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STATUS

The IRIU Review Process was completed in March 2011
and the Review Reports incorporating the University’s Response
are now available.
AGREED Key Dates & Actions
| 17 January 2011 |
UCD Institutional Self Assessment Report submitted |
| 7 February 2011 |
Reviewer Training Session |
| 8 February 2011 |
1 Day Planning Visit held at UCD (completed by Chair and Coordinating Reviewer) |
| 28 Feb - 3 March 2011 |
Main Review Visit to UCD (completed by the Team of 6 IRIU Reviewers) |
| 20 June 2011 |
IUQB Board signs off UCD review reports for publication |
| January 2012 |
UCD’s IRIU Action Plan submitted through the IUQB’s Annual Institutional Reporting process and published in April 2012 |
Review Team
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Prof Geoffrey Boulton, Vice Principal & Regius Professor of Geology, Edinburgh University, UK (Chair).
- Senior Honorary Professorial Fellow of Edinburgh University
- Member of the UK Prime Ministers Council for Science and Technology
- Member of the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council (SFC)
- Chair of the research Committee - League of European Research Universities
- Engaged with strategic/quality developments in Universities in Lund, Heidelberg, Geneva and Scotland
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Prof Kerstin Sahlin, Deputy Vice Chancellor and Professor of Management, Uppsala University, Sweden.
- Responsible for education, internationalisation and the Library within Uppsala University
- Professor in Business Administration, specialism – public management, transnational governance
- Coimbra Group Executive Board member
- Board member at Oslo University
- Editorial Board member of numerous administrative/management and governance journals
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Prof Iognáid G. Ó Muircheartaigh, President Emeritus, NUI Galway, Ireland.
- President, NUI Galway, 2000-2008
- Registrar and Deputy President, NUI Galway, 1998-2000
- Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society and Member of the International Statistical Institute
- Board Member for Aer Arann; Connect World (Irish Government Foreign Aid Board), and Comhar (Irish language periodical)
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Mr Ben Gray, Student Liaison Officer, University of Wales, UK.
- Currently responsible for the quality of the student experience at the University of Wales
- Former President of NUS Wales (2007-2009) and ESU member
- Former International Politics with Strategic Studies graduate, Aberystwyth University QAA Institutional Review Student Observer (Cardiff University - 2008)
- Extensive experience of engagement with Welsh, UK and European quality assurance processes
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Ms Anne Butler, Director, Bize Consulting Ltd, Ireland.
- President of the Institution of Engineers of Ireland
- Founding Director and Board member 1993-2003 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- NCEA HE Committee member on Engineering Studies 1997-2000
- Reviewed engineering courses at 2 IoTs , Sligo IoT review HETAC panel member (2008-2009)
- Former IUQB Board member 2006-2008 and DIT Governing Body member
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Dr Andree Sursock, Deputy Secretary General, European Universities Association (EUA).
- Co-Author, EUA Trends Report, 2010, published April 2010
- Manager of the EUA's Institutional Evaluation Programme (IEP)
- Led in numerous European Quality initiatives, including the European Quality Assurance framework, ESG, EQAR, and the European Quality Assurance Forum
- Member of numerous European Quality Boards – including OAQ in Switzerland, ENQA, INQAAHE, and AEQES in Belgium
- Review team secretary in approx. 60 evaluations
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Follow Up Actions
The University Action Plan will be published in April 2012.
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