VLE Management Structure
Approved by Executive Committee - May 2025
The adoption of Brightspace was enabled through the VLE Project, funded by the HEA Human Capital Initiative Pillar 3 via UL@Work. The project concluded in April 2024.
A VLE Structure was established to continue the support and management of the VLE and its associated tools. In June 2025, approved this structure, with yearly reporting to EC.
The VLE structure was approved by the Executive Committee in May 2025 as the mechanism to enable governance, coordination, and support of the ongoing work and decision-making process around the digital education infrastructure at UL.
The progress of the VLE structure is supported by approved standard operating procedures (SOPs) for decision-making.
Approved minutes of the VLE Management Board, monthly updates by the working groups, and approved changes controls are shared in the open folder VLE Campus Engagement (available on request).
Any UL staff member may provide feedback or raise a concern regarding a decision made or reported at the VLE Management Board here: Feedback and suggestions.
VLE Structure (May 2025 to May 2026)
The VLE Management Board comprises the following members:
- Dr Angélica Rísquez, Chair of the VLE Management Board, Chair of Training & Communications Working Group, CTL
- Padraig Hyland, Chair of Data Compliance Working Group
- John Morrissey, Chair of Functional Changes Working Group
- Edel Quinn, Chair of Technical Operations Working Group
- Niall A. Collins, Deputy Chair of Technical Operations Working Group
- Dr Kathleen Markey, rep from Faculty Learning, Teaching and Assessment Committee at EHS
- Dr Caoilfhionn Ni Bheachain, rep from Faculty Learning, Teaching and Assessment Committee at KBS
- Dr Darina Slattery, rep from Faculty Learning, Teaching and Assessment Committee at AHSS
- Dr Ronan Grimes, rep from Faculty Learning, Teaching and Assessment Committee at SE
- David Moloney, LevelUP, CTL
- Áine Finucane, Deputy Librarian, Glucksman Library
- Thomas O’Shaughnessy, Manager Educational Assistive Technology Centre
- Ex officio, Vice President Academic Officer, UL Student Life
- Ex officio, Vice President Academic, Postgraduate Students’ Union
Feedback and suggestions
Any UL staff member may provide feedback or raise a concern regarding a decision made or reported at the VLE Management Board, as communicated through approved minutes and monthly updates shared in the open folder VLE Campus Engagement (available on request). Feedback must be submitted within one month of the publication date. Responses to this form will be accessible to the chairs of the working groups, who will address them in accordance with the VLE Standard Operating Procedure.
