PsO Education Awards Appendix
| Platform | Journal, Website, Press and social media releases |
|---|---|
| SURE Network website – PsO about, institutional contact point and participant page | Publication of about event info, institutional contact points and nomination call in March 2025
Publication of selected PsO autobiography’s, names, photos and short layman paragraph summarising their research (October 2025) Publication of individual layman short research videos, poster thumbnails and links to the individual SURE-J articles of each of the 30 PsO participants, early Nov 2025. See IADT students Julia Kuczera short video entitled Blossom, designing spaces to promote multiculturalism in Ireland here, |
| SURE-J | Special issue coincided to launch alongside PsO 25, publishing each PsO participants abstract and poster as well as an editorial from the SURE-J editors of the special edition and the PsO National committee available here. This was the seventh edition of the SURE J undergraduate research journal published annually. |
| Posters in Brussels website | PsO is one of five Posters in Parliament events taking place across Europe in 2025/2026 prior to the multinational Posters in Brussels event in the European parliament in November 2026. A detailed post event report was published on the Posters in Brussels website in Jan 2026, written by Dr. Therese Montgomery PsO chair. Carousel 1 under the research publications section included photos from the event of all 30-student participant receiving their certificates from various politicians at their posters, the link to their SURE-J article and a lay impact summary from each participant (carousel 1). Carousel 2 available under the student testimonials section displays individual student testimonials collected after the event through the post event feedback form. |
| Denis Naughten, InnoSphere consulting | Denis Naughten speaks about training the PsO students here Empowering Students to Engage with Parliament |
| PsO signed certificate | Each student received a printed and embossed PsO certificate for taking part, personally signed by the PsO champion Minister James Lawless T.D, Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science; TD Erin McGreehan, Cathaoirleach of the Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Posters in Brussels Irish university lead president, President of ATU, Dr. Orla Flynn and PsO/Posters in Brussels Irish project lead Dr. Therese Montgomery. |
| Digital badge | Each participant received a SURE Network digital badge for use in their digital profile. Credentials available here. |
| LinkedIn profile | SURE Network post PsO event congratulatory post on Linkedin available here. This is one of many LinkedIn posts posted by the SURE Network both before and after the PsO event as part of the overall PsO media strategy |
| ATU website, LinkedIn, press and communications | ATU LinkedIn post highlighting the research achievements of ATU students participating in PsO 2025
ATU LinkedIn post displaying research carousel with a one line summary of each PsO poster available here. This is one of many LinkedIn posts posted by ATU on this event ATU press release highlighting the research achievements of the ATU PsO participants in advance of PsO 2025 ATU post PsO event press release with value testimonials from Minister Lawless, Erin McGreehan T.D., Mr. Denis Naughten, Dr. Orla Flynn and Dr. Therese Montgomery ATU monthly university magazine with a three-page spread (pg 22-24) describing the event and highlighting the success of each of the ATU participants An example of a post communicated on ATU’s internal community messaging service, Work vivo. |
| Dundalk IT website, press and communications | DkIT LinkedIn post highlighting participation of DkIT students in PsO 2025
DkIT President Dr Diarmuid O’Callaghan LinkedIn Post highlighting the special nature of the PsO event DkIT PsO Participant Conor Barnett LinkedIn Post highlighting his project and experience presenting at PsO 2025 DkIT PsO Participant Micheal Keenan LinkedIn Post highlighting his project and experience presenting at PsO 2025 DkIT News Item and Press release with value testimonials from Minister Lawless, Erin McGreehan T.D., Mr. Denis Naughten, Dr. Orla Flynn and Dr. Therese Montgomery DkIT Press Release featured in print and online news media: Dundalk Democrat newspaper and Louth Live online site and Northern Standard regional newspaper DkIT Research Office LinkedIn Post highlighting the DkIT research presented at PsO 2025 DkIT News Item highlighting the students selected for participation in PsO 2025 |
| SETU | SETU Press Release highlighting the research of an SETU graduate presenting at PsO; featured in the Carlow Nationalist
SETU Head of Research LinkedIn post highlighting the importance of rigorous policy-informed research and the contributions by the two SETU PsO participants |
| TUS website, press and communications | An example of TUS promotional LinkedIn activities
TUS Tea – Issue 17 |
| QUB website | QUB website outlining the research completed by the two students participating in PsO |
| UL website | UL website showcasing their students who took part in the PsO event |
Peer Reviewed Bibliography for award application:
O’Leary C et al (2021) “Reflections on the Formation and Growth of the SURE Network: a National Disciplinary Network to Enhance Undergraduate Research in the Sciences” Irish Journal of Academic Practice: Vol. 9: Iss. 1:7. doi: https://doi.org/10.21427/z3xx-dy28.
Hill, J. Walkington, H. (2016). Developing graduate attributes through participation in undergraduate research conferences. Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 40 222-237.
Mieg, H., Ambos, E., Brew, A., Galli, D., & Lehmann, J. (Eds.). (2022). The Cambridge Handbook of Undergraduate Research (Cambridge Handbooks in Education). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/9781108869508
Walkington, H. (2015). Students as researchers: Supporting undergraduate research in the disciplines in higher education. York: The Higher Education Academy.
OECD (2026), OECD Digital Education Outlook 2026: Exploring Effective Uses of Generative AI in Education, OECD Publishing, Paris, https://doi.org/10.1787/062a7394-en.
O’Sullivan, James, Colin Lowry, Ross Woods & Tim Conlon. Generative AI in Higher Education Teaching & Learning: Policy Framework. Higher Education Authority, 2025. DOI: 10.82110/073e-hg66.