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<strong>2022</strong><br />

<strong>TU</strong> <strong>Dublin</strong><br />

<strong>Donor</strong> <strong>Impact</strong><br />

<strong>Report</strong>


01<br />

President’s<br />

Welcome<br />

Dear Friends,<br />

I am delighted to introduce our <strong>2022</strong> <strong>Donor</strong> <strong>Impact</strong><br />

<strong>Report</strong> celebrating your kind generosity, which has been<br />

instrumental in improving the experience of our students and<br />

communities. In this report, you will find numerous examples<br />

of the difference your support has made, through many<br />

different initiatives and projects.<br />

It is truly inspiring to observe the positive outcomes of what<br />

we have accomplished together, and on behalf of the entire<br />

University; I would like to express my deepest gratitude for<br />

your ongoing commitment and partnership in making <strong>TU</strong><br />

<strong>Dublin</strong> a truly transformative institution.<br />

<strong>2022</strong> marked the completion of our first year under our new<br />

academic structures. Importantly, thanks to our<br />

wonderful community of donors and partners, we continue to<br />

create a centre of discovery and learning of which all<br />

students, staff and communities can be very proud. The<br />

provision of world-class educational infrastructure,<br />

supports our students through scholarships, mentoring<br />

opportunities and external interaction. It also enhances<br />

our ability to deliver leading edge research, addressing<br />

global challenges. Your commitment helps drive our<br />

ambition to further enrich our reputation as a university<br />

focused on meaningful partnership with the sectors and<br />

communities we serve.<br />

As we put the pandemic behind us and see our campuses<br />

buzzing again with life and energy, I thank you once<br />

again for your generous ongoing support, as we strive<br />

to create a better world, together.<br />

Best regards,<br />

Professor David FitzPatrick<br />

<strong>TU</strong> <strong>Dublin</strong> President


02<br />

33<br />

3<br />

campuses<br />

campuses<br />

8k 8k<br />

8k<br />

29k+ 29k+<br />

7k<br />

3<br />

7k<br />

7k<br />

3<br />

8k<br />

1:16<br />

8k<br />

29k+<br />

1:16<br />

3k+<br />

29k+ 3k+<br />

7k1,000+<br />

3<br />

staff : student ratio<br />

graduates<br />

campuses<br />

per year<br />

graduates per year<br />

part<br />

students<br />

time part time students international students<br />

graduates per year<br />

students<br />

part time students campuses 1:16 students from over working<br />

1:16 100 countries<br />

graduates<br />

per year<br />

per year<br />

students<br />

students<br />

part time<br />

campuses part<br />

students<br />

1:16<br />

time campuses students staff : graduates ratio<br />

staff : student international<br />

per year international<br />

ratio students<br />

staff : student students students part time students<br />

graduates international per year with<br />

students students community<br />

students working<br />

part time<br />

staff : student<br />

ratio<br />

students<br />

from over 100 from over 100 countries students<br />

working<br />

ratio<br />

working<br />

from over staff : student ratio<br />

international students<br />

staff : student ratio<br />

stude<br />

with with community<br />

from<br />

100<br />

over<br />

countries<br />

100 countries with community<br />

with community<br />

from over 100 from countries over organisations<br />

100 countries with community with<br />

organisations<br />

organisations<br />

organisations<br />

03<br />

organisations org<br />

7k<br />

8k<br />

3k+<br />

29k+ 3k+<br />

1,000+<br />

17<br />

We are<br />

<strong>TU</strong><br />

7k 7k<br />

<strong>Dublin</strong><br />

1:163<br />

1:16 3<br />

STEM 3k+<br />

8k<br />

8k3k+<br />

STEM<br />

STEM<br />

17% 17%<br />

art time students part time students<br />

international international students<br />

staff : student students<br />

campuses staff ratiocampuses<br />

graduates<br />

: student ratio graduates from over per 100 year17%<br />

per year<br />

of of the the national<br />

students<br />

from countries of the national provision<br />

of the national<br />

provision over 100 provision countries<br />

STEM<br />

STEM<br />

Business<br />

Services<br />

Craft Apprenticeships<br />

1,000+<br />

Business<br />

Business<br />

1,000+<br />

Services<br />

7k 17%<br />

STEM 14%<br />

Craft Apprenticeships<br />

29k+<br />

STEM Business<br />

1:16<br />

3k+ Business 20%<br />

26%<br />

1,000+ Services Services 20% FE Craft STEM FE 20%<br />

Apprenticeships Craft Apprenticeships<br />

of undergraduate new Business<br />

students 17% Business 7k Services<br />

14% working<br />

14% Services Craft Apprenticeships<br />

part of working<br />

time the national studentsprovision<br />

20%<br />

1:16 20% Craft Apprenticeships 3k+ 26%<br />

17% of the national 17% provision 20%<br />

20% 26% 1,000+ FE 20%<br />

international 14% students of the national of 14% provision new<br />

of undergraduate new<br />

students 14%<br />

staff : student ratio<br />

students working 20% of the of 20%<br />

provision<br />

17% of national applications<br />

14% part time students 20%<br />

FE 20%<br />

20% entrants 20% via access routes 14%<br />

of with the community<br />

with of the national<br />

community<br />

of the provision 20%<br />

20% international students<br />

staff of the : student national ratio<br />

of the<br />

provision 20%<br />

of undergraduate of the national provision of undergraduate students new working<br />

via entrants new via<br />

of national<br />

access routes<br />

from over 100 countries<br />

of national<br />

applications<br />

of the national<br />

of the national<br />

provision<br />

provision<br />

of the national applications<br />

of the of the national<br />

provision<br />

national provision<br />

of the national<br />

of provision the national provision from of of the the over national<br />

provision<br />

100 countries of provision<br />

entrants the national provision<br />

of the national provision<br />

with<br />

entrants<br />

via access<br />

of the community national via with access<br />

routes<br />

of community<br />

provision the routes national provision of the national of provision the national provision<br />

organisations organisations<br />

organisations<br />

organisations<br />

29k+<br />

BUSINESS<br />

26%<br />

BUSINESS<br />

26%<br />

BUSINESS 26% 26%<br />

BUSINESS<br />

26%<br />

BUSINESS BUSINESS 26% 26%<br />

ENGINEERING 23%<br />

ENGINEERING 23% 23%<br />

ENGINEERING 23%<br />

ENGINEERING 23%<br />

ENGINEERING ENGINEERING 23% 23%<br />

Services Craft Apprenticeships<br />

Craft<br />

STEM<br />

Apprenticeships 26%<br />

Business26%<br />

FE 20%<br />

Services FE 20% Award Winning Craft Apprenticeships<br />

Athena SWAN<br />

+38%<br />

11,000+<br />

+12M<br />

NAT. SCIENCE 12%<br />

26%<br />

FE 20%<br />

Award Winning Athena SWAN<br />

+38%<br />

11,0<br />

17%<br />

14%<br />

20%<br />

Award<br />

20%<br />

Winning Athena SWAN<br />

+38%<br />

11,000+<br />

+12M<br />

NAT. SCIENCE 12%<br />

20%<br />

20% 20%<br />

of undergraduate new of national applications<br />

Award Winning Athena SWAN<br />

+38%<br />

11,000+<br />

+12M<br />

NAT. SCIENCE<br />

of undergraduate new<br />

Award Winning Athena SWAN<br />

+38%<br />

11,000+<br />

+12M<br />

NAT. SCIENCE<br />

STEM<br />

Business<br />

Services<br />

Craft Apprenticeships<br />

12%<br />

NAT. 12%<br />

12%<br />

17%<br />

Award<br />

3 26% 8k FE 20% 29k+<br />

7k<br />

3k+<br />

Award<br />

Winning<br />

Winning 14%<br />

Athena<br />

of national Athena<br />

SWAN<br />

+38%<br />

applications<br />

research award value<br />

citations<br />

open access research<br />

ICT<br />

Staff Bronze Award of undergraduate new<br />

10%<br />

rovision<br />

research award research award value<br />

cita<br />

e national provision of the national of provision the national provision entrants via access of national value applicationscitations<br />

Staff open access research Bronze Award<br />

of the national provision of the<br />

entrants routes<br />

ICT<br />

national<br />

via<br />

provision<br />

access routes<br />

Staff SWAN<br />

Bronze 20%<br />

+38% 11,000+<br />

value<br />

research award value 11,000+ +12M<br />

NAT. SCIENCE 12%<br />

open<br />

citations +12M<br />

NAT. SCIENCE 12%<br />

open access research<br />

1:16<br />

research Award<br />

20%<br />

campuses of undergraduate graduates new per<br />

ICT<br />

year<br />

ICT<br />

the past 3 (over the<br />

(in the<br />

past<br />

of the national provision<br />

of the national provision Staff past<br />

3 years)<br />

3 Staff Bronze (over (in the the past<br />

entrants Award past 3 10%<br />

via Bronze years) 3 years) downloads research award value<br />

access routes Award (in the arrow@<strong>TU</strong><strong>Dublin</strong><br />

of national applications<br />

students 10%<br />

part 10% time students<br />

international students<br />

research<br />

award value<br />

award value<br />

citations<br />

citations<br />

open access<br />

open access<br />

research<br />

research ICT<br />

of the national provision Staff<br />

citations<br />

open access staff research : student ratio<br />

of the Staff national Bronze provision Bronze<br />

Award<br />

10%<br />

of the national provision<br />

of national provision<br />

past 3 years) ICT<br />

Award(over the entrants via access routes<br />

downloads ART & arrow@<strong>TU</strong><strong>Dublin</strong><br />

ICT<br />

(over the past (over 3 years) the past 3 years) (in the past 3 years) (in the past 3 downloads years) arrow@<strong>TU</strong><strong>Dublin</strong><br />

downloads arrow@<strong>TU</strong><strong>Dublin</strong><br />

(over the past 3 years)<br />

10%<br />

ART &<br />

from over 100 countries<br />

(over<br />

past<br />

the<br />

3 years)<br />

past 3 years)<br />

(in the<br />

(in<br />

past<br />

the<br />

3 years)<br />

past 3 years)<br />

downloads<br />

downloads<br />

arrow@<strong>TU</strong><strong>Dublin</strong><br />

10%<br />

arrow@<strong>TU</strong><strong>Dublin</strong> ART ART & &<br />

(in the pa<br />

9% HUMANITIES 9%<br />

HUMANITIES ART & 9%<br />

HUMANITIES ART 9% & ART &<br />

HUMANITIES 9%<br />

HUMANITIES HUMANITIES 9%<br />

9%<br />

SERVICES<br />

8%<br />

SERVICES 8% 8%<br />

SERVICES<br />

8%<br />

SERVICES SERVICES 8%<br />

8%<br />

M2<br />

HEALTH &<br />

Field of Study<br />

M2<br />

SERVICES<br />

8%<br />

M2<br />

HEALTH &<br />

Field of Study M2<br />

HEALTH & &<br />

M2 M2<br />

7% WELFARE<br />

7%<br />

M2<br />

WELFARE HEALTH 7%<br />

Field of Study<br />

WELFARE HEALTH & 7%<br />

& HEALTH 7% &<br />

Field of Study<br />

WELFARE<br />

7%<br />

SOCIAL<br />

WELFARE WELFARE<br />

7%<br />

SOCIAL<br />

2% SCIENCE<br />

2%<br />

SOCIAL<br />

SCIENCESOCIAL<br />

2%<br />

SCIENCE<br />

SOCIAL 2% SOCIAL<br />

BUSINESS<br />

SCIENCE<br />

2%<br />

BUSINESS 26% 26%<br />

BUSINESS<br />

26% SCIENCE<br />

2%<br />

SCIENCE<br />

2%<br />

EDUCATION 1%<br />

BUSINESS<br />

26%<br />

EDUCATION 1% 1%<br />

EDUCATION<br />

EDUCATION 1%<br />

ENGINEERING<br />

EDUCATION EDUCATION 1%<br />

1%<br />

ENGINEERING 23%<br />

1%<br />

23%<br />

ENGINEERING 23%<br />

GENERIC<br />

ENGINEERING 23%<br />

1%<br />

1%<br />

GENERIC<br />

1%<br />

GENERIC GENERIC<br />

11,000+<br />

1%<br />

11,000+ +12M<br />

NAT. SCIENCE<br />

+12M<br />

NAT. SCIENCE 12% 12%<br />

1%<br />

Award Winning Athena SWAN<br />

+38%<br />

1,000+<br />

800+<br />

11,000+<br />

+12M<br />

NAT. SCIENCE 12%<br />

1,000+ 800+<br />

Award Winning<br />

1,000+<br />

2<br />

1,000+<br />

800+<br />

7,000m Award 2<br />

GENERIC<br />

1%<br />

Award Winning<br />

Winning<br />

800+<br />

Award Winning<br />

7,000m 2 100+ 200<br />

7,000m 2<br />

citations<br />

open access research<br />

AGRICUL<strong>TU</strong>RE<br />

research award value<br />

citations<br />

open access research<br />

ICT<br />

Staff Bronze Award<br />

10%<br />

academic<br />

collaborations Technology .1%<br />

ICT<br />

10%<br />

1,000+ 800+<br />

100+<br />

7,000mAward 2<br />

GENERIC<br />

1%<br />

200<br />

AGRICUL<strong>TU</strong>RE<br />

Winning<br />

citations<br />

open access research<br />

100+ .1%<br />

7,000m 2<br />

.1%<br />

Award Winning Athena SWAN<br />

+38%<br />

11,000+<br />

200 100+ AGRICUL<strong>TU</strong>RE 200 .1%<br />

ICT<br />

10%<br />

AGRICUL<strong>TU</strong>RE<br />

academic<br />

collaborations Technology<br />

+12M STEM NAT. SCIENCE Business 12%<br />

Services<br />

Craft Apprenticeships<br />

1,000+<br />

26%<br />

1,000+<br />

800+<br />

Award<br />

800+<br />

Award<br />

Winning<br />

Winning 7,000m 7,000m 2 2 100+<br />

of of incubation .1%<br />

academic<br />

collaborations<br />

Technology<br />

p.a.<br />

space 100+ 200<br />

research award value<br />

citations<br />

open access research17%<br />

start-ups 200 AGRICUL<strong>TU</strong>RE<br />

of incubation space<br />

academic<br />

collaborations Technology<br />

s) n the past 3 (in years) the past 3 years) downloads arrow@<strong>TU</strong><strong>Dublin</strong><br />

downloads arrow@<strong>TU</strong><strong>Dublin</strong><br />

academic<br />

collaborations of incubation p.a.<br />

p.a. entrepreneurs p.a.<br />

.1%<br />

14% AGRICUL<strong>TU</strong>RE .1%<br />

ICT<br />

Staff Bronze Award<br />

space Technology of incubation start-ups space of incubation p.a. space start-ups entrepreneurs p.a. start-ups p.a. entrepreneurs p.a. entrepreneurs p.a. p.a.<br />

ART &<br />

with collaborations<br />

(over the past 3 years)<br />

with industry<br />

(in the past<br />

Transfer<br />

3 years)<br />

Activities<br />

10%<br />

20%<br />

academic<br />

collaborations Technology<br />

20%<br />

of undergraduate new<br />

academic<br />

collaborations Technology of incubation<br />

of incubation<br />

space<br />

space<br />

start-ups<br />

(over ART & the 9% past 3 years) (in the past 3 years) downloads arrow@<strong>TU</strong><strong>Dublin</strong><br />

collaborations with industry Transfer Activities<br />

9%<br />

collaborations with industry<br />

downloads arrow@<strong>TU</strong><strong>Dublin</strong><br />

of<br />

start-ups<br />

p.a.<br />

the<br />

Transfer on national<br />

p.a.<br />

entrepreneurs<br />

collaborations with industry Activities (on provision (facilitated entrepreneurs<br />

p.a.<br />

<strong>TU</strong> of the<br />

p.a.<br />

national (on <strong>TU</strong> provision <strong>Dublin</strong><br />

of the national provision<br />

collaborations with industry Transfer of the national provision entrants via access routes<br />

ART &<br />

Transfer Activities<br />

(facilitated on (on <strong>TU</strong> <strong>Dublin</strong><br />

HUMANITIES<br />

collaborations with industry Transfer Activities (facilitated on (on <strong>TU</strong> <strong>Dublin</strong><br />

HUMANITIES collaborations with industry Transfer<br />

Activities<br />

Activities<br />

(facilitated<br />

(facilitated<br />

on<br />

on<br />

(on <strong>TU</strong> campus) (on<br />

<strong>Dublin</strong><br />

ART <strong>TU</strong> & <strong>Dublin</strong><br />

campus)<br />

enterprise 9% programmes)<br />

HUMANITIES<br />

(facilitated on (on <strong>TU</strong> <strong>Dublin</strong><br />

campus)<br />

enterprise<br />

HUMANITIES enterprise<br />

programmes)<br />

programmes)<br />

9%<br />

campus) enterprise campus) programmes) campus) enterprise programmes)<br />

SERVICES<br />

enterprise programmes)<br />

SERVICES8%<br />

8%<br />

SERVICES<br />

8%<br />

SERVICES<br />

8%<br />

HEALTH &<br />

HEALTH & 7%<br />

HEALTH &<br />

2<br />

WELFARE<br />

7%<br />

7%<br />

2<br />

WELFARE<br />

7%<br />

SOCIAL<br />

SOCIAL2%<br />

2 2<br />

WELFARE<br />

Field of Study<br />

SCIENCE<br />

2%<br />

2%<br />

SCIENCE<br />

HEALTH &<br />

WELFARE<br />

SOCIAL<br />

SOCIAL<br />

SCIENCE<br />

Field of Field of Study<br />

Field of Study of Study<br />

26%<br />

26%<br />

FE 20%<br />

Services<br />

of national 26% applications<br />

20%<br />

FE 20%<br />

of undergraduate of undergraduate new<br />

of the national provision of<br />

of new<br />

entrants via access routes<br />

the<br />

national<br />

national<br />

applicati of<br />

entrants via access routes<br />

provision<br />

natio<br />

Field of Study<br />

Field of Study Field of Study<br />

F


04 05<br />

Campus<br />

Development<br />

Ministers Harris<br />

and Donohoe turn<br />

the sod on flagship<br />

development<br />

In March, <strong>TU</strong> <strong>Dublin</strong> was delighted to welcome<br />

Minister for Further and Higher Education,<br />

Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris<br />

TD, and Minister for Finance, Paschal Donohoe<br />

TD, to turn the sod on the new Academic Hub<br />

and Library at our Grangegorman Campus.<br />

When completed in 2024, this 12,600m²<br />

development, which incorporates the existing<br />

North House (a protected structure) into its<br />

design, will provide a consolidated University<br />

library alongside a range of student and staff<br />

supports.<br />

“Over the past ten years, the Grangegorman<br />

development has transformed its neighbouring area,<br />

creating employment, education and improving<br />

access. The Academic Hub and Library is an important<br />

investment in the development of the new city-centre<br />

campus and I am delighted to be here to mark the<br />

beginning of the project.”<br />

Minister Harris TD<br />

Sports Science and Health<br />

Building, Tallaght Campus<br />

We are delighted to share the completion of our €14.7 million Sports<br />

Science and Recreation facility on the Tallaght Campus. This amazing<br />

facility provides an extra 3,282m² of space and increases our overall<br />

capacity by more than 600 students.<br />

This new building includes an expansive hall hosting a range of indoor<br />

sports, including basketball, soccer, and badminton. It also caters<br />

for <strong>TU</strong> <strong>Dublin</strong> Sports Clubs, Student Societies, volunteering groups,<br />

examinations, graduation events and local community programmes.<br />

On the first floor we have a gym and fitness suite. This includes<br />

resistance and cardio equipment, available throughout the year to<br />

our students and staff.<br />

The Sports Science element of the building delivers two lecture<br />

theatres, three classrooms and exercise medicine laboratories to<br />

support research and teaching in exercise physiology, exercise<br />

rehabilitation, strength & conditioning, anthropometry, biomechanics,<br />

and performance analysis.<br />

Ministers Donohoe and Harris<br />

with representatives from <strong>TU</strong><br />

<strong>Dublin</strong>, the Grangegorman<br />

Development Agency, OHLA-<br />

Townlink Joint Venture Ltd and<br />

O’Donnell + Twomey Architects<br />

“A key facility in this new building will be the AIB Civic<br />

Engagement Outreach Centre, a dedicated teaching<br />

and learning space for community engagement. These<br />

community programmes are designed to help students<br />

from groups currently underrepresented in higher<br />

education to build a relationship with the University during<br />

their secondary school life by participating in interactive<br />

workshops.”<br />

Professor David FitzPatrick, President, <strong>TU</strong> <strong>Dublin</strong><br />

Students enrolled in our 4-year Applied Social Care and Early<br />

Childcare Education programmes also attend classes here and<br />

benefit from dedicated Art, Music, and Drama rooms.<br />

The building was handed over by the main contractor ABM in<br />

February 2023 and opens to students in September this year.


06 07<br />

<strong>TU</strong> <strong>Dublin</strong><br />

<strong>TU</strong> <strong>Dublin</strong>, Tallaght Campus<br />

<strong>TU</strong> <strong>Dublin</strong>, Blanchardstown<br />

Welcomes Funding<br />

The announcement gave the green light to progress the building of<br />

Campus<br />

a 5,000m² multi-disciplinary building in Tallaght for teaching and<br />

Announcement for<br />

research in hospitality, culinary arts, engineering and apprenticeship<br />

The funding will also provide a 4,000m² teaching facility<br />

activities.<br />

in Blanchardstown. With universal design at its heart, this modern<br />

New Facilities in<br />

educational centre is planned to include open flexible spaces for<br />

active learning and will enable <strong>TU</strong> <strong>Dublin</strong> to meet the needs for<br />

Blanchardstown and<br />

professional upskilling in the region.<br />

Tallaght<br />

In December <strong>2022</strong>, <strong>TU</strong> <strong>Dublin</strong> warmly welcomed<br />

the announcement by Minister for Further and<br />

Higher Education, Research, Innovation and<br />

Science, Simon Harris TD, that the Higher<br />

Education Public Private Partnership (PPP)<br />

Programme had confirmed funding to deliver<br />

two state-of-the-art educational facilities on<br />

the University’s Blanchardstown and Tallaght<br />

Campuses.<br />

<strong>TU</strong> <strong>Dublin</strong>, Tallaght Campus<br />

- Culinary Arts, Engineering<br />

and Teaching Building<br />

<strong>TU</strong> <strong>Dublin</strong>, Blanchardstown<br />

Campus - Break Out Space<br />

<strong>TU</strong> <strong>Dublin</strong>, Tallaght Campus<br />

- Design Studio<br />

“The announcement by Minister Harris<br />

paves the way for the construction of two critical elements<br />

of Higher Education infrastructure in the Greater <strong>Dublin</strong><br />

Region on the University’s Tallaght and Blanchardstown<br />

Campuses. These new developments will enhance the<br />

learning and working environment where our community<br />

can explore, develop, expand their abilities, and reach their<br />

full potential. In addition, in keeping with the University’s<br />

sustainability ethos and energy policy, the University will<br />

connect to a new district heating system using waste heat<br />

in Tallaght, while the new building in Blanchardstown will<br />

use air-source heat pumps.”<br />

Professor David FitzPatrick<br />

<strong>TU</strong> <strong>Dublin</strong>, Blanchardstown Campus<br />

- General Teaching Facility<br />

This project is being delivered under Project Ireland 2040, which<br />

recognises that investment in education is central to achieving a<br />

strong, future-proofed economy, balanced across the regions, and a<br />

just society in which all citizens are enabled to fulfil their potential.


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<strong>TU</strong> <strong>Dublin</strong> Sustainability overview <strong>TU</strong> <strong>Dublin</strong>’s commitment to<br />

Climate Action<br />

As we transform to become one of the world’s most sustainable<br />

universities, <strong>TU</strong> <strong>Dublin</strong> acts as a leader and a voice for climate action,<br />

promoting a new way of living and working that protects our planet for<br />

future generations. Sustainability underpins our University strategy, and<br />

is aligned to the UN Sustainable Development Goals 2030.<br />

In October <strong>2022</strong>, <strong>TU</strong> <strong>Dublin</strong> approved the formation of the Sustainability<br />

Team under the leadership of the new Vice President for Sustainability,<br />

Jennifer Boyer. This function has been tasked with enabling the<br />

transformative change required to develop our people (staff and<br />

students) to become more responsible global citizens and ensure our<br />

campus environment is carbon neutral by 2040.<br />

“Now is a time for courageous leadership and<br />

unprecedented collaboration at all levels to protect<br />

the fate of our planet for future generations.”<br />

Jennifer Boyer, Vice President for Sustainability<br />

Informed by the requirements of The Public Sector Climate Action<br />

Mandate, <strong>TU</strong> <strong>Dublin</strong> formalised plans for reducing total energy related<br />

emissions and fossil fuel related emissions from our operations.<br />

In March 2023, <strong>TU</strong> <strong>Dublin</strong> published its first Climate Action Roadmap<br />

which sets out a route towards meeting our obligations under the Public<br />

Sector Climate Action Mandate, but also more broadly our ambitions<br />

to develop responsible citizens, advance new knowledge, shape policy,<br />

and transform our campus infrastructure and operations into a beacon<br />

of sustainability.<br />

Achieving and exceeding carbon and sustainability targets will require<br />

optimisation of existing infrastructure and the introduction of cuttingedge<br />

clean energy technologies. In April 2023, we formally celebrated<br />

our partnership with Heatworks, Ireland’s first low-carbon District<br />

Heating Network. Our Tallaght Campus is part of the innovative initiative<br />

led by South <strong>Dublin</strong> County Council (SDCC) with the assistance of the<br />

<strong>Dublin</strong> energy agency, Codema.<br />

Heatworks will initially provide heat to 32,800m² of local public<br />

buildings at <strong>TU</strong> <strong>Dublin</strong> and SDCC, expanding to heat 133 affordable<br />

apartments in 2025. Heatworks uses excess heat from a nearby data<br />

centre to provide low carbon heat to customers. Facilities to benefit<br />

from this service on the Tallaght Campus include; the main building,<br />

our newly opened Sports-Science, Health and Recreation Facility, and<br />

the new multi-disciplinary teaching & research building which is to be<br />

completed in 2024.<br />

L/R <strong>TU</strong> <strong>Dublin</strong> Head of<br />

Decarbonisation Rosie Webb,<br />

<strong>TU</strong> <strong>Dublin</strong> Vice President for<br />

Partnerships, Thomas Stone,<br />

SDCC Chief Executive,<br />

Daniel McLoughlin, Minister<br />

for the Environment, Climate<br />

& Communications and<br />

Transport, Eamon Ryan TD,<br />

Mayor of South <strong>Dublin</strong> County,<br />

Councillor Emma Murphy,<br />

SDCC County Architect,<br />

Eddie Conroy, <strong>TU</strong> <strong>Dublin</strong> Vice<br />

President for Sustainability<br />

Jennifer Boyer, and Codema<br />

CEO, Donna Gartland<br />

Sustainability<br />

‘‘This collaboration provides a live testbed demonstrating<br />

how the by-product of energy intensive datacentres can<br />

be redistributed to provide low-cost and low-carbon heat<br />

to users locally including the public sector, residential,<br />

and commercial customers. As a first in the Irish market,<br />

this system will offer <strong>TU</strong> <strong>Dublin</strong> researchers the chance<br />

to study replicability.’’<br />

Thomas Stone, Vice President of Partnerships


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<strong>Donor</strong><br />

Spotlight<br />

Workday Partners<br />

with <strong>TU</strong> <strong>Dublin</strong> to<br />

Advance Research<br />

and Foster Innovation<br />

In February, <strong>TU</strong> <strong>Dublin</strong> announced a threeyear<br />

partnership with Workday, a leader in<br />

enterprise cloud applications for finance and<br />

human resources. Designed to foster the<br />

next generation of technology innovators, the<br />

relationship has been structured around three<br />

key themes - workforce development, research<br />

collaboration and community engagement.<br />

“<strong>TU</strong> <strong>Dublin</strong> and Workday have created a thoughtful and<br />

innovative partnership, which will excite and encourage<br />

younger people to consider a career in technology<br />

providing students from local DEIS schools with more<br />

opportunities to visit our campuses, participate in<br />

coding and technical workshops, and experience life<br />

as a <strong>TU</strong> <strong>Dublin</strong> student.”<br />

Thomas Stone, VP for Partnerships at <strong>TU</strong> <strong>Dublin</strong><br />

Towards the end of <strong>2022</strong>, the partnership was further deepened<br />

through the announcement of €2 million in funding to establish<br />

a new Workday Chair of Technology & Society at <strong>TU</strong> <strong>Dublin</strong>, the<br />

first of its kind in Ireland. This seven-year commitment will see<br />

the creation of a new pioneering collaborative research unit in<br />

Grangegorman exploring the relationship between technology &<br />

society and achieving broad and lasting impact through community<br />

engagement and policy influence. Covering topics ranging from<br />

Artificial Intelligence to STEM, the Workday Chair will lead on multi<br />

transdisciplinary action research underpinning the University’s and<br />

Workday’s commitment to the core SDG pillars of People, Planet,<br />

and Partnership.<br />

Prof David FitzPatrick, President <strong>TU</strong><br />

<strong>Dublin</strong> and Graham Abell, VP, Software<br />

Engineering & Ireland Site Lead, Workday<br />

“<strong>TU</strong> <strong>Dublin</strong> is grateful to Workday for this donation which<br />

will be used to conduct impactful research to solve<br />

problems in organisations and communities and to<br />

effect meaningful change. This underpins <strong>TU</strong> <strong>Dublin</strong>’s<br />

core pillars of People, Planet, and Partnership and<br />

we look forward to working with Workday to ensure<br />

positive societal impact from this programme.”<br />

Professor David FitzPatrick<br />

Thomas Stone, VP for Partnerships and Caroline<br />

O’Reilly, General Manager, Workday Analytics,<br />

Workday<br />

Already the partnership is delivering real impact within the community<br />

and for all stakeholders through hands-on STEM workshops for local<br />

primary schools, placement opportunities for local transitional year<br />

students, literacy initiatives and the provision of cybersecurity and<br />

entrepreneurship education programmes for Workday staff.<br />

L/R: Dr Dympna OSullivan, <strong>TU</strong> <strong>Dublin</strong>,<br />

Minister Ossian Smyth TD, Deirdre Clune,<br />

MEP, Chandler Morse, Vice President,<br />

Corporate Affairs, Workday<br />

“Together with <strong>TU</strong> <strong>Dublin</strong>, we hope to foster<br />

the next generation of innovators. This partnership will help<br />

develop even more relevant engineering and technology<br />

courses, enabling the next generation of multi-talented<br />

engineers. By offering relevant, focused activities for primary,<br />

secondary and third level students, we can jointly provide<br />

early talent with both the technical and people skills<br />

required to pursue a rewarding career in technology.”<br />

Caroline O’Reilly, General Manager, Workday Analytics,<br />

Workday


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Huawei Ireland Intel Ireland Continue to Support<br />

Marco Beverage Systems Mars Ireland Scholarship<br />

Supports Seven More Students through Funding and<br />

Launch Inaugural Scholarship<br />

<strong>TU</strong> <strong>Dublin</strong> Foundation and the School of Culinary Arts are delighted<br />

to introduce the inaugural Mars Ireland Scholarship recipient. This<br />

Women in STEM Mentoring<br />

Programme<br />

award aims to support a talented and committed student who will<br />

make their mark on the food and drink sector.<br />

Through Tech4Her<br />

Programme<br />

Scholarships<br />

For the third year running, Huawei Ireland<br />

has provided seven scholarships to female<br />

students from STEM disciplines across <strong>TU</strong><br />

<strong>Dublin</strong>. Our students were honoured at an<br />

awarding ceremony in the Royal <strong>Dublin</strong> Society<br />

(RDS), where Computer Science student,<br />

Shruti Singh addressed the audience.<br />

In <strong>2022</strong>, <strong>TU</strong> <strong>Dublin</strong> was delighted to launch the Marco Women in<br />

Engineering Scholarship Programme. Following a competitive<br />

application process, the award winner was Khulan Ankhbaatar,<br />

a second-year Mechanical Engineering student based on the<br />

Bolton Street Campus. Paul Stack, Managing Director, and Caroline<br />

Concannon, HR and Talent Manager, from Marco Beverage Systems,<br />

part of the Middleby Beverage Solution Group, visited <strong>TU</strong> <strong>Dublin</strong> to<br />

present the award and meet Ms. Ankhbaatar who will also benefit<br />

from the company’s mentorship and internship programme.<br />

The <strong>2022</strong> Mars Ireland Scholarship recipient was nominated by her<br />

lecturers. Congratulations to Amy Cashen a 2nd year student in<br />

Culinary Arts.<br />

“Being awarded the Mars Ireland Scholarship has meant<br />

so much to me! It lets me focus on my studies and enjoy<br />

college life without worrying financially. This award<br />

gives me the chance to experience a wide variety<br />

of opportunities that would have been closed to me<br />

beforehand. I have used the funding to purchase<br />

equipment and resources that will help with my<br />

degree in Culinary Arts by giving me the environment<br />

and materials needed to improve my skills.”<br />

From left to right: Neil Philip, Intel Ireland; the<br />

seven Intel Scholarships Awardees: Ciara Barry,<br />

Oluwademilade Mustapha, Catherine Grogan, Dean<br />

Walsh, Sanat Thukral, Luke Adams, Jakub Pytlak; and<br />

Professor David FitzPatrick, <strong>TU</strong> <strong>Dublin</strong><br />

Amy Cashen<br />

In winter <strong>2022</strong>, Intel Ireland announced the seven awardees of their<br />

annual <strong>TU</strong> <strong>Dublin</strong> Scholarship Programme (pictured above). Over the<br />

past five years, €105,000 in funding has been awarded to 35 <strong>TU</strong> <strong>Dublin</strong><br />

students. Alongside this very welcome financial support, students are<br />

connected to Intel mentors, giving them access to a real-world network<br />

and helping them create those all-important connections as they<br />

forge their future careers. Each year, recipients of the scholarships<br />

take up employment in Intel after graduation, a true sign of the success<br />

of the programme.<br />

Khulan Ankhbaatar, 2nd year<br />

Mechanical Engineering, Marco<br />

Scholar


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The Cygnum Award<br />

The Cygnum Award, valued at €1,000 is presented to a student based<br />

on their academic excellence throughout their first year.<br />

Established in 1997, Cygnum is one of Ireland’s leading timber frame<br />

processing companies. It spans almost 20 years of making timber<br />

frames for houses (both one-off and in volume), hotels, apartment<br />

blocks, care homes, schools, and other public buildings.<br />

The awards programme is open to students from a variety of disciplines<br />

including Sustainable Timber Technology, Architectural Technology,<br />

and Structural Engineering.<br />

Finsa Forest Products Ltd<br />

Scholarship<br />

Finsa Forest Products Ltd is a Spanish company with a long<br />

history in Ireland. They manage sawmills, board mills, a mass<br />

timber (CLT) factory, and provide a range of high-quality<br />

innovative products to markets across the world. The Finsa<br />

Forest Products Ltd. Scholarship Programme awards one<br />

student with €3,000 per year for the duration of their<br />

studies.<br />

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Una Duffy, 1st year student,<br />

Sustainable Timber Technology,<br />

Finsa Scholar<br />

“I was delighted<br />

to receive the Cygnum Award. In the last two<br />

years, I had to face some difficulties, and sometimes<br />

I thought about giving up. Thanks to this award I will<br />

continue to go further. I wish to thank my family, my<br />

professors, my classmates, and my friends for all the<br />

moral support and encouragement. Most importantly,<br />

I want to thank Cygnum for giving me this incredible<br />

opportunity.”<br />

Zhizheng He<br />

Zhizheng He, 2nd year Sustainable Timber<br />

Technology, Cygnum Awardee<br />

‘‘Having this scholarship has massively<br />

changed my life for the better. I’m more able to focus on<br />

my college work and study without worrying about daily<br />

expenses, travel, or paying fees. With all the support<br />

I’ve gotten I’m feeling even more optimistic and<br />

motivated for my next three years.’’<br />

Una Duffy


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Panelto Foods<br />

Mont Kavanagh<br />

List of Scholarships in <strong>2022</strong>, including but not limited to:<br />

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Panelto Foods is an Irish Food company based in Longford and<br />

established in 2004. Panelto produces a range of high-quality frozen<br />

par-baked breads for major retailers’ in-store bakeries and café chains<br />

across Ireland, the UK and Europe from a highly automated world class<br />

bakery. Panelto have gone through a major expansion doubling the size<br />

of the existing factory and workforce.<br />

Mont Kavanagh led Hardwicke Property Group for almost twenty<br />

years and was widely recognised as both an industry leader and<br />

a pioneer in the development of modern office accommodation in<br />

<strong>Dublin</strong> through the 1960s and 1970s. Following his untimely death,<br />

the Mont Kavanagh Trust was established in his honour to seek<br />

to promote through educational endeavour real estate sciences,<br />

architecture and the visual arts.<br />

ABB<br />

Bartra Capital<br />

Belvedere Youth Club<br />

College Catering Services<br />

Cygnum Timber Ltd<br />

Lee Hotels<br />

Marco Beverage Systems Ltd<br />

Margaret Wallace<br />

Maria Wallace Foundation<br />

Mont Kavanagh<br />

The winners of the Mont Kavanagh Awards in 2021/22 were<br />

Diageo Ireland Ltd<br />

Morrison Scholarship<br />

Architectural Technology:<br />

Enterprise Rent-A-Car<br />

Murray Timber Group<br />

“Thank you all for believing in me and<br />

awarding me the Panelto Scholarship. I am currently<br />

doing a summer internship at Panelto Foods, working in<br />

the innovation center, including test baking and analysis,<br />

supporting the development of new products. This<br />

internship has really helped me expand my skillset and<br />

obtain knowledge that otherwise would not be possible<br />

without Panelto Foods.”<br />

- Final Year Award: Mitchell Carroll<br />

- First Year Scholarship: Sean Auden<br />

Architecture:<br />

- Final Year Award: Amy Brosnahan<br />

- First Year Scholarship: Kelly Hensan<br />

Henderson Park<br />

Huawei Technologies<br />

(Ireland) Co., Limited<br />

Intel Ireland<br />

Jones Engineering Group<br />

Panelto<br />

Schneider Electric Group<br />

Sirus<br />

SMBC Aviation Capital<br />

Sodexo<br />

Ciara Early<br />

Ciara Early, 3rd Year Baking & Pastry Arts<br />

Management, Panelto Foods Scholar<br />

Left to Right: Cormac Allen,<br />

Emma Geoghegan, Orna Hanly,<br />

Kelly Hensan, Mitchell Carroll,<br />

Amy Brosnahan, Dr. Joseph Little,<br />

Professor James Curtin.


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Design + Construct at <strong>TU</strong> <strong>Dublin</strong>,<br />

Broombridge<br />

This has been a very exciting year for Design + Construct. In January,<br />

the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and<br />

Science, Simon Harris TD, announced that Design + Construct had been<br />

given approval to proceed to the next phase of the project proposal<br />

development under the Technological Sector Strategic Project Fund<br />

(TSSPF). This will support the refurbishment of the satellite campus in<br />

order to provide core academic space to address capacity constraints<br />

and enhance the student experience.<br />

Since this announcement, a faculty-level Design + Construct Working<br />

Group has been established to progress the project. This group will<br />

complete the Preliminary Business Case and prepare the Definitive<br />

Project Brief by July 2023. Faculties from across the University (Science<br />

& Health, Computing, Digital & Data, Arts & Humanities and Business)<br />

are engaging with the development of Design + Construct.<br />

A Design + Construct Project Team in Campus Planning and Estates<br />

has also been established to lead the building project, together with<br />

colleagues from Finance and Strategic Development.<br />

In a further significant stage of the process, Energy Management and<br />

Cost consultants are currently being appointed to establish an Energy<br />

Strategy Plan which will support best practice and embed sustainability<br />

in the development of the Preliminary Business Case and the Project<br />

Brief.<br />

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“Today is a key milestone as we see <strong>TU</strong><br />

<strong>Dublin</strong> emerge from the first part of a robust strategic<br />

assessment process and move to the next phase of the<br />

project life cycle, the Preliminary Business Case. This<br />

investment will play an important role in supporting the<br />

technological sector as drivers of regional development<br />

by allowing them to better meet the needs of learners<br />

in their region, to deepen existing and forge new<br />

relationships with business and enterprise and to<br />

respond in an agile fashion to future developments.”<br />

The project team has also commenced creating a Design + Construct<br />

engagement, events and communication plan. This will include a<br />

broad programme of activities and collaboration across community<br />

outreach local groups & representatives, industry partners and other<br />

stakeholders.<br />

Following the outcome of the TSSPF application, the project will<br />

proceed to the detailed design stage with the appointment of a<br />

design team in late 2023. This will be followed by the tendering and<br />

procurement process with construction commencing mid-late 2024<br />

and completion in late 2025.<br />

Minister Harris TD<br />

Philantropy in<br />

Action


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Topcon Invests in the Future of<br />

Construction with Donation to<br />

Design + Construct<br />

As a designer, manufacturer and distributor of precision measurement<br />

and workflow solutions, Topcon is delivering an equipment donation<br />

worth €1.5 million, which will be continually updated with the<br />

latest technology. This approach is part of Topcon’s “Learn-Apply-<br />

Build” (LAB) initiative, helping universities keep pace with the rapid<br />

changes in advanced technologies for hands-on training, equipping<br />

students with knowledge of the most current construction and geopositioning<br />

tools as they enter the workforce.<br />

Topcon also pledged a substantial philanthropic donation to <strong>TU</strong><br />

<strong>Dublin</strong>’s Design + Construct Centre.<br />

“It is with great pride that we are able to<br />

enhance our relationship with <strong>TU</strong> <strong>Dublin</strong> and support the<br />

future of the construction industry. The University has<br />

historically provided Topcon with a fantastic pool of talent<br />

and many alumni now occupy senior positions throughout<br />

the business. It’s only by investing in the future that we<br />

can ensure continued success for a sector that supports<br />

the development and growth of the world around us.”<br />

Ivan Di Federico, Executive Vice President and Chief<br />

Strategy Officer for Topcon Positioning Systems<br />

Ocuco Joins Leading Partners of<br />

the National Optometry Centre<br />

We are delighted to have specialist eyecare software company,<br />

Ocuco joins ten other donors from the optometry industry who are<br />

committed to the vision of the National Optometry Centre (NOC).<br />

Led by proud <strong>TU</strong> <strong>Dublin</strong> graduate, Leo McCanna, Ocuco has led the<br />

way as a Visionary Supporter.<br />

Ocuco are providing substantial funding to secure the most upto-date<br />

equipment for the Centre, ensuring optometry students<br />

receive the highest standards in practical and technical education.<br />

Optometry students will also benefit from increased exposure to<br />

Ocuco’s range of products.<br />

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As part of the partnership, students will be supported directly<br />

through two fully funded, four-year scholarships. The company<br />

will also offer opportunities for <strong>TU</strong> <strong>Dublin</strong> scholars to take part in<br />

internships across the globe in Topcon locations.<br />

“Responding to the needs of the sector, <strong>TU</strong> <strong>Dublin</strong><br />

is developing the Design + Construct Centre for<br />

collaborative, multidisciplinary education that will<br />

drive growth and performance in the architecture,<br />

engineering, and construction industries. Topcon’s<br />

incredible generosity will accelerate our vision to<br />

deliver first-class learning for students across all levels<br />

and disciplines from apprenticeships to PhDs, as well<br />

as providing education and research facilities that will<br />

be critical to the next generation of graduates.”<br />

Professor David FitzPatrick<br />

A very big thank you to all our NOC<br />

Transforming Tommorow Campaign supporters!


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Junior Cycle Basis.Point<br />

Workshop Programme<br />

<strong>TU</strong> <strong>Dublin</strong> is very grateful to basis.point for their continued support<br />

of the Junior Cycle Workshop Programme in central <strong>Dublin</strong>. This<br />

Programme is a unique initiative targeted at 1st – 3rd year students,<br />

focused on presenting higher education as a realistic and achievable<br />

goal for pupils wishing to continue their education.<br />

The programme aims to demystify Higher Education by giving Junior<br />

Cycle students from disadvantaged backgrounds the opportunity to<br />

experience college through hands-on workshops and age-appropriate<br />

activities on site. Thanks to basis.point, this programme now runs in 13<br />

DEIS schools close to our Grangegorman Campus, reaching almost<br />

1,000 students.<br />

Cycle workshop presenters are genuinely so<br />

interested and deeply vested in student welfare and<br />

promoting student support. This becomes apparent<br />

in the stellar standards of the workshops. They really<br />

engage and sustain the interest of our students (This is<br />

not an easy thing to do!)”<br />

Elizabeth Fitzpatrick, Presentation Secondary School,<br />

Warrenmount<br />

Students from Mercy Secondary<br />

School – Music Workshop<br />

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In addition to our existing programmes in graphic design, business,<br />

electronics, robotics, renewable energy, mathematics, study skills and<br />

music, we added a new workshop in biomechanics and extended our<br />

product design and sports & wellbeing offerings. We also created a<br />

new podcasting and online version of the business workshop.<br />

‘‘Thank you so much to everyone at <strong>TU</strong> <strong>Dublin</strong>‚ All the<br />

workshops are always very well designed, interesting<br />

and interactive and the staff engage brilliantly with the<br />

students.’’<br />

Students from Mount Carmel<br />

Secondary School – Forensics<br />

Workshop<br />

Helen Flynn, Guidance Counsellor, St Joseph’s<br />

Secondary School, Fairview<br />

Students from St Joseph’s Secondary<br />

School– Sport for Life Programme


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Entrepreneurship for People with<br />

Disabilities<br />

Last September, <strong>TU</strong> <strong>Dublin</strong> introduced a new course to assist people<br />

with disabilities in starting their own businesses and developing their<br />

entrepreneurial skills. The course was co-founded by the Open Doors<br />

Initiative and generously supported by AIB for a period of three years.<br />

The course is the only customised entrepreneurship programme for<br />

people with disabilities in Ireland, designed to address the additional<br />

and distinctive challenges faced by members of that community when<br />

starting their own business. Taking place fully online, the AIB & <strong>TU</strong> <strong>Dublin</strong><br />

Entrepreneurship for People with Disabilities Programme provided<br />

participants with the skills and knowledge to become self-employed<br />

and help them overcome the challenges of creating their own job. Each<br />

participant received a business mentor through the Local Enterprise<br />

Office network and utilised an online tool called Sim Venture Validate<br />

to develop their business plan on a week-by-week basis.<br />

There were 20 places available on the programme, which was<br />

significantly oversubscribed. Certificates of completion were<br />

presented by the Minister for Disability, Anne Rabbitte TD at the end<br />

of the course. From the 20 participants, it is estimated that there will<br />

eventually be six start-ups from the programme. However, the postcourse<br />

survey highlighted that almost every participant noted that<br />

their self-confidence had grown substantially through the course and<br />

that they now felt highly positive about their prospects of securing<br />

employment in the near future.<br />

This impactful initiative received significant media attention at the<br />

time of the launch, while RTE Nationwide filmed interviews and scenes<br />

from the business pitches for their programme. Overall, the course is<br />

one of a suite of entrepreneurship initiatives delivered by the Faculty<br />

of Business targeted at minority and disadvantaged communities<br />

and demonstrates the University’s ongoing commitment to proactive<br />

community engagement.<br />

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L/R Jeanne McDonagh, CEO The Open Doors<br />

Initiative, Denis Doolan AIB Strategic Head of Culture,<br />

Inclusion & Diversity, Anne Rabbitte TD, Minister of<br />

State for Disability, Professor Thomas Cooney<br />

Faculty of Business, <strong>TU</strong> <strong>Dublin</strong>


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Societal<br />

<strong>Impact</strong><br />

Community Urban Forest on<br />

our Tallaght Campus<br />

Staff, students and graduates of <strong>TU</strong> <strong>Dublin</strong> have collaborated<br />

with local community organisations to plant an urban<br />

forest on the Tallaght Campus. Hundreds of native trees -<br />

blackthorn, hawthorn, black alder, hazel, spindleberry, silver<br />

birch – were planted, supported by local community groups,<br />

including Stepping Stone Forests, Tallaght Community<br />

Council, and Dodder Action. <strong>TU</strong> <strong>Dublin</strong> also collaborated with<br />

Tallaght Community Council to plant forests in local schools,<br />

including Killinarden Community School.<br />

These initiatives form part of <strong>TU</strong> <strong>Dublin</strong>’s ongoing commitment<br />

to societal engagement with several more collaborative<br />

projects in the pipeline including enhancement of the<br />

environmental and amenity value of the River Poddle, which<br />

rises northwest of Tallaght and flows through the <strong>TU</strong> <strong>Dublin</strong><br />

Tallaght Campus and the promotion of biodiversity through<br />

the creation of wildflower meadows and rewilding.<br />

GLAS @ <strong>TU</strong> <strong>Dublin</strong><br />

The community garden at our Blanchardstown<br />

Campus provides a space to grow fresh produce,<br />

reconnect with nature, and foster a sense of<br />

community locally. It is a collaboration between<br />

Fingal County Council, Global Action Plan Ireland,<br />

<strong>TU</strong> <strong>Dublin</strong> and the local community.<br />

The formal opening celebrations were led by the<br />

Mayor of Fingal, Cllr Howard Mahony who noted<br />

“The beauty of initiatives like this is not just the<br />

growing of plants, flowers and vegetables, but<br />

that it also provides a great opportunity for local<br />

residents to connect, develop new skills and help<br />

with people’s wellbeing.”<br />

<strong>TU</strong> <strong>Dublin</strong> Students and Staff: Paul Campbell (Estates), Orla Fleming<br />

(Campus Nurse), Phil Mulvaney (Strategic Projects), First Year Students<br />

Dylan Byrne, Evan Collins & Danny Preston, and Michelle Cresswell<br />

<strong>TU</strong> <strong>Dublin</strong>’s Vice President for Sustainability,<br />

Jennifer Boyer commented “The Green Living<br />

& Sustainability Community Garden (GLAS) at <strong>TU</strong><br />

<strong>Dublin</strong> is a living lab project, focused on offering<br />

communities a hands-on experience to learn<br />

about sustainable growing and to participate in<br />

establishing our shared environment as climate<br />

resilient and biodiversity-rich.”<br />

Head gardener and <strong>TU</strong> <strong>Dublin</strong> Horticulture<br />

graduate Lee Geoghegan explained all work and<br />

all harvests are shared among volunteers. The<br />

activities of food growing, composting, water<br />

harvesting, and waste management are open<br />

to all and based on a successful template of<br />

GAP’s Ballymun garden a <strong>Dublin</strong> City Councilsupported<br />

initiative.<br />

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Preparing the Site: Soil Preparation Phase<br />

Dr. Phil Mulvaney, Gerry Stockill and<br />

Rachel Freeman (<strong>TU</strong> <strong>Dublin</strong>)<br />

“We hope the GLAS @ <strong>TU</strong> <strong>Dublin</strong> community garden will serve as a<br />

place where people of all ages and backgrounds can connect with<br />

nature, connect with each other, and discover their power to make a<br />

difference.”<br />

Hans Zomer, CEO of Global Action Plan


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Exceptional<br />

Circumstances Fund<br />

Over the last two years, thanks to the generosity of<br />

donors to the <strong>TU</strong> <strong>Dublin</strong> Student Support Fund, 12<br />

deserving student-facing projects were funded. In<br />

summer <strong>2022</strong>, with the onset of the cost-of-living<br />

crisis, the decision was taken to redirect the Student<br />

Support Fund into what is now the Exceptional<br />

Circumstances Fund.<br />

This Fund is to help <strong>TU</strong> <strong>Dublin</strong> students who cannot<br />

access traditional financial aid, providing assistance<br />

directly to those experiencing extreme and immediate<br />

financial difficulty.<br />

‘‘During first and second year in <strong>TU</strong> <strong>Dublin</strong> I was homeless<br />

and at my lowest. After a year and a half of uncertainty,<br />

I was offered accommodation by Focus Ireland, which<br />

changed my life. But, I was still not able to meet a lot of<br />

the costs of day to day life. I was so relieved when staff<br />

in <strong>TU</strong> <strong>Dublin</strong> Tallaght told me about the Exceptional<br />

Circumstances Fund. The application was easy, and<br />

I received the support very quickly. This meant that I<br />

was able to get back on my feet quicker than I ever<br />

expected. This was a huge boost, helping me to be<br />

able to stay in college. Thank you to all the donors to<br />

the Exceptional Circumstances Fund.’’<br />

Dwayne Carpenter, <strong>TU</strong> <strong>Dublin</strong> Student<br />

L/R: Dwayne Carpenter,<br />

Nekesa Khisa


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A Growing and Vibrant<br />

Community<br />

The <strong>TU</strong> <strong>Dublin</strong> Alumni Network is open to all former<br />

students of the founding institutions and those who have<br />

been conferred since the establishment of <strong>TU</strong> <strong>Dublin</strong>. In<br />

<strong>2022</strong> we were delighted to return to in-person events,<br />

including graduations, which had a significant positive<br />

impact on our engagement with alumni.<br />

We now have more than 140,000 individuals registered<br />

with the <strong>TU</strong> <strong>Dublin</strong> Alumni Network.<br />

Of these, over 37,000 are actively engaging with the<br />

University by attending events, speaking to current<br />

students, mentoring students and recent graduates and<br />

receiving regular updates from <strong>TU</strong> <strong>Dublin</strong>.<br />

Across Each Channel:<br />

31,300+<br />

Newsletter Recipientss<br />

8,600+<br />

Facebook Connections<br />

<strong>TU</strong> <strong>Dublin</strong> Alumni SDG Series<br />

In May <strong>2022</strong>, we were delighted to welcome graduates and guests to the Central Quad for the first event in <strong>TU</strong> <strong>Dublin</strong>’s<br />

new SDG Alumni <strong>Impact</strong> Series, the first in-person gathering to take place since the Covid-19 pandemic.<br />

Entitled ‘Decarbonising Irish Cities’, we were joined by Minister Eamon Ryan TD, <strong>TU</strong> <strong>Dublin</strong>’s Vice President of Sustainability<br />

Jennifer Boyer, <strong>TU</strong> <strong>Dublin</strong> graduate Dr Fergus Sharkey (SEAI) and Dr Ruth Kerrigan (IES) for an interesting and engaging<br />

discussion followed by a lively Q&A.<br />

Almost 80 graduates attended on the evening, many of whom were delighted to be taken on a tour of the new facilities<br />

in the Central Quad, including the Renewable Energy Systems Lab on the 5th floor. Co-hosted by <strong>TU</strong> <strong>Dublin</strong>’s Alumni<br />

Office and the Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, we look forward to more events in this series in the<br />

months to come.<br />

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L/R Dr Fergus Sharkey, Head of Business Supports<br />

and Transport, SEAI, Jennifer Boyer, Vice President for<br />

Sustainability, <strong>TU</strong> <strong>Dublin</strong> Eamon Ryan TD, Minister for<br />

Environment, Climate and Communications, Dr Ruth<br />

Kerrigan, COO, Integrated Environmental Solutions Ltd<br />

With the new faculty structures now in place, a number of<br />

new initiatives have been established to engage graduates<br />

at Faculty and School levels, including the new <strong>TU</strong> <strong>Dublin</strong><br />

Alumni SDG Event Series (launched in <strong>2022</strong> – more<br />

information below), and a training programme designed<br />

for academic staff wishing to connect with alumni through<br />

LinkedIn groups.<br />

Social Media Engagement<br />

17,600+<br />

LinkedIn Group Members<br />

A number of social media campaigns run by the Alumni<br />

Office, including the annual End of Year Graduate<br />

Showcase, have contributed to significant jumps in our<br />

engagement with graduates through social media.<br />

1,342<br />

Instagram Followers<br />

Alumni<br />

Network


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Graduation<br />

Celebrations<br />

In addition to the return of in-person<br />

graduation ceremonies for the Class of <strong>2022</strong>,<br />

we were delighted to also welcome graduate<br />

cohorts from November 2020 and Spring 2021<br />

back to campus, finally getting the chance to<br />

acknowledge their hard work.<br />

In total, we hosted over 1,400 graduates<br />

and guests on the <strong>TU</strong> <strong>Dublin</strong> Blanchardstown<br />

Campus for four graduation-style events on<br />

Saturday, 29th and Sunday, 30th October<br />

<strong>2022</strong>. It was a pleasure to see so many of<br />

our past students again and hear what they<br />

have been up to since leaving - many of whom<br />

had not seen each other since teaching was<br />

moved online in March 2020.<br />

On behalf of all at <strong>TU</strong> <strong>Dublin</strong>, we wish all<br />

graduates the very best as We Create a Better<br />

World Together.


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SoapBox Labs’ Patricia Scanlon<br />

appointed Ireland’s first AI<br />

Ambassador<br />

<strong>Dublin</strong>’s Glovers Alley Restaurant<br />

Awarded Its First Michelin Star<br />

<strong>Dublin</strong>’s Glovers Alley by Andy McFadden restaurant has been awarded a<br />

Michelin star in the <strong>2022</strong> Michelin Guide Great Britain & Ireland.<br />

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On the award, Executive Head Chef and <strong>TU</strong> <strong>Dublin</strong> Tallaght Graduate Andy<br />

McFadden said: “It is a very proud day for the restaurant and for all the team.<br />

The tireless work by both the front of house and kitchen team has been an<br />

honour to be part of. As this exciting new chapter begins, I am looking forward<br />

to nurturing the young talent in our team and continuing to challenge and push<br />

ourselves. We are all over the moon.”<br />

<strong>TU</strong> <strong>Dublin</strong> graduate Alistair<br />

Muir amongst the youngest<br />

serving director of any<br />

Australian-listed bank<br />

A <strong>TU</strong> <strong>Dublin</strong> graduate of Computer Science, Alistair is an<br />

experienced digital executive and entrepreneur with almost<br />

20 years’ experience working at the forefront of finance<br />

and technology.<br />

Alistair is also currently the Managing Director of Vanteum<br />

and has advised a number of banks, insurers and fin-tech<br />

businesses on Open Banking and the Consumer Data<br />

Right (CDR) as well as advising the governments of three<br />

countries on fin-tech and digital innovation. He will provide<br />

the bank with valuable perspectives on digital strategy,<br />

transformation and innovation. He will also be amongst the<br />

youngest serving non-executive directors of any Australianlisted<br />

bank.<br />

In May <strong>2022</strong>, <strong>TU</strong> <strong>Dublin</strong> Graduate, Patricia Scanlon was<br />

appointed by the Government as Ireland’s first AI Ambassador.<br />

Patricia is the Founder and Executive Chairperson of <strong>Dublin</strong>based<br />

speech recognition tech company “SoapBox Labs”.<br />

The appointment of an AI Ambassador is one of the provisions<br />

under the Irish Government’s national AI strategy, which was<br />

launched last year. The ‘AI – Here For Good’ strategy puts<br />

focus on how technology can be used in human-centred and<br />

ethical ways to improve the lives of Irish people.<br />

EY Awards: OneProjects<br />

founders win best-emerging<br />

entrepreneurs<br />

The venture-backed medical device company specialises in<br />

high-resolution cardiac imaging technology and is developing<br />

a catheter-based sensor device for use on patients who have<br />

received treatment for arrhythmias including atrial fibrillation<br />

(AFib), a heart condition that affects more than 38 million<br />

people around the world.<br />

In his speech, Mr Hennersperger said the award was a tribute<br />

to the hard work of OneProject’s teams in Ireland and Munich,<br />

Germany. Thanking his family, Mr Lahart said it was a privilege<br />

to be nominated and to join the EoY alumni network.


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Anna Haugh joins MasterChef:<br />

The Professionals judging line-up<br />

Thank You 37<br />

David O’Sullivan appointed<br />

new Director General of the<br />

IIEA<br />

The Institute of International and European Affairs is<br />

delighted to announce that David O’Sullivan has been<br />

appointed as the new IIEA Director General effective<br />

Monday, 4 April <strong>2022</strong>. David’s appointment follows an open<br />

recruitment process which commenced in December 2021.<br />

David takes over from Michael Collins who served as IIEA<br />

Director General from November 2019 - January <strong>2022</strong>.<br />

On his appointment, incoming IIEA Director General David<br />

O’Sullivan said: “I am honoured to take on the role of IIEA<br />

Director General. At a time of unprecedented change<br />

in international affairs, it could not be more important to<br />

ensure that insightful, independent analysis of European and<br />

global affairs is provided to Irish policy makers, and to the<br />

Irish public.”<br />

Chef and owner of Myrtle Restaurant in London, <strong>TU</strong> <strong>Dublin</strong><br />

Professional Cookery graduate Anna Haugh joined Marcus Wareing<br />

and Gregg Wallace as a judge on Series 15 of “Masterchef: The<br />

Professionals” in <strong>2022</strong>. Anna began her career in <strong>Dublin</strong> working in<br />

L’Ecrivain with Derry Clarke. She then moved to London where she<br />

worked with Shane Osborne in Pied a Terre, Philip Howard at The<br />

Square, and for the Gordon Ramsay Group.<br />

In May 2019, she founded Myrtle Restaurant in Chelsea, London.<br />

The name Myrtle was inspired by the Irish chef Myrtle Allen, who is<br />

the founder of Ballymaloe House. Anna has worked on numerous<br />

television shows for the BBC and is the resident Chef on the BBC<br />

breakfast show Morning Live. She did two series of Royal Recipes<br />

and two series of Ready Steady Cook. Anna is a regular guest<br />

on Saturday Kitchen with Matt Tebbutt and also has hosted the<br />

programme live, as well as having been a guest judge for Master<br />

Chef and ITV’s Hell’s Kitchen.<br />

The projects outlined in this report, and many more across the<br />

University, would not be possible without the support of our donors.<br />

Through the generosity of a wide-ranging community, <strong>TU</strong> <strong>Dublin</strong> is<br />

empowered to achieve outstanding impact for our students. The<br />

Transforming Tomorrow Campaign continues to be a key focus<br />

of the work of the <strong>TU</strong> <strong>Dublin</strong> Foundation. Within this initiative, we<br />

are steered by the University’s vision to “to create a better world<br />

together” and a desire to truly transform the future for our students,<br />

those in the communities around us and society more broadly.<br />

Donations to <strong>TU</strong> <strong>Dublin</strong> Foundation received during the year<br />

2021/<strong>2022</strong> totalled €3,772,881. A full set of <strong>TU</strong> <strong>Dublin</strong><br />

Foundation’s audited accounts for this financial year are available<br />

here<br />

<strong>TU</strong> <strong>Dublin</strong> Foundation is fully committed to achieving the<br />

highest standards of accountability and transparency. We<br />

prepare fully audited accounts in accordance with the Statement<br />

of Recommended Practice for Charities (SORP). <strong>TU</strong> <strong>Dublin</strong><br />

Foundation is fully compliant with the Charities Regulatory<br />

Authority’s Governance Code. The Triple Lock certification has<br />

been awarded to <strong>TU</strong> <strong>Dublin</strong> Foundation by the Charities Institute<br />

of Ireland. The certification recognises <strong>TU</strong> <strong>Dublin</strong> Foundation for<br />

our commitment to good governance, ethical fundraising and<br />

transparent financial reporting.<br />

<strong>TU</strong> <strong>Dublin</strong> Foundation is a registered charity with the<br />

Charities Regulatory Authority, Registered Charity Number (RCN):<br />

20045807.<br />

Contact Us<br />

To learn more about the work of <strong>TU</strong> <strong>Dublin</strong> Foundation or how<br />

you can get involved, please contact:<br />

01 220 7777 or<br />

foundation@tudublin.ie<br />

Directors<br />

Ms Angela Brady OBE; Mr Peter Coyle (Chair, Audit &<br />

Governance sub-committee); Professor David FitzPatrick; Mr<br />

Jim Gahan (Chair); Mr Ian O’Herlihy; Professor Neville Hogan;<br />

Mr Bobby Kerr; Ms Anna Marie McHugh; Dr Noel O’Connor<br />

(Company Secretary), Mr Thomas Stone, Ms Eilis Quinlan.<br />

Staff<br />

Anne-Marie Corry – Executive Director; Jill O’Lone -<br />

Scholarship Manager & Administration; Anna McCarthy –<br />

Development Manager; Robyn Byrt – Senior Alumni Relations<br />

Manager; Louise Cribbin –Alumni Relations Officer. David Kirk<br />

– Senior Corporate Engagement Manager


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Full List of <strong>Donor</strong>s<br />

We would like to sincerely thank our partners and supporters in<br />

<strong>2022</strong>, including but not limited to:<br />

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Thank<br />

You<br />

Belvedere Youth Club<br />

Glorney Charitable Foundation<br />

The Wallace Family<br />

SmartPly Ltd<br />

ABB<br />

Jones Engineering Group<br />

Blenders Ltd<br />

Hakim Group<br />

The Maria Wallace Foundation<br />

SMBC Aviation Capital<br />

AIB Group Plc.<br />

Kepak Group<br />

Callebaut<br />

Henderson Park<br />

Marian Carton Opticians<br />

Sodexo<br />

Amazon Web Services<br />

Kingspan Holdings Ireland Limited<br />

Carl Zeiss Vision<br />

Higher Education Authority<br />

Mars Foods Ireland Ltd<br />

Specsavers Ireland Ltd<br />

Ballymaguire Foods<br />

Lee Hotels<br />

Chadwicks Group<br />

Hooke & MacDonald<br />

Medite Smartply<br />

Théa Pharma<br />

(County Crest Company)<br />

Manor Farm<br />

CJK Engineering<br />

Huawei Technologies (Ireland) Ltd.<br />

Mercury Engineering<br />

Vision 2 Opticians<br />

Bartra Capital<br />

Marco Beverage Systems Ltd<br />

College Catering Services<br />

I Eye Opticians<br />

Murray Timber Group<br />

Walls Construction<br />

basis.point<br />

Robot Coupe<br />

Collen Construction<br />

IN2 Engineering<br />

Musgrave Wholesale Partners<br />

Wavin Ireland Ltd<br />

Enterprise Rent-A-Car<br />

Schneider Electric Group Scope<br />

Computershare<br />

Intel Ireland<br />

Ocuco Ltd<br />

Wilo Ireland<br />

ESB Electric Ireland<br />

Eyecare<br />

Cygnum Timber Ltd<br />

IREKS GmbH<br />

Panelto<br />

Workday<br />

Finsa Ireland<br />

Sherry Fitzgerald Group<br />

Dawn Farms<br />

Irish American Partnership<br />

PM Group<br />

Freshways Limited<br />

Silver Hill Foods Ltd<br />

Designer Group<br />

Jinocany Developments<br />

Prague Classic Developments<br />

Fridge Spares Wholesale<br />

Sirus<br />

Diageo Ireland Ltd<br />

JJ Rhatigan<br />

Press Up<br />

Gather & Gather Ireland Ltd<br />

Donal MacNally Opticians Group<br />

John Paul Construction<br />

Rethink Ireland

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