Call for Convene / Enterprise Academy Fellowships Q1 2025 Opens
Expressions of Interest accepted until Oct 7th, 2024
A new Call for Expressions of Interest for the Convene / Enterprise Academy Fellowship programme has opened. The Fellowship programme is a unique and exciting opportunity for staff across TU Dublin's academic faculties, professional services, research or innovation centres. Enterprise Academy Fellowships provide time out to pause intense schedules, explore, experiment, and deliver skills and innovation solutions for enterprise.
Successful fellows projects will build on existing strengths across the university to support the Enterprise Academy’s mission to transform university-enterprise engagement for the benefit of Irish society and the economy. Fellows will be immersed in a ‘velcro’ ecosystem where staff and students from enterprise, academia, professional services, innovation, research and our international partners come together for the common purpose of innovation, talent and skills development.
Fellowship roles will be full-time assignments for up to 5 months (from mid-January 2025 to mid-June 2025). Up to 5 full-time equivalent Fellowships will be funded.
Fellowships provide a pivotal chance to do things differently. Seconded from their regular roles, Fellows are given the time, space, and resources to work on a wide range of projects aligned with TU Dublin’s strategic plan. The secondment will be at the current pay grade of the successful candidates.
They will be based in their host organisation and in the Enterprise Academy, an 'internal incubator' for TU Dublin, which will help staff translate between enterprise needs and academic solutions, align projects to the university strategic plan, navigate our complex systems, integrate our collective expertise and co-create solutions around priority enterprise needs.
Expression of Interest Form
Applicants must provide a detailed plan of their project and complete the Expression of Interest and email it by the closing date to recruitment@tudublin.ie
Find more details and access the form click here: Expression of Interest Enterprise Academy Fellowships Semester 2 2024'2025
Fellowship Supports
Fellows will receive support around the entire innovation lifecycle – from ideation and quality assurance to funding and mainstreaming.
A tailored weekly programme is devised for each Fellow, and an Enterprise Academy mentor/coach is assigned throughout the programme.
The Enterprise Academy will provide:
- Ground-breaking educational models for Accredited Talent Development
- Tools and techniques for effective discovery
- Curation of high-quality online content to support skills solutions
- Assistance with securing funding (Springboard, Innovation Vouchers, and other funding applications)
- Navigation of internal and collaborative quality assurance processes
- Cultivation of enterprise ecosystems including Enterprise Faculty in priority sectors
- Communities of practice around common challenges, joining the dots across our education, research and innovation strengths
- Professional development plans including coaching and training as entrepreneurial educators
- National/international market development and sector-facing intelligence
- Championing business process transformation within TU Dublin for university-enterprise engagement.
Building on the success of Enterprise Academy Fellowships
To date, the Enterprise Academy has awarded 16 Fellowships across a variety of projects and sectors, including tourism, food and beverage, arts, and media, digital, science and engineering. As a result, new programmes and modules have emerged that respond to the identified needs of enterprise, embracing micro-credentials, digital badges, and the broader professional development requirements of Ireland's workforce.
See here for more on our former Fellows and their work.
My time at the Enterprise Academy has been among the most exciting and inspiring time that I've had over my 14 years here in TU Dublin. I really value the fellowship and the opportunity that it has given me.
Dr Claire Brougham,
Enterprise Academy Fellow 2024
Lecturer TU Dublin School of Mechanical Engineering,
About TU Dublin Enterprise Academy
The Enterprise Academy is a multidisciplinary business unit adopting an innovative approach to Collaborative Talent Development for workplace learners, while also facilitating connections with on-campus learners. Launched in November 2022, it is designed to support Irish-based enterprises in their talent development and skills strategies.
The Enterprise Academy at TU Dublin aims to build and grow active partnerships across academia, industry, community and society, to create value and impact for the TU Dublin community and wider society. As such, it will support the University in achieving its aim to increase active partnerships by 10% and to grow diversified income to 30% of total income by 2028.
The TU Dublin Enterprise Academy is funded by the Higher Education Authority's HCI Pillar 3, a government of Ireland programme designed to meet priority skills needs, by increasing collaboration between higher education and enterprise with a focus on innovations in teaching and learning. 