This week has been Welcome Week here at Maynooth, and we have had over 4000 new students joining us for the start of their degrees. It’s an exciting time, and one of the busiest weeks of the year for my fantastic team. The planning for this week, and the wider Orientation programme, takes months and …
Oh god. I’m so boring. Here’s another footballing reference on this website. I’m really going to have to find another interest. But I’m in my late 40s so I’m too set in my ways. Anyway, this is a quote from the Denmark head coach Kasper Hjulmand when he moved into that role and was setting …
I’ve survived my first month! Well done me. And crucially I am still in my honeymoon period, having smashed the honeymoon period of my previous job by some margin. That one lasted a mere 13 days. Not my fault, I might add. It’s always a bit overwhelming when you start a new job in a …
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Oh boy. Look. I know I said before that I’d do better at blogging more often, but I’ve really not. Although to be fair, I do know for sure that some are viewing this as a blessing. But not everyone! One person has been hanging on with baited breath, awaiting the next update with nervous …
This post contains discussion of the challenges in midwifery and childbirth If you’ve been watching/reading/listening/imbibing the news over the past few years, you will have heard repeated claims of the crisis in midwifery. Not in terms of student recruitment (which remains strong), but in terms of clinical care. There have been a series of high-profile …
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One of the things that I’ve been trying to do since taking on this AD role is improve the learning spaces in our School. We’ve got great labs, but our more flexible spaces are poor by comparison. To be honest, it’s been a key aim of my annual L&T plan for two years and strongly …