Management Board

The Network for Advancing the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning, was re-launched in June 2015 as a national and international network and the previous NAIRTL Management Board was dissolved. The following details are for reference only.

The NAIRTL Management Board consisted of representatives from each partner institution. The Board oversaw the financial management and day to day workings of the Academy and was made up as follows:

Dr Bettie Higgs
Coordinator of Ionad Bairre (UCC Centre for Teaching and Learning)
University College Cork 
Cork 
Tel: 021 4902117
Email: b.higgs@ucc.ie

Dr Stephen Cassidy (CIT Alternate)
Head of Teaching & Learning
Cork Institute of Technology
Rossa Avenue
Bishopstown, Cork
Tel: 021 4335131
Email: stephen.cassidy@cit.ie 

Dr Kelly Coate (NUIG Alternate)
Lecturer in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
Vice Dean (Graduate Studies) in the College of Arts, Social Sciences and Celtic Studies
Centre for Excellence in Learning & Teaching
National University of Ireland, Galway
Galway
Tel: 091 495717
Email: kelly.coate@nuigalway.ie

Dr Brian Foley
Director
Centre for Academic Practice & Student Learning
3-4 Foster Place
Trinity College Dublin
Dublin 2
Tel: 01 896 1744
Email: brian.foley@tcd.ie

Dr Patrick Geoghegan
Associate Dean of Research
Department of History
Trinity College Dublin
College Green
Dublin 2
Tel: 01 8963779
E-mail: geoghanp@tcd.ie

Ms Siobhán Harkin
SIF Project Manager
Waterford Institute of Technology
Waterford
Tel: 051 845531
Email: sharkin@wit.ie

Chair of the NAIRTL Advisory Board 
Professor Áine Hyland
Distillery House
North Mall
University College Cork
Cork
Tel: 021 4903650
Fax: 021 490 3647
Email: a.hyland@ucc.ie

NAIRTL Manager
Dr Catherine O'Mahony
Distillery House
North Mall
University College Cork
Tel: 021 490 4690
Email: catherine.omahony@ucc.ie

Dr Iain Mac Labhrainn
Director
Centre for Excellence in Learning & Teaching
National University of Ireland, Galway
Galway
Tel: 091 492822
Email: iain.maclaren@nuigalway.ie

Dr Barry O’Connor
Acting Registrar
Cork Institute of Technology
Bishopstown
Cork
Tel: 021 4335390
Email: barry.oconnor@cit.ie

Dr Ciara O'Farrell
Academic Developer
Centre for Academic Practice & Student Learning
3-4 Foster Place
Trinity College Dublin
Dublin 2
Tel: 01 896 3930
Email: cofarre@tcd.ie

Mr Neil Quinlan
Quality Manager
Waterford Institute of Technology
Cork Road
Waterford
Tel: 051 306127
Email: nquinlan@wit.ie