lives in New Zealand and is Assessment Manager and Teacher of Mathematics at Pathway/TE Huarahi at the University of Otago in Dunedin. Memories of UCD: My very first day as a 17-year-old, walking by the lake through Belfield campus to the Science building and feeling that I belonged there. It was wonderful.
lives in the UK and is a retired GP. Memories of UCD: I had one particular group of friends in college; we had a poker s...
lives in Ireland and is a UN Advisor. Memories of UCD: The lake.
lives in Germany and is a Purser/Senior Flight Attendant with Lufthansa. Memories of UCD: A moment of surprise and trepidation when graduating student Pat Cusack asked me to run the Italian Society during my final year. But I rose to the challenge and made a success of it, culminating in organising an Easter Party in concert with the German Society.
lives in Ireland and is CEO at The Wheel. Memories of UCD: Creating ‘seismic waves’ in the grassy area between the Science block and the lake by hitting a metal disc with a sledgehammer, to test the efficacy of the seismic-wave detector I built for my final year project, while fellow students looked on from the warmth of their building, laughing at my efforts
lives in Belgium and is Chief Technology Officer at Consultant Immaterial Ltd. Memories of UCD: My most vivid memory is of something that would never be allowed today – a stretcher race as part of Engineering rag-week. A race between ten pubs around the centre of Dublin; in each pub you got a clue to the next one. Teams of five – four carriers who had to drink half a pint in each pub, and one on the stretcher who had to drink a pint in each pub. I think our team finished in less than two hours and we didn’t make the top three.
lives in Australia and in January 2022 was appointed Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic and Student Life) at the Universit...
lives in New Zealand and is Assessment Manager and Teacher of Mathematics at Pathway/TE Huarahi at the University of Otago in Dunedin. Memories of UCD: My very first day as a 17-year-old, walking by the lake through Belfield campus to the Science building and feeling that I belonged there. It was wonderful.
lives in the UK and is a retired GP. Memories of UCD: I had one particular group of friends in college; we had a poker school every week and we diligently skipped lectures to attend racecourses all over Ireland.
lives in Ireland and is a UN Advisor. Memories of UCD: The lake.
lives in Germany and is a Purser/Senior Flight Attendant with Lufthansa. Memories of UCD: A moment of surprise and trepidation when graduating student Pat Cusack asked me to run the Italian Society during my final year. But I rose to the challenge and made a success of it, culminating in organising an Easter Party in concert with the German Society.
lives in Ireland and is CEO at The Wheel. Memories of UCD: Creating ‘seismic waves’ in the grassy area between the Science block and the lake by hitting a metal disc with a sledgehammer, to test the efficacy of the seismic-wave detector I built for my final year project, while fellow students looked on from the warmth of their building, laughing at my efforts
lives in Belgium and is Chief Technology Officer at Consultant Immaterial Ltd. Memories of UCD: My most vivid memory is of something that would never be allowed today – a stretcher race as part of Engineering rag-week. A race between ten pubs around the centre of Dublin; in each pub you got a clue to the next one. Teams of five – four carriers who had to drink half a pint in each pub, and one on the stretcher who had to drink a pint in each pub. I think our team finished in less than two hours and we didn’t make the top three.
lives in Australia and in January 2022 was appointed Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic and Student Life) at the University of Wollongong. Professor Farrell has held a succession of academic leadership roles including Head of the Department of War Studies at King’s College London. He is a professor of International Relations and author of Unwinnable: Britain’s War in Afghanistan (Vintage, 2022), a Sunday Times Book of the Year, shortlisted for three national book awards. Farrell is brother of Professor David Farrell of the UCD School of Politics and International Relations, and son of former UCD Professor Brian Farrell.
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