Dr. Caroline Twarog was awarded the prestigious NUI-French Government Gold Medal for outstanding PhD research 2020 for her co-tutelle PhD between UCD School of Veterinary Medicine and Galien Institute, Paris-Sud.

In an era of globalisation in higher education, a welcome feature has been the significant growth in collaboration between Irish and French universities. In recognition of the importance of such collaboration as part of the formation of students for international careers, NUI has come together with the French Embassy in Ireland to highlight collaborative postgraduate and doctoral programmes which have been established between the constituent universities and institutions in France.

The NUI constituent universities were invited to nominate a distinguished student from a dual degree or collaborative programme to receive a French Government Medal and an NUI Prize of €1,000.