Cormac Allen is the TU Dublin Digital Campus Lead on the National Technological University TransfOrmation for Recovery and Resilience (N-TUTORR) project.

Cormac has joined the N-TUTORR team having served as Head of Discipline, Assistant Head of School and Head of Department in the TU Dublin School of Architecture, Building and Environment. He is also a registered architect and practiced architecture in various architectural practices in London and Dublin prior to his appointment to Dublin Instititute of Technology in 2003.

In his role as Head of Architectural Technology, Cormac led the BSc (Hons) Architectural Technology undergraduate programme and was responsible for the development of a suite of Springboard-funded postgraduate and CPD upskilling programmes in areas of new technology including low energy design, deep energy retrofit and Building Information Modelling. These industry upskilling programmes included the MSc in Energy Retrofit Technology, the NSAI-recognised CPD Diploma in Thermal Bridge Assessment and the Horizon 2020-funded online Certificate in Professional Energy Skills in NZEB, which was delivered online using emerging cloud technologies and applications.

This early adoption of online technologies enabled the development of the more recent MSc in Building Performance (Energy Efficiency in Design) which is being delivered by the School of Architecture, Building and Environment to a multidisciplinary industry-based audience in blended online mode. The programme comprises a range of 5 ECTS CPD modules which will be offered as micro credentials.

Cormac was also instrumental in establishing the MSc in Applied Building Information Modelling & Management and related BIM Architecture CPD modules which are being delivered by the School of Surveying and Construction Innovation, also in blended online mode.

Through this work Cormac has gained valuable insights into the challenges and opportunities of digitalised learning and teaching and brings this experience to his role as TU Dublin Digital Campus Lead on the N-TUTORR project.

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