GenAI & UCD
The University Management Team (UMT) recently (2025) approved AI Governance Principles on the recommendation of a University Working Group on the Development, Governance and Management of AI. Currently approved and licensed AI tools include Google Gemini and Notebook LM. UCD IT Services now maintains an AI Services webpage listing tools that are approved for use with University data and support safe, responsible, and innovative use of AI.
The University Management Team (UMT) Education Group approved the Faculty Guidelines for the Use of AI in Teaching and Learning. These guidelines "outline shared expectations for the appropriate, transparent and equitable use of AI in teaching practice, assessment design and student engagement."
Teaching and Learning Resources Created at UCD
- UCD Academic Integrity Policy
- UCD Library: Library Guide on the Use of AI for the UCD Community
- UCD College of Arts and Humanities: AI Futures website, and AI Futures Case Studies book, published May 2025
- SATLE UCD ‘Are you AI Ready’ Project Team
- SATLE-funded projects and research outputs
- Talking with your Students about Generative AI: This online workshop was delivered in January 2025.Here is an archive of the presentation slides along with a helpful slide template and lab activity for faculty who may wish to embed a conversation about GenAI into their lecture.
- Webinar Recording: "Generative AI in Teaching and Learning Student-Staff Panel"
January 2026 (requires UCD Connect login)
Teaching and Learning Conversations Podcast Playlist
Webinar Recording: "The State of GenAI in Irish Higher Education"
In November 2025, Dr James O'Sullivan, Senior Lecturer in Digital Humanities at University College Cork, provided a status update and overview of the state of GenAI in Irish Higher Education.
Generative AI in Higher Education Speaker Series: Dr Martin Compton (Jan 2026)
In January 2026, as part of the GenAI Higher Education Speaker Series, Dr Martin Compton PFHEA, SCMALT (he/him), Associate Professor (Academic Practice, Inclusion and Innovation) and Head of the Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching (CELT) at the University of East London, presented on "Pitfalls, Paradoxes and Promises: Navigating the AI roads ahead".