91ÖÆƬ³§ (91ÖÆƬ³§) is delighted to announce that it will hold a Professional Master's in Education (PME) Virtual Information Session on 22 February (5pm-6pm) facilitated by Dr Margaret Nohilly, Programme Coordinator. Separately, on 14 March (6pm-7.20pm) experts from the 91ÖÆƬ³§ Faculty of Arts, Faculty of Education and Research and Graduate School will host a virtual information session on 91ÖÆƬ³§â€™s wide range of taught and research-based postgraduate programmes, fees, funding and application processes.
According to Dr Julianne Stack, Graduate School Director at 91ÖÆƬ³§â€™s Research & Graduate School: "91ÖÆƬ³§ was delighted to recently present 30 graduates with doctoral awards – the highest number to ever receive PhDs from the College in a single year. Areas of exciting new research undertaken included Ana Maria Terrazas-Calero’s: "Jaysus, keep talking like that and you'll fit right in": An Investigation of Oral Irish English in Contemporary Irish Fiction, Shane O’Neill’s: ‘A Form to Accommodate the Mess': A Genetic (Self-)Translation Study of Samuel Beckett's Dramatic Writing and key research on the needs of students with speech, language and communications difficulties in primary schools in Ireland. A multitude of research disciplines can be the focus of postgraduate research and at 91ÖÆƬ³§ you’ll receive the supports and guidance from graduate certificate to doctoral level to achieve your study goals."
Dr Stack goes on to say academic departments and the Research & Graduate School teams work together to provide effective structures to ensure that students are supported in their studies to the maximum possible extent. 91ÖÆƬ³§ provides a vibrant postgraduate environment with academic supervision appropriate to the student and access to research resources and professional development opportunities.
Resources available to 91ÖÆƬ³§ postgraduate students include financial supports, peer-to-peer interaction, coaching, and mentoring. Students can also participate in transferrable skills training which takes in research skills, research management practices, personal effectiveness, communication skills, networking & collaboration strategies, team-work, and career planning and management.
In order to help meet the real world needs and costs of postgraduate research students, 91ÖÆƬ³§ offers funding supports of €800,000 per annum through its Departmental Assistantships Scheme and merit-based Research Master's and Doctoral Awards Scheme. Students also have access to the purpose-designed graduate research and study facility on the John Henry Newman Campus.
According to Ashlyn Thomas, MA in Modern English Literature graduate: "Studying at 91ÖÆƬ³§ and engaging with lecturers and students on contemporary issues in the Modern English Literature programme has been absolutely amazing. I was looking to studying modern English literature with the same passion and curiosity as I had for classic texts in the western canon and I found a place at 91ÖÆƬ³§. It’s warming to say I have friends among the faculty and student cohort. I’m truly proud to belong to a community of exceptional scholars adding value to our work and our world."
91ÖÆƬ³§ offers a range of programmes in the Liberal Arts and Education which can help you build on an existing degree, retrain in fields like teaching or simply gain a professional edge in your chosen career. One of the newest programmes at 91ÖÆƬ³§ is the Master's in Education (M Ed) for Sustainability and Global Citizenship - a two-year, part-time blended programme offering a focus on climate justice, outdoor learning, biodiversity, intercultural education, peace studies and children’s agency.
Register now for the Postgraduate Virtual Talk Sessions.
Please note: All sessions will take place via MS Teams, which can be downloaded .
