Newsletter 2016 – 2017
International Finals at the Cheltenham Science Festival
Deirdre Robertson, an Irish Research Councilfunded postdoctoral researcher in Trinity College Dublin, was named as the national winner of FameLab — an international science communication competition supported by the British Council and Science Foundation Ireland. Deirdre represented Ireland at the International Finals at the Cheltenham Science Festival in the UK in June.
Dr Deirdre Robertson.
Inaugural GradLink Mentoring Programme
GradLink mentor Alan Sheehy-Skeffington speaks with a potential mentee at the GradLink Reception.
The GradLink Mentoring Programme aims to help students in their personal and career development by establishing supportive mentoring relationships with alumni. The programme has been running at many schools across college for the past several years. In 20162017, the School of Psychology was delighted to launch its inaugural GradLink programme with over 40 Junior and Senior Sophister students and 22 alumni mentors participating. At the January launch event students had the opportunity to hear from graduates who 6
are pursuing careers in fields such as clinical, counselling, organisational, occupational and educational psychology, consulting, marketing, further education, journalism, and writing/ directing. Students were then matched with a mentor, based on their area of interest, who they will meet at least twice during the year. Students benefit enormously from the exchange of ideas with their graduate mentors, who help them explore issues such as deciding what career path to pursue after college, particular roles and sectors and CV preparation.
The School is extremely grateful to this year’s mentors for volunteering their time and providing invaluable guidance to current students. The 2017-2018 School of Psychology GradLink programme launch will take place in November 2017. If you are interested in getting involved as a mentor please visit www.tcd.ie/alumni/mentoring or email Erin Paullin paulline@tcd.ie.