UCC Staff AwardsCeremony 2018

Staff Recognition

Awards

Teaching Excellence

Awards

ResearchAwards

Name School/Faculty/Department/Unit/Research Centre

Award

Certificate in Contemporary Living Team (Dr Máire Leane, Ms Nicola Maxwell, Ms Deirdre Madden, Ms Andi Kenneally, Ms Clodagh O’Driscoll, Mr Jerry Murphy, Ms Marian Chisolm, Ms Cliona Glavin)

School of Applied Social Studies

The Frank McGrath Perpetual Award For Equality & Welfare

Ms Clare Murphy International Office Enhancing the Student Experience Award

Dr Margaret O’Rourke School of Medicine Enhancing the Student Experience Award

Student Counselling & Development Team (Ms Marian Browne, Mr Paul Moriarty, Mr George Nagle, Ms Anne O’Connell, Ms Trish Mc Sweeney, Ms Geraldine Mangan, Mr Dave Carey, Ms Deirdre McHugh, Ms Claire Dunne, Ms Geraldine Sheedy, Ms Marie McGowan, Ms Catherine Sheahan, Mr Siobhan Foy, Ms Catherine Coughlan, Ms Mags McGrath, Mr Gerard Rynne, Ms Carol Jeffrey, Ms Clare Daly, Ms Nora Gaffney)

Student Counselling & Development

Enhancing the Student Experience Award

Dr Louise Crowley School of Law Exceptional Citizen Award

Dr Lidia Guzy School of Asian Studies Leadership Award

Mr Michael Hayes Tyndall National Institute Leadership Award

Ms Ruth McDonnell Office of Marketing & Communications

Leadership Award

Ms Mary O’Regan Dept. of Human Resources Leadership Award

Dr Pádraig Cantillon-Murphy School of Engineering Impact Award

Dr Sharon Lambert School of Applied Psychology Impact Award

Dr Trevor Carey School of Chemistry Outstanding Colleague Award

Ms Charlotte Holland School of History Outstanding Colleague Award

Ms Helen O’Donovan Student Records and Examinations Office

Outstanding Colleague Award

Staff Recognition Awards2018

This evening University College Cork honours staff members for their outstanding contributions to University life and the wider community. The individuals and teams to be presented with awards were nominated by colleagues for their exceptional and influential achievements and contributions.

14 Awards will be presented by the President, Prof. Patrick O’Shea, across six categories: The Frank McGrath Perpetual Award for Equality and Welfare, Impact, Leadership, Exceptional Citizen, Enhancing the Student Experience and Outstanding Colleague.

The successful nominees are:

Teaching Excellence Awards 2018

UCC prides itself on being a student-centred university. This Awards scheme recognises the

outstanding efforts of teaching staff to ensure that UCC students receive the highest quality teaching

and learning experience. All UCC students, staff and alumni were invited to submit nominations for

these awards. We are delighted to have the opportunity to demonstrate our appreciation of the

efforts and commitment of our colleagues who are being presented this evening with the 2017/18

President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching.

Congratulations to all of the awardees and other nominees on the quality of their teaching, which

is at the very core of UCC’s mission.

The Office of the Vice President for Teaching & Learning would like to thank the awards’ selection

committee for its work in deciding these awards. The selection committee comprised of a

number of senior UCC staff, representation from the Students’ Union, and the Dean of Teaching

and Learning from Maynooth University.

The UCC President’s Awards for Excellence in Teaching is the longest established teaching

excellence recognition scheme of its kind in Ireland. Further details on the awards scheme are

available at

www.ucc.ie/en/teachlearn/staffawards

Teaching and LearningTeagasc agus Foghlaim

We would like to acknowledge and thank the Awards Selection Committee for its work in selecting the successful nominees for 2018.

Further details of the Staff Recognition Awards Programme are at: http://www.ucc.ie/en/sdc

Individual awards:

• Donna Alexander

• James Cronin

• Eoin Gorman

• Briony Supple

Team awards:

• Máire Leane

• Fiachra Ó Súilleabháin

and

• Elizabeth Barron

• Margaret Bermingham

• Aoife Fleming

• Sophie Gahan

• Aislinn Joy

• Laura Sahm

Lifetime Achievement Award

for Teaching Excellence:

• George Shorten

Best Publication of the Year involving an Undergraduate Student as an Author – recognising the best publication with a UCC undergraduate student as an author or co-author based on work undertaken prior to graduation• Mary Tobin (School of Applied Psychology, College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences)

Creating a Culture for Responsible Conduct of Research – recognising exceptional efforts made to foster and promote a culture of responsible research conduct• Dr Mike Murphy (School of Applied Psychology, College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences)

Early-Stage Researcher of the Year – recognising early career research excellence and the potential for future outstanding performance

In 2018 four awards have been made to:• Dr Justin Doran (Department of Economics, College of Business and Law)• Dr Thomas Birkett (School of English, College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences)• Dr Pauline Scanlan (APC Microbiome Ireland, College of Medicine and Health)• Dr Gediminas Juska (Photonic Centre, Tyndall National Institute)

Open Researcher of the Year – recognsing that researcher who has embraced the principles of open science in their research process and in the dissemination of their research outputs• Professor Colm O’Dwyer (School of Chemistry, College of Science, Engineering and Food Science)

Research Communicator of the Year – recognising a researcher who has taken a proactive approach to sharing their research with the general public• Dr Theresa Reidy (Department of Government and Politics, College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences)

Research Supervisor of the Year – recognising sustained excellence in the supervision and development of exceptional and influential researchers• Professor Nuala Finnegan (School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures, College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences)

Research Support Person of the Year – recognising that person who most contributed to the successful execution of research• Mary Hough (APC Microbiome Ireland, College of Medicine and Health)• Dr Seán Lucey (College of Business and Law)

Research Team of the Year – recognising the most outstanding contribution by a research team• Dr John Crowley representing the Atlas of the Irish Revolution team (Schools of Human Environment, Archaeology and History, College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences)

Researcher of the Year – recognising the most outstanding contribution by a researcher• Professor Patricia Kearney (School of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health)

Career Achievement Research Award – recognising the most outstanding overall performance by a researcher• Professor Fergus Shanahan (Director, APC Microbiome Ireland, College of Medicine and Health)

The Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation would like to thank and acknowledge the work of the Evaluation Committee in deciding these awards. We would also like to acknowledge the valuable sponsorship of GILEAD SCIENCES IRELAND UC in supporting these awards.

Research Awards2018

The UCC Research Awards programme recognises those researchers who have made exceptional and very influential research contributions, pushing boundaries, enhancing knowledge and raising the national and international profile of University College Cork. In 2018, the awardees are: