First lecture yesterday to our year 1 undergraduate Food Science students at UL.
I showed them a motivating video from the film
Dead Poets Society.
Seize the day , guys ! Make your life extraordinary!
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Wednesday, 11 September 2019
Saturday, 3 November 2018
‘University of the Year 2019’
University of Limerick is ‘University of the Year 2019’ in the Sunday Times Good University Guide.
UL’s leading position in graduate employability, its cooperative
education and internship programmes, its research in partnership with
industry and the opening of the €31million new Glucksman Library were
among the many reasons for the award. UL previously claimed the title of
Sunday Times Irish University of the Year in 2015.
Alastair McCall, Editor of The Sunday Times Good University Guide, said:
"A second success in five years for our University of the Year is well deserved. The University is at the economic heart of this midwest city and the wider region, attracting brains and resources in equal measure. Its graduates are among the most employable in Ireland, prepared for work by practical courses and a work placement and internship programme second to none, which spans 1,600 employers at home and overseas.
"The University of Limerick's excellent results in the annual Irish Survey of Student Engagement suggest its students appreciate their good fortune to be studying at an institution with both an excellent academic reputation and an eye firmly on the working world, for which it prepares its students so well."
Speaking about the announcement made by the Sunday Times today, Dr Des Fitzgerald, UL President said: “we are delighted to have been named University of the Year 2019. This award reflects our commitment to graduate employability, our dedication to the student experience, our industry-relevant, award-winning research, our stunning campus and our deep commitment to community engagement. Our partnerships with world-leading universities like University College London and Delft University of Technology have added immensely to our research and postgraduate programmes. But it is our staff who are truly responsible for this accolade. They work every day to make UL a thriving centre of excellence in scholarship, teaching and research and just a great place to be for students from Ireland and abroad.”
Dr Fitzgerald highlighted the continued demand for UL graduates by employers; “UL's graduate employment rate for 2017 primary degree-holders is now 79%, 17% higher than the HEA’s most recently-available national average figure which is 62%. A further 18% go on to postgraduate studies”.
The new Glucksman Library at UL has doubled in size and capacity this year having added an extra 7,600 sq. metres to the original library building. The library now includes a range of world class innovations in book storage and retrieval, digital research, accessibility and ‘inspirational learning spaces’. One stand out feature is the ARC (Automated Reserve Collection) - a 10 meter high book vault and robotic crane, with the capacity to store 500,000 volumes in a space 1/9th of conventional shelving, which will see UL’s historic collections, currently housed off-site, returned to campus.
The University has just seen the highest ever attendance at its Open Days last month when 13,860 visitors came to campus over the course of two days.
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Working for UL and being part of the UL story is an amazing pleasure and a moral duty!
Working in such an extraordinary campus is just magic! For me, UL campus is one of the top 3 campuses in Europe!
Enjoy our campus through this drone flights.
Ioannis Zabetakis
Alastair McCall, Editor of The Sunday Times Good University Guide, said:
"A second success in five years for our University of the Year is well deserved. The University is at the economic heart of this midwest city and the wider region, attracting brains and resources in equal measure. Its graduates are among the most employable in Ireland, prepared for work by practical courses and a work placement and internship programme second to none, which spans 1,600 employers at home and overseas.
"The University of Limerick's excellent results in the annual Irish Survey of Student Engagement suggest its students appreciate their good fortune to be studying at an institution with both an excellent academic reputation and an eye firmly on the working world, for which it prepares its students so well."
Speaking about the announcement made by the Sunday Times today, Dr Des Fitzgerald, UL President said: “we are delighted to have been named University of the Year 2019. This award reflects our commitment to graduate employability, our dedication to the student experience, our industry-relevant, award-winning research, our stunning campus and our deep commitment to community engagement. Our partnerships with world-leading universities like University College London and Delft University of Technology have added immensely to our research and postgraduate programmes. But it is our staff who are truly responsible for this accolade. They work every day to make UL a thriving centre of excellence in scholarship, teaching and research and just a great place to be for students from Ireland and abroad.”
Dr Fitzgerald highlighted the continued demand for UL graduates by employers; “UL's graduate employment rate for 2017 primary degree-holders is now 79%, 17% higher than the HEA’s most recently-available national average figure which is 62%. A further 18% go on to postgraduate studies”.
The new Glucksman Library at UL has doubled in size and capacity this year having added an extra 7,600 sq. metres to the original library building. The library now includes a range of world class innovations in book storage and retrieval, digital research, accessibility and ‘inspirational learning spaces’. One stand out feature is the ARC (Automated Reserve Collection) - a 10 meter high book vault and robotic crane, with the capacity to store 500,000 volumes in a space 1/9th of conventional shelving, which will see UL’s historic collections, currently housed off-site, returned to campus.
The University has just seen the highest ever attendance at its Open Days last month when 13,860 visitors came to campus over the course of two days.
= = =
Working for UL and being part of the UL story is an amazing pleasure and a moral duty!
Working in such an extraordinary campus is just magic! For me, UL campus is one of the top 3 campuses in Europe!
Enjoy our campus through this drone flights.
Ioannis Zabetakis
Sunday, 7 October 2018
3 years ago...
it was exactly 3 years ago when I came to UL for the first time.
6th Oct 2015: 08.40 I gave my presentation; 13.00 my interview finished and 14.00 I was offered the job!
Since then, i.e. the last 3 years have been an exciting Journey!
Here are some photos that I took yesterday, on the 3rd anniversary of my (initial) job interview at UL (I had another one, successful as well, last June).
Enjoy these SEVEN (7) photographs.
and ...
#ThinkBigAtUL
#ThinkBigAtUL
Dr Ioannis Zabetakis
Head of the Department - Lecturer (Food Lipids)
Department of Biological Sciences
University of Limerick
6th Oct 2015: 08.40 I gave my presentation; 13.00 my interview finished and 14.00 I was offered the job!
Since then, i.e. the last 3 years have been an exciting Journey!
Here are some photos that I took yesterday, on the 3rd anniversary of my (initial) job interview at UL (I had another one, successful as well, last June).
Enjoy these SEVEN (7) photographs.
and ...
#ThinkBigAtUL
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| Absolute Hotel @ Limerick ; where I spent two nights in October 2015, my first nights in Limerick |
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| Julio, my friend and fishmonger @Milk Market |
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| hmmm, the BEST salmon in the World! (watch this space!) |
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| 6th Oct 2018, glorious Sky |
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| getting ready for co-coaching a big match |
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| pumping up caffeine |
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| Coach and Friend, Paul Horkan, empowering our team against Aisling Annacotty, FT Aisling - Corbally United 1-5! A day to remember! |
#ThinkBigAtUL
Dr Ioannis Zabetakis
Head of the Department - Lecturer (Food Lipids)
Department of Biological Sciences
University of Limerick
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