UCD Strategy to 2030: Breaking Boundaries Launch event

UCD has launched its Strategy to 2030, Breaking Boundaries, which sets the course for the next stage of the university’s development and growth. Speaking at its launch event: UCD President, Professor Orla Feely; UCD Registrar, Deputy President and Vice-President for Academic Affairs, Professor Colin Scott; UCD Vice-President for Research, Innovation and Impact, Professor Katharine Robson-Brown; UCD Vice-President for Strategy and External Engagement, Triona McCormack; and Chair of the UCD Governing Authority, Mike Beary. Under the new strategy, Ireland’s largest and most influential university will grow the range of opportunities for students to develop their knowledge and skills and realise their potential in areas also linked to Ireland’s future societal and economic success, including significant new provision in lifelong learning and skills development. UCD will also expand cross-cutting research in areas of excellence and impact within the university, such as artificial intelligence, One Health, sustainability and research for policy, and it will expand its commitment to Ireland’s national culture, heritage and language. The university also plans to grow its strategic global partnerships and partnerships with industry, and to enhance and integrate its physical and digital campuses. Specific actions to be taken under the new Strategy to 2030, Breaking Boundaries include: The establishment of a major new institute for AI and digital technologies research, education, ethics and policy. A new round of hiring of early-stage faculty under the university’s Ad Astra programme, with 50 new positions to be advertised early in 2025. The development of new facilities to showcase and expand access to the university’s outstanding range of cultural and heritage collections. Steps to reduce the university’s carbon emissions by 51% by 2030, and to be on track for net zero by 2040. “University College Dublin is a university that makes a clear positive difference and delivers impact through our education, research and engagement. This is evident in Ireland, where we have made an unparalleled contribution to the country from the foundation of the state to our recent economic and societal transformation, and now increasingly around the world,” said UCD President, Professor Orla Feely. “In this strategy, we consider how we will step up our impact and all that we deliver as we enter the second quarter of this highly disruptive century.” -- UCD Twitter:   / ucddublin   UCD Facebook:   / universitycollegedublin   UCD Instagram:   / ucddublin   UCD Homepage: http://www.ucd.ie