Assoc Prof Jonathan McNulty and Prof Louise Rainford recognised for their commitment to teaching excellence at UCD Teaching and Learning Awards 2021-22

Prof Barbara Dooley, Acting Registrar and Deputy President at UCD, recently announced the outcome of the UCD Teaching and Learning Awards 2021-22.

The award scheme encourages UCD students, faculty and staff to nominate members of the university engaged directly in teaching for an award. For this year’s awards, more than three thousand nominations were received from the UCD community between November 2021 and the end of August 2022. Nominees were then invited to apply for a College level award, which involved two competition rounds and led to twelve awardees receiving the highest honour bestowed by UCD for teaching and learning.

Two recipients of the Teaching Excellence Award, Assoc Prof Jonathan McNulty and Prof Louise Rainford, are from the School of Medicine.

The Teaching Excellence Award recognises individual faculty and staff in teaching roles for sustained commitment to teaching excellence and student learning and is awarded to:

• (opens in a new window)Dr Rachel Farrell, UCD School of Education
• (opens in a new window)Associate Professor Jonathan McNulty, UCD School of Medicine
• (opens in a new window)Dr Stefan Müller, UCD School of Politics and International Relations
• (opens in a new window)Ms Orla Murphy, UCD School of Architecture Planning and Environmental Policy
• (opens in a new window)Dr Gráinne O'Donoghue, UCD School of Public Health Physiotherapy and Sports Science
• (opens in a new window)Associate Professor Emma O'Neill, UCD School of Veterinary Medicine
• (opens in a new window)Associate Professor Aideen Quilty, UCD School of Social Policy Social Work and Social Justice
• (opens in a new window)Professor Louise Rainford, UCD School of Medicine
• (opens in a new window)Dr Seán Paul Teeling, UCD School of Nursing Midwifery and Health Systems
• (opens in a new window)Dr Ernesto Vasquez Del Aguila, UCD School of Social Policy Social Work and Social Justice

The Award for Exceptional Contribution to Learning recognises individual UCD employees who are engaged directly in teaching and/or facilitating student learning and is awarded to:

• Mr Hans Eckhardt, UCD School of Chemistry
• Ms Evelyn Flanagan, UCD Library

UCD School of Medicine would like to congratulate all twelve of the UCD Teaching and Learning Awards 2021-22 awardees.

For more information about the UCD Teaching and Learning Awards, please see: https://www.ucd.ie/teaching/awardsgrantsfellowships/.