Lorna O’Herlihy

Hi, I’m Lorna O’Herlihy. I work in Research and Academic Strategy (RAS) as a Research Development Manager. I have been in my current role at the OU since March 2015 – prior to this I was a fundraising manager in the charitable sector. My role includes providing support to academics and their faculty research support teams with regard to applications for external funding, running funding workshops and facilitating visits to the OU by a variety of funding bodies. It also includes providing training on identifying external funding opportunities and acting as the OU point of contact for ResearchFish – an online facility used by several funding bodies to track impact and outputs for projects they have supported.

My favourite thing about the OU is the flexibility it offers to students. I personally benefitted from this, having obtained my science degree a number of years ago when I was juggling working and bringing up my son and daughter – twins – who are now 20.

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