Institute Manager, Institute for Creativity
Sharon is the Manager of the Institute for Creativity at the University of Galway since July 2025. Between November 2022 and June 2025 she was the National Coordinator of the N-TUTORR project, an ambitious programme of work to transform learning in the Irish Technological University sector, funded by the European Union and NextGenerationEU. She was the project manager of the Enhancing Digital Teaching and Learning project (2019 - 2022) working with senior leaders across seven Irish Universities. She has a PhD in Computing Science from Glasgow University (UK) and worked as a lecturer in Information Technology at the University of Galway before becoming the Assistant Director at the Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching (CELT) between 2006 and 2019.