Archive 2007 – 2009

This website is now defunct; it will be maintained for an indefinite time to provide some public archive a selection of the activities of the of the Science Discovery and Technological Innovation section of the Office of the Theme Leaders at Dublin City University. Some material has been moved here for more complete archiving. See [...]

Internal Quality Review 2008

The SDTI Theme / Sustainability Initiative and the Office of the Theme Leaders were reviewed in April 2008 as part of the University’s Quality Promotion programme. The extensive review was conducted by the internal Quality Promotion Unit through a Peer Review Group. The Peer Review Group consisted of two external, senior, reviewers and two reviewers [...]

Biofuel Collaboration with Kilkenny Cereals

(Updated 2009) The Sustainability Initiative helped coordinate a collaboration between Dr. Abdul Olabi, Professor Ian Marison, Dr. Tim Prescott and Kilkenny Cereals, an Irish producer of Pure Plant Oil (PPO). This seed project was funded by Enterprise Ireland’s Innovation Voucher programme. The project was initiated in January 2008. Its abstract is copied below: With the [...]

External Audit of Activities 2007

Since its inception, the Office of the Theme Leaders and the SDTI Theme have been funded by philanthropy. The OTL was established to implement the Academic Themes strategic initiative.  This was made possible in 2003 by philanthropic support, allowing the implementation of a new thematic academic leadership structure and underwriting the initiation of the programme. [...]