Professor Mary Gallagher:

-----the pendulum has swung back from where it had gone far too far towards research. All that counted was research. For various reasons, UCD did not want to promote me in that promotion round. Basically, UCD decided to say that I was unsuccessful because my teaching was very mediocre. I do not know many things but I do know that I am a pretty good teacher. I know this because my students have told me that I have helped them which is good enough for me. I have proof that I can help students to love a subject and want to study it. I model things for them and they learn. I must say I found it very difficult to be told that I had not done enough CPD courses.