Eloise McGinty is a lecturer in the Department of Tourism and Sport at ATU Donegal. She has been applying differentiated teaching methods since 2002 and, since discovering Universal Design for Learning (UDL) in 2020, has become a committed advocate. Eloise has facilitated the UDL Digital Badge at both national and local rollouts, serves on the ATU UDL Steering Group as Donegal’s ambassador, and has led workshops and programme audits to raise awareness and embed UDL practices. She recently completed a master’s degree in UDL at ATU Sligo. She teaches in the Inclusive Curriculum using UDL module in the MA in Teaching and Learning.

Patrick is a lecturer at the Atlantic Technological University (ATU), Donegal since 2012, attached to the Faculty of Business. He holds a BA in Hotel and Catering Management (Honours Degree), an MA in Learning and Teaching and an MSc in Marketing Practice. He lectures across two Departments viz the Department of Law, Public Service and Education and the Department of Tourism and Sport. His current research focus is in the area of inclusive curriculum using universal design for learning. He is a UDL badge facilitator for ATU and helps co-facilitate on the national delivery of the digital badge for Universal Design in Teaching and Learning. He lectures on the MA in Learning and Teaching (MALT) at ATU.