Dr. Zeta Dooly is a Lecturer, Researcher and Supervisor in the School of Education and Lifelong learning at South East Technological University SETU. Zeta holds a doctorate in Research Collaborations, and has lectured, researched and led research projects on Digital transformation, Education, Cybersecurity,  Privacy and the Recognition of Prior Learning.

Zeta is passionate about research, specifically the links between people, technology and education.  Zeta led the SETU CITO Erasmus + Basic Skills Checker, HEA funded Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) and contributes to the Hecat project (H2020) Disruptive Technologies Supporting Labour Market Decision Making project.

Additionally, Zeta has recently been awarded funding to build the First Education Lab at SETU for mixed reality (MR) for Adult learners (neurodiverse and neurotypical). Zeta has successfully supervised many Masters in Education students.

Zeta was a member of the OER (Open Educational Resources) 2022 Conference Committee and was co-chair of Education, teaching and learning stream (with MTU) at Irish Academy of Management (IAM) 2021.

Zeta is Programme Lead for the Certificate in Technology Enhanced Learning (Minor Award 30 credit Level 9), Zeta lectures on the Master’s in Education (Level 9), Blended and Online Learning, Online Content and Interaction and Recognition of Prior Learning modules. Previously Zeta has lectured on Digital Marketing and Cloud Computing in SETU.

Zeta was also an invited lecturer in UCC in 2021 and 2022 for L7 Recognition of Prior Learning Module.

Zeta acts as an Expert evaluator, Observer and Rapporteur with the European Commission Horizon Europe Program (2021/2022) and previously H2020 and FP7 in ICT, Research and Education.

Zeta was recently appointed to the Corporate and Midlands Health Service Executive (HSE) Ireland Research Ethics Committee (2022-2025).

Previously Zeta was an invited speaker with Dept. of Taoiseach and Enterprise Ireland (2017).