DELTA Awardees 2024

General Nursing Team, Dundalk Institute of Technology (DkIT)

The General Nursing Team in DkIT are a disciplinary group within the Department of Nursing, Midwifery and Early Years. The group is a proactive alliance between academic staff, allocations officers, clinical/professional partners and students who are committed to the enhancement of learning, teaching and assessment processes. This team provides education to undergraduate and post-graduate nurses in full time and part-time capacity, closely aligned to the standards and requirements for programmes as outlined by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland.

The awarded team included: Ann Everitt-Reynolds (lead), Madeline Colwell, Patricia Suresh, Dr. Briege King, Ailish Mc Ardle, Brid Delahunt, Geraldine Mc Daid, Lorraine Mc Geough, Rachael Dolan, Eleanor Downey, Maria Woods, Louise Wayenberg, Sharon Tuohy, Siobhan Nash, Darren Behan, Paula Allison, Ryan Hayes, Rebecca Brennan, Jakub Kula and Paula Doyle.

The Virtual Labs, a collaborative initiative among five higher education institutions — Maynooth University, Technological University of the Shannon, Dublin City University, Dundalk Institute of Technology, and University College Cork

The Virtual Labs Team brings together five higher education institutions, MU,TUS, DCU, DkIT, and UCC. The Team, who are all working in bio/chemical sciences, was set up in 2020 to work on a HCI pillar 3 project dedicated to advancing a quality blended teaching and learning experience, which is designed to engage the modern student, and to embed transversal skills within our classes. The team is co-creating a lab-based curriculum for level 7, 8, and 9 programmes, informed by feedback from students, HEA staff, and enterprise partners. They are dedicated to sharing their findings and best practices across the sector to enhance the educational experience in bio/chemical sciences.

The awarded team included: Prof Denise Rooney (lead), Prof Carmel Breslin, Prof Frances Heaney, Dr Steffi Thomas, Dr Fergal Bryne, Carmel O’Flaherty, Dr Elaine Howlin, Maya-Rani Chakraborty, Dr Bernard Drumm, Dr Ronan Bree, Dr Caoimhin Griffin, Dr Sinead Loughran, Dr Bridget Kelly, Daina Carroll, Angelique Cheryl, Dr Aoife Morrin, Dr Ruairi Brannigan, Ryan Madden, Mary Ross, Sadhbh Healy, Dr Eric Moore, Dr Christopher Burke, Dr Ian O’Connor, Dr Anna Hogan, Will Daly, Dr Aoife O’Sullivan, Keith Hurney, Greeshma Alakkandy, Dr Brian Murphy, Dr Edwin McCullagh, Ann O’Malley, Dr Sinead Devery, Dr Mary Booth, Dr Sean Reidy and Sabrin Hussein.