Registrar and Deputy-President Information & Application Booklet
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- Údarás na hOllscoile
- 4. The University Management Team
- 5. The Academic Management Team
- 6. Strategic Plan 2009-14
- 13. The University and Irish
- 14. Relationships with the Community and the Region
- 15. Relationships with Business and Industry
- 16. Links with other Third-level Institutions
Ollscoil na hÉireann, Gaillimh National University of Ireland, Galway PROFILE OF THE UNIVERSITY1. Constitution National University of Ireland, Galway was established in 1845 as Queen’s College, Galway, by Charter under the Queen’s Colleges (Ireland) Act. Under the Irish Universities Act 1908, it became a Constituent College of the National University of Ireland established under that Act, and a new Charter was issued, changing its name to University College, Galway. Under the Universities Act, 1997, the College (together with the other Constituent Colleges) was reconstituted as a University and its title was changed to National University of Ireland, Galway/Ollscoil na hÉireann, Gaillimh. It is at the same time a Constituent University of the National University of Ireland, almost all of whose functions were transferred under the Act to the Constituent Universities. The legal standing of the University derives from the Irish Universities Act 1908, its Charter issued under that Act, the University College Galway Acts, 1929 and 2006, and the Universities Act 1997. The provisions of these instruments are further developed in Statutes and Regulations, made in accordance with those Acts and Charter. The University’s general relationships with the State are mainly conducted through the Higher Education Authority. 2. Authorities The Charter and relevant legislation provide for two authorities, Údarás na hOllscoile (The University Governing Authority) and the Academic Council. Subject to the provisions of the relevant Acts and Charter, Údarás na hOllscoile is empowered to manage and control all the affairs of the University. Its membership (40) for the three-year period 1 February 2013 – 31 January 2016 is as follows: an external Cathaoirleach (Chairman), the President, the Registrar and Deputy-President, 5 Professors/Personal Professors, 5 other academic staff, 3 other employees, 2 elected officers of the Students’ Union, 1 postgraduate student, 4 graduates, 7 elected by the local authorities of the region, 2 nominees of the NUI, 3 nominees from selected external organisations (including business and industry), the President of St. Angela’s College, Sligo, a member drawn from artistic and cultural interests, and 3 nominees of the Minister for Education and Skills. Under the Universities Act 1997, the question as to whether the President, or another person (not an employee of the University or a member of Údarás na hOllscoile), is to be Cathaoirleach of Údarás na hOllscoile is a matter for decision by Údarás na hOllscoile at its first meeting and from time to time thereafter. The Academic Council is the chief academic authority and, subject to review by Údarás na hOllscoile, controls the academic affairs of the University, including the curriculum, instruction and education provided by the University. Its members are the President, the Registrar and Deputy-President, the Deans of Colleges, Heads of Schools, the Professors (including Personal Professors), the other Heads of discipline and other members drawn from the other academic staff grades and the student body, the Librarian, Director of Information Solutions and Services, Director of Lifelong Learning, the Príomhfheidhmeannach of Acadamh na hOllscolaíochta Gaeilge, the Director of the Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching; its present total membership is about 150. The President is entitled to preside at all meetings of the Council. 3. The President Under the Universities Act, the President is responsible to Údarás na hOllscoile (The University Governing Authority) for the efficient and effective management of the University and for the due performance of his/her functions, and is subject to such policies as may be determined from time to time by it. S/he shall, subject to the Act, manage and direct the University in its academic, administrative, financial, personnel and other activities and for those purposes has such powers as are necessary or expedient. 4. The University Management Team The University Management Team comprises: The President The Registrar and Deputy-President The Vice-President for Capital Projects The Vice-President for Innovation and Performance The Executive Director of Operations The Bursar The Secretary/An Rúnaí
The Academic Management Team comprises: The President The Registrar and Deputy-President (Chair) The Vice-President for Innovation and Performance The Vice-President for Research The Vice-President for the Student Experience Deans of College (5) Dean of Graduate Studies Dean of International Affairs Academic Secretary
In September 2009, following widespread consultation, the University published the NUI Galway Strategic Plan. NUI Galway offers a holistic, educational and cultural experience to its diverse student body. Our University is recognised nationally and internationally for innovation, excellence and leadership in selected and distinctive programmes of teaching, research and scholarship. Our programmes reflect the strengths of the University, national priorities, and the strengths and needs of the region. We have a particular commitment to Gaeltacht regions and the Irish language community. The University seeks to develop and sustain effective strategic partnerships with relevant regional, national and international stakeholders and organisations. A copy of the Strategic Plan is available online: http://www.nuigalway.ie/president/reports.html 7. Colleges and Schools In 2008, the University re-organised how it conducts its academic affairs and now is grouped into the following five Colleges:- Arts, Social Sciences and Celtic Studies Business, Public Policy and Law Engineering and Informatics Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences Science
The University provides teaching in those five Colleges, up to PhD level, for primary and postgraduate degrees and for a wide variety of Diplomas and Certificates and, in conjunction with Extern Examiners, conducts examinations and confers awards (under the 1997 Act, all degrees and other qualifications are technically NUI degrees and qualifications, although awarded by the individual Constituent University). 56 separate programmes of study are offered for undergraduate students, and over 150 taught programmes at Postgraduate level and about 140 research programmes. The University has displayed considerable dynamism in the development of programmes to meet the evolving needs of society. The University also provides a programme of Lifelong Learning and conducts a number of Summer Schools. 9. Student Body In the 2012-14 Session, total student enrolment stood at 17,483 (13,946 fulltime, 2,784 part-time, 221 Examination Only, 293 ERASMUS, and 239 Access). Postgraduates accounted for 21% of enrolment (excluding the latter two categories). 56% of enrolment is female. There were 2,257 overseas students (including ERASMUS), from a total of 110 countries. 10. Research NUI Galway has developed a distinguished reputation for its integrated approach to teaching and research. It has over 1,000 students undertaking postgraduate degrees through research, and had an external research income of over €59 million in 2012. The overarching objective of NUI Galway’s Strategy for Research and Innovation is that NUI Galway be firmly embedded within the top rank of research universities internationally, in selected prioritised areas. To meet this objective, the University has identified and prioritised a set of cross-disciplinary research themes, building on our research achievements to date, and is focusing its resources and efforts on these themes through targeted recruitment and resource allocation, and the establishment of a number of specialised research institutes and centres. Our approach to research is guided by the following principles:
Research Priorities The five thematic research priorities of the University are:
These thematic research priorities transcend School and College boundaries, are intimately linked to staffing and other resources, and are integrated within the overall framework of University strategic foci. NUI Galway places significant emphasis on interdisciplinary research programmes, and the development and expansion of collaboration and research alliances with economic, social and cultural partners, in areas of regional and national strategic importance. This strategy has resulted in the creation of research clusters in themes that are academically challenging, economically viable, and regionally and nationally relevant. 11. Staff The University employs 2,525 staff, including fulltime and part-time. The academic complement is 1,076 staff, of whom 610 are fulltime. A further 511 staff are employed as researchers. Additionally, there are 104 technical and senior technical officers, with a further 787 staff engaged in computing, library, administration and ancillary services. Human Resource issues are managed within the Human Resources Office, under the direction of the Director of Human Resources and Organisational Development, working with the Executive Director of Operations and with appropriate liaison with the Registrar and Deputy-President, who has a special responsibility for academic staff. 12. Finances The University is its own financial authority and has an annual income, for recurrent purposes, of about €213m, including contract research income of approximately €59m. The sources of income (excluding contract research income) are State Grants (30%), Student Fees (60%) and Miscellaneous (10%). Pay costs comprise 71% of recurrent expenditure. 13. The University and Irish The University has a special obligation, and a policy, to promote the use of Irish in its teaching and administration. The original legislative mandate was set out in the University College Galway Act 1929. Under an amendment to that Act in 2006, made at the University’s request, the obligation that competency to carry out the duties of the post through Irish constitute a factor (and in certain circumstances a decisive factor) in all appointments was removed; in its stead, the Act now provides a re-statement of the University’s unique strategic commitment to Irish by requiring that the provision of education through Irish shall be one of the principal aims of each strategic development plan. In line with other organisations in the public sector, the University also has a Scéim Teanga in operation under the Official Languages Act 2003/Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla 2003. Under the University’s Strategic Plan 2009-14, which includes as one of its strategic priorities the development of an exemplary bilingual campus, a number of specific initiatives have been undertaken, most significantly the establishment of a new, integrated structure (Acadamh na hOllscolaíochta Gaeilge) within the University, to plan and implement academic programmes through Irish, responsive to the community’s educational and developmental needs, in addition to the traditional programmes and courses offered in a number of areas, and the further development of the University’s Gaeltacht centres in Galway and Donegal. Irish is in use in the administrative services of the University, particularly in its central offices, and facilities are offered to assist staff and students in developing their competency in Irish. In addition to Áras na Gaeilge (the centre for Irish-language activities on the main campus), the University, with support from the Department of Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht affairs and Údarás na Gaeltachta, operates three Gaeltacht centres – Áras Mháirtín Uí Chadhain in An Cheathrú Rua, Áras Shorcha Ní Ghuairim in Carna and Ionad an Acadaimh in Gaoth Dobhair – which, aside from tailored language courses for students, staff and outside organisations, provide Diploma, Degree, Higher Diploma and Master programmes and research services, with a view to the sustainable development of the Gaeltacht and the Irish language nationally. Language courses are also offered in some 20 other locations outside the Gaeltacht. 14. Relationships with the Community and the Region NUI Galway is strongly committed to the principle of expanding social and geographic access to its programmes and to forging and maintaining links with the communities of its region, through a variety of educational, community service and social inclusion initiatives. The University has operated an educational outreach programme since the 1960s, whereby off-campus educational programmes are offered throughout the region and across Ireland. Outreach programmes include the provision of fulltime, part-time and open and distance learning programmes at certificate, diploma, degree and postgraduate levels. The cumulative impact of outreach and non-traditional programmes can be appreciated from the fact that close to 40,000 individuals have participated in its programmes over the last 40 years. Such courses have also been provided abroad, in the Baltic countries and in Sri Lanka and Kosovo. To facilitate access for the socio-economically disadvantaged and non-traditional groups, the University, alone and in partnership with other institutions, has established a range of Access and Foundation courses for school-leavers and adults across the Border, Midland and Western Region (which enjoys Objective 1 status). Completion of these gives students special admission to the University’s full-time and part-time undergraduate programmes. 15. Relationships with Business and Industry The University has a longstanding involvement in the promotion of indigenous enterprise and the direct provision of services to locally-based industry. The first incubator centre on an Irish university campus was set up here in 1984 and a significant number of campus companies have been established as a direct result. The Technology Transfer Office is a high-performance team that guides breakthrough NUI Galway research to business reality through comprehensive support services. Its Business Innovation Centre provides an environment for entrepreneurship and new business growth, with 23 incubation units which offer the necessary infrastructure to support biomedical and biotechnology start-up companies and with priority given to companies spinning off from campus research. The Office also provides expert Technology Transfer and Intellectual Property support. 16. Links with other Third-level Institutions In addition to a wide range of international links, the University has a longstanding relationship with St. Angela’s College, Sligo, originating in its becoming a Recognised College of the NUI in 1978 under the supervision of NUI Galway, but which has since led to an increasing number of joint educational and developmental initiatives. That culminated in St. Angela’s College becoming a College of NUI Galway on 1 January 2006 under a formal Agreement, while retaining an appropriate degree of autonomy and preserving its separate legal status and its traditional ethos. There is appropriate cross-representation of staff on the academic bodies of the partner institutions, including membership of Údarás na hOllscoile for the President of the College. In 2003 the College was designated by the Minister for Education and Science as henceforth the sole national centre for the training of teachers of Home Economics, with a consequent growth and diversification of its specialisms within that discipline. Its educational provision, however, has expanded beyond that original remit. Today it offers programmes at Bachelor, Master, Higher Diploma and Diploma levels in a wide range of aspects of Home Economics, Education (including Special Education Needs), Nursing (General and Intellectual Disability), Food, Textiles, Fashion and Design; it also provides an Access course for the socioeconomically disadvantaged in association with the University, and cooperates in the delivery of NUI Galway’s BA programme in Youth and Family Studies. It also has an important Food Product Development Centre and has been involved in a variety of cross-Border projects with educational institutions in Northern Ireland. The College currently has an enrolment of 510 full-time and 472 part-time students and a staff of 87 full-time and 19 part-time. The University also has had since 1991 a strategic link with the Shannon College of Hotel Management, under which students of that College pursue, under the supervision of the University, a BComm degree, the final year of which is spent in the University. A BBS degree in International Hotel Management commenced in 2001 in collaboration with and under the supervision of the University. In that year the College also became a Recognised College of the NUI. Consequent on the dissolution of Aer Rianta (its owners), and in response to an approach from the College, a proposal for the incorporation of Shannon College into NUI Galway has been made to the HEA. Also in Co. Clare, the University partners Burren College of Art in the offering since 2003 of a postgraduate programme leading to the award by NUI Galway of the Master of Fine Arts degree. A PhD research programme in the College in Studio Art has also been approved by the University. In 2000, in the context of the National Development Plan which projected significant investment for the new Objective 1 (Border, Midland and Western) region, the University, which is the only University in that region, initiated broader cooperative links with all the higher education institutions in the region, in the form of a unique Regional Higher Education Network (LÍONRA). This network, which formalises at institutional level a wide range of cooperative measures and maximises the provision of education and training opportunities for all residents of the region through innovative approaches and the use of new technologies, comprises the University, St. Angela’s College, Sligo, and the Institutes of Technology in Galway-Mayo, Sligo, Athlone, Dundalk and Letterkenny. The University, through the Atlantic University Alliance, is engaged in an inter-regional technology transfer project with University College Cork and the University of Limerick. The AUA aims to pool their individual expertise and resources, making them available through joint projects in training, education and Research and Development. At the heart of the Alliance is its interaction with academia and industry. Among its projects are part-time Diploma, Degree and Master programmes delivered by distance/on-line learning in areas such as Technology Management and Science and Technology Studies. Abroad, there are direct programme linkages with Regis University (Denver, Colorado) and the Ahavoli Institute of Psychology (Jaffna, Sri Lanka). In 2010, the University launched a Strategic Alliance with the University of Limerick, across all key areas of activity, in support of the social and economic development of our wider region. By combining the strengths of the two universities, we will enhance the services we provide to our students, (through a student mobility Link to Learn programme) and to the community, while being responsive to the needs of our industry and business partners. The Alliance has an international dimension, through a partnership with Georgia Institute of Technology in the USA. The Institute will work with the Alliance to establish a translational research institute to focus on technology commercialisation with industry partners. NUI Galway and Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT) established, in May 2011, a strategic partnership to serve the educational, social and economic needs of their students and the wider regional, national and international communities. The agreement provides for collaborative opportunities in teaching and learning, research, entrepreneurship, regional development, commercialisation, programme design, distance education, and work-based learning. 17. The Campus The main University Campus, with an area of some 105 hectares in the heart of the city of Galway, is attractively situated on the west bank of the River Corrib, and stretches from Nuns’ Island in the south to the Sports Grounds in Dangan to the north. Other facilities are located at An Cheathrú Rua (Acadamh na hOllscolaíochta Gaeilge), Carna (Marine Science Research Facility, and Áras Shorcha Ní Ghuairim), Mace Head, Carna (Atmospheric Research Station) - all in Co. Galway - and Carron and Finnevara in Co. Clare (Natural Sciences Field Stations), and Ionad an Acadaimh in Gaoth Dobhair in Co. Donegal. The oldest building on the main campus, the original Quadrangle building, of limestone in a Tudor style, dates from 1849. The Clinical Science Institute is located on the Galway University Hospital site beside the main campus. The University premises comprise of 177,098 sq. m. of buildings, including student residences on the north campus and satellite locations (at Carna and Carran, for example). The following construction projects have been completed in recent years:
The University is continuing its major campus development programme under the Strategic Plan 2009-2014. A major new research building is currently under construction for research in BioSciences, as is an extension to the Arts Millennium Building for Psychology. Preliminary work has begun on a combined Clinical/Translational Research Building on the nearby hospital site, and on a Human Biology Building. Construction will begin shortly on a building for the University’s Lifecourse activities such as Child and Family Research and Social Gerontology. Directory: media -> nuigalwayie -> content -> files media -> Unicef voices of Youth Chat Theme: Children and aids nigeria and Zimbabwe 13 October 2006 Background media -> Tsunami Terror Alert: Voices of Youth media -> Biblical Eschatology Presentation by: D. Paul Beck May 4, 2016 Ground Rules media -> Guide to completing the collection using the Omnibus system media -> The milk carton kids media -> Events Date and Location media -> The Gilded Age: The First Generation of Historians by H. Wayne Morgan University of Oklahoma, April 18, 1997 media -> Analysis of Law in the United Kingdom pertaining to Cross-Border Disaster Relief Prepared by: For the 30 June 2010 Foreword media -> Cuba fieldcourse 2010 files -> Researcher in Dementia Irish Centre for Social Gerontology National University of Ireland, Galway Ref. No. Nuig 30-14 Download 203.67 Kb. Share with your friends:
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