UCD Global Co-Hosts Global Insights Seminar

02 Mar 2020

UCD Global, in collaboration with UCD Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, hosted a seminar on Friday 21 February titled 'Multiculturalism and the University: Strategies to Develop Intercultural Competencies on Campus'.

Over 40 academics and staff from across the university attended the event. The keynote address was delivered by by Elspeth Jones, Emerita Professor of the Internationalisation of Higher Education, Leeds Beckett University UK. There was also a panel discussion on existing UCD initiatives promoting intercultural learning and understanding on campus.

Rory Carey, Chair of the EDI Multicultural Group, closed the event by highlighting the opportunity and potential to build on the connections established.