The LTA Affiliates initiative, supported by TU Dublin Academic Affairs, recognises the valuable contribution of colleagues from across TU Dublin to learning, teaching and assessment activities.
TU Dublin colleagues pictured above, and listed below, were launched as LTA Affiliates 2025-26 by Professor Brian Bowe, Head of Academic Affairs on 4th September 2025, as part of the "Welcome Back" event.
The LTA Affiliates for academic year 2025/26 in the Faculty of Arts & Humanities are below, and are happy to be contacted about the listed aspects of their teaching.
- Connell Vaughan - Research-informed teaching; Curriculum Design
- Elaine Mahon - Instructor presence in Brightspace; Active learning; Community building; Inclusive teaching through UDL; Digital tools for education; Formative assessment
- Geraldine Gorham - Community and industry engagement; HyFlex teaching approaches; Student engagement; Authentic assessment & teaching practices; Active learning
- Jennifer Lawlor - Authentic assessment & teaching practices; Community and Industry engagement
- Nigel Vahey - Inclusive teaching through UDL; Student engagement through assessment; Academic integrity in age of A
- Susan Norton - Gen AI in education; Curriculum design; Practice-based education and research
- Theresa Ryan - Community and industry engagement; Curriculum co-creation with students; Curriculum design and innovation; Enhancing accessibility and inclusion
- Ziene Mottiar - Global citizenship; Entrepreneurship; Undergraduate supervision; Adapting to a changed educational environment
- Zuzana Tesarova - Research-informed teaching; Anti-racism audit
The LTA Affiliates for academic year 2025/26 in the Faculty of Business are below, and are happyt to be contacted to discuss the aspects of their learning teaching practice listed:
- Alice Luby - Quizzing, Student engagement
- Caoimhe Kiernan - Gamification for learning; Innovative assessment strategies; Research-informed teaching
- Hilda Burton - Authentic teaching practices; Student engagement; Community building
- Jennifer Cowman - Gamification for learning (escape rooms); Curriculum design and mapping to support programmatic review
- Margaret-Anne Lawlor - Gen AI in education; Innovative assessment strategies
- Niamh Imbusch - Research-informed teaching; Entrepreneurship; Resilience
The LTA Affiliates for the academic year 2025/26 in the Faculty of Computing, Digital and Data are below, and are happy to be contacted about the aspect/s of their learning and teaching practices listed:
- Abubakr Siddig - Inclusive teaching through UDL; Innovative assessment strategies
- Nicole Beisiegel - Research-informed teaching
- Pierce Ryan - Research-informed teachi;ng; Student success
The LTA Affiliates for academic year 2025/26 in the Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment & Apprenticeships are below and are happy to be contacted about the learning, teaching and assessment practices listed:
- Bartholomew Begley - Student engagement; Research-informed teaching
- David O'Mahony - Research-informed teaching; Augmented Reality
- Elaine Edmonds - Gamification for learning; Inclusive teaching through UDL; Student engagement; Hackathons
- Lejla Rovcanin - Innovative assessment strategies; Quizzing; Numbas. MatLab, Embedding sustainability
- Martha Burton - Research informed teaching; Innovative feedback practices
- Michael O'Connor - Guidance for new lecturers; Student engagement, Advance HE fellowship
- Miriam Fitzpatrick - Focus on feedback practices; Innovative assessment strategies; Research-informed teaching
- Paul Tierney - Sustainability in education; Research-informed teaching
- Sachin Sharma - Research-informed teaching; Student engagement; Active learning; Use of digital tools in teaching
- Susan Lynott - Community and industry engagement; Enhancing accessibility and inclusion; Transition to university; Research-informed teaching
The LTA Affiliates for the academic year 2025/26 in the Faculty of Sciences & Health are below and are happy to be contacted about the learning, teaching and assessment practices listed:
- Adrienne Fleming - Community and industry engagement; HyFlex teaching approaches; Recognition of Prior Learning
- Bilal Javed - Research-informed teaching
- Darvree Downey - Self- and Peer-assessment; Gen AI literacy; Development of evaluative judgement
- Eugene Hickey - Innovative assessment strategies; NUMBAS; Academic integrity in age of AI
- Kathleen Brosnan - HyFlex teaching approaches
- Laura Cleary-Keogh - Inclusive teaching through UDL
- Leanne Harris - Student engagement; Gen AI literacy; Programme coordination; Promotes sustainability education; Use of digital tools in teaching
- Maureen Walsh - Inclusive teaching through UDL; Student engagement; Use of digital tools in teaching; Active learning; Innovative assessment methods; Community engagement
- Sarah Maher - HyFlex teaching approaches; lab simulations; Innovative assessment strategies; Sustainability education; Student engagement; Community & industry engagement; PSRB accreditation
- Sinead Currivan - Research-informed teaching
- Tao Zhang - Community and industry engagement; Programme coordination and curriculum design; Research-informed teaching; Student engagement
Just one LTA Affiliates for the academic year 2025/26 from Professional Services:
Ciara Bell (Digital Education) - Digital tools in education; Gen AI in education; Resource generation