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DkIT Annual Reports

2010-2011

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MISSION STATEMENT

Dundalk Institute of Technology’s mission is to provide the community with quality third –level education and services, relevant to the economic, social and cultural development of the region in the national and international context.

The Institute aims to promote personal responsibility among all its students and enhance the professionalism of all its members in a supportive, inclusive and productive environment.

VISION STATEMENT

“Dundalk Institute of Technology has established a major strategic focus in the area of Sustainable Living. This focus is based on our strengths, abilities and track record, in an area of regional, national and global importance and provides us with a strong unique brand and identity. It will underpin our teaching and learning, our research and development, our services to students, staff and stakeholders and the manner in which we conduct our affairs and in how we plan, deliver and operate our facilities and infrastructure”.

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HISTORY

Ariel View of Dundalk Institute of Technology

Dundalk Institute of Technology was one of the original networks of Regional Technical Colleges set up

in the 1970s under the Regional Technical Colleges Act with an emphasis on business, engineering and

science. Over this past decade and a half, the Institute has expanded its range of programmes to

include hospitality, humanities, music, creative arts and nursing. Apprenticeship courses have long

been a feature of the Institute and there has been continual expansion in the apprenticeship

provisioning in the electrical and plumbing fields.

Dundalk Institute of Technology has undergone some major changes over the years. The size of the

campus has grown over the last five years with the acquisition of the PJ Carroll’s Building, which is now

home to the School of Informatics and Creative Media. A new campus restaurant was also constructed

along with the Mac Anna Theatre which seats 500 people. In 2005 DkIT became one of the first urban

locations to have an industrial standard wind turbine (850kW). It is one of the first large wind turbines

in the world to be constructed on the campus of a third level campus

DkIT’s mission is to provide the community with quality third level education for students of the

community and surrounding areas. Our range of academic and other learning opportunities not only

includes dozens of courses which have proved their popularity over the years, but also introduces

some new ones to reflecting our requirement to adapt to the changing educational and training needs

of a dynamic society.

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The Mac Anna Theatre, the Campus Restaurant and the Wind Turbine

The Four Schools in the Institute are as Follows:

School of Business and Humanities

• Department of Business Studies

• Department of Management and Financial Studies

• Department of Humanities

• Section of Hospitality Studies

School of Engineering

• Department of Electronic and Mechanical Engineering

• Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

• Department of Construction and Surveying

• Department of Engineering Trades

School of Informatics, Music and Creative Media

• Department of Computing and Mathematics

• Department of Music and Creative Media

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School of Health and Science

• Department of Applied Science

• Department of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Studies

• Section of Midwifery

The Institute has also grown in its research capabilities with programmes at honours degree and

postgraduate degree level now available in the following research centres:

• Entrepreneurship

• Software Technology

• Smooth Muscle

• Renewable Energy

• Freshwater Studies

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CHAIRPERSON’S STATEMENT

As Chairperson of the Governing Body of DkIT I am pleased to report that the Institute continues to comply with all its legal and regularity responsibilities and through its extensive range of academic, economic and social activates fulfils its overall mission.

The completion of the re-development of the Carroll building has created a wonderful environment for the students of the School of Informatics and Creative Arts and I wish to congratulate the Design Team (Scott Tallon Walker) and staff of the Estates Office at DkIT for their work on this project.

The Institute continues to encourage inclusivity through its access initiatives and as a result we have a very high proportion of students who are from the first generation within their family to come in to higher education.

Joanna Gardiner Chairperson Governing Body

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PRESIDENT’S STATEMENT

The Main Challenge in 2010/2011 for both the Governing Body and Executive was managing a reduction in overall budget and reductions in staffing due to the Employment Control Framework being implemented in all public bodies. The Institute stayed within its budget and staffing levels during this period.

Full time student enrolment was 4544 (of which 1401 were first years) and part time enrolment was 330. The following new programmes were introduced: MSc in Ageing and Health; Certificate in Supply Chain Management; and BSc Engineering Entrepreneurship. In addition a number of programmes designed for labour market activation were introduced in Science, Computing, Business and Engineering. In the case of Engineering a number of minor awards were introduced in areas such as Wind Energy, Ocean Energy, Bio Energy and Solar Energy.

A highlight of the year was the official opening of the Carroll Building by An Taoiseach, Mr Brian Cowen, on 11th of February 2011. The building will accommodate the School of Informatics and Creative Arts and represents an overall investment €40million.

Denis Cummins

President

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Section 1

Governance

1.1 Membership of Governing Body

1.2 Governing Body Meetings

1.3 Institute Executive Board

1.4 Institute Senior Staff

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1.1 Membership of Governing Body

Title Representing

Ms Joanna Gardiner DKIT

Mr Denis Cummins DKIT

Cllr. Madeleine Argue Co. Cavan VEC

Cllr. Marianne Butler Co. Louth VEC

Cllr. Jim D’Arcy Co. Louth VEC

Mr Patrick Doherty IDA Ireland

Mr Brian Harten Arts Office Louth County Council

Mr Eddie Kavanagh Non-Academic Staff Member

Mr Clifford Kelly Pobal

Dr Padraig Kirk Co. Louth VEC

Ms Sabrina Mackin Society of Chartered Surveyors of Ireland

Cllr. Tracey McElhiney Co. Meath VEC

Mr James Clarke Student Representative

Ms Siobhan Ni Eanaigh The Arts Council

Mr Frank O’Brien ICTU

Mr Martin O’Brien Co. Monaghan VEC

Mr Jim O Donohue Academic Staff Member

Ms Antoinette Rourke Academic Staff Member

1.2 Governing Body Meetings

Meeting No. Date

171 Wednesday 1st Sept 2010

172 Wednesday 6th October 2010

173 Wednesday 3rd November 2010

174 Tuesday 7th December 2010

175 Tuesday 8th February 2011

176 Wednesday 27th April 2011

177 Wednesday 15th June 2011

178 Wednesday 20th July 2011

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1.3 Institute Executive Board/Senior Management

Mr Denis Cummins President

Dr Edel Healy Head of School of Health and Science

Mr Peter McGrath Secretary/Financial Controller

Dr Gerard McKiernan Head of School of Informatics & Creative Art

Mr Stephen McManus Registrar

Mr Eugene Roe Head of School of Engineering

Mr Cathal Kearney Head of School of Business & Humanities

1.4 Heads of School/Heads of Function/Heads of Section

Senior Management Mr Denis Cummins President

Mr Gerry Carroll Head of Development

Mr Peter McGrath Secretary/Financial Controller

Mr Stephen McManus Registrar

Mr Cathal Kearney Head of School of Business & Humanities

Mr Eugene Roe Head of School of Engineering

Dr Edel Healy Head of School of Health & Science

Dr Gerard McKiernan Head of School of Informatics & Creative Arts

Head of Departments

Mr Shane Hill HOD Financial, Management & Prof Studies

Dr. Colette Henry HOD Business Studies (on career break)

Dr. David Getty HOD Humanities

Dr. Eibhlis Farrell HOD Music & Creative Media Programmes

Ms Caroline O Sullivan Acting HOD Music & Creative Media Programme

Mr Eugene Roe HOD Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering

Dr. Daniel O Brien HOD Electronics & Mechanical Engineering

Mr Patrick McCormack HOD Civil & Environmental Engineering

Mr Gerry McTaggart HOD Nursing & Health Studies

Mr Myles Hackett HOD Midwifery & Health Studies

Heads of Function

Ms Marie Madigan Finance Manager

Mr Gerald O’ Driscoll Human Resource Manager

Mr Conor Lait Estates Manager

Mr James McCahill IT Manager

Ms Ann Cleary Librarian & Head of Strategy

Ms Linda Murphy Academic & Student Affairs Manager

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Section 2

Academic & Student Affairs

2.1 Academic Council Members

2.2 Academic Council Meetings

2.3 Academic Developments

2.4 Enrolment Statistics

2.5 Graduation 2010

2.6 Erasmus Statistics

2.7 Library News

2.8 Access Office

2.9 School Reports

2.10 Student Services

2.11 Lifelong Learning Centre

2.12 School Reports

2.13 CELT Report

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2.1 Academic Council Membership

Mr Seamus Bellew Dr Sinead Kelly

Dr Breda Brennan Ms Briege King

Ms Anita Byrne Mr Padraig Kirk

Ms Ann Campbell Dr Suzanne Linnane

Ms Noreen Carney Dr Moria Maguire

Mr John Carolan Ms Irene McCausland

Ms Ann Cleary Dr Tim McCormac

Ms Adele Commins Mr Pat McCormack

Mr Denis Cummins Mr Frank Maguire

Mr John Dallet Mr Noel Mc Kenna

Ms Brianain Erraught Dr Gerard McKiernan

Dr Eibhlis Farrell Mr Stephen Mc Manus

Dr Fiona Fearon Dr Daniel O Brien

Mr Gerry Gallagher Mr Jim Donohoe

Dr David Getty Mr Michael O Murchu

Mr Myles Hackett Ms Caroline O Sullivan

Ms Angela Hamouda Mr Eugene Roe

Dr Edel Healy Ms Antoinette Rourke

Mr Shane Hill Dr Brendan Ryder

Dr Christian Horn Mr Kenneth Sloane

Dr Eleanor Jennings Dr Arjan Van Rossum

Mr Cathal Kearney Mr James Clarke – President of Student Union

Ms Olly Keegan Mr David Brannigan – V. President of S. Union

2.2 Academic Council Meetings

The minutes of Academic Council Meetings which took place in 2010/2011 are accessible at:

http://www.dkit.ie

Academic Year Meeting Number Date

2010 / 2011 114 Friday 1st October 2010

115 Friday 10th December 2010

116 Friday 4th March 2011

Special Academic Council Meeting 117 Friday 6th May 2011

118 Friday 13th May 2011

119 Monday 20th June 2011

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2.3 Academic Development

The following are a list of New Programmes introduced in 2010/2011

Health & Science

• MSc in Ageing and Health

• Certificate in Food Supply Chain Management

Engineering

• BSc (Hons) in Engineering Entrepreneurship

• Certificate in Wind Energy

• Certificate in Ocean Energy

• Certificate in Bio Energy

• Certificate in Home Energy Consultancy

• Certificate in Solar Energy

• Certificate in Craft Skills

• Certificate in Sustainable Plumbing & Heating Installation

• Certificate in Technology Entrepreneurship

2.4 Enrolment Statistics

2.4.1 Student Enrolment by Level & Year - Full time

2.4.2 Student Enrolment by Level & Year - Part time

Enrolment Statistic Level Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 Total

Full Time 6 99 78 177

2010-2011 7 858 731 790 2379

8 444 407 401 639 7 1891

9 56 33 89

Total 1401 1216 1191 639 56 40 4544

Enrolment Statistic Level Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 Total

Part time 7 75 1 76

2010-2011 8 35 1 7 43

9 19 29 12 7 67

10 38 54 27 24 1 144

Total 167 85 27 31 12 8 330

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2.5 Graduation November 2010

A Total of 1369 Student Graduated in November2010

2.5.1 Graduation Prize Winners November 2010

2.5.2 Conferring of Awards Statistics

School of Engineering No of Students

Bachelor of Engineering in Sustainable Design 19

Bachelor of Engineering in Civil Engineering 55

Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering 20

Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Building Surveying 42

Bachelor of Science in Building Surveying 14

Master of Science in Renewable Energy Systems 10

Bachelor of Engineering in Electronic & Electrical Systems 24

Total 184

Prize Prize Winner Course

Failte Ireland Prize Greg Eakins Higher Certificate in Culinary Arts

HETAC Student of the Year Alma Moffet Bachelor of Science in Veterinary Nursing

President Prize for Academic Excellence Si Zhe Li

Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Accounting & Finance

President Prize for Academic Excellence John Killen

Bachelor of Business in Hospitality Management

President Prize for Academic Excellence Mark O Connor

Bachelor of Arts in Applied Social Studies in Social Care

President Prize for Academic Excellence Brian Flood

Bachelor of Science (Hons) Biopharmaceuticals Science

President Prize for Academic Excellence Avril Byrne Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Midwifery

President Prize for Academic Excellence Richard Walsh

Bachelor of Engineering in Civil Engineering

President Prize for Academic Excellence Martin O Brien

Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Building Surveying

President Prize for Excellence in Craft Studies Bjoern M. Ludwig Craft Studies

President Prize for Academic Excellence Christopher McGreal Higher Diploma in Science in Computing

President Prize for Academic Excellence Damien Rennick Master of Science in Music Technology

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School of Health & Science No of Students

Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Early Childhood Studies 30

Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Biopharmaceutical Science 9

Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Food Innovation 9

Bachelor of Science (Hons) in General Nursing 40

Bachelor of Science in Health Promotion & Physical Activity 24

Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Intellectual Disability Nursing 27

Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Midwifery 14

Bachelor of Science in Psychiatric Nursing 26

Bachelor of Science in Sustainable Agriculture 14

Bachelor of Science in Agriculture 21

Bachelor of Science in Applied Bioscience 11

Bachelor of Science in Food Science & Health 18

Bachelor of Science in Pharmaceutical Science 17

Bachelor of Science in Professional Management of Aggression & Violence 15

Bachelor of Science in Veterinary Nursing 10

Higher Certificate in Science & Agriculture 47

Higher Diploma in Science in Midwifery 1

Certificate in General Learning 14

Total 347

School of Informatics No of Students

Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Applied Music 22

Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Communications (Creative Multimedia) 1

Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Communications in Creative Media 20

Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Video & Film Production 7

Bachelor of Arts in Communications in Creative Multimedia 32

Bachelor of Arts in Video & Film Production 21

Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Commercial Computing 15

Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Computing in Games Development 11

Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Computing in Information Technology

Management 9

Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Computing in Applications & Support 6

Bachelor of Science in Computing in Applications & Support 5

Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Computing in Internet Technologies 6

Bachelor of Science in Computing in Applications & Support 5

Bachelor of Science in Computing in Software Development 18

Bachelor of Science in Networking & Support 24

Doctor of Philosophy 1

Higher Diploma in Science in Computing 20

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Masters of Arts in Research 2

Masters of Arts in Music Technology 4

Master of Science in Research 1

Master of Science in Music Technology 4

Total 223

School of Business & Humanities No of Students

Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Accounting & Finance 66

Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Community & Sports Leadership 23

Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Cultural Studies 10

Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Public Relations 22

Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Social Care 30

Bachelor of Arts in Applied Cultural Studies 14

Bachelor of Arts in Applied Social Studies 31

Bachelor of Arts in Community Sports Leadership 1

Bachelor of Business (Hons) in International Management 8

Bachelor of Business (Hons) in Marketing 9

Bachelor of Business in Event Management 28

Bachelor of Business in Hospitality Management 25

Bachelor of Business in International Business 21

Bachelor of Business in International Business (Abroad) 6

Bachelor of Business in Management & Administration 120

Bachelor of Business Studies (Hons) 62

Bachelor of Business Studies in Event, Hospitality and Tourism 35

Bachelor of Business in Business & Information Systems 17

Higher Certificate in Culinary Arts 15

Higher Certificate in Hospitality Studies 1

Higher Diploma in Business Enterprise Support 9

Master of Arts in Accounting 14

Master of Business Administration 1

Master of Business in Entrepreneurship and Marketing 14

Total 615

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2.6.2 Erasmus EU Teaching Mobility

Destination Business Computing Hospitality International Office Library Totals

France 2 2

Estonia 1

Spain 1 1 1 3

Austria 1

Finland 1 1 2

Denmark 1 1 2

Totals 5 1 1 1 1 11

Non-Teaching Staff

Spain 1 1

Finland 1 1

2.6 Erasmus Statistics 2.6.1 Outbound DkIT Erasmus

Destination Business Engineering

Creative Media and Video & Film Music Total

Finland 3 3

France 8 1 9

Germany 7 1 8

Portugal 4 4

Spain 6 5 11

Sweden 1 1

The Netherlands 1 1

Norway 1 1

Totals 30 2 5 1 38

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2.6.3 Incoming Erasmus Students at DkIT

BUSINESS PR

HUMANITIES HOSPITALITY COMPUTING

CREATIVE MEDIA & FILM ENGINEERING TOTAL

Bulgaria 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3

Estonia 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1

Finland 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 4

France 33 0 4 1 10 0 2 50

Germany 37 6 0 5 6 4 6 64

Italy 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1

Portugal 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3

Spain 7 4 0 0 5 2 0 18

Sweden 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2

The Netherlands 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 5

USA 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1

Singapore 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 5

TOTALS 95 10 5 8 22 9 8 157

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2.6.4 International College Partners

Country College

Bulgaria University of National & World Economy

France IPAC Annecy

IUT du Havre

IUT de Montpellier Beziers Sete

Universite Caholique de Lyon

Business School of France

IUT Tarbes

Universite de Caen

Universite d’Avignon

Universite de Nantes

Universite de Toulouse

Universite de La Rochelle

Universite d’Angers

Universite de Bourgogne

Universite d’Artois

Universite de Limoges

Universite de Savoie

Universite de Lille

ECAM Rennes

IUT Valence

Germany Hochschule Nurtingen – Geislingen

FH Wedel

Westfalische Hochschule Mittelhessen

Technische Hochschule

Hochschule Heibronn

FJ Triere Birkenfeild

Hochschule Harz

Universitat Hilesheim

Hochschule Emden Leer

Fh Merseburg

Hochschule Niederrhein

Hochschule Fur Technik & Wirtschaft Berlin

Univesitat Luneburg

Italy Universita ‘degli Studi Di Catania

Lithuania ISM University of Management & Economics

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Country College

Netherlands Avans Hogeschool – ‘sHertogenbosh

Portugal Instituto Politecnica de Setubal

Instituto Superior de Maia

Instituto Superior Plitecinico Gaya

Poland University of Lodz

Singapore Nan Yang Politechnic

Spain Universidad de Extermadura

Universidad de Leon

Universidad Politecnica de Valencia

Universidad Cardenal Herrara CEU

Universidad de San Pablo

Universidad Europea de Madrid

Escuela Superior de Relaciones Publicas Internacioanl Barcelona

Sweden Umea University

USA Lock Haven University Pennsylvania

Molloy Baker University Kansas

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2.7 Library Highlights

The Library plays a central role in the academic life of the Institute. DkIT Library provides 400

study places, over 50,000 book and journals, access to online information resources along with a

range of other services. The Library supports the learning culture and practices of the Institute

and endeavours to provide a high quality learning and study environment to students. The

Library offers training courses throughout the year to help students make the most effective use

of our resources and services. The highlights of the Library during the academic year 2010-2011

are as follows:

Space

In November 2010 three rooms previously in use by non-library functions reverted to library use.

Two of these rooms were reconfigured as student group study spaces with networked PC access.

These rooms were heavily used from the moment they were opened. The third room was

reconfigured as a dedicated information skills training room equipped with a presenters PC, a

projection facility and nine PCs for students with hands-on research skills training.

Information Skills

We work hard to ensure that the students of DkIT are aware of the resources that are available

to them through the library. We actively participate in the orientation process for incoming

students in order to introduce them to the library facilities, services and the appropriate use of

library space.

Our Information Skills Programme continued to develop strongly throughout the year. Work on

the Information Skills Training Room was completed giving the library its own dedicated training

space for the first time. The equipment installed included a Presenter PC, multiple PCs and a

large Short-Throw Projection Screen funded by a national Digital Learning Repository (NDLR)

grant. This equipment facilitates hands on search experience for students as part of their

Information Skills Training.

Our capacity to handle large groups as a result of the Information Skills Room means that a

higher number of sessions could be run simultaneously across the campus at key demand times.

Embedded sessions were developed further and delivered in the various schools with concurrent

sessions happening in the library training space. There was an increase in the number of library

staff hours dedicated to research, development, preparation and delivery of Information

Sessions. Over two hundred hours of face to face sessions were recorded during the academic

year catering for over three thousand students.

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Engagements

Throughout the year we continued to engage with our reader community by highlighting items

of interest via our “Book of the Week” and “Website of the Week”.

Our Public Events included:

• “Irelands Bioenergy Options: From Much to Money” – A talk by Dr. Paul McArtain

• “Climate Change and Ireland’s Heritage: Impacts and Potential Adaptation” – A

Presentation by Beatrice Kelly of the Heritage Council.

• Poetry readings on the Library Roof Garden.

The library organised an exhibition of materials from the DkIT Archive as part of the Institutes

40th Anniversary celebrations in June 2011.

The Library provides rooms for the use of a local reading group, a creative writing group and the

Dundalk Eco Awareness Group. We also offer a range of membership options to members of the

local community.

We offer local secondary schools the opportunity to avail of training on evaluation web

resources for the students engaged in Leaving Certificate projects in History.

We have installed a new high definition display screen near the entrance so that visitors can

keep up to date with Library events and activities.

Collections

This academic year saw a significant increase in student numbers to 5000 FTE. The overall spend

on materials per FTE in the academic year 2010-2011 was €48.23. The Library’s subscriptions to

e-book collections and individual e-book titles highlight the trend towards providing our users

with electronic access to information sources rather that the more traditional print versions.

Resources

Books

A total of 1244 book orders were received over the academic year 2010-2011. The book spend

accounted for 17% of the overall spend on materials. There continues to be a high demand for

print material and demand for individual titles can exceed available copies.

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Databases

The databases spend accounted for 70% of the overall spend on materials. Three new databases

were added to the Library’s online databases this year to support the new BA Humanities in

Cultural Studies and Irish History and 19th Century House of Commons Parliamentary Papers.

Periodicals

The Periodicals spend accounted for 13% of the overall spend on materials.

Research

A new open access institutional research repository, managed by the Library, went live in early

2011. The repository is intended to raise the visibility of DkIT research output and make it more

easily accessible. In line with the Institute’s sustainability agenda, the open source software

package, e-prints installed on DkIT server, is used to manage the repository.

Research and academic staff attended training workshops given by Library staff which provided

an overview of the new service and showed how to deposit research material.

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2.8 Access Office

The Access Office in DkIT provides significant support for mature students. The Access Office offers a

supplementary induction programme for incoming mature students which include a mature student

orientation day, academic writing support service and return to education workshop. The workshops

facilitate group discussion that addresses, in a supportive context, queries and anxieties participants may

have surrounding the question of entering higher education.

2.9 Student Services

The aim of DkIT Student Services is to increase student retention, widen participation, develop the first

year student experience and provide support services to all the DkIT students. 2010/2011 saw a record

number of students registered in the Institute with 4,582 registered on full- time programmes on 628 on

Apprentice Programmes. Student Services deals explicitly with non-academic support for these students

and comprises the following:

• Access

• Administration

• Careers

• Chaplaincy

• Counselling

• Disability and Student Quality

• Health

• Sports & Societies

Highlights 2010/2011

The Applications for Mature Student places for 2011 show an increase on figures from 2010. The national

trend points to a decrease so we are continuing to attract mature applicants.

The Access Office was successful in their application for funding of almost €10,000 from State Street to

support students with bursaries.

Francis McGivern was appointed to the counselling service as a part-time student counsellor in addition

to our full-time counsellor. There was a slight increase in the numbers accessing the counselling service;

this is in line with national figures. The DkIT Counselling Service launched their on-line counselling service

‘My Mind Matters’ – among the first HEA’s in the country. The provision of on-line counselling means that

counselling is accessible to student on placement, on Erasmus programmes or for those who find it

difficult to access the services currently.

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A number of information sessions and workshops were provided by the counselling service throughout

the year.

• An information session with canteen staff

• Dealing with difficult and challenging behaviours as well as dealing with student in crisis. This was

provided to the Music Department.

• Advisory sessions provided to the International Office on the development of a protocol to

support students with mental health issues.

• Advisory sessions on development of protocol for at risk students.

There will be a planned move by the Counselling Service adjacent to the Health Unit with a dedicated

waiting area. This will provide a much needed reconfiguration of the Counselling and Health spaces.

It is hoped to provide a dedicated administrator for the Health/Counselling Services where

appointments can be made and enquiries dealt with discretely.

The Careers Service facilitated group seminars and workshops throughout the academic year covering

the following topics:

• UCAS Applications

• Final Year Class Presentation on the graduate Careers Fair

• CV Preparation and Interview Techniques

• Routes into Teaching as a Career

• Postgraduate Study Options

• Workshops for final years on ‘Taking Control of Your Future and your Career’

• Career Planning Day – ‘Where are the job opportunities for all Final Year Students’

• 2 day Careers Skills Programme for Graduates with Disabilities and Specific Learning Difficulties in

association with AHEAD.

In response to a perceived need, the Disability Office offered a Supplementary Access Route for people

with disability. This scheme targets school leavers who have the capacity and ability to succeed at third

level but may fall short on points because of their disability.

The Disability Office piloted Profiler Software on three 1st year nursing groups and provided useful

information for the Department. Its capacity to highlight the learning profile of the individual whilst also

providing a group profile will help in the early identification of students with learning difficulties and also

render empirical data on which to base the course material delivery method.

This year saw the introduction of the DkIT Sports Scholarship programme with 16 students being awarded

scholarships. The programme allows students to attain Sports Science support, financial support, access

to sports facilities equipment and printing services.

The ‘Fit for Life’ Healthy Lifestyle Programme had another successful year achieving national status by

being recognised by the Irish Bishops Drug Initiative Programme and by the College and University Sports

Association of Ireland (CUSAI) who were interested in the format and layout of the programme and how

it could be incorporated into various colleges and universities around the country by increasing both staff

and student participation rates.

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Funding

The funding for the provision of support services for student comes mainly from the Student Capitation

Charge, which is paid by each student (or their local authority) at registration. This charge is used to fund

student facilities and amenities and a portion of the charge is used to fund general recurrent expenditure

of the Institute. A new student contribution of €2,000 will be introduced in higher education with effect

from 2011/12 academic year. This contribution will replace the existing Student Services Charge and is

intended to secure a more significant contribution the costs of higher education from student who qualify

for the HE Free Fee Scheme.

The Counselling Service continues to develop the Mental Health Portal funded by Strategic Innovation

Funds and the access Office continues to comply with the reporting requirements for the Dormant

Accounts Funding. The Student Learning and Development Centre partly funded by Dormant Accounts

and Capitation continue to provide a comprehensive range of supports at pre-entry and post-entry IT

skills and mathematics support were made available to mature students pre-entry.

Expansion of Services

The service continues to deal with students who are vulnerable for various reasons and who may be likely

to leave college prematurely. As the campus expands the Student Service Providers recognise the need to

expand the services which they provide.

• Service providers identified a need for a better understanding of the cultural differences they

experience in delivering their service to a multi -cultural student body. All service providers

participated in a staff development day at the end of May where presentations were made by

Catherine Butterly, ‘Working with International Students’ and Kahlil Thompson Coyle from Sea

Change which is the national coalition of organisations working to change minds about mental

health problems in Ireland. All participants found the day to be particularly useful for the

development of their services.

• It is intended to broaden the roll out of the Profiler Screening Software to a greater number of

first year groups to highlight the learning profile of the incoming groups. Reports will be provided

to Academic Departments with a view to providing a group profile which will help in the early

identification of students with learning difficulties and also inform on course material delivery

methods.

• The counselling service plans to re-launch ‘My Mind Matters’ with expansion of services to

include synchronous counselling. Priority will be given to the Mental Health Guidelines Group.

The counselling service plans to develop further relevant workshops for staff groups.

• Service providers will continue to provide representation on both internal and external

committees, representing student interests.

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2.10 Lifelong Learning Centre

Life Long Learning Personnel Position

Anton Barrett Manager

Karen English Administrator

Eileen Quinn Administrator

No. Of Courses Offered No. Of Students

73 628

Dundalk Institute of Technology supports all lifelong learners in the North East region. Through

its Lifelong Learning Centre, the Institute is committed to developing high quality and relevant

lifelong learning and continuing education opportunities. We provide an ever-widening range of

part time courses to help build progression routes for learners who wise to access higher

qualifications and to extending modes of learning, especially through distance provision and e-

learning.

The following part-time courses were offered by the Lifelong Learning Centre during 2010-

2011.

Business Studies and Humanities

Head of School of Business Studies & Humanities: Mr Cathal Kearney

Head of Department of Management & Professional Studies: Dr. Shane Hill

Cert / Diploma / BBS Degree in Business Studies

Cert / Diploma / BA Degree in Public Management

Executive Masters in Business Administration

Master’s in Business Studies (Entrepreneurship and Marketing)

Masters / PhD in Business by Research

Higher Diploma in Business in Small Enterprise Support

Accounting Technician

Professional Certificate in Investment Funds

Higher Certificate in Business in Procurement

Bachelor in Procurement & Supply Chain Management

Certificate in Personnel Practice

Introduction to Human Research Management

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Operations management via e-learning mode

Certificated Payroll Technician

Certified VAT Technician

New Certificate in Financial Accounting

New Certificate in Industrial / Employee Relations

New Certificate in Conflict Management in the Workplace

New Certificate in Human Resource Management

New Certificate in Training & Development

New Certificate in Employment Law

New Certificate in Business Law

New Certificate in Corporate Governance and Company Law

New Certificate in Public Relations Planning

New Certificate Media Relations

Humanities, Languages and Sport

Head of Department of Humanities: Dr. David Getty

Higher Certificate in Community Studies

Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Community Development

Global Development: Issues and Challenges that face our World

French - Beginners and Improvers

Spanish – Beginners and Improvers

Chinese for Beginners

English for Speakers of Other Languages

Cambridge University English Language Exam Preparation

Digital Photography

Interior Design for Beginners

Interior Design for Improvers

Diploma in Interior Design and Decoration

Active IQ Level 2 – Certificate in Fitness Instructing (Gym)

New Certificate in Study and Learning Skills

New Certificate in Social Care and Disability

New Certificate in Issues in Social Care

New Certificate in the Modern State

New Certificate in Politics in Ireland

New Certificate in Borders and Borderlands

New Certificate in Gender and Politics

New Active IQ Level 2 – Certificate in Fitness Instructing (Exercise to Music)

New Active IQ Level 3 – Certificate in Personal Training

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Engineering, Renewable Energy, Health and Safety

Head of School of Engineering: Mr Eugene Roe

Head of Department of Engineering Trades: Mr John Carolan

Head of Department of Electronics & Mechanical Engineering: Dr. Dan O’Brien

Head of Department of Building & Surveying: Mr Noel McKenna

Programmable Logic Controllers – Level One

Programmable Logic Controllers – Level Two

Building and Facilities Management

Welding for Beginners

Computer Aided Design – Level One

Computer Aided Design – Level Two

Postgraduate Diploma / MSc in Renewable Energy Systems

Certificate in Safety and Health at Work (with UCD)

New Biomass Heating Systems

New Heat Pump Systems

New Solar Domestic Hot Water Systems

New Certificate in Safety and Health at Work (with NSO)

Computing

Head of School of Informatics & Creative Arts: Dr. Bob McKiernan

Head of Department of Computing & Mathematics: Dr. Christian Horn

Cisco Certified Network Associate

Computers for Beginners

Computers for Silver Surfers (with Age Action Ireland)

European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL)

ECDL Advanced Word Processing

ECDL Advanced Spread sheets

Adobe Photoshop

PC Maintenance

Web Page Design

Project Management with Microsoft Project

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Health and Science

Head of School of Health & Science: Dr. Edel Healy

Head of Department of Applied Science: Dr. Breda Brennan

Head of Department of Nursing, Midwifery & Health Studies: Mr Myles Hackett

New Certificate in Health Studies (Aging)

New Postgraduate Diploma in Health Studies (Aging)

New Masters in Health Studies (Aging)

New Certificate in Bioprocess Engineering (Minor Award)

New Certificate in Bioenergy and the Agri-environment (Minor Award)

VALIDATING AUTHORITIES

The Life Long Learning Centre is engaged with a number of validating authorities.

HETAC

Institute of Public Administration

Accounting Technicians of Ireland

Institute of Bankers

Certified Institute of Personal Development

Irish marketing Institute

Irish Institute of Purchasing and Materials Management

UCD

National Irish Safety Organisation

CISCO

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2.11 School Reports

2.11.1 School of Business & Humanities

Student Numbers by Department

Department Numbers

Humanities 431

Hospitality 200

Management & Financial Studies 717

Business Studies 702

Total 2050

Highlights of the Year

Three students from the School of Business & Humanities Department received the President’s

Award for Academic Excellence. Si Zhe Li was the winner in the Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in

Accounting & Finance, John Killeen won in the Bachelor of Business in Hospitality Management

category and Mark O Connor received his award for Bachelor of Arts in Applied Social Science.

Maire Connolly who was lecturer in the Hospitality Department retired in December of this year.

Marie had been with the college for over thirteen years and will be sadly missed by staff and

students alike. We wish Maire good luck and happiness in her retirement.

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School of Business & Humanities celebrates the

Awarding of their first doctorate

Pictured at the gathering from left to right: Dr David Getty, Dr John Digney, Angela Short, Larry Murphy, Dr Kevin Howard, Dr Brian Boyd, Dr Martin Maguire and Anne Maire Mc Hugh.

Staff of the School of Business and Humanities gathered recently to celebrate the achievement of Dr John

Digney, the first student in the School to be awarded a Doctorate. John, a deputy director with the Health

Services Executive completed his thesis part time. The title of which was ‘the use of humour in Child and

Health Care: A Phenomenological Inquiry’. John’s lead supervisor was Dr David Getty, Head of the

department of Humanities and Dr Thom Garfatt was his external supervisor. Dr Lucia Carragher, Research

Fellow, Netwell Centre, DkIT was the Internal Examiner and Dr Grant Charles, Associate professor, School

of Social Work, University of British Columbia, Vancouver was the External Examiner. Dr Charles is

internationally renowned for his work in Child and Youth care with particular expertise in the use of

humour. Dr Charles, in his report commented that the thesis represented an original contribution to

knowledge and makes a significant contribution to this aspect of our understanding of interventions with

young people.

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2.11.2 School of Engineering

Student Numbers by Department

Department Numbers Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering 138

Dept. of Construction & Surveying 239 Dept. of Electronic & Mechanical Engineering 302

Dept. of Electrical Trades 630

Total 1309

Highlights of the Year

Development work began on a new Honours Degree in Civil Engineering. The BSc (Hons) in Civil

Engineering was validated later in the academic year for delivery in September 2011. This programme

was designed to replace the London South Bank University programme that had been running in the

school since 2007 – 2008. It had filled a strategic requirement and a demand from DkIT level-7 Civil

Engineering graduates for progression opportunities at home.

The BSc (Hons) in Engineering Entrepreneurship also had its first intake of students. Although only a small

number of students opted for this new programme, its strategic importance was recognised by the

president and the Executive and it was launched in January 2011.

After providing administrative support to the school and in particular to the Department of Civil and

Environmental Engineering for eight years, Sandra O’Reilly moved on from the School Administration

Office to other duties in the Institute.

The School was notably successful in its application to the HEA’s “Springboard” programme toward the

end of the academic year. “Springboard” was a call for innovative programmes to provide higher

education opportunities to people on the unemployment register. Of the ten programmes approved for

DKIT, The School of Engineering was granted six, with a total approved funding of almost €338,000.

Once again a considerable number of retirements and departures occurred during or at the end of this

academic year with a further ten colleagues leaving the school. They were:

John Gilmore (Civil Engineering)

John Hanratty (Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering)

Peter Hartigan (Electrical Trades)

Donal Kelly (Carpentry – Joinery Trade)

Dr Donnacha Lowney (Electronic Engineering)

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Terry McNamee (Electronic Engineering)

Noel Stapleton (Carpentry – Joinery Trades)

Larry Staudt (Electronic Engineering)

Michael Woods (Electric Trades)

Dr Michael Wright (Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering)

New Staff joining the School in this academic year were:

Paul Durcan (Assistant Lecturer – Mechanical Engineering)

Seamus Faul (Assistant Lecturer – Electronic Engineering)

Dr Allan Kelly (Assistant Lecturer – Electronic Engineering)

Dr William Lyons (Assistant Lecturer – Electronic Engineering)

Dr Niall McMahon (Assistant Lecturer – Renewable Energy)

Fergal O’Rourke (Assistant Lecturer – Mechanical Engineering)

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2.11.3 School of Informatics & Creative Arts

Department Numbers Dept. of Computing & Mathematics 412

Section of Creative Media 249

Section of Music 145

School of Research 21

Total 827

Highlights of the Year

Student films shown at the Clones Film Festival

Three 4th Year students on the BA in Video & Film Production course had their films shown as part of this

year’s Clones Film Festival which was held in October in Clones Co. Monaghan. The films were ‘The

Stonepicker’ directed by Francis Gorman, ‘The Walk Home’ directed by Marc Larmer and ‘Forgiven’

directed by John Hoey.

A Short documentary made by lecturer Sarah McCann was also show at the festival. This is the second

screening of ‘Mollie’ which was short listed in the Top Five short documentaries at the Fastnet Film

Festival in Cork in May. Congratulations to all involved in the production of these films.

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Pictured are some of the Students who graduated from the School of Computing & Mathematics.

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The Annual Celebration of Culture and Diversity was held at DkIT in March. Primary schools and secondary schools along with

community organisations participated in a programme of dance exhibitions, music sessions, food tasting and other activities.

Screenings of films on diversity and ethnicity highlighted the rich cultural diversity of the region. The celebration was well

attended and enjoyed by all.

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2.11.4 School of Health & Science

Department Numbers Department of Applied Science 215 Department of Nursing & Midwifery 132

Total 347

Highlights of the Year

Two Students from the Department of Health & Science were in receipt of the President’s Award for

Excellence. Brian Flood achieved a B.Sc. in Biopharmaceutical Science and Avril Byrne was conferred with

a Bachelor of Science in Midwifery.

Throughout the year the school has continued its programme of staff development along with teaching

and learning innovations. We have continued to boost our European and International Partnerships with

other colleges and universities.

The following new courses were added to our syllabus this year:

• MSc in Ageing and Health

• Certificate in Food Supply Chain Management

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2.11 CELT

The Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching (CELT) is located in the South Building, Rooms S201 to S205. It provides a range of services to both staff and students, and is led by Dr. John Dallat. The following are examples of some of the activities and outputs organised by the Centre during 2010-2011: Master Classes and Professional Development Events The Centre offers a range of Professional Development workshops and seminars to all staff each semester. These cover a wide range of contemporary issues pertaining to third-level learning and teaching. “Best practice” approaches and strategies drawn from both national and international contexts and research are especially emphasised. Master classes are given by leading educationalists and during the academic session, 2010-11, the Centre welcomed Professor Sally Brown, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Teaching and Learning at Leeds Metropolitan University, to conduct a Master Class on effective first year assessment practices and one on publishing in academic journals. The following training events were also provided by the Centre during the year:

• Developing Reusable Learning Resources with ‘Articulate’

• Assessment and First Year

• Communication and Collaboration Tools for Online/Synchronous Teaching

• Writing Your Doctoral Proposal

• Teaching with Style: models and strategies

• Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences: lessons for the educator

• Organising and Designing an Online Module

• Teaching for Understanding

• Peer-Assisted Learning (PAL)

• The First Year Experience and Retention

• Training Entrepreneurship Educators

• Getting Published in Academic Journals CELT also contributed to the Institute’s Academic Staff Induction Programme, September 2010, and was instrumental in producing the following policies and resources during the 2010-2011 academic year: Policies and resources produced by CELT, 2010/2011

• An Online Staff Resource on Effective Learning, Teaching and Assessment

• Assessment and Learning: a Policy for DkIT

• Working in Groups: A Policy for DkIT

• An Online Academic Skills Resource for Students

• Research Ethics Handbook for Undergraduates

• Research Ethics Handbook for Postgraduates

• A Professional Standards Framework for Learning and Teaching

• A Guide to Moodle for Staff

• A Guide to Moodle for Students

• CELT Newsletter September 2010

• CELT Newsletter March 2011

• CELT Newsletter April 2011

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Research Projects, 2010-2011: the following research projects were facilitated by CELT through the National Digital Learning Repository (NDLR) Initiative:

• A Review of the Impact of the Transformation Programme in the HSE Dublin North East on the

• DkIT Undergraduate Nursing Clinical Learning Environments: Ailish McArdle, Myles Hackett

• Leadership in Higher Education: What’s it really about? Ann Cleary Academic Writing: Understanding the Student Perspective: Brid Delahunt, Ann Reynolds, Moira

Maguire

• Reusable Learning Objects for Android Development: Dermot Logue

• Introduction to Semi-conductor Physics: Donnacha Lowney

• Online Illustrator and Video Editing Tutorials: Fiachra O’Cuinneagh

• Introduction to Network Device Configuration: Frances Byrne

• Introductory Video Tutorials for Visual Basic: Gerry Gallagher

• Arduino PCB Configuration: Kenneth Sloane

• Social Marketing and Community-Based Social Marketing: Maeve McArdle

• Creative Media Teaching and Learning Resource: Sarah McCann

• Incorporating Audio Recordings in Teaching and Assessment: Tommy Gartlan Student Learning and Development Centre (SLDC) The Student Learning and Development Centre is an important aspect of the many activities conducted by the Centre for Learning and Teaching on behalf of staff and students. The SLDC’s overall aim is to help students study and learn more effectively. The type of support provided by the Centre depends, primarily, on individual or group needs. Essentially, this support consists of individual consultations with a learning skills tutor or small group consultations where student needs are common. Workshops are offered to all students, undergraduate and postgraduate alike, on a range of academic and study-related skills (see below). The Centre operates a booking system for 1:1 and/or group tutorials. Whatever the nature of the request or need, providing that each falls within the categories of learning referred to above, staff of the SLDC respond as appropriate. In addition, the SLDC organises initiatives in orientation, induction, mentoring and learning needs analysis. Training Events for Students organised by the Student Learning and Development Centre

• Student Induction Week

• Academic Writing

• Referencing and Plagiarism

• Literature Review

• Research Techniques/Methods

• Study Skills

• Exam Techniques

• IT Tuition, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Moodle, File Management

• Presentation Skills

• Maths Induction

• Study Skills Induction for Access Students A total of 425 students used the Student Learning and Development Centre in 2010/11.

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e-Learning Development and Support Unit, S204 This Unit is central to the dissemination of best practice approaches in e-Learning and is responsible for organising and supporting technology-enhanced learning activities within the Institute. It provides support to staff in their continuing professional development in learning and teaching, both in groups and on an individual basis. The activities of the Unit include:

• Workshops on a range of learning technologies

• Support for learning technology project pilots

• Support for Programme Boards to enable blended learning programme design and development

• The formation of internal communities of practice to share learning and teaching experiences and resources

• Promotion of educational research as an output of technology-enhanced learning initiatives

• Monitoring and tracking blended/flexible learning implementation To these ends, the Unit organised and delivered the following training events for staff in 2010/2011. Training Events for Staff provided by the Unit:

• Introduction to Moodle

• Communication and Collaboration Tools 1 (Asynchronous)

• e-Portfolios with Mahara

• Technology Enhanced Research

• Classroom Response Systems (CRS) Master of Arts in Learning and Teaching This Master's award has been developed by the Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching primarily to promote student-centred, technology-enhanced learning throughout the Institute. Its overall aim is to provide staff with a range of opportunities for their continuing professional development in pursuit of the Institute’s student-centred agenda, which is a prominent feature of its Strategic Plan (2012-2016). Thirty-four (34) academic staff members enrolled on the MA in Learning and Teaching in 2010/11. The Programme Design is set out in the following diagram:

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Section 3

Research & Development

3.1 Campus Development

3.2 Enterprise and Innovation

3.3 Research

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3.1 Campus Development

The Opening of the Carrolls Building

The official opening of the iconic Carroll’s Building by An Taoiseach Brain Cowen took place in February.

The €38million investment at the DkIT will now be home to the School of Informatics & Creative Arts.

Mr Cowen said the investment represents a vote of confidence in the Institute’s future and will help to

further strengthen its capacity to drive economic regeneration in the Northeast.

An Taoiseach Brian Cowen, Dermot Ahern, Gerard (Bob) McKiernan, Joanne Gardiner, Ronnie Tallon, Denis Cummins, Padraig

Kirk and Clifford Kelly pictured at the Official opening of the Carroll’s Building.

“Over four decades, access to higher education in the northeast has been expanded very dramatically by

Dundalk Institute of Technology and this latest round of investment in the building environment on the

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campus will provide a suitable study and research environment for this and future generations of student

and staff “said Mr Cowen.

The President of DkIT, Denis Cummins said the Carroll’s Building now accommodates over 1200 of DkIT’s

students. “The School of Informatics & Creative Arts offers a diverse range of programmes in its

Department of Computing & Mathematics and Music & Creative Media. The School’s students and staff

now have access to first class facilities and consideration of the end users contributed a great deal to the

design and delivery of the project.”

The Department of Computing & Mathematics will offer students honours degree programmes in

Computing, Games Development, Commercial Computing and IT Management, Software Development,

Applications Support and Network Support. The Department of Music & Creative Media has honours

programmes in both Creative Multimedia and Video & Film. There is also an honours degree in Applied

Music as well as a Master’s Programme in Music Technology.

Dr. Gerard ( Bob) McKiernan, Head of School of Informatics & Creative Arts, Dr Christian Horn Head of Math

Department and Mr Denis Cummins, President of DkIT.

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Our New Campus Garden

Our new beds are inspected by visitors from Rehab Care and the Simon Community Dundalk.

DkIT’s new on campus vegetable garden started to produce its first crops over the summer much to the

delight of the volunteer group who worked hard to keep it watered, fed and in tip top condition. The

garden is a welcome site on campus filling the green area off the corridor link with green plants, fruits and

vegetables.

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3.2 Enterprise and Innovation Research Group

Dundalk Institute of Technology is one of the leading researches intensive Institutes whose research is

founded upon the excellence with an emphasis upon research which possesses real societal and

economic impact whilst addressing current global challenges. The institute’s strategic focus is in three key

areas – ICT, Health & Ageing, Energy & Environment and Creative Arts with themes supported by

interdisciplinary research clusters.

The Enterprise and Innovation Research Group (EIRG) is focused on developing the research agenda of

the Regional Development Centre in the area of enterprise, economic entrepreneurship and innovation.

The Centre is the commercially oriented interface between DkIT and the Industrial, commercial and

business life of the region, and makes available the expertise, facilities and resources of the Institute for

the wider benefit of the regional economy.

The Centre achieves this through the following range of programmes and activities:

• Research & Development Technology Transfer

• Entrepreneurial Development Programmes

• Incubation Facilities for Knowledge and Technology Based Enterprises

• Applied Research

• Sectorial & Regional Development Initiatives

• Spearheading and Supporting EU and Cross Border Development Initiatives

• Networking with Agencies and Organisations at Regional, National and International Level

The research endeavours of EIRG will utilise the wealth of primary data and knowledge on business start-

up support and development accumulated by the RDC and will strive to inform new programme

development and new company support initiatives.

The Enterprise and Innovation Research Group has two key focuses:

• to research and disseminate findings from its on-going work with both start-up and existing

companies in the knowledge based sector into the academic community through a range of

methodologies to include publications, papers, conference and case studies etc.

• to research, pilot and subsequently model regional economic development initiatives and policy

recommendations for the support of these industry and business sectors to state agencies, policy

makers and funders.

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Members of the Regional Development Centre (RDC)

• Irene McCausland – External Services Manager and Research Group Director

• Dr Douglas Nanka Bruce – Post Doctoral Researcher

• Neil Mc Loughlin – Technical Officer

• Garrett Duffy - Enterprise Development Manager

• Kieran Fegan – VITAL Programme Manager

• Aidan Browne – Incubation Centre Manager

• Bridget Kerrigan – Ace Programme Manager

Highlights from the Academic Year 2010 - 2011

The work of the RDC in the area of enterprise and innovation, during this academic year is summarised

below:

(a) Across its Enterprise Support Programmes the RDC supported circa 62 graduates/entrepreneurs:

NEEP 2010/2011 – 12 (High-tech Knowledge based Business Starts)

NEEP 2011/2012 – 13 (High-tech Knowledge based Business Starts)

Discovery Zone - 16 (Unemployed Professionals)

Bright Ideas - 17 (Student Enterprise)

Student Projects - 30

(b) A Knowledge Transfer and Innovation Strategy (KT&IS) was prepared which outlines in detail the

measures to be taken by the Institute to support the economic, social and cultural development of

the region. The KT&IS was prepared by the Development Office and embraces the work of the RDC

and Research Centres and includes a set of metrics and targets for the next 5-year period. This is

reported on annually.

(c) There were 13 companies residing in the Incubation Centre at the RDC and Millmount Development

Centre, Drogheda.

(d) The Centre commenced its 10th and 11th Enterprise Platform Programme with 25 participants.

(e) The Institute was involved in 19 research vouchers schemes, 2 Innovation Partnerships and 6

additional FUSION Projects with industry in 2010/11.

(f) The Success Through Succession (STS) Programme is a three-year programme with total project funding of €1.74m and is a collaborative partnership between Dundalk Institute of Technology, Glasgow Caledonian University, being led by the University of Ulster and aims to strategically assist family owned SMEs across Northern Ireland, the Six Border Counties of Ireland and the West of Scotland to manage the challenges of succession using a series of interventions. Through the period September 2010 to August 2011 the programme navigated Cohort I (ten companies) through the myriad of challenges associated with intergenerational business transfer and embarked on a recruitment drive for its Cohort II companies.

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Support intervention carried out with Cohort I companies included tax & legal, finance, general business and business psychology mentoring on a one-to-one basis. Participant companies were also given the opportunity to participate on three interactive workshops.

As of August 2011 the ten Cohort I companies had completed their mentoring sessions and had drafted their Family Business Constitutions/Succession plans for final sign off at the final STS facilitated meeting that would take place in September/October 2011.

Cohort II

Cohort II commenced with a robust recruitment drive that included a launch event in the Four Seasons Hotel in Co. Monaghan on 6th April 2011. The event was attended by 11 companies with 20 delegates. As of August 2011 ten companies were successful in their application onto the programme for Cohort II.

(g) Innovation for Competitive Enterprises (ICE) – Promoting regional economic growth and development through the establishment of a Tri-Regional Innovation Network aimed at building the innovation capacity and capability of existing SMEs in the Northern Ireland, the six southern Border Region of Ireland and Western Scotland. The project is a joint collaboration of University of Ulster, University of Glasgow, Glasgow Caledonian University and led by Dundalk Institute of Technology.

As at September 2011 the programme is nearing the end of the work with its Cohort I participants and will be reporting on a broad range of tangible outputs in terms of new products, services, process innovation, new business models and technology transfers.

Ten ICE innovation information recruitment workshops were held up to September 2011 with 115 senior company representatives in attendance from across the regions. There was considerable interest following the workshops with 44 applications for programme places received. The project evaluated and recruited 31 new companies from the applications received for year 2 participation with 11 from across the southern border region. The programme has also run a series of technology transfer awareness sessions and is working with the companies to further deliver on the programmes technology transfer targets.

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(h) The SIF ACE Initiative Accelerating Campus Entrepreneurship (ACE) Initiative is a joint

collaboration of Institute of Technology Blanchardstown (ITB), Cork Institute of Technology (CIT),

Institute of Technology Sligo (ITS) and National University of Ireland Galway (NUIG) and is led by

Dundalk Institute of Technology (DkIT). Through a collaborative approach, the ACE Initiative seeks

to create entrepreneurial graduates. Key outputs are:

Target When Achieved 40 staff on a cross-institutional basis involved

Target exceeded across five Partner Institutes. At DkIT: 25 course team

100 Science and Technology students engaged in specific entrepreneurship accredited training during the implementation phase

Target exceeded across five Partner Institutes. At DkIT the BSc in Engineering Entrepreneurship recruited for a January 2011 intake, there were 3 highly dedicated programme participants who are in the process of establishing their own start-up – to date 2 have succeeded in their start-up activity. DkIT and ITB made a joint submission for the Springboard call associated with the add-on level 8 programme and this proposal was successful.

25 students, from diverse disciplines across the ACE partner institutions are undertaking podcast programmes in entrepreneurship offered in two cohorts as developed by

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DKIT. 500 additional students involved in a range of related activities

Target exceeded across five Partner Institutes through the ongoing Student Enterprise Intern Activity; and promotion through academic enterprise champions and ACE representatives and through enterprise competitions, challenges and events. Monitoring of numbers through engagement in activities and attendance at events. Figures of students attending Student Enterprise Intern events at DkIT are as follows: 6847 to June 2011.

5 Student Internships in place Target exceeded with 11 Student Enterprise (1-2year) Internships taking place to date as follows for DkIT:

September 2008, 1 intern recruited at DkIT September 2010, 1 interns recruited at DkIT June 2009/10, 1 graduate from DkIT June 2010/11, 1 graduated from DkIT

20 Student business projects exploring commercialisation opportunities through the incubation centers of which 15% will be cross-institutional

Target exceeded with applied projects also leading to new venture starts. As part of the Undergraduate (BSc Add-on Level 8) Programme in (Subject Specialism) Entrepreneurship offered at ITB and DkIT a number of students have undertaken business projects – ITB 15 students and DkIT has 3 students. At DkIT 2 of the 3 have launched start-ups, with 1 still in the process. At ITB, 2-3 students are in the process of starting their venture.

On a cross-institutional basis, students have been engaged in commercialisation opportunities as follows:

- there have been 35 applicants for the Student Innovation Fund at DkIT since project start date, 21 have been approved (70% approval rate) - 20 students undertook the Summer 2010 Bright Ideas Programme at DkIT - 16 students undertook the Summer 2011 Bright Ideas Programme at DkIT (first cross-institutional programme)

10 New ventures or Technology Transfers established

Target exceeded for new starts being established as follows:- 21 at DkIT

5 Conference Papers presented Target exceeded with high quality conference papers presented at various national and international fora. To date 12 papers have been presented.

The Accelerating Campus Entrepreneurship (ACE) Initiative launched a new publication for

entrepreneurship education in the third level sector. The book entitled: “Irish Case Studies in

Entrepreneurship” was launched on Friday 8th April 2011 at the Regional Development Centre at

Dundalk Institute of Technology. The book launch event was attended by over 100 delegates,

mostly policy makers and enterprise educators on the island but also included esteemed

entrepreneurship academics from Europe.

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Michael Walsh (Case writer, Cork IT) Dr Thomas Cooney (Dublin Institute of Technology) Dr Cecilia Hegarty (ACE Initiative/Book Editor), Paul Kerley (Norkom Technologies), Denis Cummins (President of Dundalk IT), Brian O’Kane (Oak Tree Press), Aisling Conway (Case writer, Cork IT) and Irene McCausland (External Services Manager, Dundalk IT).

(i) Funding Application

In addition, to securing funding through Innovation Voucher and Fusion projects, the RDC submitted funding applications for the following applications and is awaiting decisions.

EPP Programme: €145K from Enterprise Ireland in conjunction with DCU VITAL project: EU INTERREG IVA: €3.1 m in partnership with QUB/DCU Creative Futures project: EU INTERREG IVA: €5m in partnership with UU.

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3.3 Research

The academic year 2010/2011 saw further growth in research activity across the Institute. During this

period one new research group “Regulated Software Research Group” and one new research centre

“Centre for Community and Social Innovation” were established. This brings the total number of research

centres to 7 with 4 research groups now being embedded within the academic schools. The Institute’s

two Applied Research Enhancement Centres, CASALA and ICBC, successfully went through their mid-term

reviews by Enterprise Ireland.

Research income for the calendar year 2011 was €5.36million, a slight decrease on 2010, with Science

Foundation Ireland and Enterprise Ireland representing the Institute’s largest funders in terms of its

research activities. During 2010/2011 over 50 staff, 20 postgraduate research students and 20

undergraduate students were directly supported through targeted research funding initiatives. By the

end of 2011 the Institute had 727 total citations with 184 and 244 in the years 2010 and 2011. During

2011 there were 14 articles, 16 conference papers, 4 book chapters and 1 editorial published by

researchers from across the Institute.

The following details the individual research highlights by some of the Institute’s research centres and

groups.

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Research Awards and Income

During the academic year the Institute secured €1,431,683 in research awards from both national and

international sources, with €1,099,990 (77% Irish Public Sources) €20,443 (1.4% International Sources),

€32,150 (2.25% European Sources), €97,800 (6.84%Cross Boarder Sources) and €179,000 (12.52%

Interrreg Funding Sources). The breakdown of funding awards received through Irish public sources is

shown below with 45% of all funding being secured through Science Foundation Ireland. The research

income received for the calendar year 2011 amounted to €5,364,463.

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Summary of Research Initiatives Awards

During the academic year the Research Office ran a series of targeted support research initiative which

are detailed below.

Seed Fund for Emerging Researchers: This was designed to enable emerging researchers from across the

Institute to leverage internal support for small scale projects. IT was run once in 2011 with 4 awards being

given with a total investment of €16,758.

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Summer Undergraduate Research Programme (2011)

The ability of reach to impact on teaching within Higher Education Institutes, at both 3rd and 4th level is

internationally recognised. To facilitate this both the Institutes Research Centres and Groups can avail of

recurrent funding that support the establishment of SURP’s within their respective teams. Through this

they can embed undergraduate students, primarily third year students for periods of up to 8 weeks

during the summer months into their research environments. Through this the students research interest

is fostered and translated back into the teaching remits of the relevant schools and departments. IN 2011

a total investment of €25,720 was made which supported 20 undergraduate students.

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Research Travel Fund 2010

This scheme has facilitated international travel for researchers working to develop collaborative projects

and broaden the parameters of their experience by attending conference and meetings. Total investment

was €27,415 which supported 25 staff and 9 postgraduate researchers.

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PhD Transfer Fund

The Institute is committed to increasing the number of PhD graduates and through the PhD Transfer Fund

supervisors could apply for internal financial support to allow the transfer for individual masters and

research students to the PhD register. Total investment in 2010 was €110,000 supporting 22 Research

Supervisors and 11 Postgraduate Students

Staff Developments Training Initiatives

As part of the on-going development of staff development and the further training of both postgraduate

research student s and career stage researchers during the academic year, the Research Office in

consultation with Professor Tony Fell from the University of Bradford ran a series of targeted research

orientated training workshops. In addition the roll out of the Epigeum suite of generic skills training

modules for postgraduate researchers took place through the Research Office in a drive to develop

structured PhD provision across the campus.

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Research Centres and Groups

The following summarises some of the key developments and outputs from some of the individual

centres and groups throughout the academic year.

Centre for Freshwater Studies (CFS)

The centre currently has twenty three members, six principal investigators, one technician, one project

manager, thirteen post-graduate researchers and two FAS interns. Eight postgraduate researchers have

commenced since the centres first designation process in February 2009. During the academic year

2010/2011 the primary highlights were:

• The Water Is Life: Amazzi Bulamu project represented by Dr Suzanne Linnane, Dr Edel Healy and

Arellen Folan hosted its first official workshop in Makerere University, Uganda on 3rd November

2011 and participants included project stakeholders, academics from all Irish partner HEIs and

Makerere University, NGOs and Ministry officials. The workshop was officially opened by the Irish

Ambassador to Uganda, His Excellency Ambassador Kelly who spoke of the long history of

cooperation between Ireland and Uganda. The Delegates were welcomed to the event by

Professor Eli Katunguka, Director of Academic Affairs at Makerere University. Professor

Katunguka emphasised the need for research in this context that responds to the needs of

society. A key feature of the event was the presence of high level ministry officials form the

Ugandan government. The workshop was chaired by Dr Edel Healy and was closed by Professor

Samuel Kyamanywa, Dean of Agriculture Makerere University. Extensive media coverage in

Uganda was given to the event.

• As part of the Water is Life Amazzi Bulamu project, the lunch time seminar series continued on a

monthly basis. During this time period , noted speakers including Dr Kevin McGuigan,

Department of Physiology & Medical Physics, Royal College of Surgeons Ireland (18th Feb 2010)

Professor Martin Downes, Department of Biology, Institute of Bioengineering and Agro ecology,

NUIM (29th April 2010) Dr Edel Heal, Head of School of Health & Science, DkIT (17th May 2010), Il-

ham Peterson, Department of Sociology, TCD (17th June 2010), Dr Maura O’Donohue, MMM (23rd

September 2010), Niall Roche, WASH (21st October 2010), SANPAD (9th December 2010) and Dr

Paul MacArtain, CREDIT, DkIT (27th January 2011). The seminar series is multi-disciplinary and

includes presentations from physicists, geographers, biologists’ engineers and anthropologists

along with NGOs.

• CFS monthly postgraduate lunchtime seminar series continued throughout this time period

allowing CFS postgraduate students the opportunity to present their research to the centre, to

take on recommendations from other researchers and also to raise any other research related

issues.

• The Water is Life project team members were interviewed by the largest Ugandan news UBC

during their 1st project workshop in Makerere University, Kampala. This interview appeared on

the 18.00 and 21.00 news (3rd November 2010) and on breakfast TV the following morning (4th

November 2010)(podcast available on www.waterislife.ie). Quarterly newsletters continue to be

published as part of the water is Life project. The RESCALE project final report was launched by

Mr Brendan Smyth, Minister for Agriculture, Food and Fisheries, 2nd October 2010 at Marine

Institute, Newport. Research work in Lough Feeagh, Co May, was highlighted in an article on Dr

Eleanor Jennings the DkIT’s Link magazine.

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Smooth Muscle Research Centre

The Smooth Muscle Research Centre (SMRC) represents the largest group of researchers investigating the

control of smooth muscle function in Ireland and UK. Our research focuses on the cellular mechanisms

underlying physiological function and how this is modified in a range of prevalent disease states including

urinary incontinence, erectile dysfunction, lymphedema, arthritis and ureteric obstruction. The SMRC

currently comprises four Principal Investigators, two visiting Professors, five Post-Doctoral Fellows, seven

PhD students and two technicians/research assistants.

During the 2010/2011 period the primary highlights were:

• Development of a patenting and licensing strategy regarding the intellectual property originating

from the ICBC centre

• Attended a number of prestigious international scientific meetings and have given invited

lectures on their research.

• Staff and students have presented communications to learned societies (RAMI, Dublin; Bio

photonics Platform; Irish Epithelial Society)

• Published a number of papers in high quality peer reviewed journals in the last year.

• Some of the centres students presented the results of their research to Research Day in DkIT.

Software Technology Research Centre (STORC)

The centre is led by Dr Gerry Coleman and contains 4 other faculty members, Dr Fergal McCaffrey, Dr

Kevin McDaid, Dr Frank Keenan and Dr Ronan MacRuairi. The primary research focus on the Centre is in

Medical Device SPI Research: This research is focused upon the development of an international

software process improvement (SPI) framework for the medical device industry as a key enabler of best

practice for the sector.

End User Computing: End User Computing is the use of programming tools in domains other than

software development. At DkIT we have built the largest European research group in Spreadsheet

Engineering, the most popular form of end-user computing.

Ambient Assisted Living: The Centre for Affective Software for Ambient Living Awareness (CASALA), of

which SToRC is a partner, is a new applied research centre within DkIT run through the Institute’s

NETWELL research centre.

During the 2010/2011 period, the primary highlights were:

• Published 1 Book, 4 Book Chapters, 10 Journal papers and 21 Refereed Conference Papers

• Achieved the first DkIT Computing PhD – Derek Flood – Graduation November 2011

• Co-hosted the SPICE 2011 conference

• Received EI Commercialisation Funding – project RESPSENSE-PI on project

• Become full members of Lero the SFI funded CSET-Received funding and leading a project

• Been invited to lead the Development of the MediSPICE ISO standard

• Contributing to bouth IEC 62304 and IEC 82304 Standards

• Received industry funding to deliver Advanced Medical Technology Courses

• Chaired a Conference Session

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• Run an industry tutorial

• Presented at a number of International Conferences

• Presented a number of invited talks both nationally and Internationally

• Received funding through IMDA Skillnet

• Been awarded Enterprise Ireland Patent Support Funding

• Reviewed a number of papers for a host of International Conferences and Journals

Centre for Community and Social Innovation (CeSCI)

This centre was recently established with it originating from the Centre for Entrepreneurship embedded

within the School of Business and Humanities. The original CER had built a strong reputation in the field of

gender and entrepreneurship, this interest in gender has been maintained but, in addition to research

exploring gender in entrepreneurship, the centre explores the concept and practice of gender across

various domains such as Higher Education, within Transitional Justice mechanisms in Northern Ireland.

The Centre has seed funded research projects with visiting scholars from other institutions e.g. University

of Ulster, University of London, Leeds Metropolitan University etc. In this way, external academics and

research scholars will be able to work with existing staff within the School on topics pertaining to their

areas of research interest, in order to develop research capacity and outputs e.g. Dr Sally Jones from

Leeds Metropolitan University will be working with Dr Bernie Brereton on gender in Higher Education. A

conference paper and journal article will result from this research project. Moreover, subsequent funding

applications can be made on foot of research activity already undertaken e.g. Nuffield funding for piloting

approaches to promote gender equality in higher education based on on-going research.

The other seed funded project will subsequently inform a funding application to ESRC and/or PEACE

funding. The Centre has used the past year to evolve into a considered Centre with a clear development

strategy and a research focus on those social science issues (equality, justice, poverty, peace and conflict

resolution, community development) that affect society as a whole on the island of Ireland and beyond,

and that affect the DkIT community as educators and social actors in particular. In the way, the Centres

strategy, vision and activities align with DkIT’s mission statement and strategic vision.

Creative Media Research Group

During the 2010/2011 period, the primary highlights were:

• The Research group has expanded from the eleven members who originally applied for research

group designation to fifteen members

• In the past year the Creative Media Research Group (CRMG) has organised and hosted a number

of events. They hosted their inaugural conference entitled ‘Picteilín’, the first conference planned

in a series of annual conferences. ‘Picteilín’ is Gaelic for pixels. The conference was well attended,

attracting European as well as Irish delegates. We anticipate publishing selected articles from the

event within conference proceedings.

• The 6th Annual Creative Media Research Colloquium was held during the past year with a number

of research group members presenting papers at the event. Additionally, a yearly event organised

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by a research group member is a Reel Africa Film Festival – A celebration of Africa on Film

(http://reelafrica.dkit.ie). David Pearson a renowned producer of the Oscar nominated

documentary ‘Mugabe & the White African’, was the guest speaker at the 2011 event.

• The CRMG group continue to run a series of seminar and master classes on a fortnightly basis

during both semesters. These are delivered by creative media experts from both academic and

industry sectors.

• A number of research group members completed or furthered postgraduate research studies

during the past year. The diverse output from the group illustrates the multi-disciplinary nature of

its member’s research interests. E. Crudden graduated with his PhD. His thesis was entitled ‘Mob

Films: Auto documentary and the Anti-Globalization Movement’. A new research group member,

M.Green, recently graduated with his PhD entitled ‘In and out of context: Soundscape

Composition, Sound Installation and the Mobile Sound Walk’. Two members (C. O’Sullivan and Y.

Igoe) successfully presented the initial PhD work transferring to the PhD registers at Trinity

College and Dublin City University respectively. One member (R. Lynch) was successful in his

application for PhD transfer funding in the area of Alternate Reality Games. He is currently in the

process of applying for transferal to DkIT PhD registrar. A. Stafford began a Masters in Fine Art in

Media at the National College of Art and Design with the aim to progress to a PhD (Thesis topic:

‘Digital Eco Systems Reflecting Biological Eco Systems’). G. Doyle is currently preparing a PhD

proposal entitled ‘The Death of Shooting Children’ for Dublin City University. Finally, F.

ÓCuinneagáin, D Beecher and K. Nolan are currently undertaking Masters Studies in the area of

creative media education and learning and teaching at DIT, Bourmouth University and DkIT. They

continue to progress in their work conducting practice based research that integrates their

studies and teaching.

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Research Output – Scopus Analysis

For the calendar year ending 2011 the figure below shows the disciplines the Institute disseminated

its peer reviewed publications. By the end of 2011 the Institute had 727 total citations with 184 and

244 in the years 2010 and 2011. During 2011 there were 14 articles, 16 conference papers, 4 book

chapters and 1 editorial.

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Selection of Event Presentations

Software Engineering - STORC

Title Presentation Venue Dates

International Conference on Lean Enterprise Software and Systems

Paper – Lean/Agile Software Development Methodologies in Regulated Environments

Helsinki, Finland October 18th 2010

European Systems and Software Process Improvement and Innovation Conference EuroSPI 2011

Invited Speaker – How can Software SMEs Become Medical Device Software SMEs

Roskilde, Denmark June 27th 2011

European Systems and Software Process Improvement and Innovation Conference Euro SPI 2011

Paper – Improving Verification & Validation in the Medical Device Domain

Roskilde, Denmark June 28th 2011

European Systems and Software Process Improvement and Innovation Conference, Euro SPI 2011

Paper – Med-Trace: Traceability Assessment Method for Medical Device Software Development

Roskilde, Denmark June 28th 2011

European Systems and Software Process Improvement and Innovation Conference, Euro SPI 2011

Paper – How amendments to Medical Device Directive affect the Development of Medical Device Software

Roskilde, Denmark June 28th 2011

International SPICE Conference on Process Improvement and Capability Determination 2011

Paper – Verification and Validation in Medi SPICE

Dublin, Ireland May 31st 2011

International SPICE Conference on Process Improvement and Capability Determination 2011

Conference Chairs – so Presented an Opening Talk for the Conference Overview of SPI in Ireland

Dublin, Ireland June 1st 2011

International SPICE Conference on Process Improvement and Capability Determination 2011

Paper – Med-Trace Dublin, Ireland June 1st 2011

International SPICE Conference on Process Improvement and Capability Determination 2011

Paper – Standalone Software as an Active Medical Device

Dublin, Ireland May 31st 2011

International SPICE Conference on Process Improvement and Capability Determination 2011

Paper – Medical Device Software Development – A Perspective from a Lean Manufacturing Plant

Dublin, Ireland May 31st 2011

International SPICE Conference on Process Improvement and Capability Determination 2011

Paper – Challenges for Requirements Development: An Industry Perspective

Dublin, Ireland May 31st 2011

12th International Conference Product Focused Software Development and Process Improvement

Paper – Building a Maturity & Capability Model Repository

Torre Canne – Bari Italy

June 21st 2011

12th International Conference Product Focused Software Development and Process Improvement

Paper – Proposing an ISO/IEC 15504 Complaint Method for Process Capability/Maturity Models Customization

Torre Canne – Bari Italy

June 21st 2011

SEPG Europe Poster – Using Software Process Improvement to increase patient safety

Dublin, Ireland 7-9th June 2011

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Title Presentation Venue Dates

IEC SC62A JWG3 Standard Workshop

Plenary Talk: Medi SPICE Medical Device Software Processes For IEC 62304 revision

Best, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

16th March 2011

IEC SC 62A JWEG Standard Workshop

Plenary Talk: Medi SPICE Medical Device Software Processes For IEC 62304 revision

Brussels 12th – 13th October 2011

Health Information Conference

Invited Speaker: Medical Device Software Validation

Dublin, Ireland 17th November 2010

Medical Device Software Processes Workshop, Enterprise Ireland

Invited Workshop Organisers and Presenters: Medical Device Software Processes- Regulation Changes

Applied Optics Group, NUIG Ireland

19th October 2010

Engineers Ireland Medical Device Event

Invited Speaker Clayton Hotel, Galway

20th September 2011

COCIR International Regulatory Medical Device Event

Invited Speaker EU COCIR Premises – Brussels

12th October 2011

ETCI Meeting Dublin Invited Presentation IEC 62304 update

Oak Road, Red Cow, Dublin

8th February 2011

HISC Meeting Dublin Invited Presentation IEC 62304 update

Santry Dublin Ireland 11th April 2011

ETCI Meeting Dublin Invited Presentation IEC 62304 Oak Road Red Cow Dublin

10th May 2011

EI Senior Management Invited Presentation Medical Device Software – Changes for MDD

Twente University Enshede, The Netherlands

12th – 13th March 2011

Charing Partner Meeting Attended meeting Presented Research Delivers Medical Device

Twente University Enschede The Netherlands

12th – 13th March 2011

Charter EU Commission Project Review

Provided inputs for evaluation plan and requirements tracing data model deliverables. Updated Commission on status of recruitment of new Post Doc by DkIT and revised deliverable dates.

ARTEMIS office Brussels, Belgium

9th -10th June 2011

Charter Partner Meeting Attended use case workshop & Meeting Presented Research Deliverables Medical Device

Chalmers Technical University Gothenburg, Sweden

7th – 9th Sept 2011

Lero Project Presentations

SPRT-MDRC Athlone 4th Oct 2011

Interpreting Presence Sensor Data and Looking for Similarities Between Homes Using Cluster Analysis

Paper AAL Conference in UCD

25th May 2011

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Creative Media – Creative Media Research Group

Title Presentation Venue Dates

Sociological Association of Ireland Post Graduate

Conference

“We don’t play Guitars, The impact of Female

Involvement in the Dublin Music Scene” C.

O’Sullivan

NUIG 2011

GradCam, Network Cultures

“Using Grounded Theory to examine Networks

and Flows”

NCAD 2011

The Reel Africa Film Festival

“The Reel Africa Film Festival: A Celebration of Africa on Film” S. Mc

Cann

DkIT May 2010

ECREA Digital Culture and Communication

Workshop

“Augmenting Teaching and Learning through

reuse and re-appropriation of open

and closed source digital media” K. Nolan

Barcelona 2011

CM DkIT Colloquium “Hacking future interfaces, cyber fiction

meets interaction Design” K. Nolan

DkIT 2011

DkiT Creative Media Research Colloquium

“Towards Criteria for Evaluating Alternate

Reality Games” R. Lynch

DkIT 2011

Future Reality of Gaming

“Alternate Gaming Interfaces” K. Nolan

Vienna, Austria 2010

Picteilín 2011 “A Narrative Model for Evaluating Simulations”

B. Mallon

DkIT 2011

Picteilín 2011 “I See Dead Pixels: CPU to MTV, lo-fi, computing

audio – visuals as a mainstream aesthetic”

K. Nolan

DkIT 2011

Picteilín 2011 “The factors that lead to “Alternate Reality Game failures and guidelines

to help avoid such implosions” R. Lynch

DkIT 2011

Picteilín 2011 “Shooting the Messenger? Whistle-blowing & the case of

‘Fairy-tale of Kathmandu’” S. Mc

Cann

DkIT 2011

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Picteilín 2011 “Towards Digital Ecosystems as reflecting

Biological & Natural Ecosystems” A. Stafford

DkIT 2011

Humanities and Social Sciences – Centre for Community and Social Innovation

Title Presentation Venue Date DIANA International

Research Symposium Peer Reviewed

Academic Paper Banff, Canada August 2010

Sociology of Education Peer Reviewed Academic Paper

Athens, Greece September 2010

Social Entrepreneurship and Social Innovation

Conference

Peer Review Academic Paper

Oxford University, United Kingdom

September 2010

Irish Archaeological Institute

Peer Review Academic Paper

Dublin, Ireland October 2010

Institute of Small Business and

Entrepreneurship

Peer Review Academic Paper

London, England November 2010

Association of Young Irish Archaeologists

Conference

Invited Speaker Dublin, Ireland February 2011

Gender & Enterprise Network

Invited Speaker Manchester, England March 2011

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Section 4

Human Resource Department

4.1 New Staff

4.2 Leavers

4.3 Retirements

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4.1 New Staff Position

Administration

Okosi Obiajulu Clerical Officer – Grade III

Victoria Cagney Clerical Officer – Grade III

Conor Duffy Administration Technician

Pauline McGlade Community Arts Development Officer

Ciara O’Malley Clerical Officer – Grade III

Registrar’s Office

Clement MacManus Chaplin

Ciara Patterson Clubs & Societies Officer

Owen Zamboglou Accounts Technician

Francis McGiven Student Counsellor

Catherine Jacque Placement Development Officer

Ciara Rice Research Assistant

Library

Sorcha Brophy Administrator

Suzanne Mulholland Administrator

Estates

Edward Lynch Caretaker

Thomas Mc Gahon Caretaker

Moireen Taggart Housekeeper

School of Engineering

Aidan Sherlock Assistant Lecturer in Construction & Survey

Raymond Finnegan Assistant Lecturer in Engineering Trades

Paul McGee Assistant Lecturer in Engineering Trades

Bernard O’Hare Assistant Lecturer in Engineering Trades

Patrick Rudden Assistant Lecturer in Engineering Trades

Brian Harmon Assistant Lecturer in Civil & Environment Engineering

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New Staff Position

School of Nursing, Health Studies & Applied Science

Doireen Dowling Assistant Lecturer in Nursing

Subhi Alwan Assistant Lecturer in Applied Science

Alison Campbell Technician in Applied Science

Brian Dunlevy Lecturer in Applied Science

Mary Logue Lecturer in Applied Science

Marthi Reena Technician in Applied Science

Marese Mc Cabe Part Time Lecturer in Applied Science

Joe McKeever Pro Rata Assistant Lecturer in Applied Science

Aoife Watters Part Time Lecturer in Applied Science

Nicola Dyson Pro Rata Assistant Lecturer in Applied Science

John Reid Part Time Lecturer in Health Studies

School of Business & Humanities

Ciara O’Connor Lecturer in Business Studies

Eimear Hardiman Assistant Lecturer in Business Studies

Noelle Kearney Part Time Lecturer in Business Studies

Yanan Li Part Time Lecturer in Business Studies

Conor McKevitt Part Time Lecturer in Business Studies#

Miriam Vaquero Assistant Lecturer in Business Studies

Delma McKenna Part Time Lecturer in Business Studies

Maurice Murphy Assistant Lecturer in Business Studies

Kevin F Starr Part Time Lecturer in Business Studies

Daniel Watters Part Time Lecturer in Business Studies

Katerina Nugent Assistant Lecturer in Business Studies

John O’Brien Part Time Lecturer in Business Studies

Zivile Pratkelyte Part Time Lecturer in Business Studies

Johdi Quinn Part Time Lecturer in Business Studies

Marisa Ronan Part Time Lecturer in Business Studies

Institutional Research & Development

Allison Murdock McDonnell Technician

Dara Mary Larkin Clerical Officer

Ann Loftus Administrator

Peter Donnelly Business Project Manager

Shane Hayes Commercial Manager

Mary Higgins Administrator

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New Staff Position

Lifelong Learning Centre

Derek Kerr Part Time Lecturer

Michelle Mc Mahon Part Time Lecturer

Patrick McArdle Part Time Lecturer

Eoin Morrow Part Time Lecturer

Informatics & Creative Arts

Ciaran Crawley Assistant Lecturer in Math & Computing

David Connolly Tutor in Math & Computing

Jia Lin Part Time Lecturer in Math & Computing

Mark Morrissey Tutor in Math & Computing

Caroline Sheedy Assistant Lecturer in Math & Computing

Bernadette Balfe Tutor in Music & Creative Media

Irene Barr Tutor in Music & Creative Media

Robert Block Part Time Lecturer in Music & Creative Media

Aileen Cahill Assistant Lecturer in Music & Creative Media

Niall Coghlan Assistant Lecturer in Music & Creative Media

Matthew Green Assistant Lecturer in Music & Creative Media

Anne Hyland Assistant Lecturer in Music & Creative Media

Daithi Kearney Assistant Lecturer in Music & Creative Media

Sean McElwain Assistant Lecturer in Music & Creative Media

John McIntyre Tutor in Music & Creative Media

Deirdre McKay Part Time Lecturer in Music & Creative Media

Roisin Nic Athlaoich Part Time Lecturer in Music & Creative Media

Anthony Norton Part Time Lecturer in Music & Creative Media

Liam O’Connor Part Time Lecturer in Music & Creative Media

Jennifer O’Connor Part Time Lecturer in Music & Creative Media

Bernard O Hanlon Part Time Lecturer in Music & Creative Media

Michael O’Raghallaigh Part Time Lecturer in Music & Creative Media

Marian Quinn Part Time Lecturer in Music & Creative Media

Damien Rennick Part Time Lecturer in Music & Creative Media

Voureen Ryan Part Time Lecturer in Music & Creative Media

Peace and Reconciliation

Eva Beirne Administrator

Catherine Murphy Administrator

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4.2 Leavers

Name Department

Caroline McCoy Department of Business & Humanities

Emma Moroney Department of Business & Humanities

Renna Marthi Department of Health & Science

Judith Thomspon IT Department

OLayera Oladele IT Department

Mantas Patriubavicius IT Department

Ciara O Malley Development

John A Hanratty Department of Engineering

Donal Kelly Department of Engineering

Gary Cronin International Office

Christine Mullaney International Office

Deborah Armstrong School of Informatics & Creative Arts

Mary McCague School of Informatics & Creative Arts

Catherine Murphy Peace & Reconciliation

4.3 Retirements

Margaret Dillon Department of Business & Humanities

Brendan Johnston Department of Business & Humanities

John B Gilmore Department of Engineering

Donnacha Lowney Department of Engineering

Terence J McNamee Department of Engineering

Michael Wright Department of Engineering

Lawrence Staudt Department of Engineering

Thomas N Stapleton Department of Engineering

Peter Hartigan Department of Engineering

Fintin Vallely School of Informatics & Creative Media

Iain Hovelt School of Health & Science

Jim Black Premises

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Section 5

Audited Accounts

5.1 Comptroller and Auditor General Report

5.2 Consolidated Income & Expenditure

5.3 Consolidated Balance Sheet

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5.1 Comptroller and Auditor General

Report for Presentation to the House of the Oireachtas

Dundalk Institute of Technology

I have audited the financial statements of Dundalk Institute of Technology for the year ended 31 August

2011 under the Institute of Technology Acts 1992 to 2006. The financial statements, which have been

prepared under the accounting policies set out therein, comprise the statement of accounting policies,

the consolidated income and expenditure account, the consolidated balance sheet, the consolidated cash

flow statement and the related notes. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their

preparation is applicable law and generally accepted accounting practice in Ireland.

Responsibilities of the Institute

The Institute is responsible for the preparation of the financial statements, for ensuring that they give a

true and fair view of the state of the Group’s affairs and of the Group’s income and expenditure and for

ensuring the regularity of transactions.

Responsibilities of the Comptroller and Auditor General

My responsibility is to audit the financial statements and report on them in accordance with applicable

law.

My audit is conducted by reference to the special considerations which attach to bodies in receipt of

substantial funding from the State in relation to their management and operation.

My audit is carried out in accordance with the International Standards on Auditing (UK and Ireland) and in

compliance with the Auditing Practices Board’s Ethical Standards for Auditors.

Scope of audit of the financial statements

An audit involves obtaining evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements,

sufficient to give reasonable assurance that the financial statements are free from material misstatement,

whether caused by fraud or error. This includes an assessment of

• Whether the accounting policies are appropriate to the Institute’s circumstances and have been

consistently applied and adequately disclosed.

• the reasonableness of significant accounting estimates made in the preparation of the financial

statements

• the overall presentation of the financial statements

I also seek to obtain evidence about the regularity of financial transactions in the course of the audit.

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Opinion on the financial statements

In my opinion, the financial statements, which have been properly prepared in accordance with generally

accepted accounting practice in Ireland, give a true and fair view of the state of the Group’s affairs at 31st

August 2011 and of the Group’s income and expenditure for the year the ended.

In my opinion proper books of account have been kept by the Institute. The financial statements are in

agreement with the books of account.

Matters on which I report by exception

I report by exception if

• I have not received all the information and explanations I required for my audit, or

• My audit noted any material instance where money have not been applied for the purposes

intended or where the transactions did not conform to the authorities governing them or,

• The Statement on Internal Control does not reflect the Institute’s compliance with the Code of

Governance of Irish Institutes of Technology, or

• I find there are other material matters relating to the manner in which public business has been

conducted.

I find I have nothing to report in regard to those matters.

Seamus McCarthy

Comptroller and Auditor General

20 December 2012

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Dundalk Institute of Technology

Consolidated Income and Expenditure Account for Year Ending 31 August 2011

INCOME NOTE 2011 2010

€000s €000s

Student Grant 1 19,052 20,566

Tuition Fees 2 10,640 10,883

Student Registration Fees 3 6,822 6,385

Amortised Deferred Capital Grants 17 4,462 3,795

Research Grants & Contracts 4 5,788 5,182

Student Support Funding Income recognised 5 158 211

Other Income 6 3,680 3,402

Interest Income 167 83

50,769 50,507

EXPENDITURE

Academic Departments 7 25,310 25,659

Academic Services 8 1,726 1,415

Facilities Costs 9 3,107 3,005

Central Administration & Services 10 4,363 5,082

General Educational Expenses 11 320 252

Student Registration Charge 3 1,764 2,059

Research Grants & Contracts 4 5,944 5,400

Student Support Funding Income 5 158 211

Subsidiary Undertakings 21 506 553

Depreciation 14 4,463 3,795

47,934 47,431

OPERATING SURPLUS / (DEFICIT) 2,835 3,076

Transfer to Capital Development Reserve 20 (1,998) (2,467)

Transfer to Deferred Capital Account: AIB Franchise Income 17 (400) (400)

State Recurrent Write –Off 15 - (1,915)

437 (1,706)

ACCUMULATED (DEFICIT) AT 1 SEPTEMBER (268) 1,438

ACCUMULATED SURPLUSS (DEFICIT) AT 31 AUGUST

169 (268)

The Institute had no gains or losses in the financial year or the preceding financial year other thank those dealt with in the Income and

Expenditure Account. The results of the year relate to continuing operations.

The Statements of Accounting policies, Cash Flow Statements and Notes 1 to 26, form part of the financial statements

Signed on behalf of the Governing Body: Denis Cummins

Andrew Griffith

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Dundalk Institute of Technology

Consolidated Balance Sheet as at 31- August-2011

2011 2010

FIXED ASSETS NOTE €000’s €000’s

Tangible Assets 14 105,502 107,633

105,502 107,633

CURRENT ASSETS

Stock 21 18

Debtors and Prepayments 15 2,903 5,489

Cash at Bank and In Hand 10,998 7,218

13,922 12,725

CURRENT LIABILITIES

Creditors and Accrued Expenses – Amounts due within one year 16 (9,752) (9,971)

NET CURRENT ASSESTS 4,170 2,754

NET ASSETS 109,672 110,387

Represented by:

Deferred Capital Grants 17 105,503 107,632

Developed Account - 95

Income & Expenditure Account 169 (268)

Capital Development Reserve 20 4,000 2,928

109,672 110,387

The Statement of Accounting Policies, Cash Flow Statements and Notes 1-19 form part of the financial statements

Signed on behalf of the Governing Body: Andrew Griffith

Denis Cummins