Our Spencer Dock campus building is officially OPEN! 🎉
You’ll find a much bigger library (3 times bigger in fact!), lots of individual and group study spaces, easy-to-access technology and more classrooms just a 3-minute walk away from our Mayor Square campus.
The key message Cathal and his son Darragh want to share on the
#LateLate
tonight is that if you see a child in distress, having a meltdown, be aware that the child could be on the spectrum and experiencing sensory overload
@AsIAmIreland
#AutismMonthSayYes
📣 Announcement 📣
NCI has officially been accredited as an Autism Friendly Higher Education Institution by
@AsIAmIreland
. We are delighted to be the second HEI in the world to achieve this award!
Full details:
#AutismAcceptanceMonth
#Autism
Today, an incident involving a student at NCI was safely resolved thanks to the swift actions of a neighbour and the NCI team. We are happy that the student in question is receiving all necessary supports.
⚽️📚Bohemian FC and the National College of Ireland have teamed up to co-fund scholarships for players.
There will be two dedicated scholarships available each year, which allows up to six players to be once the partnership reaches year three: 👈🏼
As a minority in the HEI landscape in having a woman as President, and a woman as Dean of our School of Business, NCI welcomes this initiative from Minister Simon Harris - more women are needed at the highest level of educational institutes
National College of Ireland announces campus expansion in the IFSC which will allow the College to continue to deliver on its mission to ‘change lives through education’
Read full announcement here:
We have some BIG NEWS this morning... We are proud to announce that we have successfully achieved an
#AthenaSWAN
Bronze Institution Award in recognition of our commitment to gender equality and an intersectionally inclusive environment
@Athena_SWAN
Great to hear that Lauren is enjoying studying at home while pursing her undergraduate degree at
@MaynoothUni
. Being an education institution, we're delighted to hear that her special interest is learning!
@AsIAmIreland
#AutismMonthSayYes
#LateLate
NCI team member, Dave Redmond, and his twin daughters Kate and Sienna. Dave is graduating with an MBA today, his second NCI degree to date
#NCIGrad2022
Today marks one year since the death of Ashling Murphy.
Our thoughts and prayers are with her friends and family today as well as those of Urantsetseg Tserendorj who was killed in the IFSC around the same time.
May they rest in peace.
Huge congratulations to NCI team member David Redmond who graduated with a BA (Honours) in Business Management degree last week - pictured below with his twin daughters Kate and Sienna
#NCIGrad2020
🎓
With the
#TransPrideDublin
Parade 2019 taking place today, we're taking a look back at the posters we created for Transgender Day of Visibility to support this community.
Well done for your continued efforts advancing the rights of transgender people in Ireland!
NCI will light our iris white to symbolise our solidarity with all women who have died as a result of male violence against women. At 4pm Wednesday, staff & students are invited to gather in candlelit vigil, for a minute’s silence, for Ashling Murphy who was murdered 1 week ago.
Sending our congratulations to this group of Irish students and their mentor Evelyn Nomayo (who is an NCI computing graduate) as their app, Memory Haven, has won the top prize at the 2020 virtual
@technovation
World Summit
@nomayo_evelyn
We are delighted to announce that we are working towards autism-friendly status with advocacy group
@AsIAmIreland
.
You can support this important effort by attending our free public talks & interactive exhibition on Monday 14th Oct, further details:
Dr Fearghal O'Brien from our Psychology Team (along with baby Iarlaith) shares his advice for students who are trying to get work done when there are distractions while
#WorkingFromHome
#StayHomeStaySafe
#MyNCI
National College of Ireland is proud to announce the founding of SAMI (Stigma and Mental health Ireland laboratory) directed by Dr. April Hargreaves, Dr. David Mothersill, and Dr. Gerard Loughnane, who lecture in
#Psychology
at the college
Due to current and forecast weather conditions National College of Ireland will close at 12 noon, today Wednesday 28th Feb. The college will also be closed tomorrow Thursday and Friday 1st & 2nd March. Please check the following link for more information
To raise awareness of
#TDoV
, we are featuring posters of members of the transgender community throughout the college this weekend including
@Noah_Halpin
, founder of the
@ThisIsMeIreland
Campaign – thank you for all of your hard work raising awareness of
#transrights
, Noah
Did you know that NCI has a Sensory Room, with similar features to those shown on
#RoomToImprove
last night, which provides a safe and quiet space for autistic students and staff to self-regulate and de-stress when feeling overwhelmed?
@AsIAmIreland
Well-known author of NYT bestseller Neurotribes
@stevesilberman
shared his thoughts with us during a recent autism & higher education event at NCI.
If you would like to learn more about autism, come along to our exhibition & public talks on Mon 14th Oct:
We are absolutely delighted to announce that National College of Ireland have won the last award of the night for "Overall Execellence in Education"
#EducationAwardsIRL
We are excited to announce our
#PartnersinBusiness
lunchtime series with the first event at 1pm on Wednesday 3rd July featuring Brendan Courtney & Sonya Lennon who launched their
@Lennon_Courtney
fashion label in 2012.
Register here:
Sending our congratulations to the
@ELI_Docklands
team as they have been shortlisted in the "Outstanding Contribution to the Local Community" category of the
#THEAwards
🏆
We look forward to the ceremony in London on the 25th November!
Congratulations to NCI
#psychology
student, Roberta Mandarano, who was given an honourable mention for her undergraduate presentation at the Annual Student Psychology Conference 🤝
Roberta’s research focuses on the impact of lockdown on women’s sexual lives in Ireland.
Wow, we're blown away!
Our International Team has won the International Engagement Award at the
#EducationAwardsIRL
! Here's the familiar face of Ellen from our International team accepting the award on the livestream
@EDUAwardsIRL
Congratulations to NCI
#Psychology
Professors
@MichelleE_Kelly
and
@HanniganCaoimhe
who have been awarded The Dementia Research Award 2023 by
@alzheimersocirl
.
Their project title is “Increasing the Availability of Cognitive Rehabilitation for People with Dementia in Ireland”
"Well this was a surprise!"
Huge congratulations to
@ncisu
's Vice President Dean Murphy on winning the Award for Student Participation & Innovation this morning - very well deserved
#NCIGrad2019
Congratulations to Dr Michelle Kelly who has been awarded an Irish Research Council New Foundations grant to conduct an exciting new research study investigating the implementation of early interventions for people with dementia in Ireland
@alzheimersocirl
We are so proud of NCI Sports Scholar Alannah McEvoy on her first call to the senior squad
@fai
#WNT
– all your BA Hons Early Childhood Education & Care classmates are rooting for you tomorrow, Alannah, as are all of us in the College!
#COYGIG
Delighted to see our on-campus Sensory Room taking shape; an important part of our Autism Friendly Initiative with AsIAm and a fantastic resource for our students and staff.
Grateful for the support of
@asiam
@DeptofFHed
@hea
@SimonHarrisTD
@paschald
Continuing our support of
#TDoV
, our third poster which is displayed throughout the college this weekend features IT Professional
@aoifemrtn
, the first person to transition globally within the workplace in January 2017 - thank you for raising awareness of
#transrights
, Aoife
Fantastic news: NCI has been awarded the Amber Flag from
@PietaHouse
👏
Special note of thanks to NCI's Mental Health Society who ran the Cycle for Suicide campaign earlier this year to raise funds for the charity (photo taken pre-social distancing)
A special award - a once-off Special Commendation Award, and it’s going to our very own Anu Sahni!!!! Well done Anu! We’re so proud of you!!! So very well deserved!
#KTIawards
#celebrate
NCI President
@ginaquin
saying a few words at a vigil outside the College in memory of Ashling Murphy, one week on from her passing, before observing a minute's silence.
We're marking
#WorldEncephalitisDay
again this year in support of NCI graduate Hannah Farrell by lighting our iris sculpture in red to raise awareness of the devastating neurological condition
#Red4WED
It was great to host Dublin and Ballymun Kickhams’ legend
@PhillyMcMahon
for Positive Mental Health Week in NCI today. Great inspiration to all our students!
#myNCI
Cathal speaking about the importance of having
@AsIAmIreland
in your corner as the parent of an autistic child and asking the public to get behind the advocacy group and to donate on their website
#LateLate
#AutismMonthSayYes
We're massively proud of the NCI Mental Health Society & all of the students & staff involved in the Cycle for Suicide fundraiser which raised €1,850 for
@PietaHouse
- well done to everyone involved for participating in such an important initiative!
#MyNCI
Woohoo 🎉
We're delighted to share that NCI has won the International Engagement Award for the Young Future Leader Programme which you can learn more about here:
#EducationAwardsIRL
We're delighted that
@NCILibrary
won the award for Best Library Team at the
#EducationAwardsIRL
. They provide a great service and are an excellent resource for all NCI staff and students. Congratulations!
NCI Library Team at The Education Awards 2020. Nominated for best library team and learning how to use a selfie stick!
@EDUAwardsIRL
#EducationAwardIRL
This week, Minister
@SimonHarrisTD
visited NCI, greeted by Registrar, John McGarrigle, and Director of Marketing, Robert Ward, who showed him the new sensory room at NCI, installed as part of our autism-friendly initiative. Read more about the visit here:
First look: Here are some of the changes made on campus to protect our staff and students when we return to the college which include handwashing facilities as you enter the atrium and a one way traffic system throughout the college
#MyNCI
The winners of the NCI Excellence in Research Awards are Dr Caoimhe Hannigan & Dr Michelle Kelly - Pro Brain Lab and Dr William Clifford - Multiple View Texture Mapping: A Rendering Approach Designed for Driving Simulation 👏👏👏
NCI's President's Awards 2022 winners are:
• Excellence in Education Award: Dr Michael Goldrick
• Excellence in Research Award: Dr David Mothersill
• NCI Values Award: HR & EDI Team
• NCI Impact Award: Professor Paul Stynes, Lisa Murphy, Emer Thornbury, Frances Sheridan
A special message from
@SimonHarrisTD
@DeptofFHed
as we officially launch our Strategic Plan 2022-2027
#FutureofNCI
Minister Harris acknowledges the College's advances in the area of inclusivity to date & notes the need to work together to ensure education is available for all.
The NCI team gathered virtually this afternoon to say goodbye to
@eoloughlin
who is retiring after 18 years working with us and 31 years as an educator (pictured below with his famous Harley-Davidson & NCI's Marketing Director
@RobJohnWard
on the back, photo taken last year)
For the final day of
#NCIWellnessWeek
, our team welcomed
@nbrez
to the college to explain his experience of mental health and to empower us to make positive changes to our everyday lives. We loved having you Niall, thank you for sharing your personal story with us.
We're proud to share the news that Emer Thornbury, Computing Support Tutor at NCI, has been selected as One to Watch for the
#JohnKellyUDLawards
. Well done, Emer!
The awards are taking place today, learn more here:
@aheadireland
@UCDforALL
We’re lighting up red for
#WorldEncephalitisDay
to raise awareness of encephalitis, a rare but serious inflammation of the brain that can be life threatening and requires urgent treatment
#Red4WED
Director of Development and External Engagement at National College of Ireland, Dr
@DeirdreGiblin1
, will host her first Maple Leaf Dinner as Chair of the Ireland Canada Business Association at The Shelbourne Hotel this evening.
Some of our NCI team members from a number of departments across the College at the
#EducationAwardsIRL
this evening awaiting the results of the six categories we are nominated for.
Celebrating the last day of classes at NCI for second-year IFS Apprentices who have been called 'trailblazers' for being the first group to join this innovative programme. Wishing you every success in your future in financial services!
Dr
@leocasey
, Director of CELL, invites you to join an online event, part of our Festival of Education & Lifelong Learning, at 2pm Friday 18th June where the new opportunities and challenges facing educators post-pandemic will be discussed, register here:
Thank you to the
#EducationAwardsIRL
for recognising National College of Ireland with the "Overall Excellence in Education Award" last night 🏆
We are seriously proud of this achievement and are blown away by the support we have received!
The second event in our
#PartnersinBusiness
series at 1pm on Thursday 11th July will feature Irish tech entrepreneur Maurice Healy, founder and chairman of
@GlantusLtd
who will discuss his road to business success - register here:
Huge thank you to
@SusanHayes_
for talking to our 3rd year BA (Honours) in Business students this evening about leveraging their talent and USP to compete in the jobs market - pictured with NCI Lecturer in Accounting Desmond Gibney
#PositiveEconomist
Applications for the Sports
#Scholarship
are now open for incoming full-time NCI students which includes a financial bursary of €2,000, annual gym membership & personal training sessions - full details here:
Our Iris sculpture in front of the College is lit up in red for National Fire Safety Week which is a good time to thank our facilities team and all our volunteer fire wardens for the work they do to keep those who visit our campus safe.
#Red4ready
#FireSafetyIRE
#21FSW
#STOPFire
We were delighted to give our students the chance to experience the challenges & difficulties autistic people face at our Autism Experience Exhibition this week - thank you to
@AsIAmIreland
&
@SpecialistsIRE
for your fantastic support with this event!
Did you get some fresh air today? 🌷
While we're all staying safe by working/studying at home, remember that it's important to get outside for some air and a walk during your break
#COVID2019
#SocialDistancing