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Bespoke careers sessions for graduate research students
Request a bespoke session in your School/College
UCD's dedicated Career and Skills Consultant for graduate research students, Ms Tara Hughes offers tailored sessions within Schools. Faculty and professional staff who organize events for postgraduate researchers can request these sessions. These popular and easily accessible sessions are generally well-received and often integrated into full- or half-day events, or workshop series running over a number of weeks.
Designed collaboratively, the sessions are customized to the specific audience (discipline, stage of study, and whether it's exclusively UCD students or a mixed group). Most sessions are interactive, and some have elements of light relief within them.
A wide range of topics is offered, including (but not limited to):
| Title |
Time |
| Intro to Careers Network - Graduate Researcher Service |
10 - 20 mins |
| Overview of Career Planning & Actions |
50 mins |
| Identifying & Articulating your skills |
60 mins |
| Self - awareness - a session on preferences |
90 - 120 mins |
| Practise your presentation skills |
90 mins |
| Interview practice |
60 - 180 (need mock interviewers from the School for the longer session) |
| On site one-one sessions (i.e I come over to you for day) |
I need a local meeting room |
Testimonials from people who have previously availed of this service
“Tara has provided workshops and career advice to our PhD students over the years. The feedback from students about these services has always been very positive, with many specifically referencing how much they enjoyed and learned from their interactions with Tara”
Assoc Prof Michael Lennon, UCD School of Architecture, Planning & Environmental Policy
“Thank you once again for coming over and speaking to the group yesterday on'Supporting and Enhancing the Research Student’s Skills Base'”
Professor Jonathan McNulty, Co-Director, Swiss-Irish Health Sciences Doctoral Programme
“A short note to thank you for joining us at our annual PhD Welcome Event & Symposium today, It is a busy time for you, so we really appreciate you coming along to offer important words of advice and guidance to our new and continuing students.”
Jane O'Mara, Programme Manager, UCD Michael Smurfit School of Business
“Tara’s annual Transferable Skills workshop is a cornerstone of the Graduate Futures Workshop for Arts and Humanities. Students in the workshop prepare for both academic and industry job markets; Tara’s accessible, friendly, practical workshop has helped our job candidates remake their materials and recalibrate their approach to the job search. Likewise, students have found the 1 on 1 resume review to be a key preparation. Highly recommended for anyone preparing recent grads!”
Dr Katherine Fama, UCD School of English, Drama & Film
“Tara provided an excellent bespoke event for my interdisciplinary research group tailored to different research stages, career objectives, and disciplines. It was very well received by the team - several of whom scheduled individual meetings with Tara. As well, Tara graciously agreed to provide a follow-up activity at the request of the group. ”
Professor Brian Rodriguez, Conway Institute & UCD School of Physics
“Just a note of thanks for your excellent talk at today’s Workshop for PhD Students considering a Career in Academia. I know the students will find the wealth of practical advice and resources discussed of great benefit as they plan their future careers. ”
Assoc Prof Neal Murphy, Vice Principal for Graduate Studies, College of Engineering and Architecture