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National College of Ireland @ncirl.bsky.social · 2d

Have you got your Monday thinking cap on yet?

If you haven't, check out our newest Weekly Research Round-Up on ELI's Dr Josephine Bleach's work on Delivering on UN Sustainable Development Goals through Community Action.

Check it out: www.ncirl.ie/Research/Res...

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National College of Ireland @ncirl.bsky.social · 9d

Honey2Fish is a novel low-complexity hybrid encryption approach to enhances the security of passwords and messages.

Read Rohit Verma's work: www.ncirl.ie/Research/Res...

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National College of Ireland @ncirl.bsky.social · 9d

Here's an insightful Monday read for our Weekly Research Round-Up from our School of Computing.

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National College of Ireland @ncirl.bsky.social · 13d

2 days to go until the Dublin NASA Space Apps Challenge! 🚀
The event is at full capacity so the campus will be buzzing with innovation and creativity.

Attention participants, make sure you read this final checklist of things you need to know before take-off 🌕⭐🚀

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NCI Library @ncilibrary.bsky.social · 23d

Another successful round of orientations finished here at the library - now that students are settling in, here's a look back at how it went!

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NCI Library @ncilibrary.bsky.social · 26d

The 6th edition of NCI Library's Referencing and Avoiding Plagiarism Guide is finally here! We're so excited to release this brand new guide to our students, staff and faculty. Take a look inside here: libguides.ncirl.ie/ld.php?conte...

New Referencing and Avoiding Plagiarism Guide and Referencing Quick Guides from NCI's Library Academic Support Centre

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National College of Ireland @ncirl.bsky.social · 23d

Check out their work on Developing an Irish Restorative Community — Insights, Lessons, and Theory Contributions: www.ncirl.ie/Research/Res...

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National College of Ireland @ncirl.bsky.social · 23d

Happy Monday! This week marks Freshers Week on campus for all of our new NCI students.

Today, we're sharing the work of Emma Wheatley & Miranda Curry from our Early Learning Initiative.

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National College of Ireland @ncirl.bsky.social · 25d

Culture Night at NCI starts with a warm welcome from NCISU followed by some mind-bending games, a chance to win prizes and a treat or two!

We hope you get a chance to visit us before the event ends at 6pm

#CultureNight2025 #OneNightForAll

National College of Ireland @ncirl.bsky.social · 26d

Graduation is sweeter with family! Who was by your side on your graduation day? 🎓

#NCIGrad2025

National College of Ireland @ncirl.bsky.social · 26d

We are counting down the hours to Culture Night here at NCI.

Make sure you join us this evening at Mayor Square from 4-6pm for an evening of art, wellness, STEM, and activities for all ages.

#OneNightForAll

National College of Ireland @ncirl.bsky.social · Sep 8

This work explores how to support young children's
development of computational thinking through programmable robotics kits.

Read More: www.ncirl.ie/Research/Res...

National College of Ireland @ncirl.bsky.social · Sep 8

Happy Monday! We're kicking off our first Orientation sessions this week and bringing you our Weekly Research Round-Up!

This week, we're showcasing the work of Anna Barr, "Coding Connections: Early Childhood Educators Guiding Computational Thinking with Robotic Play"

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NCI Library @ncilibrary.bsky.social · Sep 3

Better together! NCI and Marino Institute of Education have established a mutual library access agreement for this academic year, allowing students, staff and faculty from both institutes to access each other's libraries for study. Find out more on our website:
libguides.ncirl.ie/blog/Mutual-...

Images of the library facilities at the National College of Ireland and Marino Institute of Education, including bookshelves and study spaces. In between the images, the caption states "Share the love! NCI and MIE students, faculty and staff can now access both libraries for study".

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National College of Ireland @ncirl.bsky.social · Sep 1

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National College of Ireland @ncirl.bsky.social · Sep 1

Welcome to our weekly Monday Research Round-Up! This week, we're showing work from Dr Jorge Mario Cortes Mendoza from our School of Computing on "Privacy-Preserving Logistic Regression for Federated Learning Environments with a Policy to Reduce the Training Time"

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National College of Ireland @ncirl.bsky.social · Aug 28

Learn more about the creative process behind our new ad here: info.ncirl.ie/realise-your...

Realise Your Potential With National College of Ireland

When you study at NCI, you don't do it alone. From the moment you enrol to the day you graduate, and beyond, we're with you every step of the way.

info.ncirl.ie

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National College of Ireland @ncirl.bsky.social · Aug 28

Proud to see NCI continuing to lead the way in applying technology, and grateful to Adrian for the chance to share how many people and how much work went into the ad, with expert AI adding value and creating something that wouldn't otherwise be possible.

Adrian Weckler @adrianweckler.bsky.social · Aug 28

The jump in quality in generated AI video is scarily good.
This is Google (Gemini) Veo3, the best of them right now.

All of these videos from a simple text prompt.

More (and full video): m.independent.ie/business/tec...

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National College of Ireland @ncirl.bsky.social · Aug 27

Pictured: Deirdre McCarthy, Michele Kehoe, Cristina Pons and Teresa Murray. Not pictured but also graduating from the programme: Ita Kennelly, Linda Mc Grath, Anna Rochford, Dr. Shivani Jaswal and Shauni Hegarty.

Well done to all!

National College of Ireland @ncirl.bsky.social · Aug 27

Many lessons were shared as the group reflected on the programme before the next group begin their journey in September.

Thank you to EDI Manager, Deirdre McCarthy, for hosting this event and also to NCI President, Professor Gina Quin, for presenting the certificates.

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National College of Ireland @ncirl.bsky.social · Aug 27

We recently hosted a graduation ceremony to celebrate the latest group of NCI team members who completed the Aurora programme, Advance HE’s leadership development initiative designed to address the under-representation of women in leadership positions in the sector.

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National College of Ireland @ncirl.bsky.social · Aug 25