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14 December 2022
40  MINS

A Year of Change 

Bríd Seoige

Ciarán Ó hÓgartaigh became the 13th president of Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway in January 2018. In December 2019 / January 2020, he launched the University’s Strategic Plan 2020–2025, ‘Shared Vision, Shaped by Values’, at the outset of what was to become a challenging period for third-level education, shaped by the COVID-19 pandemic. Now approaching a halfway point in our value-based strategy, Ciarán reflects on our achievements and learnings thus far, exploring what it means for the University to be rooted in Galway, while always reaching outwards towards the horizon.
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AI & Human Creativity
17 December 2021
14  MINS

Adapting to a Changing Job Market

Anastasiya Sytnyk

With COVID-19 disrupting hospitality and retail industries where many young people find employment, students like Anastasiya Sytnyk have had to reconsider their employment options. After a year of working remotely in an IT sales role, Anastasiya shares her insights on adapting to a changing job market.
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AI & Human Creativity
16 December 2021
7  MINS

The Creative Spark – How Will Innovation be Affected by the Absence of a Watercooler?

Prof Esther Tippmann

Esther Tipmann reminds us of the critical role of human skills and competences; while technology platforms to support innovative work in an online or hybrid setting have improved, they are not yet able to replace the casual cognitive synergies and frictions that occur when being present in the same place.
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AI & Human Creativity
16 December 2021
11  MINS

Digital Doctors: How AI Will Improve Your Health

Prof Derek O'Keeffe

The impact of Artificial Intelligence on health systems will be far reaching. Dr Derek O’Keeffe discusses the AI that is already making a difference at University College Hospital Galway (UCHG).
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Internationalisation
29 July 2021
13  MINS

Why Galway needs a Global University in a Connected World

Professor Walter Gear

Prof Walter Gear tells us why Galway needs a global university in a Connected World. 
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29 July 2021
8  MINS

Welcome to the Summer Edition of Cois Coiribe

Professor Becky Whay

Prof Becky Whay, Vice-President: International at NUI Galway welcomes you to the Summer online edition of Cois Coiribe – where we ask what impact can internationalisation have on us as a university and the people associated with it and why should we be a Global University?

 

 
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Internationalisation
29 July 2021
12  MINS

How COVID-19 is Accelerating Key Trends Shaping the Global Economy

Prof Alan Ahearne

Prof Ahern describes how the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated and intensified trends in the global economy that were already underway, and both challenges and opportunities it represents for policy makers and societies, as governments around the world seek to rebuild their economies.
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Internationalisation
29 July 2021
3  MINS

Our Students on Internationalisation

Students bring their voice to the conversation on internationalisation and what it means to seek new opportunities in a foreign land in the midst of a pandemic.
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Internationalisation
29 July 2021
5  MINS

Student Stories: Drawn to Ireland from South Africa

A South African medic shares her experience of internationalisation and connecting with Ireland through education.

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Internationalisation
29 July 2021
6  MINS

Student Stories: Diversity Brings a Sense of Home

A student from United Arab Emirates joins the conversation on internationalisation with a personal insight into the value of diversity.
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Internationalisation
29 July 2021
7  MINS

Why Here? NUI Galway and the Emerging World of Research and Innovation

Professor James Livesey

Research and Innovation will be at the heart of how societies respond to the climate emergency, the digital transition, mediating inequality, the degradation of democracy, the threats to biodiversity and a host of other wicked problems
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Internationalisation
29 July 2021
18  MINS

A Journey in Medicine: from Training to Regenerative Medicine

Dr. Finn Hawkins

Dr. Hawkins describes his journey from graduating with a degree in Medicine from NUI Galway to his training to regenerative medicine, COVID-19 and everything in between.
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Internationalisation
29 July 2021
6  MINS

Student Stories: A Transatlantic Route to Success

A Boston-based medic sheds light on the international value of his studies and his learning adapted to the pandemic.
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Internationalisation
29 July 2021
5  MINS

Student Stories: Getting Down to the Business of Learning

Despite all the turmoil and challenges of the last year, a business student points to a unique and positive learning experience amid the pandemic.
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Internationalisation
29 July 2021
5  MINS

Student Stories: ‘Feeling Lost is not Comfortable, but it is Okay’

Toronto native opens up on the challenges of internationalisation and striving to learn from the challenges of a foreign environment.
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Internationalisation
29 July 2021
5  MINS

Student Stories: Trading Bondi Beach for Salthill

Australian medical student opens up about chasing her dream and developing a new bond far away from a world famous beach.
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29 July 2021
6  MINS

Student Stories: Starting a New Life Amid a Pandemic

Aishwarya Suryakant Surve

NUI Galway MSc Exercise Physiology Student, Aishwarya Suryakant Surve discusses internationalisation and what it means to seek new opportunities in a foreign land in the midst of a pandemic.
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Internationalisation
29 July 2021
18  MINS

In Conversation With: Professor Tim O’Brien

The Dean of the College of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences – a father of five, a dual US-Irish citizen and an endochrinologist – sat down with Cois Coiribe to share his views on internationalisation and how it influenced his career and how he values its place in the University.
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Internationalisation
29 July 2021
5  MINS

Student Stories: ‘I Have Never Felt as an Outsider’

Sarh Alamri

A Podiatric Medicine student from Saudi Arabia, Sarh Alamri’s fears over moving to Ireland to study were quickly allayed.
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Internationalisation
29 July 2021
5  MINS

Student Stories: Coming home

Moya McKeever

Occupational Therapy Student, Moya McKeever ponders on finding her land of opportunity across the Atlantic.
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Internationalisation
29 July 2021
5  MINS

Global Citizenship & NUI Galway

Two international NUI Galway students write home about their experiences of living and studying in Galway.
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28 July 2021
4  MINS

Artificial Intelligence Next Step for Medtech

Prof Derek O'Keeffe

Hundreds of patients are having their voices and coughs recorded as part of a global project using Artificial Intelligence to detect minute changes caused by Covid.
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28 July 2021
18  MINS

Foundations for the Future – Towards a More Sustainable World

Dr Nessa Cronin,, Prof John Morrissey

In planning for a more sustainable world, a key learning from the current crisis is that we must increasingly imagine the world in an interconnected global sense.
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27 July 2021
7  MINS

The Power of Positive Persuasion

Prof Molly Byrne

Professor Molly Byrne has ensured Ireland has been an international beacon for the use of behavioural science in the Covid-19 policy response.
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05 July 2021

Arts & Empathy – A Post-Covid, Civic Forcefield

In conversation Maureen Kennelly, Director, Arts Council of Ireland & Prof Patrick Lonergan, Drama & Theatre Studies, NUI Galway
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Equality
29 April 2021
17  MINS

Pandemic exposes income inequalities in Irish society

Dr Deirdre Curran, Dr Lucy-Ann Buckley, Professor Kate Kenny, Dr Gary Goggins, Dr Áine Ní Léime

Leading academics in the Whitaker Institute set out to explore some of the glaring inequalities in the Irish labour market which Covid-19 has shone a spotlight on.
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Equality
29 April 2021
9  MINS

Pandemic pushes universities to rethink excellence

Dr Su-Ming Khoo

With higher education rankings led by for-profit corporations and scientific publishing turning higher profit margins than Apple, Google or Amazon, universities should challenge how success is measured as they work for public good.
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Equality
28 April 2021
14  MINS

Student reflections on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

MA Students Gender, Globalisation and Rights, 2020-2021, Dr Stacey Scriver,

Dr Stacey Scriver, Lecturer and Researcher in the Global Centre for Women’s Studies in NUI Galway, introduces the thoughts of Masters students who are studying issues around gender, globalisation and rights.
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Equality
28 April 2021
12  MINS

Barriers to equality are barriers to knowledge

Dr Heike Schmidt-Felzmann, , ,

There is a deep need to ensure the inequality experienced by people across society is understood, otherwise the entire process of working for change and betterment is flawed.
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Equality
28 April 2021
11  MINS

Empathy the key to unlocking Covid-19 impact on teens

Prof Pat Dolan

NUI Galway’s Unesco Chair reveals how we can benefit from a deeper appreciation of how the pandemic has affected adolescents, and even speed up society-wide recovery.
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Equality
28 April 2021
16  MINS

Women whistleblowers – paying a greater price

Prof Kate Kenny|J.E. Cairnes

Many whistleblowers endure a fight to be believed but existing inequalities exacerbate the risks faced by those who speak out and hold the powerful to account, with women often left the most isolated.
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Equality
28 April 2021
12  MINS

Data ethics – who cares?

Prof Mathieu D'Aquin

We know Artificial Intelligence and big data can impact on equality, diversity and inclusion, but we must face up to the reality that it’s now at a level which cannot be handled.
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28 April 2021
14  MINS

In Conversation With: Research Associate Bianca Pereira

Bianca Pereira

Bianca Pereira sat down with Cois Coiribe to talk about the citizen science project Crowd4Access. The study is mapping footpaths in towns and cities where inaccessibility issues create challenges for wheelchair users, parents with young children, pedestrians with mobility issues, the visually impaired or blind, as well as the fit and healthy.

 
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17 January 2021
15  MINS

The University as Space of Curiosity and Source of Ethics

Michael D Higgins

As someone who spent many years teaching political science and sociology in NUI Galway, I feel a close bond with the university, an affection that stays with me to this day as I recall so many wonderful years of teaching and research there, as well as the lifelong friendships forged.
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14 January 2021

Literature, Narrative, and Covid-19

This is the synopsis for Literature, Narrative, and Covid-19
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14 January 2021

Webinar: Learning from pandemics: a century of experience

Learning from pandemics: a century of experience
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11 January 2021

Philosophy and the Pandemic: reasoning in unreasonable times

As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, fundamental philosophical questions have come into sharp focus. In this panel discussion, faculty members from the discipline of philosophy at NUI Galway will discuss a range of issues related to these times of change and uncertainty, including the role and rhetoric of expertise; “states of exception” and governance; the trust invested in decision-makers; the nature of goodwill in a moment of crisis; how we engage in reasoning about uncertainty and catastrophic outcomes; and the nature of nostalgia and how we (mis)remember the past.
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17 December 2020
16  MINS

Sustainability & Covid-19 – A Setback or the Cusp of Change?

NUI Galway’s Community and University Sustainability Partnership (CUSP)  is a multi-disciplinary, voluntary team of over 30 students and staff from across the campus and community, with the common aim of establishing the university as a leading institutional model for sustainability. CUSP has been at the heart of a vital pillar of the university’s strategy – a commitment to sustainability as one of four underpinning values for everything that the university does (alongside respect, openness and excellence).
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17 December 2020
13  MINS

Key Trends in Business & Innovation – The Covid-19 Effect

Prof Alma McCarthy
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15 December 2020
6  MINS

NUI Galway’s Research – Covid-19 Response

Prof Lokesh Joshi,
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15 December 2020
14  MINS

From Plague to Covid – What History Teaches us about Pandemics

Prof Daniel Carey
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15 December 2020
14  MINS

A University for the Future – Serving the Public Good

Prof Ciarán Ó hÓgartaigh

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