(L to R – Magdalene Tran, Celia Thomas, Rob O’Connor) While in Ireland as part of the latest Teach CoLab partner meeting, US-based sexual health educators Celia Thomas and Magdalene Tran join SETU’s Rob O’Connor in the studio to discuss
(Photo from L to R: Georgina Leahy, Christina O’Reilly, Andy Pham, Rob O’Connor, Maya Nikolic) In March 2024, a number of students from the University of Washington Bothel (USA) and South East Technological University (Ireland) began an exchange programme, funded
Two exchange students from Washington State reflect on their experiences of life in Waterford, Ireland. In a very open and easy fashion, students Mindy Vu and Jennifer Dinh talk with Rob O’Connor (from Waterford) about the people they met and places they’ve visited during their time in Ireland. They also compare discuss differences in the academic approaches of the Irish and US systems.
The TEaCH CoLab group has enjoyed a number of onsite visits over the course of its life to date, but Covid called a halt to all of that for two years. However, this March (2022), faculty from University of Washington, Bothell travelled to WIT to work on a variety of aspects of the TEaCH CoLab project. At the end of the visit, five members of staff recorded a podcast to reflect on the experiences of the previous few days …
The panel talk about academic community engagement during the COVID pandemic. They discuss projects they’re involved with, how they worked pre-COVID, how things changed during COVID and what lessons can be learned for future unforeseen events.This podcast features Dan Bustillos
Since 2017, I have been involved with producing podcasts at Waterford Institute of Technology (and elsewhere before that). Some are linked directly to subjects whereas others are extra material. They all span multiple disciplines and provide another way for us to engage with our students and college community. In this blog post, I won’t get into the technicalities of creating podcasts, but instead lay out some benefits that podcasts can bring.
