OneUCD 

UCD’s success will be achieved through our people. We will promote a vibrant, inclusive and ambitious culture that is based on our values and is shared across the organisation. 

UCD will be known as a highly inclusive community and a great place to work, and we will build a sense of belonging for all in UCD.

We will improve the integration of our supports and our planning under this strategy, with the experience of the user, not organisational structures, driving our services. We will reduce bureaucracy and expand our use of digital technologies to ensure that our employees’ time and talents can be engaged in the most effective way, and that our students, faculty, staff and partners experience a service that meets their needs.

We will grow our diverse revenue base to support our ambitions and will manage our finances with care, aligning our resources to our priorities and values. We will effectively advocate for necessary government funding, and grow our philanthropic engagement and contributions. We will plan holistically for growth, increasing student numbers in key areas that align with need and resourcing.

As an inclusive community and an integrated organisation, UCD will be a place where potential is realised. 

We will:

• enhance supports across the whole life cycle from student recruitment to alumni engagement, and from hiring to retirement for our employees, to create a sense of perpetual welcome and belonging at UCD for our whole community.

• strengthen coordination of key services and supports to staff, students and partners to improve our operational efficiency and effectiveness, and add value to our activities.

• implement a new approach to integrated planning that ensures this strategy is implemented through action plans across the university. We will identify key measures of progress and report on these, bringing visibility to what we do and how we do it.

• work with UCD Foundation to significantly increase philanthropic giving to our university.

• launch an integrated investment plan to deliver the strategy.

• develop our capability for transformational change at institutional, team and individual levels.

• establish processes through which our community can provide feedback on the implementation of this strategy and help to shape our university.