Career Paths

Want insight into career paths in your field? Curious what your working life might be like? Want to know how others found success?

We interviewed a range of successful people to find out what they studied and how their careers are progressing. This is to give you some insight about what to expect by following a particularly career.

Write a killer Postgraduate Application

Write a killer Postgraduate Application

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The application for your postgraduate course is not something that should be taken lightly, and must be afforded the proper consideration and time. Academic qualifications are obviously very important but…
Conversion Courses – thinking of making the switch?

Conversion Courses – thinking of making the switch?

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Whatever stage you are at, in either your academic or working career, it is never too late to change course and find a new direction. Postgraduate conversion courses were designed…
€22m investment in early-career research

€22m investment in early-career research

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An investment of over €22 million in early-career researchers was announced earlier this week. 288 postgraduate and postdoctoral researchers will benefit from the investment, under the Irish Research Council’s Government…
ESB Graduate Development Programme 2019

ESB Graduate Development Programme 2019

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The objective of the ESB Graduate Development Programme is to launch you on a fast track to career success. Working with ESB, you will be part of a team in…
Aldi Graduate Placement Programme

Aldi Graduate Placement Programme

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Have you thought about a career in retail? Aldi is one of the fastest-growing grocery retailers in Ireland today. They are No.3 in the Times Top 100 ‘Best Graduate Employers’…
Visiting PhD Fellowship Programme

Visiting PhD Fellowship Programme

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Deadline: 30th September Make the most of this opportunity to further your thesis in an international research institute. This Visiting PhD Fellowship Programme gives registered doctoral students the opportunity to…
Deadline Approaching: Paid Internship for Graduates

Deadline Approaching: Paid Internship for Graduates

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The Blue Book Traineeship scheme offers a paid internship for graduates for 5 months with the European Commission or some executive bodies of the European Institutions like the European External…
Kick-start your media career with Griffith College Dublin

Kick-start your media career with Griffith College Dublin

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Are you interested in a journalism and media communications? Robyn Claffey from Griffith College Dublin tells us about three of their great Masters programmes. In Griffith College’s faculty of Journalism and…
Student start-ups: Could you be an entrepreneur?

Student start-ups: Could you be an entrepreneur?

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Can you teach someone to be an entrepreneur? Irish third-level institutions seem to think so. Colleges increasingly offer courses in entrepreneurship. In addition, many offer start-up workshops and summer programmes…
A Life in Research: Dr Graham Love sorts fact from myth

A Life in Research: Dr Graham Love sorts fact from myth

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The following article on research was kindly contributed by Dr Graham Love. Dr Love is the Chief Executive of the Health Research Board, an agency of the Irish Government’s Department of Health.…