Welcome

Our strategy starts from a position of strength. The College has a global research reputation across the spectrum of the Arts and Social Sciences and we are partners of choice for multiple international agencies in co-designing better educational and environmental outcomes for all. We do all this work with and for our students. We have a proud history of enabling access to education for people from all four provinces of Ireland whilst also facilitating exchange with all four corners of the world. Exchange – of cultural values, experiences, knowledge – is at the heart of what we do in the College.

This Strategy is all about being transformational. We look at the world around us and ask how it can be better, for more people, more of the time. We also look at all the things we already have and are mindful that the past too needs tending: there is transformational work to be done in finding the right ways to remember and keep our most important lessons, objects, and practices accessible for future generations.

 We work from our existing strengths in teaching and research and utilise our eight major portfolio areas to our commitments to deliver this strategy. Our overarching goal is to inspire transformational thought and action across society, while fulfilling our mission as a public university serving the public good, such that the knowledge held within our disciplines empowers people to lead fulfilling, socially and environmentally responsible lives right around the world.

Our Vision

 

By 2030, the College of Arts, Social Sciences & Celtic Studies will be known for the distinctive way we connect expertise across the arts, humanities, and social sciences, both to other bodies of knowledge and to applications in other sectors. Our overarching goal is to inspire transformational thought and action across society, while fulfilling our mission as a public university serving the public good, such that the knowledge held within our disciplines empowers people to lead fulfilling, socially and environmentally responsible lives right around the world.

 

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Aims

Our Strategy out to 2025 has five core overarching aims:

  • To empower our students to create positive change in both their own lives and society at large by delivering at scale a tailored teaching experience focused on transformational knowledge

  • To ensure the College of Arts, Social Sciences & Celtic Studies is internationally recognised by both prospective students and staff members for its distinct areas of connective expertise

  • To sustain multiple major partnerships beyond academe at both regional and national levels that underscore our ability to do transformational work with a wide range of stakeholders

  • To ensure NUI Galway is an identified academic partner of choice in the Arts and Social Sciences for fellow research and higher education institutions around the world

  • To be nationally-leading in our commitment to facilitating a healthy work-life balance and professional fulfilment for colleagues on all contract types.

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Our Eight Major Portfolios 

Read our 2021 - 2025 Strategic Plan