This week, we had the privilege of enlightening discussions with several academic professionals from the National Forum, Technological University Dublin, University of Limerick, Munster Technological University, and Mary Immaculate College. The insights and successes we learned from them will be instrumental in supporting the establishment of our center. We also had the opportunity to observe a CPD summer course on robotics for teachers at MIC, addressing the need for the next generations to be equipped with knowledge of new technology from an early age. Aside from that, we were delighted with an opportunity to have a brief tour to learn about the history and development of the University of Limerick, established in 1972.
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Who we met? .
1. Dr. Ross Woods, Senior Manager (in the middle), Teaching and Learning, Student Success, Health and Wellbeing, Higher Education Authority (HEA), National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning.
.2. Dr. Jen Harvey, Assistant Head (2nd from the right); Dr. Conor Mellon, Academic Developer (in the middle); Edel Gallagher, Academic Developer (2nd from the left), Learning, Teaching & Assessment, Technological University Dublin (https://www.tudublin.ie/…/academic-affairs/people/lta/).
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3. Dr. Mary Fitzpatrick (in the middle), Head, Centre for Transformative Learning (CTL), University of Limerick (https://www.ul.ie/ctl/dr-mary-fitzpatrick).
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4. Dr. Mike Wride (2nd from the right), Transformative Pedagogy Lead, Centre for Transformative Learning (CTL), University of Limerick (https://www.ul.ie/ctl/dr-michael-wride).
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5. Prof. Jim O’Mahony (in the middle), SFHEA, Professor of Biological Sciences, Academic Lead, CPD, Munster Technological University (MTU), MTU Teaching and Learning Unit (https://www.cit.ie/biologicalsciences.staff.jimo_mahony, https://www.jimomahony.net/).
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6. Dr. Deirdre Ryan (in the middle), Director of Quality, MIC, Quality and micro-credentials, Mary Immaculate College (https://www.mic.ul.ie/staff/521-deirdre-ryan).
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7. Dr. Katherine Whitehurst (in the middle), Director, Learning Enhancement & Academic Development (LEAD), Mary Immaculate College (https://www.mic.ul.ie/staff/4189-katherine-whitehurst).
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For this special occasion, we would like to sincerely thank Dr. Cathal de Paor (who also co-led our WP2 and led the MIC team in the project) for his warm welcome, support, and effective arrangement of the program. We would also like to sincerely thank Dr. Kathleen Horgan and her family for their warm welcome and the short tour. 
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