Skills for a changing financial services industry

Dr Ciarán Dunne

Transversal Skills Director

Dr Ciarán Dunne is the first Transversal Skills Director for Dublin City University (DCU), Ireland, a unique role in higher education both nationally and internationally. His work focuses on formally integrating transversal skills into curricula so that students and graduates can thrive in an increasingly unscripted world through the acquisition, application and evidencing of a variety of key transversal skills.

Ciarán is also a member of Ireland’s National Skills Council in the capacity of a skills expert, analysing trends and advising the Irish government on national skills policy and emerging needs. Prior to taking on this role, Ciarán was an Associate Professor lecturing across multiple disciplines, including Sociology, Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Creativity and Creative Thinking, Futures Literacy, Intercultural Studies, and Spanish Language.

He has a strong interest in understanding forces of disruption in both higher education and industry, so that students, graduates, employees and organisations can be future-capable in the context of rapid change. He is passionate about creativity, and his ‘Talking Creativity’ podcast explores how this innate human capacity can be cultivated both individually and collectively.