Jools O’Connor

Jools O’Connor is Project Lead for the MicroCreds Project, based at the Irish Universities Association (IUA).

MicroCreds is a five year project which has received €12.3 million in funding through the Higher Education Authority’s Human Capital Initiative, aimed at establishing an innovative system of quality assured and accredited micro-credentials across seven IUA universities. Prior to joining the IUA, Jools worked in the education sector in a variety of roles including strategic planning, operations, marketing, stakeholder management and business development. She has worked across undergraduate, postgraduate and professional education at institutions including Imperial College London, the Royal College of Physicians London and the Royal Pharmaceutical Society.

Jools holds an MBA from Trinity College Dublin and Chartered Institute of Marketing qualifications.