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UL Vice President for Research Professor Norelee Kennedy looks back on an eventful first year

Research is at the very core of everything Norelee Kennedy does. It is in her fibre, her very being. After accepting the role as the new Vice-President for Research (VPR) at University of Limerick in July, she promptly took a four-month period of research leave before starting in the job. She talks to UL Links about her new role going forward.

COVID does not destroy so much as reveals weakness. Associate Professor of Economics at University of Limerick, Stephen Kinsella, argues that “it is in our power to buttress the weaker parts of our society and economy revealed by the COVID crisis”.

A specially designed International PhD at University of Limerick will help transform the way teaching and administration at Algerian universities is carried out. Dr Mairead Moriarty, Assistant Dean of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences and Senior Lecturer in Applied Linguistics and Professor Tewfik Soulimane, an Algerian national who is the head of chemical sciences at Bernal Institute speaks to UL Links.

Welcome to the Winter 2020 edition of UL Links - packed with stories from our community.

The importance of accreditation is that it allows entities to stand out from the crowd, but few elevate to a higher class altogether. UL Links speaks to former Dean of KBS Professor Philip O'Regan.

‘A magical association with an amazing university’: Dr Niamh NicGhabhann speaks to Loretta Brennan Glucksman, outgoing chair of the University of Limerick Foundation

TEDx University of Limerick fits the bill for a campus full of spark and discovery as 2020 moves to focus on alumni and Limerick