

The Governing Body is constituted in accordance with the Institute of Technology Act 1992–2006. Its membership is as outlined in Section 6 of the Regional Technical Colleges Act 1992 and its core functions are as outlined in Section 8 of the Institutes of Technology Act 2006.

Following is a list of the Governing Body members for the term of this annual report:


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Prof. Tom Collins - Chairperson

Dr. Diarmuid O’Callaghan - President

Dr. Annette Clancy (Ceased December 2016)

Ms. Sharon McGrath

Cllr. Aine Clancy (Ceased December 2016)

Dr. Brian Nolan (Ceased December 2016)

Mr. Joe Fox (Ceased December 2016)

Ms. Pamela Kelly (Resigned 27 January 2017)

Mr. Ivan Keatley (Ceased December 2016)

Mr. Jason Aughney (Student President –

Resigned February 2017)

Mr. Pat Ward (Ceased December 2016)

Ms. Maura Cassidy

Mr. Patrick Bowler

Mr. Paul McEvoy

Mr. Ronan Keaskin (Ceased December 2016)

Cllr. Mary McCamley

Cllr. Vincent Jackson (Commenced December 2016)

Ms. Rose Callan (Commenced December 2016)

Mr. Tom Mulvey (Commenced December 2016)

Ms. Pamela Kelly (Commenced August 2017)

Mr. Peter Hodson (Commenced December 2016)

Dr. Eoghan Hanrahan (Commenced December 2016)

Mr. Mark O’Brien (Commenced December 2016)

Mr. Denis Murphy (Secretary – Resigned February 2017)

Ms. Bronagh Elliott (Secretary – Commenced February 2017)

Mr. Conor Dempsey (Student President – Commenced

August 2017)

Dr. Cepta Duffy (Ceased December 2016)

Ms. Naomi Dixon (Commenced December 2016)

Mr. Joe Halvey (Ceased December 2016)

Mr. Mike O’Byrne (Commenced December 2016)

Cllr. Sarah Reilly (Commenced December 2016)

Executive Management

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Academic Council

Governing Body

10 20 30 40 50 60 70

% Female% Male

Governance and Management Structure

Governing Body Fees & Expenses

The Governing Body fees and expenses for the relevant year are listed below:

Senior Management Group

The Senior Management group is comprised of the President, the Registrar, the Heads of School, the Head of Leadership and Organisational Development, and the Secretary/Financial Controller. Its functions as a management team are to:

• Agree and pursue strategic goals for core activities of the Institute.

• Make decisions and assign actions relating to resource management and communications.

• Review key performance dates.

• Report to the Governing Body and staff bodies as required.

The members for the period of this report were:

Dr. Diarmuid O’Callaghan (President from September 2016) Dr. Larry McNutt (Head of School of Informatics and Engineering up to November 2016, Registrar from November 2016)

Ms. Eileen Quinn (Leadership and Organisational Development)

Mr. Denis Murphy (Secretary/Financial Controller up to February 2017)

Ms. Bronagh Elliott (Secretary/Financial Controller from April 2017)

Dr. Anthony Keane (Head of School of Informatics and Engineering from January 2017)

Ms. Assumpta Harvey (Head of School of Business from December 2016)

Dr. Pat O’Connor (Head of School of Humanities)


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Governing Body Fees & Expenses

Travel & Subsistence

Interview Honoraria

Other

Total

67

2,850

2,917

2016/17 €

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Academic Council

The Academic Council is constituted in accordance with Section 10 of the Regional Technical Colleges Act 1992 and carries out the functions as outlined therein. The Academic Council is a statutory body responsible for academic matters within the Institute. It has the major task of formulating and implementing the Institute’s academic policies.

The Academic Council is responsible for the quality of all academic activities within the Institute and is comprised of 13 unelected ex officio members, 17 elected members of academic staff, 1 elected support staff member, and 2 elected students. Each Academic Council is elected for a term of three years, except for the student members who are elected annually.

Members of the Academic Council for the period 2 May 2014 – 28 February 2018 shall be as follows:

Dr. Diarmuid O’Callaghan (ex officio) Dr. Larry McNutt (ex officio)

Dr. Anthony Keane (ex officio) Dr. Pat O’Connor (ex officio)

Mr. Bob O’Mhurcú (ex officio) Dr. Fiona Malone (ex officio)

Mr. Michael Keane (ex officio) Ms. Assumpta Harvey (ex officio)

Ms. Aidín O’Sullivan (ex officio) Mr. Jason Aughney (ex officio)

Dr. Cormac Doran (ex officio) Dr. Philip Owende (ex officio)

Mr. Richard Gallery (ex officio) Ms. Ann Murphy

Dr. Kevin Farrell Mr. David Murphy

Dr. Matthew Smith Mr. Damian Cox

Dr. Aiden Carthy Mr. Gerome Donnelly

Ms. Fionnuala Darby Mr. Michael Hagan

Dr. Geraldine Gray Dr. Barry Kirkpatrick

Dr. Jennifer Cowman Mr. Tom Nolan

Ms. Georgina Lawlor Dr. Stephen Sheridan

Ms. Sandra Ratcliffe Ms. Sinead Dunne

Ms. Shauna Garry Ms. Mabel Azibora Amob

Mr. Conor Dempsey

Ms. Bronagh Elliott


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Academic Activities

ITB provides a broad range of academic programmes between levels 6 and 9 on the Irish National Framework of

Qualifications (NFQ). These are designed to meet regional and national requirements with an emphasis on:

• Specialist higher education for leading-edge industries in the region

• Upgrading of specialist technical/technological skills

• Continuing education and meeting the needs of mature students

• In-service courses, retraining and updating of skills

• Addressing learner special needs arising from educational disadvantage or disability

32 full-time programmes and 23 part-time programmes were offered for the academic year 2016/2017. In

addition, the Institute responded to the needs of the economy and offered several up-skilling programmes to the

unemployed under the Springboard+ upskilling initiative in higher education. This initiative offers free courses at

certificate, degree and masters level leading to qualifications in areas where there are employment opportunities in

the economy. Springboard+ is co-funded by the Irish government and the European Social Fund as part of the ESF

programme for employability, inclusion and learning 2014–2020.

The ladder system of progression between courses provides opportunities for students to progress from Higher Certificate to Ordinary Bachelor Degree and on to Honours Bachelor Degree and Postgraduate levels.To see the full range of courses currently available in ITB, check out our web page at www.itb.ie.

Research Activities

ITB recognises that one of its core activities is Research and has established itself as a significant member of the

research community within the third level education sector in Ireland since it opened in 1999. The LINC Centre

(Learning and Innovation Centre) at ITB is the centre which supports the research activities taking place in the

Institute, supporting technology transfer activities, applied research links with industry, and links to the funding

agencies for the research activities in the Institute.


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Since it opened in 1999 funding has been secured from:

• The Technological Sector Postgraduate R&D Skills Training Programme

• Enterprise Ireland’s Innovation Partnership scheme, where the Institute has teamed up with local

companies to conduct R&D to improve processes and procedures

• Enterprise Ireland’s Proof Of Concept funding, which allows the development of a possible commercial

activity

• Enterprise Ireland’s Research Equipment grant

• The Embark Initiative

• The Higher Education Authority, including the Research Funding Enhancement Scheme

• Leonardo Da Vinci programmes

ITB has been very successful in linking with SMEs through the Enterprise Ireland Innovation Scheme, which

allows enterprises to link with third level Institutions to enable the enterprise to complete innovative research and

development for the growth of their business.

For further information on any aspect of R&D or knowledge transfer activities, contact ITB’s Industrial Liaison

Manager, Claire MacNamee, on (01) 885 1502 or email [email protected]


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School of Business

Teaching and Learning The School of Business, with over 1,000 students and 60 full-time and part-time staff, is primarily focused on the development and provision of courses in Business and Sports Management and Coaching. The range of courses offered reflects the diversity of higher education opportunities available at the Institute and includes the disciplines of:

• Business • Business • Accounting & Finance • Business and Information Technology • International Business (incl. languages) • Digital Marketing • Sports management and Coaching

Courses are developed and delivered to enable students to acquire the knowledge, develop the skills, and cultivate

the attitudes necessary for success in employment. Both the theoretical and practical aspects of each course are

reviewed regularly to ensure ongoing relevance to career opportunities in the industrial, commercial and service

sectors.

The newly validated Digital Marketing Programme saw the first intake of students to both the level 8 (Honours)

degree and level 7 (Ordinary) degree. A level 6 minor award from this programme, ‘Certificate in Digital Enterprise’,

was also funded under the Springboard+ 2017 awards.

A high level of motivation and commitment is necessary for students to reach their full potential. The learning

process is facilitated within a positive and supportive environment, which encourages students to access the most

up-to-date technologies and other resources provided at ITB. During this period, the School enhanced the experience of students through Peer Mentoring, supporting the first year experience while also developing the mentoring skills of students from other years. Staff also worked with students to enhance their learning experience by developing the following:

• GPA App prototype to support the student in their understanding of the GPA system • ITB progression animation & process map graphic • Student Interactive Guide to Referencing • Comic book on academic writing, ‘ITB investigates Academic Assignments’

In the Accounting & Finance programme, work placement was introduced at the end of third year for those undertaking the level 8 Honours degree in Accounting & Finance.

Professional Accreditation is seen as one way of linking to industry standards. In this period, the Business and IT lecturers developed a programme to be included as part of the curriculum allowing students to get Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) accreditation.


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Engagement

Key to the strategic development of the School is engagement with both industry and the community. Engagement

is attained through main avenues in the School such as:

• Guest speakers

• Project work

• Work placement

• Business seminars/colloquia

• Involvement of industry in the design, development and review of programmes

• Involvement of industry in the hiring of staff

A key engagement event which took place in May 2017 was the seminar ‘Brexit in Blanchardstown: How changes in

the EU can impact locally’.

The purpose of the seminar was to give industries the opportunity to hear the Irish Government’s perspective on

Brexit and also to listen to the perspective of the British Irish Chamber, a key body assisting Irish companies to

work in and with British companies. The panel for the seminar included:

• Regina Doherty TD, Government Chief Whip and Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach,

Meath East: ‘The Irish Government’s Perspective on Brexit’

• John McGrane, Director General British Irish Chamber of Commerce: ‘The Perspective of the British

Irish Chamber of Commerce’

• Anne Lanigan, Brexit Manager Enterprise Ireland: ‘Support from Enterprise Ireland’

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Figure 1 Brexit Panel: Anne Lanigan, Dr. Diarmuid O’Callaghan, Regina Doherty TD, John McGrane

This seminar was followed by a roundtable discussion with the industries present on the particular skills needed by

industry and how ITB, and in particular the School of Business at ITB, could support them.

The Business and IT lecturers also held a colloquium with industry for students to hear directly about career paths

and options in this industry. Speakers included IBM, Capventis, Integrity360, and IT Solutions.

As well as industry engagement, there was strong community engagement. Community engagement enables

students and staff to support local community organisations, schools and sports organisations, while also allowing

students to develop key skills. Engagement included:

• Coaching clinics and schemes in place with many schools (including St Luke’s Tyrellstown, Portmarnock

N.S., Lucan CBS) and clubs (including Dunderry, Garda GFC, Foxrock Cabinteely Ladies GFC, Ballymun

GFC, basketball clubs, Paralympians, RCSI, rugby clubs)

• Engagement with local and national sports organisations to link undergraduate research projects to

community and industry needs

• Fourth year students in Sports Management and Coaching engaging with community through the

Bumbleance charity (www.bumbleance.com), including piloting the ‘School of Excellence’ for Meath

primary schools through Dungany Meath GAA, and the All Dublin primary schools competition

Engagement also took place internationally with partner institutes in Europe, the US and Canada to facilitate

student exchanges, particularly for those taking languages as part of their courses.


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Figure 2: Roundtables held with industry May 2017

Research

Research is seen as a core activity for staff and for our students as we move towards a Technological University and

thus research activities increased in this period among our academic staff, while also enabling the undergraduates

to develop key research skills. Many academics are enhancing their research by undertaking PhD studies,

supervising postgraduate students, applying for funding to develop research capability, writing research papers,

attending conferences, and/or partnering with international institutes.

Funding was received from the FAI to complete research on their behalf and also from the AIB Innovation Fund

to enhance research activities at ITB. Staff also presented papers at the annual conference of the European

Accounting Association (Valencia) and the British Accounting & Finance Association (Edinburgh).


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Figure 3: Open Day @ ITB

School of Humanities

The School of Humanities was established on 1 January 2017 following the restructuring of the School of Business and Humanities into two Schools, a School of Business and a School of Humanities, as part of a restructuring process by the Institute at the end of 2016.

The School of Humanities has a single department: the Department of Humanities. In the academic year 2016/2017 there were over 900 students in the School partaking in programmes from NFQ level 6 to NFQ level 9, supported by 37 academic staff, 1 full-time administrator, and 1 shared administrator (School of Business).

Following the splitting of the School, academic staff relocated to the schools in which their departments were located, with some language lecturers relocating to the School/Department of Business. A number of lecturers remained in the School/Department of Humanities and continued to deliver language modules across the two Schools.

Engagement activities in the School of Humanities

Collaboration with Fingal County Council continued, with the School actively involved in Fingal Age Friendly Alliance and with Fingal Local Community Development Committee (LCDC) and with Dublin Rural LEADER LAG (Local Action Group). Activities continued between the Department of Humanities and the Engagement Office of the Learning Exchange initiative within Fingal County Council and the Department of Social Protection. The Head of School of Humanities, Dr. Pat O’Connor, was appointed Chair of Fingal LCDC and of Dublin Rural LEADER LAG in

March 2016.

The joint venture with the Daughters of Charity continued to be delivered, allowing for young people with intellectual

disabilities to experience learning opportunities. Six Daughters of Charity learners will graduate in November 2017

and it is planned to commence a new cohort in September 2017. This has been an excellent initiative with benefits

experienced by Daughters of Charity learners, all students involved, and all ITB staff involved.

Student engagement was enhanced during this period through the continued roll out of Peer Mentoring. The Peer

Mentoring Programme is made available to all incoming first years. This programme helps new students settle into

life at ITB so that they can fully enjoy and benefit from everything the college has to offer. Students meet with and

learn from the experiences of students in ITB who have once been in their shoes. Mentors apply from the student

cohort already here and it allows them to develop:

• Communication skills • Strong teamwork • Leadership • Organisational skills The Head of School of Humanities, Dr. Pat O’Connor, was involved with the Erasmus+ EU project ‘EP-Dem Labs’. This project tackles the issue of youth social disengagement linked to education, training and employability


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Department of Humanities

The Department of Humanities delivers programmes in:

• Applied Social Studies (Social Care)

• Early Childhood Care and Education

• Community and Youth Development

• Information Provision and Advocacy Practice

The Higher Certificate in Information Provision and Advocacy Practice was developed for the Citizens Information Board for the purposes of training and upskilling employees and volunteers. Delivered nationally using blended learning, the programme commenced in September 2016 with a cohort of 35 students.

To foster a love of reading in young students, the Early Childhood Care and Education students worked on the Story Sacks Project. In this project, the students were given a well-known children’s story, e.g. ‘We Are Going on a Bear Hunt’ by Michael Rosen, and then created a sack filled with props and games to bring the story to life for their young audiences in local schools.

Following a collaborative project with Fingal Libraries, ECCE student Orlagh McDonald published a children’s book with an equality and inclusiveness theme. This book has been very well received.

The Senior Lecturer in Languages, Dr. Ruth Harris, worked with local radio station Phoenix FM to develop English language supports for new communities. The programme, entitled ‘English for Living’, was supported by funding from the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland.

Two lecturers from the Department of Humanities, Mr. Gaël LeRoux and Dr. Kevin Murphy, were awarded Teaching Hero Awards from the National Forum for Teaching and Learning this year.


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Pictured: Orlagh McDonald, Early Childhood Care and Education student

School of Informatics and Engineering

The School of Informatics and Engineering is made up of two main departments. The Department of Informatics

has three main disciplines: Computing, Cyber Security and Creative Digital Media, while the Department of

Engineering also has three main disciplines: Engineering, Trades (plumbing) and Horticulture. Engineering is itself

made up of sub-disciplines such as Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics and Computer Engineering. The School

has 60 full-time lecturers, 10 part-time lecturers and approximately 1,600 students.

The School’s mission is to support and implement the Institute’s strategic plan and to uphold the mission statement

of the college. Key priorities for the School have been to grow student numbers, improve retention and progression

statistics, and increase the research capacity of the School. Other goals have been to increase the number of

partnerships with companies and to continue to make a positive impact on the community. Open Days and Open

Evening Events are hosted periodically for the public to visit the college, see what courses are run, and talk to staff

and students.

Disciplines have undergraduate degrees and postgraduate taught degrees leading to Higher Diploma and Master

of Science qualifications. There are also a growing number of research postgraduates studying for MSc and PhD

awards in a number of different research areas like Network and Cyber Security, Cyber Bullying, Linguistics and

Natural Language Technology, Teaching and Learning, Data Science and Analytics, Gamification, Biomedical,

Internet of Things, and Green Energy. There are currently 16 students doing masters or PhD research in the

department and 10 staff.

Funding by the HEA Springboard+ initiative has continued for several programmes within the School, at NFQ levels

6, 8 and 9, and this has been a great success in getting people off welfare and back into employment. There have

been many seminars, showcases and public events hosted by the School, including the annual Creative Digital

Media showcase ‘Kaleidoscope’ which showcases the final year projects in digital media, file, photo, interactive

computer applications, and other areas from the students. Several Cyber Security Challenges were held by various

members of staff that catered to industry and an inter-universities competition. These competitions are sponsored

by companies such as Integrity360 and IBM and have been a great showcase for the Cyber Security courses and

talented graduates from ITB. Presentations were also delivered at the HEAnet annual conference, the European

Cyber Warfare and Security conference in Dublin.

Each department has implemented new student retention initiatives, including enhancement of student support by

modules and participation in Peer Mentoring programmes under the First Year Experience Team.

Gender balancing in the student cohort is an area of continuous concern for the School and Institute, especially

in the Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) areas. To this end, several members of staff run a

programme with secondary schools to introduce female students to the STEM areas with in-house workshops

and visits to companies to meet females working in STEM-related fields. The School has also reached out into the

community by running a series of Summer Camps such as Coding4Girls and Cyber Security. These have been very

popular and successful at generating awareness among 12 to 18 year old students.


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The number of International students coming to study in the School has increased this year to 34 students coming

from India, Oman and Malaysia. Strategic MOUs have been signed with India, Malaysia and Brazil to allow staff

to engage in exchanges. The Erasmus programme continues to bring approximately 15 students into the School,

mainly from Spain, France, Austria and Bulgaria.

The Cisco Academy continues to grow with 28 local academies now partnering with ITB as their Regional Training/

Support Academy. Cisco awarded ITB a special recognition for the contribution it makes to the programme and

awarded bursaries to staff to travel to their annual Cisco World Conference.

The School has won a number of eTenders to deliver education support to Technology Ireland ICT Skillnet for Cyber

Security and Data Science. They also support the new Learn & Work programme in Networking Technologies which

is an apprentice-like alternative course to the CAO for students, with two-thirds of the students’ time spent in the

workplace and one-third of their time in the college. This course started in September 2016 with 26 students who

then began their work experience at the end of January 2017. Feedback from the companies is that they like this

arrangement and are now looking for more students from these types of courses.

Research has continued to grow across the School in line with the Strategic Plan for the Institute. The numbers

of research-active staff and research students have increased substantially and one research student was

successful in defending her thesis and awarded a PhD. Two members of staff have been awarded Enterprise Ireland

Commercialisation funding to take their research to the market. One project is called Cloudstream and is working

with a company to provide next generation software defined networking solutions for the Internet Service Providers.

The other project is developing an energy conservation mechanism for turning Green energy into consumable

power. Another staff member has filed a patent for detecting a third party interception during a proximity

transaction.


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Learning and Innovation Centre (LINC)

The Learning and Innovation Centre (LINC) is the Research, Innovation, Enterprise and External Engagement Hub

at ITB. Our centre provides a front door through which industry can engage with ITB. There are many ways in which

industry can do this, ranging from work placements, graduate recruitment and industry training programmes

through to start-up business supports and partnerships for research and development.

Achievements of the LINC during this period are listed under the three areas of:

1. Industry Training and Engagement 2. Research 3. Start-up

1. Industry Training and Development

Process Instrumentation and Control, 26 October 2016 – 21 December 2016: This bespoke programme was

delivered for the upskilling of maintenance technicians at Bristol Myers Squibb Cruiserath (BMS). The 8-day

programme was run with 8 participants from end of October to end of December 2016. The programme originated

from an existing relationship between ITB lecturing staff and instrumentation/automation personnel at BMS.

Certificate in Water Mains and Supply, 12 October 2016 – 14 December 2016: In 2012, the Water Services

department of Fingal County Council collaborated with ITB in the design and validation of a bespoke Special

Purpose Award for the upskilling of water mains crews involved in the upgrading of the water supply infrastructure.

ITB continues to date to deliver this 8-day training programme to Fingal Water Crews through the Certificate in

Water Mains and Supply Programme. The delivery in October 2016 involved 11 participants.

Foundation Energy Skills (FES), 10 May 2017 – 7 June 2017: The Certificate in Low Energy Building Construction

(FES) course was developed as part of the EU-funded QualiBuild project 2013–2016. Under the project, a

Foundation Energy Skills (FES) programme was developed for the upskilling of construction workers on low energy

building techniques. ITB coordinated a national pilot delivery of the programme for over 230 construction workers

in 2015/2016. The May 2017 delivery was post-project with ITB delivering the training on behalf of Sustainability

Skillnet, who funded course fees for 12 participants.

The LINC in collaboration with the Department of Humanities facilitated the delivery of the Higher Certificate in

Arts in Information Provision and Advocacy Practice to 75 information providers from the Citizens Information

Board nationally. It is a blended learning programme with 3 tutorial centres in Dublin, Athlone and Cork.

Evolution of Learn + Work during this period

Learn + Work is an innovative learning model, designed in collaboration with industry, which combines five months

of traditional academic study with a seven-month industry placement block in each year of the programme. The

Higher Certificate in Science in Computing in Networking Technologies was the first ITB programme to be offered

under the Learn + Work model. Launched in September 2016 with 25 students, course fees for the programme

are co-funded by ICT Skillnet and partner companies. A second Learn + Work programme, BSc in Process

Instrumentation and Automation, was successfully validated at ITB in May 2017.


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2. Research

Number of Postgraduate Research Students

By the end of 2017 our total funded research numbers were 22. These researchers were funded through the ITB

postgraduate seed fund.

ITB staff led two Enterprise Ireland Commercialisation Projects during this period:

1. SR2: A Low Speed SR Generator for Marine Renewable Energy (Dr. Garett Brady)

The SR2 project will design and build a novel electrical generator that could help wave energy devices generate

electricity more effectively, and will test it under simulated ocean conditions in the lab. The project aims to develop

a generator for use in these wave energy devices that is simpler and cheaper than what is currently on the market

and better able to withstand the hostile environmental conditions of the sea. The plan is to build a prototype and

test it in the lab here in ITB, using a ‘programmable power train’ to simulate the irregular, ‘wild-speed’ forces that

a generator in a wave energy device on the ocean would experience.

2. Cloud Stream (Dr. Christina Thorpe)

The Institute of Technology Blanchardstown (ITB) and University College Dublin (UCD) are working together on a

project, whose technical goal is to demonstrate how Software Defined Networking (SDN) concepts can be used

to monitor and adapt a VoIP service and the networks that carry the traffic to provide a holistic view of the service

ecosystem.

Through a competitive call of the AIB Innovation Fund, a number of projects received funding to enhance research capability in the Institute. This funding allowed students to work on projects over the summer months.


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Total active between

2016/2017

Total Informatics Engineering Humanities Business

22 6 4 10 2

3. Start-Up

• Completion of two New Frontiers Programmes in partnership with IT Tallaght:

• 48 companies supported through the Phase 1 programmes to identify and

develop the opportunity

• 26 companies supported through the full-time programme bringing these companies from

concept to either trading or investment ready

• Over 100 jobs created through these companies

• Occupancy reached 100% with over 13 companies in own door office units, 13 entrepreneurs hot desking,

and over 150 supported through incubation space, clinics, mentoring and networking events

• The Enterprise Garage, ITB’s student business accelerator programme

(http://www.itb.ie/IndustryInnovation/enterprisegarage.html), gave ITB students an opportunity to work

on their business ideas under the expert guidance of a panel of mentors, industry experts and

entrepreneurs at the LINC

Throughout this period the staff at the LINC have worked with local agencies and boards to enhance the industry

network and also the supports to local industry. This has involved a close working relationship with Enterprise

Ireland, the Local Enterprise Offices, Dublin Regional Skills Forum, the County Councils (Fingal and Dublin City),

and Fingal Dublin Chamber of Commerce. Staff at the LINC also sit on the boards of the Drinan Enterprise Centre

in Swords and the BASE Enterprise Centre in Mulhuddart. In addition, networks are maintained through THEA with

the Industry Liaison Managers, the Incubation Centre Managers and the Research Managers of the other Institutes

of Technology.


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Student Services

All ITB students, while pursuing academic goals, can avail of the extensive and varied sports and social events organised by numerous clubs and societies within ITB. ITB also provides professional support services that will advise and offer guidance to help students work, rest and play during and even after their studies.

Services and supports are available to students in various locations and departments throughout the campus:

• The Student Services Office • Student Counselling • Careers Office • Sports/Sports Facilities • Student Health Centre • National Learning Network Assessment Service • Student Clubs and Societies

The Student Services Office provides a range of financial, academic and personal supports for students attending ITB. The staff there are available to meet with any student who has individual difficulties, and aim to provide both advice and practical supports in a wide variety of circumstances. It is a totally confidential service and is free to all registered students. The Student Services Team can also provide information and assistance to students on funding

initiatives including the Student Assistance Fund, the Fund for Students with Disabilities, and the Hardship Fund.

The Student Services Team can also offer special assistance for examinations to students with learning difficulties, disabilities or other special requirements, such as additional time or the provision of a scribe or separate room.

The Student Counselling Service at ITB offers a free, confidential, professional counselling service to all students attending the college. Counselling can give students time and space to explore any issues that might be of concern such as: Stress/Anxiety, Academic/Relationship Difficulties, Grief or Bereavement, and any other issues students may experience with their mental wellbeing.

The ITB Careers Office supports students and graduates of the Institute who are looking for advice and guidance on career-related issues. The team encourages students to come and talk to them about their future plans, and can assist students either individually or by providing class presentations and workshops.

The role of ITB Sport is to facilitate any student who wishes to partake in physical activity while they complete their studies in ITB. The Sports Development Officer, Ronan Keaskin, along with two sports interns (graduates from ITB’s Sports Management and Coaching course) work with ITB students to provide an excellent sporting environment. ITB’s new state-of-the-art pavilion building, located adjacent to the Sports Pitches, comprises a fully equipped Fitness Suite (185m²), changing facilities, an athletic therapy room, a sports science lab, and a number of lecture theatres.

The ITB Health Centre is a free service open to all registered students and apprentices. No appointment is necessary to see the nurse. This service is totally confidential and offers nursing services five days per week and GP services on Tuesdays and Thursdays.


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The National Learning Network (NLN) Educational Support Service works in conjunction with ITB Student Services

staff to provide a holistic, inclusive and psychologically based service to ITB students. The service adopts a holistic

approach and recognises that student well-being is intertwined with their academic experiences. The NLN

Educational Support Service team includes educational psychologists, assistant psychologists and access to an

occupational therapist to support students attending the college with both academic and personal needs that may

arise during their college year.

With the excellent sports facilities available at ITB, the level of student participation and club membership

has increased each year. Involvement in student societies is a great way to meet new people while developing

more interests. A number of societies are already established in ITB, including: Computer Society / LGBT /

Film / Photography / Golf / Poker / Piano / Surfing / Dynamic in Christ / Islamic / Geocaching / Dance / Airsoft /

Horticulture / Harry Potter. ITB’s clubs include: Athletics / GAA / Soccer / Futsal / Pool / Basketball / Swimming /

Athletics / Mixed Martial Arts / Rugby / Ultimate Frisbee / Badminton / Boxing / Golf / Olympic Handball / Ski Club.


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Pictured: ITB Student Services Team

Library

The period 2016/2017 was one of great activity in the Library. In the autumn, work began on a tender for a new

Library Management System for all of the Institute of Technology Libraries in Ireland, as part of the Educampus

Refresh Project. The ITB Institute Librarian was a member of the Tender Evaluation Team and after several months

of competitive dialogue, the cloud-based, open source system Koha won the tender. The roll-out to the Institute

libraries began in January 2017 and ITB began its intensive pre-implementation work and training during the

summer of 2017. The system was successfully launched in ITB in September 2017, in time for the new academic

year.

The Library plays a critical Teaching and Learning role in the Institute and its outreach to the student population

continued in this period: 3 Library staff delivered 61 information literacy tutorials to 1,258 students. These sessions

included training on the use of the Library databases, referencing and academic writing, and were complemented

by online tutorials on the college virtual learning environment, Moodle. In this year for the first time, a Library

staff member travelled to deliver information literacy tutorials to the first year Information, Advice and Advocacy

Programme students. This course is delivered through the LINC. This involved travel to the NCI Dublin, Cork and

Athlone, and 4 tutorials were delivered to 82 students. Library staff also conducted Library tours for 903 students.

In support of the First Year Experience, library staff collaborated with lecturing staff from the School of Business on

the research project ‘ITB Investigates Academic Assignments’. The resulting comic book aimed to support students

as they transition into college-level study habits. It mapped innate student know-how to the knowledge needed

to recognise and implement the steps required for submitting a successful assignment. The comic book was

disseminated in print and online formats.

In September, the library received a collection of over 200 volumes from Afri (www.afri.ie). This collection included

a range of materials on the theme of social justice, including some rare booklets and leaflets. Additionally,

Blanchardstown Public Library donated a range of useful resources from their Reference Collection.


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The Student Information Desk, which is located within the Library, dealt with a record number of queries from

students during this academic year:

ITB Library also sought to strengthen its ties with the local community in this period and held meetings with Fingal

Public Libraries staff. Subsequently, Fingal staff spent a day in ITB exhibiting their library resources to students

and staff. The Library’s civic engagement also increased that year as neighbouring Riversdale College Leaving

Certificate students came to ITB Library during May and June to study.

Library and SID staff engaged in various training and development opportunities during the year. Courses attended

included: Design Thinking; Risk Assessment; Manual Handling; Child Protection; Interview Preparation; Digital

Analytics; Excel; Safe Talk, in conjunction with the National Learning Network. Staff also attended various library

seminars and a Brexit seminar held in the LINC in ITB.


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Human Resources

The Human Resource Department supports and upholds ITB’s mission, vision and values by fostering a positive

working atmosphere, improving efficiency and processes, and encouraging open communication, all the while

adapting to the changing Higher Education landscape as we move along our TU journey. We have achieved this

through flexibility, providing high quality service, building partnerships, and by supporting, developing and retaining

our staff.

We operate a consistent, fair and supportive environment in line with ITB’s Strategic Plan, by creating conditions for

staff to empower themselves through our transition to a Technological University.

With increased focus on TU designation and HEA criteria, the HR Department actively supported and encouraged

staff to engage in further education, namely obtaining a qualification at level 9 and above. In addition to this,

administrative staff groups participated in a number of change management and team building workshops to

support them through this transitional period.

We worked with our colleagues in DIT and ITT to develop and deliver policies, processes and HR strategies for the

benefit of all staff, post-designation, and we introduced the enhanced employee self-service and manager self-

service module on Core HR as part of the sector-wide Educampus project.

Nevertheless, we ensured that our operational responsibilities remained consistent, stable and reliable. The graph

below represents just some of the daily activities we completed during this period.


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Civic Engagement

Engagement is a core aspect of ITB’s ethos. Civic Engagement (referred to as CE in this report) is that part of

engagement which seeks to collaborate in an interdependent manner with community partners in a range of

activities, which are illustrated in Figure 1.

Knowledge Exchange

This form of CE relates to supporting the exchange of knowledge and skills through pro-bono guest lectures and training. Examples of Knowledge Exchange include: masterclasses for community partners, pro-bono training in social media and conflict management, and facilitation services.

ITB Staff Volunteering (Public Engagement)

This form of CE occurs when ITB staff in Legal, Marketing, IT, Accounting, etc. make their expertise available to community/voluntary/not-for-profit organisations to help people and organisation development. Examples are accepting directorships of companies limited by guarantee (CLGs) and positions on advisory boards.

Service Learning

Service Learning occurs when students, as part of their coursework, participate in a project that assists a community partner to achieve a goal. The student is seen to benefit from this type of learning if the work done for the community is aligned with the learning outcomes of the module he/she is undertaking. Such work for the community could be a service such as the development of a website, development of English language proficiency, or assistance with smartphone application development.

Community Based/Engaged Research

Civic Engagement can also occur when working in partnership with communities and organisations to understand/solve challenges through mutually agreed research goals and methodologies.


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Figure 1.

Volunteering(Staff)

CivicEngagement

ServiceLearning

KnowledgeExchange

Community Based(Engaged Research)

During the course of the year, ITB has been involved in a number of very successful Civic Engagement collaborative

projects and some of these are described below.

Volunteering (Knowledge Exchange) and Public Engagement

Knowledge Exchange primarily took place through the strategic collaboration with Fingal County Council (Community Development Department) and community and voluntary organisations in the Fingal area. Examples are presented below.

Fingal Public Participation Network (Fingal PPN)

In October 2016, ITB hosted a one-day training event for the Fingal Public Participation Network. The training event, which was organised by Fingal County Council in conjunction with ITB, focused on helping participants understand the role of Fingal County Council in terms of how it works and how members of the PPN can influence policy. Concurrent workshops were held in the afternoon focusing on the themes of The Built Environment, Social Inclusion and Climate Change. Figure 2 shows trainers and participants at the training event.

Masterclass – Funding Sustainability

In December 2016, as part of the community focused masterclass series, a masterclass took place in the LINC on the theme of ‘Fundraising Sustainability – How to achieve it for your Non-profit’, which was given by Hugh O’Reilly. This was followed by another masterclass in April whose theme was Measuring Impacts and Outcomes.

Training for Fingal Public Participation Network in the use of Social Media

In April 2017, ITB colleagues (Aoife Fox, Robert Smith and Christina Thorpe) presented a workshop on skills development in Social Media. In thanking the team for presenting the event, Ms. Sinead Wiley from Fingal County Council said that it ‘was a fantastic opportunity for local community groups to receive hands-on information and practical experience in the field of Social Media’.


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Figure 2

Membership of Voluntary Organisations (Public Engagement)

Continuing with ITB’s commitment to community engagement, members of ITB staff continued to make expertise available to a variety of organisations.

Examples include chairperson of the Fingal Local Community Development Committee, Dr. Pat O’Connor, featured second from left in Figure 4, and director of Money Advice and Budgeting Service (Dublin 15), Dr. Francis McGeough.


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Figure 3

Figure 4

Jobnet

Jobnet is a programme designed to assist graduates and professionals to assess their career preferences and develop cutting-edge job seeking skills. The programme was designed by and is offered several times each year by Jobcare at their base in Dublin City.

As a result of the strategic collaboration policy between ITB, Fingal Libraries, the Base Enterprise Centre, community volunteers and professionals working in the areas of recruitment, coaching and career development, ITB offered Jobnet for the third time during the academic year 2016/2017.

The image shown in Figure 5 shows participants and members of the Jobnet team, who supported, organised and/or presented workshops in the Jobnet programme hosted at the Learning and Innovation Centre (LINC) at ITB. Emer Melvin is shown having been presented with a bouquet of flowers for the outstanding contribution she made to Jobnet administration and facilitation. Vincent McNally (first person from the right in the photo) was the Jobnet Coordinator and anchored each of the Jobnet workshops. Both Emer and Vincent have volunteered their expertise and time to the programme along with table facilitators and career planning experts such as Brian McIvor (first person from the left in the photo).


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Figure 5

Service Learning

Smart Phone Applications to support independent living

The objectives of these projects were to design and bring to proof-of-concept stage smartphone applications to enhance the quality of life of older people. Three projects were undertaken by final year computing students who produced smartphone applications that would assist the elderly and those suffering from the early stages of dementia. The projects ranged from a companionship application geared towards older people that would allow them to find companions for social activities to a brain training app designed specifically for those suffering from early stage dementia. The projects were well received by the community partner (Age Friendly Ireland) and options to allow the continuation of the apps are being investigated.

Horticulture in the Community

This Service Learning module aims to give students the opportunity to learn in the community on a collaborative horticulture project. It is thus an ideal Service Learning module for which students receive 5 ECT credits. In January 2017, a collaborative group comprised of pupils from the Sacred Heart of Jesus School in Huntstown, local community members and ITB students working under the supervision of Ms. Rachel Freeman, commenced work on the horticultural development of the grounds around the school. Figures 7, 8 and 9 show some of the project activity. At the student project’s presentation event in May 2017, the principal of the school said the geography around each particular area of the school had been improved. He also said that the project had provided an incredible benefit to the school community. The module aims to give students essential skills such as team-working, creative thinking, presentation and communication so they can conduct themselves professionally in a team-based project. This module also aims to provide a supporting environment to the student so that they may develop intellectually, be capable of independence, and have high self-esteem.


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Community Based Research

An example of collaboration with the Football Association of Ireland (FAI): Social Return on Investment and the late night leagues

The Late Night League (LNL) is a diversionary programme incorporating soccer leagues at various locations across Dublin and across the country since 2008. It is aimed at encouraging ‘at risk’ young people to participate in meaningful activities, thus reducing anti-social behaviour in disadvantaged areas. The Late Night Leagues are open to young people aged 13–21, and take place during prime anti-social hours such as Friday nights. The initiative is based around the concept of using football as a tool for social inclusion and learning. Through partnership and interagency co-operation, the Late Night Leagues aim to:

• Divert youths from crime and anti-social behaviour

• Encourage ‘at risk’ young people to participate in meaningful activities, thus reducing anti-social behaviour • Promote and further engage with youths and communities

While those involved in organising and running the LNL are aware of the huge social benefit being derived from the LNL, there has been concern that this is largely anecdotal. A research project was carried out based on interviews with key personnel involved in running the league in a designated area. The interviews highlighted the huge benefits that the LNL brought to the area. The FAI were able to use the evaluation report to help them retain sponsorship of the Late Night Leagues.


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Citizens Information Service

Some of ITB’s Community Partners

Department ofSocial Protection

Northgate VehicleHire

DeafHear

Connolly Hospital

Fingal CountyCouncil - Libraries

Fingal EthnicNetwork

MABS

Age Action

Fingal CountyCouncil - Sports

BASE EnterpriseCentre

Football Associationof Ireland

Age FriendlyIreland

Fingal CountyCouncil - LCDC

Scoil Mhuire Junior(Blakestown)

92.5 Phoenix FM

Final PublicParticipation Network

Sacred Heart of JesusPrimary School

(Huntstown)

Fingal County Council - Community

Development

Jigsaw

Bank of Ireland

Boots

Ulster Bank

CPL Learning andDevelopment

JobcareForóige Fingal County Council - Communications

Department

Campus Development

A number of significant Campus Development projects were undertaken in the period 2016/2017.

The Floodlighting & Infrastructure Works contract was completed. Floodlighting of our grass pitch has allowed

matches to be held on winter evenings. At 500 lux, this has been particularly important for hurling and camogie.

ITB will be hosting the O’Connor Cup Third Level Ladies Championship in March 2018. The introduction of this

floodlighting has seen immediate interest and uptake in the use of the facility proving to be an extremely positive

outcome.

The Sports building extension, with the building renamed Spraoi, was completed and opened in late 2016. This

extension further enhanced the offering to sports and teaching here in the Institute. The extension introduced

additional toilets, changing and shower facilities, physio room, meeting rooms, assessment rooms, large

classroom, 24-person classroom, office space, meeting space, and an 80-person lecture theatre. This has

increased our teaching capacity, and, together with the Floodlighting & Infrastructure Works, it has further

enhanced the sports facilities on campus leading to numerous external bookings.

Throughout 2016/2017, design of a new Student Services building proceeded with Planning Permission granted in

January 2017 and construction tenders returned in May. It is expected the building will be ready for occupancy in

late 2018/early 2019. The 1800m2 building will facilitate an improved student experience on the Blanchardstown

Campus while we continue as ITB, and as the Blanchardstown Campus of a Technological University. The building

will house a number of direct student contacts such as admissions, exams, school secretaries, and the Student

Information Desk. It will also house Heads of Departments, Heads of School, the Registrar, and the President. The

building is a pilot for SEAI’s EXEED (Excellence in Energy Efficient Design) Certified Programme.

The Department of Education & Skills and Higher Education Authority conducted a Review of Capital Requirements

in Higher Education Institutions in 2016/2017 (DES/HEA Circular 1 2016), with which ITB engaged extensively.


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Technological University for Dublin

Technological Universities are being established as a new type of higher education institution in the Irish higher

education landscape. The main distinguishing characteristics of an Irish Technological University are:

• An emphasis on practice-based learning, with programmes of study closely related to labour market

skills needs and incorporating work-based learning/internships/work placement as appropriate

• A strategic commitment to the provision of career-focused and practice-led programmes of education

at levels 6 to 10 on the National Framework of Qualifications, ranging from Higher Certificate to Doctoral

Level, and including modern apprenticeship programmes

• A priority placed on the employability of graduates and on the development of generic work-related

competencies

• A focus on enterprise-aligned courses of study, and on industry-focused research and innovation that is

directly relevant and contributes to the economic, social and cultural development of the university’s

region

• A commitment to work closely with industry, enterprise, community, and other HEIs in the region to

support national objectives for higher education as they relate, for example, to the provision of increased

access, transfer and progression opportunities for learners, the promotion of coordinated academic

planning at regional level, and enhanced institutional cooperation and collaboration to leverage the

strengths of individual institutions and improve the performance of the system as a whole

In moving forward, the Institute also recognises the strengths of working with partner Institutes of Technology DIT

and ITT to form TU4Dublin. The TU4Dublin (our current working name) will become a new type of university for

Dublin and will be built on an already significant higher education profile.

The profile of the TU4Dublin Alliance will include:

• 27,000+ students, including 13% of higher education students nationally and 1 in 4 in the Greater Dublin

Region (GDR), with undergraduate provision across the major disciplines as shown here

• TU4Dublin will support 7% of the research students in GDR and 42% of research students in the

Institute of Technology sector

• Over 1 in 3 of new entrants in Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (STEM) in GDR will be

registered with TU4Dublin and over ½ of NFQ Level 6 and 7 students

• More than 1 in 5 of new entrants in TU4Dublin will be in nationally-targeted socio-economic groups,

with almost 15% of new entrants as mature students


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• There will be 2,300 staff within TU4Dublin, of which 1,200 will be academic

• TU4Dublin will continue to operate across its 3 main campuses, while developing an enhanced digital

campus

• TU4Dublin will be a leader in lifelong learning and executive education opportunities

Our TU4Dublin

The three TU4Dublin partners are working towards creating an exciting, vibrant and modern university that will provide cohesive and differentiated technological education in Dublin. TU4Dublin will be deeply embedded in the economic, civic, social, creative and cultural life of the Greater Dublin Region. Combining the collective experiences, capabilities, passion and resources of the three institutions, student-centred learning environments are being developed on three physical campuses and through the TU4Dublin digital campus.

TU4Dublin also aims to enhance its contribution to the Greater Dublin Region and the country as a whole, through globally significant research and innovation that supports enhanced competitiveness. Our TU4Dublin will provide practice-led and research-informed higher education of the highest quality, for a new style of university graduate, who is innovative, creative and entrepreneurial.

Key strategic actions need to be taken by all three Institutes to align functions to those of a Technological University and to ensure the criteria for designation is achieved.

For further information, please visit the re-designed TU4Dublin website: http://www.tu4dublin.ie/.


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TU4Dublin Alliance anticipated undergraduate provision

ITB

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Student and Staff Profile

Student Profile

A brief overview of the main student statistics is presented below.

Total Student Numbers for 2016/2017

The Institute has maintained student numbers over the period of 2016/2017, with full-time student numbers

reaching 2,514 with the total full-time equivalent figure of 3,245.

New Entrants

There were 749 new entrants (full-time undergraduate) for the 2016/2017 academic year. Most first year students

are from the immediate locality, with 70% of full-time students coming from Dublin. A breakdown of new entrants

by discipline is given below.


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% New Entrants by Discipline

Social Science, Business & Law

Science, Mathematics & Computing

Engineering, Manufacturing & Construction

Agriculture

Health & Welfare

Services

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Postgraduates

In the academic year 2016/2017, there were a total of 197 students at postgraduate level, of which 35% were

pursuing a postgraduate higher diploma, 45% were pursuing a level 9 taught masters, 15% were pursuing a level 9

research masters, and 6% were undertaking a doctorate.

Undergraduates

Of the undergraduate population of 3,168 in the 2016/2017 academic year, 12% were pursuing level 6 courses, 37%

were pursuing level 7 courses, and 45% were pursuing level 8 courses.

An average of 25% of the total student population were on flexible learning programmes, i.e. part-time, distance

learning, e-learning and in-service courses. The international student numbers remained steady at 53 in

2016/2017.


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% Undergraduates by course level

Cert/Diploma level 6

Ordinary Degree level 7

Honours Degree level 8

Occasional

Total Students

12%

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2016/17

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Postgraduate Cert/Diploma

Masters (Taught) level 9

Masters (Research) level 9

PhD level 10

Total Students

35%

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197

2016/17

Conferred Awards

A total of 947 students graduated on 11 November 2016 in a conferring ceremony held in Block C.


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Pictured: ITB Graduates attending Conferring 2016

Staff Profile

An average of 287 staff were employed by the Institute over the period of this report, with a 50:50 ratio of male to

female staff. An average gender profile based on category of post is given below.

Of the 82% of full-time academic staff that hold a level 9 or higher, 60% are male and 40% are female.

Of the 24% of full-time academic staff that hold a level 10, 66% are male and 34% are female.


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% Female% Male

Of the 131 Core funded academic staff, 8% were senior lecturers, 65% were lecturers, and 27% were assistant

lecturers. A further breakdown based on gender is shown below.

Of the 78 Core funded non-academic staff, 3% earned >€106,000, 19% earned between €76,000 and €105,999, 40%

earned between €46,000 and €75,999, and 38% earned <€45,999. A further breakdown based on gender is shown

below.


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<€45,999

€46,000 - €75,999

€76,000 - €105,999

>€106,000

Non-Academic Staff by Pay Grade

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70

% Female% Male

Assistant Lecturer

Lecturer

Senior Lecturer

Academic Staff by Grade

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90

% Female% Male

Section 47 (1) (a) of the Disability Act 2005 states that A Public Body shall, in so far as practicable, take all

reasonable measures to promote and support the employment by it of persons with disabilities. ITB has taken the

following measures to comply with this provision:

• All new works on campus must attain a Disabilities Access Certificate

• Plans are in place to upgrade existing facilities for disabled staff and students, i.e. toilets for disabled

staff and students

• ITB has made provision for an improved workspace for a staff member with severe mobility challenges

following a planned surgery – the staff member was provided with a ‘stand up desk’


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% of Staff with a disability under the definition in the Disability Act 2005

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Diversity

All public bodies in Ireland have responsibility to promote equality, prevent discrimination and protect the human

rights of their employees, customers, service users and everyone affected by their policies and plans. This is a legal

obligation, called the Public Sector Duty, and it originated in Section 42 of our founding legislation, the Irish Human

Rights and Equality Act 2014.

ITB has embraced this responsibility by signing up for a number of initiatives, i.e. The Athena SWAN Charter and

The Diversity Charter Ireland.

In a major national initiative supported by the Higher Education Authority, the Athena SWAN Charter was launched

in Ireland in early 2015. Figures published by the Higher Education Authority highlight gender inequality as an issue

for the sector. Across Irish universities, only 19% of professors are women. In Institutes of Technology, women

make up 45% of academic staff but just 29% of senior academic staff. ITB committed in writing to the Athena SWAN

principles and intends to apply for the expanded Athena SWAN Charter award in November 2018.

The Diversity Charter Ireland was launched in October 2012 by eleven organisations, representing the broader

business community and including IBEC, the group that represents Irish business. The signing of this charter

is a voluntary commitment by organisations to effective diversity management, preventing discrimination and

promoting equality with respect to all their stakeholders and the environment in which they operate. In signing this

charter, organisations in Ireland join their counterparts in twelve other European countries in publically stating

their commitment to diversity.

The objectives of the charters can be summarised as follows:

• Continually work to ensure we have a corporate culture that is characterised by respect and

appreciation for our diversity

• Promote our commitment to diversity in the workplace by training management and staff as appropriate

• Respect and promote the application of all aspects of the principle of non-discrimination in

organisations

• Endeavour to reflect the diversity of society at every level of our organisation

• Involve our employees, customers and suppliers in our diversity and equality initiatives

• Reflect, where appropriate, within company reports our commitment to non-discrimination and

diversity


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The Diversity and Equality Working Group met seven times during the academic year September 2016 to August

2017. One group member delivered a session on equality and diversity at ITB as part of staff induction in September

2016. Two members of the group attended the European conference on diversity held in Dublin Castle on 18–19

October 2016 where Eileen Quinn, on behalf of ITB, signed the Diversity Charter Ireland. In March 2017 David

Stanton, Minister of State for Justice with special responsibility for Equality, Immigration and Integration, visited

ITB to celebrate the Institute’s official signing of the Diversity Charter Ireland.

Minister Stanton met privately with the President and representatives from the Institute’s Senior Management

Group, the Governing Body and the Students’ Union before addressing staff, students and guests in the Institute’s

Learning and Innovation Centre (the LINC) to acknowledge the Institute’s public statement of their commitment to

improve equality and diversity within the organisation.

Following an invitation from the Diversity and Equality Working Group, Dónal Rice, Public Sector Duty Manager from

the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC), delivered a workshop in ITB in January 2017 around the

implementation of the public sector duty.

The Students’ Union President raised the issue of gender-neutral toilets on campus and the Diversity and Equality

Working Group engaged with the LGBTIQ+ Colours Society to discuss the issue and possible solutions. Other issues

raised and discussed during the academic year 2016/2017 included disability issues around wheelchair access on

campus. In June 2017, the group made a presentation to ITB’s Top Management Group around the Diversity and

Equality Working Group, its background, activities and possible next steps for promoting diversity and equality at

ITB.

These initiatives will prevent discrimination, promote equality and protect the human rights of our staff, students

and other stakeholders.

The next steps following on from the signing of these Charters will be to conduct an assessment on our current

practice and policies regarding equality and diversity (i.e. what are we doing at present in relation to promoting

equality and diversity for students, the workplace and the community?), review our policies that relate to Equality,

Diversity and Human Rights, and start reporting on how we include positive approach to equality and diversity in

ITB.


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Pictured: ITB President Dr. Diarmuid O’Callaghan with David Stanton, Minister of State for Justice

Energy Efficiency Progress and Overview of Energy Usage 2016-2017

ITB has continued to make significant progress in its energy efficiency performance with 61.8% improvement in

2016 over its baseline figure.

Actions undertaken 2016

From 2016 to 2017 the Institute of Technology Blanchardstown undertook a range of initiatives to improve our

energy performance, including:

• Additional meters have been installed (OPW’s Optimising Power @ Work Programme) to monitor energy

consumption in different buildings on campus – this will be used to identify areas for further reductions in

energy consumption

• Energy awareness initiatives were highlighted through the Green Campus Committee

Actions planned to improve energy performance

The Institute of Technology Blanchardstown intends to further improve our energy performance by undertaking the

following initiatives:

• Survey of existing infrastructure to aid in the detailed measurement of electricity and gas consumption


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1,738 mWh of electricity

3,327 mWh (Gross) of fossil fuels

Energy Usage 2016

External Funding Received from other Government Agencies

External Consultancy Firms

For the period of 2016/2017, ITB spent €22,000 on external consultancy contracted to carry out investigations and

mediation on internal matters. €27,000 was spent on external consultancy fees paid to external parties providing

advisory services, €24,000 was spent on PR/Marketing and €3,000 was spent on Pensions.


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Award

22/03/17

08/05/17

Source of Funding

Purpose of Funding

Amount of Funding Received in this period

Date Funding Received

Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport

Floodlighting &Infrastructure Works

Balance Remaining

€48,075

Total FundingAwarded

€193,000 €144,925

Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport

Floodlighting &Infrastructure Works

€132,275 €193,000 €12,650

Formal Representation of the Institute on External Boards/Groups


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Aiden Carthy

Name External Board/Group

Richard Gallery

ITAC

Graduate Research School

Purpose for Membership of External Board/Group

Representing ITB’s apprentice interests at a national level

Sept 16 Sept 19

Mairead Cluskey

Youth Work Ireland President of Youth Work Ireland/Chair of Board of Directors

Oct 13 Nov 16

2016 Ongoing

Shauna Garry

Student Learning with Communities DIT

ITB Representative for Access & Civic Engagement

2016 Ongoing

Geraldine Gray

Data-Enabled Student Success Initiative (DESSI)

ITB’s point of contact for DESSI, a T&L National Forum initiative

Oct 17 Ongoing

Geraldine Gray

Ethics Committee, ITT Review applications for ethical approval

Oct 14 Ongoing

Ronan Keaskin

Confederation of Student Services Ireland (CSSI)

Represent ITB Student Services and SSI

Ronan Keaskin

Student Support Ireland (SSI) Represent ITB and National Student Body

Aine Lynch Irish Innovative Users Group Committee

User Group for Irish libraries using products of Innovative Interfaces Inc.

2014 2016

Denise Lyons

Social Care Ireland President since 2013 1996 Ongoing

Denise Lyons

Irish Association of Social Care Educators

Promote best practice within social care education

2000 Ongoing

Denise Martin

Sport Ireland Institute – Professional Accreditation Committee

To peer review and approve applications for Accreditation of Sports Science Professionals to work in High Performance Sport

Sept 2013 Ongoing

Hugh McCabe

Phoenix FM Board of Directors Provision of Digital Media Expertise

Jan 2017 Ongoing

Francis McGeough

Greater Blanchardstown Area MABS

Member of the Board Dec 2015 Ongoing

Diarmuid O’Callaghan

Technological Higher Education Association (THEA)

Member of the Board Sept 2016 Ongoing

Margaret O’Donoghue

Fingal County Childcare Committee

Early Childhood professional support

2017 Ongoing

Philip Owende

Engineers Ireland Member of Accreditation Board

Sept 2014 Ongoing

EndDate

StartDate

DIT

Sept 14 Ongoing

Sept 10 Ongoing


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Bronagh Elliott

Higher Education Programme Board

SFC representative from THEA SFC Group

April 2017

Robert Smith

Group chairperson – group purpose is to nurture and promote research on Irish sign language, its users and the Irish Deaf community ona national and international scale

June 2017

Sheila Coyle Chairperson/Director of the Board

Sept 2012

Irish Deaf Research Network (IDRN)

Bronagh Elliott

THEA SFC Group SFC of ITB April 2017

Bronagh Elliott

EduCampus Programme Steering Board

SFC representative from THEA SFC Group

April 2017

Development Perspectives (NGO)

Ongoing

Ongoing

Ongoing

Ongoing

Ongoing

Selection of Notable Highlights

This Annual Report contains a wide variety of achievements from both staff and students. From Best Student

Film at Fingal Film Festival to ITB lecturers being honoured at Ireland’s National ‘Teaching Hero’ Awards, these

achievements showcase the talent and success of our various departments and their staff and students.

There have been innovative programmes such as Sports Management and Coaching students raising over €7,000

funds for Bumbleance, the world’s first children’s interactive ambulance service. Almost 800 children and adults

from the local community and primary schools from Dublin, Kildare, Meath, Louth and Wicklow took part in the

events. In planning and running these events the students gained practical experience, while ITB continues to

develop strong links in our local community.

By sharing our success stories in the media, over social media and with our stakeholders we will continue to

celebrate and highlight the achievements of our staff and students


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22/09/2016 ITB Lecturer wins Research Funding

27/09/2016 ITB Social Care Students bag third prize at National Social Enterprise Awards

Date Title

12/10/2016 ITB Lecturers honoured at Ireland’s National ‘Teaching Hero’ Awards

12/10/2016 Creative Digital Media student wins Best Student Film at Fingal Film Festival

01/11/2016 ITB Project nominated for 2016 Fingal Business Excellence & CSR Awards

08/11/2016ITB’s newly launched MEng Programme in the Internet of Things Technologies bags two GradIreland Higher Ed Awards 2017 Nominations

16/11/2016 Engineers Ireland sponsors ‘Achievement of Excellence Award’ for ITB

15/12/2016ITB Lecturer to publish in top International Journal

03/02/2017ITB Lead the Way for Young Women in Technology

03/02/2017New Children’s Author Discovered at ITB

http://www.itb.ie/newsevents/newsdetail.asp?Item=16778


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06/02/2017 Inaugural meeting of the 5th ITB Governing Body


27/02/2017 ITB Collaborates with the Immigrant Council of Ireland and Dublin City Council on new research detailing the impact of social housing-related racism

http://www.itb.ie/NewsEvents/newsdetail.asp?Item=16693

04/04/2017 ITB Department of Informatics holds Third Annual ZeroDays CTF, Ireland’s Biggest Cyber Security Challenge


02/05/2017 ITB Fourth Year Sports Management and Coaching Students Raise Funds for Bumbleance


18/05/2017 ITB School of Business to host Brexit in Blanchardstown briefing on 29th May


24/05/2017 ITB Computing Student wins scholarship to 2017 Unite Europe Games Conference


24/07/2017 Three ITB Soccer Stars Selected for the World University Games 2017


26/07/2017 93K Capital Funding to support plumbing apprenticeship programmes at ITB


Selection of Staff Publications

Books

Ní Chonaill, B. and Buczkowska, T. (2016) Taking racism seriously: experiences of racism and racially motivated anti-

social behaviour in social housing. Dublin: Immigrant Council of Ireland.

Book Chapters

Gray, G., McGuinness, C. and Owende, P. (2016) ‘Non-cognitive factors of learning as early indicators of students at-

risk of failing in tertiary education’ In Khine, M. S. Ed., Non-cognitive factors and educational attainment, Rotterdam:

Sense Publishers, pp. 199-237.

Murray, C. (2017) ‘What’s wrong with equality? Developing a critical conceptual understanding of equality of

condition in early childhood education and care’ In Smith, K., Alexander, K. and Campbell, S. Eds., Feminism(s) in

early childhood: using feminist theories in research and practice. Singapore: Springer, pp. 89-104.

Journal Publications

Brogan, M., Markham, C., Commins, S. and Deegan, C. (2016) ‘Changing lanes: generating steerable environments

in video-based driving simulation’. Simulation, 92(5), pp. 407-415.

Clear, C., Hughes, M.D., and Martin, D. (2017) ‘Attacking profiles in elite hurling’. International Journal of

Performance Analysis in Sport, 17(3), pp. 319-333.

Darby, F. (2017); ‘Are you listening to how I look? An exploration of the impact of emotional labour on educator

effectiveness in higher education’, AISHE-J, The All Ireland Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 9(1),

pp. 2821-2827.

Darby, F., McSweeney, D. and O’Reilly, K. (2017) ‘The dominant educational discourses underlying the Cassells

Report’, Dublin Business School Business Review, 1, pp. 122-129.

Dubiel, B. and Guilfoyle, E. (2017) ‘Language strength in bilingual children: The Child HALA test’. Heritage Language

Journal, 14(1), pp. 1-29.

Goslin, K. and Hofmann, M. (2017) ‘A Wikipedia powered state-based approach to automatic search query

enhancement’, Journal of Information, Processing and Management, 53(5), pp. 1005-1025.

Gray, G., McGuinness, C., Owende, P., and Hofmann, M. (2016) ‘Learning factor models of students at risk of failing

in the early stage of tertiary education’. Journal of Learning Analytics, 3(2), pp. 330-372.

Mangan, S., Malone, S., Ryan, M., McGahan, J., O’Neill, C., Burns, C., Warne, J., Martin, D. and Collins, K. (2017)

‘The influence of match outcome on running performance in elite Gaelic football’. Science and Medicine in Football,

1(3), pp.1-8.


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Martin, D., Swanton, A., Bradley, J., and McGrath, D. (2017) The use, integration and values of performance

analysis to GAA coaches’. Journal of Human Sport and Exercise, 12(2), pp. 492-501.

Murray, C. (2017) ‘Conscious noticing: anti-bias from policy to practice’. International Critical Childhood Policy

Studies, 6(1), pp. 22-37.

Ní Chonaill, B. and Harris, R. (2016) ‘Inequality in the Irish higher education system: a case study of the views of

migrant students and their lecturers on how English language proficiency impacts their academic achievement in

an Institute of Technology’. Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies, 16(2), pp. 79-90.

Patel, S. Nolan, B., Hofmann, M., Owende, P. and Patel, K. (2017) ‘Sentiment analysis: comparative analysis of

multilingual sentiment and opinion classification techniques’. World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology,

International Science Index 126, International Journal of Computer, Electrical, Automation, Control and Information

Engineering, 11(6), pp. 624 - 630.

Power, A., Keane, A., Nolan, B. and O’Neill, B. (2017) ‘A lexical database for public textual cyberbullying detection’.

Revista de Lenguas para Fines Específicos, 23(2), pp. 157-186.

Conference Proceedings

Appleby, L. and Dervan, P. (2016) ‘Embedding high definition videoconferencing in higher education to create Global

Graduates’, Higher Education in Transformation Symposium, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada.

Bergner, Y., Lang, C. and Gray, G. (2017) ‘A focus on methodology in learning analytics: building a structurally sound

bridge discipline’ [editorial], In The CEUR Workshop Proceedings, 1915.

Bergner, Y., Lang, C. and Gray, G. (2017) ‘Workshop on methodology in learning analytics (MLA)’, In Proceedings of

the Seventh International Learning Analytics and Knowledge Conference, Vancouver, Canada.

Campbell, N., Egan, T. and Deegan, C. (2017) ‘The application of digital accelerometers for wired and non-wired

Mechanomyography’, In IEEE Signals and Systems Conference (IEEE), Tralee, Ireland. (Award: Best Paper ISSC, 2017)

Carthy, A. (2016) ‘Creating emotionally intelligent colleges’, In The International Conference on Engaging Pedagogy,

Maynooth, Ireland.

Carthy, A. (2017) ‘A whole new ballgame: does engagement with a walking football club lead to increased levels of

social engagement?’, In The Football Association of Ireland National Stakeholders Conference, Dublin, Ireland.

Clifford, W., Deegan, C. and Markham, C. (2017) ‘Smart detection of driver distraction events’, In The Proceedings of

the 19th European Conference on Eye Movements, Wuppertal, Germany.

Clifford, W., Deegan, C. and Markham, C. (2017) ‘High speed reconstruction of a scene implemented through

projective texture mapping’, In The Irish Machine Vision and Image Processing 2017, Maynooth University, Ireland.


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Deegan, C. (2016) ‘Designing innovative engineering programmes: a review of the process for the development of

a multi-campus MEng programme’, In The Higher Education in Transformation (HEIT) Conference, Oshawa, Ontario,

Canada.

Dubiel, B. (2016) ‘Timeline of changes in heritage lexical acquisition across the primary school years: evidence from

Polish-English early sequential bilinguals’, In The IRAAL Annual Conference: Paradigm Shifting in Applied Linguistics:

New Theories and New Methods, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.

Dubiel, B. (2017) ‘Language strength and maintenance in early sequential bilingual children’, In The International Symposium on Bilingualism, Limerick, Ireland.

Dubiel, B. (2017) ‘Assessment of language maintenance in bilingual children’, In The Multilingualism in the Early Years Conference, Dublin Institute of Technology, Dublin.

Goslin, K. and Hofmann, M. (2017) ‘A comparison of automatic search query enhancement algorithms that utilise Wikipedia as a source of a priori knowledge’, In The 9th Forum for Information Retrieval Evaluation (ACM), Bangalore, India.

Gray, G., McGuinness, C. and Owende, P. (2016) Learning analytics to inform teaching and learning approaches, In The 2nd Higher Education in Transformation Symposium, Toronto, Canada.

Hanratty, J., Deegan, C., Walsh, M. and Kirkpatrick, B. (2016) ‘Analysis of glottal source parameters in Parkinsonian speech’, In The 38th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), Orlando, Florida, pp. 3666-3669.

Jameson, A., Carthy, A., McGuinness, C. and McSweeney, F. (2017) ‘Employability and graduate work readiness: developing a tailored approach to social and emotional competency development in final year undergraduate students’, In The University-Industry Interaction Conference, Dublin, Ireland.

Jameson, A., Carthy, A., McGuinness, C. and McSweeney, F. (2017) ‘Emotional Intelligence and graduate

employability: employer’s perspectives’, In The Annual Conference of the European Association of Work and

Organizational Psychology, Dublin, Ireland.

Keane, M. and Hofmann, M. (2017) ‘An investigation into third level module similarities and link analysis’, In The 3rd

International Conference on Higher Education Advances (HEAd’17), Valencia, Spain, pp. 1121-1129.

Lawless, L. and Carthy, A. (2016) ‘A survey of emotional wellbeing among Irish third level educators’, In The Higher

Education in Transformation Conference, Oshawa, Canada.

Martin, D., O’Donoghue, P.G., Guerin, S. and McGrath, D. (2017) ‘Searching for the applied performance analyst’

[abstract] In The European Congress of Sport Science, Essen, Germany.

McCabe, H. (2016) ‘Integrating work experience into the digital media curriculum: a case study’, In The Higher

Education In Transformation Symposium, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada.

McGeough, F. (2017) ‘Cutback management in Scottish and Irish local authorities: a case study approach’, In The

European Accounting Association Annual Conference, Valencia, Spain.


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McGeough, F. (2017) ‘Resilience in the face of austerity: the case of Glasgow and Dublin City Councils’, In The British

Accounting and Finance Association Annual Conference, Edinburgh, Scotland.

Mulvey, T. (2017) ‘Location and layout: the Siamese twins for manufacturers and supply chain managers’, In

International Conference in the University of Applied Science, Emden, Germany.

O’Brien M. and Hofmann, M. (2017) ‘The potential of learning outcomes analytics’, In EdTech Conference (Irish

Learning Technology Association), Sligo, Ireland.

Patel, S., Nolan, B., Hofmann, M., Owende, P. and Patel, K. (2017) ‘Sentiment analysis: comparative analysis of

multilingual sentiment and opinion classification techniques’, In The 19th International Conference on Machine

Learning and Applications, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Power, A., Keane, A., Nolan, B. and O’Neill, B. (2016) ‘A lexical database for cyberbullying detection’, In The 5th

International Conference on Meaning and Knowledge Representation, Gran Canaria, Spain.

Power, A., Keane, A., Nolan, B. and O’Neill, B. (2017) ‘Offensive animal metaphors and similes in public textual

cyberbullying’, In The 6th International Conference on Meaning and Knowledge Representation, St Petersburg, Russia.

Sheridan, S. and Keane, A. (2017) ‘Improving the stealthiness of DNS-based covert communication’, In The 16th

European Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security (ECCWS), Dublin, Ireland.

Singh, L. and Hofmann, M. (2017) ‘Dynamic behavior analysis of Android applications for malware detection’, In The

International Conference on Intelligent Communication and Computational Techniques, Jaipur, India.

Yourell, P. and Hofmann, M. (2017) ‘Do gender and the presence of children have an influence on telecommuting

practices?’, In The 44th Annual Conference “Sociological Futures” (Sociological Association of Ireland), Belfast, UK.

Webb, N., Carthy, A. and Cox, D. (2016) ‘You’ve got a friend in me: peer mentoring and the first year experience’ In

The Higher Education in Transformation Conference, Oshawa, Canada.


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Appendices

Governing Body Meeting Record 2016/2017

The Governing Body of the Institute held seven meetings during 2016/2017 and the attendance of members is set

out below:


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Jason Aughney (SU President) - (Resigned Friday 17 Feb 2017) 4

Conor Dempsey - (Replaced Jason Aughney 12 Jan 2018) 0

Paddy Bowler 5

Rose Callan

Maura Cassidy 6

Annette Clancy 1

Tom Collins (Chairperson)

Naomi Dixon 4

Cepta Duffy 2

Joe Fox 3

Joe Halvey 3

Eoghan Hanrahan 4

Peter Hodson 4

Vincent Jackson 3

Ronan Keaskin 3

Ivan Keatley 1

Hayley Keogh 4

Pamela Kelly 3

Mary McCamley 3

Paul McEvoy 4

Sharon McGrath 4

Governing Body Meetings in 2016/17 (7 Meetings) Number of Meetings Attended

Tom Mulvey

Brian Nolan

Mark O’Brien

Mike O’Byrne

Diarmuid O’Callaghan (President)

Sarah Reilly

Pat Ward

3

4

2

3

3

7

3

1

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