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Taught Postgraduate GOOD
UNIVERSITY
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2019
IRISH
UNIVERSITY
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Taught Postgraduate
Programmes
2020/2021
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Taught Postgraduate Programmes 20120-2021
2020-2021
Programmes
Taught Postgraduate
Contents
Introduction 04
How to Apply 18
Summary of Faculty of Arts, Humanities 20
Taught Postgraduate & Social Sciences
Programmes
The University of Limerick
Faculty of Education 62
offers a suite of taught & Health Sciences
postgraduate programmes.
The entry requirements for the
programmes vary due to the
nature of each subject area.
Irish World Academy 110
of Music & Dance
The entry requirements are
based on the NQAI (National
Qualifications Authority of Kemmy Business School 134
Ireland) definition of award
levels, but an approved
professional qualification, Faculty of Science 162
Taught Postgraduate Programmes 2020-2021
equivalent award levels, or
& Engineering
recognition of prior learning
(RPL) may also be considered.
In some cases auditions/
portfolios of additional work/
interviews may be required.
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Welcome to the University of Limerick
GOOD
UNIVERSITY
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2019
IRISH
UNIVERSITY
OF THE YEAR
Deciding to undertake a postgraduate We offer 100 programmes across
degree is a big decision. The course you our faculties, including part-time
study and the institution you choose will and flexible learning programmes,
be fundamental to your future success. structured PhD programmes, professional
doctorates, post doctorates, taught
UL is a QS five-star rated university on and research Master programmes.
the south west coast of Ireland, and our
graduates work in highly-recognised With a cost of living that’s 38 percent
companies around the globe. cheaper than comparable universities,
internationally-renowned programmes,
Our four faculties include: world-leading research collaborations,
and an unrivalled employment rate
• Kemmy Business School that has been higher than the national
• Education & Health Sciences average for Irish third-level institutions
• Science & Engineering for over 10 years, UL has everything you
• Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences need to get ahead in your career.
If you are innovative, enterprising
and ambitious, UL is for you.
Taught Postgraduate Programmes 20120-2021
How to
Taught Postgraduate Programmes 2020-2021
Apply? Welcome to UL.
Welcome to your future.
You can apply online by visiting
ul.ie/graduateschool/how-apply
to find the information you need.
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Professional Education at UL. The University of Limerick offers a wide range of part-time flexible
delivered professional education programmes and continued professional development opportunities
for individuals and their organisations. Our programmes are designed with the adult and professional
learner in mind whether they want to upskill to progress in their profession or reskill to change career.
We understand that these students have complex needs, juggling work, study and home life and in
response to this, our programmes are delivered flexibly using blended and on-line delivery mechanisms.
Why UL? Unrivalled Home away Ready-made
options from home career
More students than ever are going on • Four faculties: • 7 purpose-built student villages, outdoor • Work experience, internships,
to study at postgraduate level – which 1. Kemmy Business School. and indoor entertainment venues, shops, and graduate programmes – with
means an increasingly competitive a bank and a bookshop on campus industry links and relationships
2. Education & Health Science.
jobs market. A postgraduate award as well as numerous eating venues. with over 1,700 companies.
could be the competitive edge you 3. Science & Engineering.
• A 133-hectares campus that features • Host to Ireland’s largest annual
need to get ahead of your peers. 4. Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences Olympic-standard training facilities. careers fair with over 165 exhibitors
(including Irish World Academy). and 8,000 jobs on offer.
• A low cost of living, at 38% cheaper
Whether you choose a research or taught • Over 100 postgraduate programmes. than other institutions. • Multi-partner, academia/industry
postgraduate degree, your university
• A range of available scholarships and • 70+ clubs and societies. collaborative research centres including
should give you actionable insights,
bursaries for postgraduate students. the Health Research Institute, and
help you establish an expanding • The University Concert Hall, home
• The world-class Bernal Institute, a the Bernal Institute, an €86 million
network of contacts, and give you to the Irish World Academy of
purpose-built research facility with investment, led by a team of world-
transferable skills and knowledge Music and Dance, the Irish Chamber
world-leading technology. leading scientists and engineers.
to move forward in your career. Orchestra, and 11 national visual
• The newly extended and refurbished arts collections of 1,700 artworks. • 36 research centres based across our
UL offers all of this and more across Glucksman Library that has doubled faculties, and four world-class centres of
our four world-class faculties. in size to accommodate 2,200 reader excellence. We offer an extensive range
stations and over 5,000 PC’s. of graduate research opportunities.
• The Glucksman Library is the largest
and most technically advanced library
in Ireland. One standout feature is the
ARC (Automated Reserve Collection) -
a 10 metre high book vault with a robotic
crane and with the capacity to store
500,000 volumes in a space 1/9th of
Colleen Siobhán
conventional shelving. Kelly Curley
A global
university
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Taught Postgraduate Programmes 2020-2021
Faculty: Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences Faculty: Science & Engineering
Studying: Master of Laws (General) LLM Studying: MEng Mechatronics
• UL ranks in the top 3 percent
of universities in the world. Bio: Originally from America, Colleen Bio: A UL ‘lifer’, Siobhán completed
has made Limerick home following her undergrad in metalwork teaching
• 15,000 students.
stints spent studying in Pennsylvania before moving to the emerging field of
• 2,700 international students,
and England. Mechatronics.
from 100 countries.
• 400 partner universities in 38 countries. What’s next? Colleen intends to become a What’s next? Siobhán wants to work at the
judge and work in prison reform. forefront of engineering, in research and
development.
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Why UL? Why UL?
Sport Campus
Ireland’s Premier 133-hectare
Sporting Campus parkland campus
Ireland’s only Indoor 6th in the world for a
Rowing Tank suburban campus in
the UI Green Metric
Ireland’s First World University
University-based Ranking 2018
Golf Academy
Green Campus under
Ireland’s First the themes of Energy,
Olympic Standard travel, transport
50m Pool and biodiversity
*Foundation for
Environmental Education.
Reaching Engineering 25 metre Diving Pool
for the stars brilliance Ireland’s only 4G
Irish National Walking
Dr. Norah Patten Professor Michael & Cycling Campus
Pitches
Zaworotko of 2017
Training Centre for
Road Safety Authority
Munster Rugby
National Best Campus
Title: Scientist-Astronaut Candidate and Title: Bernal Chair of Crystal Engineering
2015-2017
Aeronautical Engineer Home to SWIM
Bio: Professor Zaworotko is a British-
Bio: Originally from Co. Mayo, Dr. Patten Canadian chemist and, as per Reuters, one
Ireland
2018 Curriculum
is one of 12 participants from around the of the 20 most cited chemists in the world.
Development Award
world who takes part in the prestigious Outdoor Pursuits
With decades of experience in teaching Winners at the Smarter
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scientist-astronaut training programme
in universities around the world, Professor
Climbing Wall
in Florida. Travel Awards 2018
Zaworotko currently serves as Bernal Chair
Her interest in space sparked at 11 when of Crystal Engineering & Science Foundation 700,000 Annual
she visited NASA on a family trip, and she of Ireland Research Professor at UL. visitors to UL
went on to earn her PhD in Aeronautical Sports Arena
He has published over 390 peer reviewed
Engineering from UL.
papers, review articles and patents that have
She’s currently a faculty member at the been cited over 35,500 times. He currently
International Space University. serves as Associate Editor of the ACS
published journal Crystal Growth & Design.
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Why UL?
Student life
A bustling campus with an international feel, “We had a CV clinic, a module on
UL is home to 15,000 students. The seven professional skills and professional
student villages and endless amenities development. An entire module
helps it feel like home.
was devoted to getting equipped
UL’s six on-campus student villages are to apply for these jobs. Along with
within a 10-minute walk to the main lecture that, we met with people from the
theatres, student services, restaurants and likes of Musgrave, Lidl, Enterprise
retail outlets while Troy, UL’s off-campus
student village, is only a 15-minute walk to
Rent-A-Car
campus. …I don’t know if I would have got
that opportunity elsewhere.”
Postgraduate students have access to
postgrad-only facilities and longer let stays
– Steph Creaner, MA in Work and UL has it all An international
Organisational Psychology
over the summer at a discounted rate, as university
well as the host of amenities on campus.
From sporting to cultural events to nightlife For more information about
and restaurants, Limerick is a vibrant and renting in Limerick and how to While your core goal may be to study for Students from
affordable city with something to offer every apply to live on-campus, visit your postgraduate, UL’s range of facilities 100 countries.
student. offer a vibrant on-campus experience
studentliving.ul.ie
including:
1 in 5 UL students are
• A farmer’s market every Tuesday. international.
• The Student Centre, a hub
where students meet, relax, 400 partner universities
and check out societies. in 38 countries.
• An on-campus convenience store.
• The UL Sport Arena, Ireland’s largest Voted 1st in Ireland by
indoor sporting complex, its events,
international students for:
exhibitions, and training space
including a 60m indoor sprint track English Language Support,
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and Ireland’s only Olympic-sized pool, Campus Environment,
alongside a new diving pool too. Social & Cultural Student
• Outdoor music performances are Integration, Accommodation
often held in King John’s Castle and
Support*.
the Milk Market, Limerick City.
• Riverfest every May bank holiday
weekend and larger festivals including Top 10 for academic English &
the renowned St. Patrick’s Day Festival. Learning Support in Europe*.
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Unrivalled research opportunities
While on-campus amenities, a lower cost of
living, and a bustling city backdrop are all major
advantages to studying at UL, the true benefit is
in our world-leading research facilities, innovative
environment, and academic expertise.
Unrivalled research opportunities
429 labratories
including teaching,
182 Research collaborations
with industry
research, specialist and
high-tech facilities.
Home to the
Titan Themis
University-founded a double-corrected
spin-out companies monochromated
sold €100 million+ Transmission Electron
including the biggest Microscope. It’s the only
spin-out company in the microscope of its kind in
history of the Irish state. Ireland and one of few in
the world.
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Taught Postgraduate Programmes 2020-2021
Awarded the Athena
SWAN bronze award A newly established
for best practice in Science Zone which
recruiting, retaining includes purpose-
and promoting women built research centres
in STEMM. including the Analog
Devices Building.
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A Research-led University
UL is home to multi-partner, academia/industry
collaborative research centres including:
The Bernal Institute The Health Research Institute
is an €86 million investment in research focuses on the themes of lifestyle and
excellence led by a team of world-leading health, health service delivery, and
scientists and engineers in areas including technology-supporting health and well-
advanced materials, fluid dynamics and being through combining the expertise
manufacturing and process engineering. of UL faculty and Irish and international
healthcare partners.
UL is home to 3 national Science Foundation
Ireland research centres including:
LERO - The Irish Software SSPC – the Synthesis and Confirm
Research Centre Solid State Pharmaceutical Ireland’s Research Centre
brings together leading Centre for Smart Manufacturing
software research teams works to position Ireland Technology is located on
from higher education as a global hub for the University of Limerick
institutes to collaborate with process innovation and campus. The centre UL research strengths
industry, state agencies, advanced manufacturing benefits from 42 different
educational bodies and in the pharma industry, industry partnerships
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Taught Postgraduate Programmes 2020-2021
international collaborators focused on developing across MNC and SME
and is one of the most highly more environmentally sectors and 16 international Software Health Materials
regarded software related sustainable methods Collaborations.
research centres in the for drug manufacturing,
world. increasing the range of
medicines available to the
public and reducing drug Advanced Applied mathematical
manufacturing costs. manufacturing sciences
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Our students are from
all over the world
Belfast
Galway Dublin
Limerick
London
Only 30 minutes
drive from Shannon
International Airport
Why you’ll love Limerick
Situated on the banks of the beautiful River Dance, RTÉ Lyric FM, and the Lime Tree companies offer affordable fares to
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Taught Postgraduate Programmes 2020-2021
Shannon, Limerick is a historic city that’s Theatre, alongside a rich tradition of Dublin airport, Dublin city centre,
been revitalised as a sci-tech hub literature, culture, arts, and music. Killarney and many other destinations.
and a bustling centre of culture.
Limerick is well serviced by bus and trains To top it all off, Limerick is the gateway
Limerick’s big selling point is its value for and is only 20 minutes from Shannon to the Wild Atlantic Way, a beautiful,
money: with rent prices costing 50 percent Airport, while UL itself is just 5km outside rugged coastal route that includes
less than in Dublin and 25 percent less of the city – a 15-minute cycle or bus ride. the nearby Cliffs of Moher.
than Cork.
Regular buses pick-up and drop-off If you’re looking for hobbies, Limerick has
Limerick is a cultural mecca with UL’s at the Stables on UL’s campus, linking plenty of those too, with everything from
own Irish World Academy of Music and students all over Ireland. Private bus cycling to kayaking and hill walking.
16 17How to apply
Thinking of choosing UL for your postgrad?
The application process is simple:
2. Check closing
1. Choose your
date for the
programme
programme
4. Have your 4. Have your
3. supporting
Apply online supporting
documentation
at www.ul.ie documentation
ready to upload ready to upload
5. Pay the
application fee 6. Submit your
(€35 online / €40 bank application
draft or cheque)
Taught Postgraduate Programmes 2020-2021
Taught Postgraduate Programmes 2018-2019
All courses have a minimum entry requirement and an English language
requirement, so please check the prospectus before applying.
We look forward to welcoming
you to your future.
18 19—Arts, Arts,
Humanities
Humanities & Social
Sciences
& Social
Sciences The Faculty of Arts, Humanities and
Social Sciences is a vibrant centre
of critical thinking and a generator
Departments
& Schools
of nationally and internationally
esteemed scholarship.
— English, Irish & Communication
— History It prides itself on the quality of The mission of the Faculty of Arts,
its teaching and its commitment Humanities and Social Sciences is
— Law to research in a disciplinary and to create knowledge and a better
interdisciplinary context where world. The faculty prides itself
— Modern Languages & Applied Linguistics debate and discussion are integral on the quality of its teaching and
Taught Postgraduate Programmes 2020-2021
Taught Postgraduate Programmes 2020-2021
— Politics & Public Administration features in the development of its commitment to research and
knowledge and of analytical skills. places a strong emphasis on the
— Sociology role of debate and discussion in
the development of knowledge
— Irish World Academy of Music & Dance and analytical skills.
20 21Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences
MA in Technical Communications
and E-Learning
Seán Daffy
I am a postgrad student here in programme is excellent, there are
UL studying the MA in Technical aspects I thought would never be
Communication and E-Learning part of it and the programme itself
part-time. This is a career change is very interesting and engaging.
for me because I was a working I find with this programme
archaeologist and lecturer with you have to dedicate two and a
a PhD. I am living in Galway so I half working days a week to it
am studying online and attending otherwise you might not get the
workshops in UL, it’s what they most out of it.
call blended learning and it works This MA is within the humanities
really well. I didn’t want to leave stream and there is a structured
Galway, my wife has a permanent approach to it making it quite
job, we have two daughters and enjoyable. This programme is
we are living in a beautiful place. about technical writing, content
My decision to do this programme writing and information design.
was focused on employment, I If you like and are interested
wanted something to get me a in design and how different
job and that would be family- elements work together this
friendly. I know people who did programme is for you.
the programme before, fellow It’s the process, the approach in
students last year who did the UL that has impressed me, people
This MA complemented my skills and I technical writing cert and they
are all getting jobs.
talk about standards all the time
but it’s the approach that sets the
didn’t feel like I was starting from square This MA complemented my skills standards. Good standards come
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Taught Postgraduate Programmes 2020-2021
and I didn’t feel like I was starting about because institutions put in
one again. Technical Communication and from square one again. Technical place the processes that students
Communication and E-Learning need to achieve good standards.
E-Learning appealed to me as I have an appealed to me as I have an
interest in podcasts and creative
interest in podcasts and creative and and educational content. With a
educational content. lot of the projects I am working
on I use my previous experience
as an archaeology lecturer as my
own subject matter to keep my
Seán Daffy MA in Technical Communications and E-Learning love of archaeology alive. The
22 23Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences
— English, Irish & Communication — English, Irish & Communication
Creative Writing, MA English, MA
1 Year, Full Time 1 Year, Full Time or 2 Years, Part-Time
This programme enables the requirements of the submission The MA English programme broadens and resources. Importantly, the programme
students to develop their skills in and publication process. Through deepens learner knowledge of literatures offers the opportunity for advanced
creative writing through careful coursework students will consider in English, literary and cultural theory, and studies in English literature and the
consideration of the work of the role of plot, characterization, textual practices. chance to complete a substantial original
established writers; through dialogue, and point-of-view in The programme affords students the research thesis. Ultimately, students of
study of the elements and formal crafting compelling fiction and opportunity and skills for independent this programme graduate with enhanced
structures of a piece of creative drama; they will consider how research and self-directed learning, while career opportunities in a variety of fields,
writing; through assignments figurative language, syntax, rhythm enhancing analytical and critical thinking including the knowledge and skills
that enable students to employ and imagery contribute to a poem’s skills and instructing learners in the use required to advance to doctoral degree
and master strategies for revision meaning; they will learn the different of traditional and technological research studies.
and refinement of their work; conventions associated with non-
and through an understanding of fictional forms. Programme Content
Autumn Semester Spring Semester Summer Semester
Programme Content
• Literary and Cultural Theory • Research Methods in Literary • Dissertation
Autumn Semester Spring Semester Summer Semester • Advanced Editing: Creating and Cultural Studies • Thesis research
a Literary Journal • Advanced Editing 2: and writing
• Applied Writing and Editing Skills • Elements of Narrative and Drama • Dissertation Creating a Literary Journal
• Creative Writing 1 • Creative Writing II portfolio 15,000 Electives (choose two)
• Project Development • Individual Writing Project words of creative • Literary Modernism Electives (choose two)
for Creative Writers writing • Gender & Sexuality • Politics and American Literature
Electives Choose 1: in Irish Writing • Post-colonial Theory
Electives Choose 1: • Issues in Modern & • Literature of Migration and Literature
• Literary Modernism Contemporary Poetry • Cultural Constructions • Feminist Literary
• Gender & Sexuality in Irish • Politics & American Literature of the Past Theory: Perspectives on
Writing Literature • Post-Colonial Theory • Literature, Film, and Women & Literature
• Literature, Film & Human Rights & Literature Human Rights • Utopian Theory and Texts
• Literature of Migration • Feminist Literary Theory • Textual Constructions
• Comparative Literature: Cultural • Textual Constructions of Cultural Identity
Constructions of the Past of Cultural Identity • Issues in Modern and
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Taught Postgraduate Programmes 2020-2021
• Principals of Professional and • Utopian Theory & Texts Contemporary Poetry
Technical Communication • Workplace Issues in • Irish Americas in
and Information Design Technical and Professional Literature and Culture
Communication • Situating Irish Gothic
CONTACT Course Director CONTACT Course Director
Prof Joseph O’Connor Dr Tina O’Toole
Tel: +353 (0) 61 202623 Tel: +353 (0) 61 234269
Email: joseph.oconnor@ul.ie Email: tina.o’toole@ul.ie
24 25Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences
— English, Irish & Communication NEW FOR 2020
Global Irish Studies, MA
1 Year, Full Time or 2 Years, Part Time
The MA in Global Irish Studies brings
together a wide range of historical,
literary, and musical disciplines to
examine the interconnected notions of
local and global Irishness. By exploring
the global positioning of Irish identity
and culture we aim to bring fresh
perspectives to the understanding
of Irish identities and cultures.
Programme Content
Autumn Semester Spring Semester Summer Semester
• Global Irish Studies: Core • Global Irish Studies 2: • Global Irish
Issues and Texts Literatures and Contexts Studies
• Global Irish Studies Research • Global Irish Studies Research Dissertation
Seminar 1 Seminar 2
Students must choose two Students must choose two
modules among the following: modules among the following:
• Irish Americas in
• Literature of Migration Literature and Culture
• Gender and Sexuality • Situating Irish Gothic
in Irish Literature • People on the Move:
• Graduate Seminar in Irish Studying Migration
Cultural History • Irish Folklore, Oral Tradition
• Sex, Family and Gender and Ethnology
in Eighteenth-Century • Textual Constructions
Britain and Ireland of Cultural Identity
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Taught Postgraduate Programmes 2020-2021
• Framing Irish Music: Sources • The ‘Long War’ in
and Discourses 1 Ireland, 1968-98
• Framing Irish Music:
Sources and Discourses 2
CONTACT Course Director
Dr. Christina Morin
Tel: +353 (0) 61 234111
Email: Christina.Morin@ul.ie
26 27Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences
— English, Irish & Communication
Journalism, MA
1 Year, Full Time or 2 Years, Part Time
Incorporating MA in Journalism, Sport pathway (New)
The MA in Journalism is a one The application of these skills
year full-time, or two year part- across print, broadcast and
time programme. Students multimedia journalism is a major
will learn vital professional part of the course. Students will
skills including: news and also examine the role of journalism
feature writing; broadcasting; in society and study media law, as
multimedia journalism; well as hearing leading Irish and
interviewing; investigative international media commentators
reporting and research methods. discuss current affairs.
Programme Content
Autumn Semester Spring Semester
• Journalistic Writing for News • Advanced Journalistic
• Professional Skills for Writing (News and Features)
Journalism and Team Project • Investigating Current Issues
• Introduction to Broadcasting in Irish Journalism
and Media Law • Researching Media
• Broadcasting and
Multimedia Journalism
MA in Journalism, Sport pathway
Autumn Semester Spring Semester
• Journalistic Writing, Sport • Advanced Sports Writing
• Sports Communications • Media, Sport and Society
• Introduction to • Advanced broadcasting, Sport
Broadcasting, Sport • Researching Media
• Media Law
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Taught Postgraduate Programmes 2020-2021
CONTACT Course Director
Fergal Quinn
Tel: +353 (0) 61 233670
Email: fergal.quinn@ul.ie
28 29Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences
— English, Irish & Communication — English, Irish & Communication
Technical Communication & E-Learning, MA Technical Communication & E-Learning, MA
1 Year, Full Time or 2 Years, Part Time Part Time programme content
Offered on-campus and online
The MA in Technical Communication and and responsive” and exceeds students’
E-Learning focuses on online content expectations.
development for technical and professional
communication, and e-learning. UL has run The MA in Technical Communication and
programmes in technical communication E-Learning is offered full-time over one-year,
and instructional design for over 20 years. or part-time over two years. Alternatively,
This MA programme won the Grad Ireland it is possible to pursue this qualification
Best Postgraduate Course (Arts and through online/blended study (either full-
Humanities) in 2018 and 2019. The judges time or part-time).
observed that the programme is “engaged
Programme Content YEAR 1
Autumn Semester Spring Semester Summer Semester Autumn Semester Spring Semester Summer Semester
• Principles of Professional and • Workplace Issues in • Dissertation/ • TW5211 Principles of Professional • TW5212 Workplace Issues in • (No modules
Technical Communication Technical and Professional Project and Technical Communication Technical and Professional in the summer
and Information Design Communication and Information Design Communication semester of
• Instructional Design • E-Learning Theories • EL6041 Instructional Design • EL6072 Interactive year one)
• Theory of Technical and Practices Courseware Workshop
Communication • Interactive Courseware
• Research Methods in Technical Workshop YEAR 2
Communication and E-Learning • Learning and Collaboration
Autumn Semester Spring Semester Spring Semester
Technologies
• TW5221 Theory of Technical • EL6052 E-Learning • EL6013
Communication Theories and Practices Dissertation/
• RM6031 Research Methods • EL6082 Learning and Project
in Technical Communication Collaboration Technologies
and E-Learning
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Taught Postgraduate Programmes 2020-2021
CONTACT Course Director CONTACT
Dr Ann Marcus Quinn
Tel: +353 (0) 61 202292
Email: Ann.Marcus.Quinn@ul.ie
30 31Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences
Journalism, MA
Kathryn Hayes
I am a lecturer in Journalism including Morning Ireland, the
in UL responsible for a number News at One and Drive Time.
of modules in the Masters in I believe one of the constants in
Journalism programmes. These journalism’s future is the ability
modules focus on developing to tell a story, regardless of the
professional news reporting and platform; this is at the core of my
writing skills for print journalism teaching philosophy. I believe
and multimedia platforms. I am in equipping our students with
also responsible for the delivery the knowledge and the tools to
of the Journalism team project find and tell stories; developing
where fourth year and post critical minds alongside the
graduate students produce the practical skill sets. Truth, trust and
Limerick Voice, a website and verification are also at the centre
local newspaper. of my teaching approach, which is
I have 18 years industry practice based and research led.
experience as a working I believe that learning is not
journalist. I started work in confined to the classroom so
local newspapers such as the I bring journalism students to
Limerick Leader and the Limerick report on court sittings, press
edition of the Evening Echo. conferences, and national and
In 2003 I established a news local government meetings. I
I believe in equipping our students with agency providing Limerick
based news to national and
really enjoy applying the theory to
the practice and to see students
the knowledge and the tools to find and international news organisations. respond and react to that. By
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I worked primarily as a Limerick encouraging students to develop
tell stories; developing critical minds correspondent for the Irish Times, their portfolio while at college
Irish Independent and the Irish they are demonstrating exactly
alongside the practical skill sets. Examiner. During the same period the kind of graduate attributes
I worked as a Limerick stringer for employers seek when recruiting.
RTÉ working with Cathy Halloran,
the mid-west correspondent
for RTÉ. I have appeared as
a panellist on TV3’s Tonight
with Vincent Browne and have
Kathryn Hayes Journalism, MA contributed to radio programmes
32 33Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences
— English, Irish & Communication — History
Technical Writing (Distance Learning), Public History & Cultural Heritage, MA (Online)
Graduate Certificate 1 Year, Full Time or 2 Years, Part Time
2 Years, Part Time
The aim of this distance learning emphasises that the job of a The Public History and Cultural Heritage MA industry/academia partnerships. The
programme is to offer flexible technical writer entails more than programme provides a structured academic online delivery of the programme enables
access to certification through writing - graphics, cultural issues, approach to the practice of history in a public prospective students whether already
distance learning for people who layout and design all play a part setting through modern models of online working in public cultural institutions, or
lack qualifications in Technical and students receive tuition on all learning. This programme has been developed employed in other sectors of the economy,
Communication. This programme of these areas. to include a combination of conceptual, the opportunity to acquire a globally
methodological and practice-based modules, recognised postgraduate qualification. It
thus broadening the student’s intellectual and will appeal to new graduates and history
Programme Content scholarly experience. The programme offers a teachers seeking continuing professional
globally recognised postgraduate qualification development (CPD) opportunities. As an
Year 1 in a cutting-edge area of historical practice online programme it provides prospective
Autumn Semester Spring Semester and provides opportunities to expand students complete flexibility.
• Content • Workplace Issues in Technical
• Principles of Professional & & Professional Communication Programme Content
Technical Communication &
Information Design Autumn Semester Summer Semester
4 modules: All Compulsory Spring Semester 1 Compulsory Module
• Introduction to Public • MA History Dissertation Writing • Dissertation
Year 2 programme content: History: Theory & Practice • Public History Internship (this (15,000-20,000 words)
• Instructional Design. • Interactive Courseware • MA History Research module may be taken by current
Workshop Methodology Public History practitioners
• Digital Humanities as a ‘reflective practice’)
• Graduate Seminar in • MA History Research Seminar
Irish Cultural History
Elective Options:
• The Country House in
Ireland: Class, Gender
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Taught Postgraduate Programmes 2020-2021
& Culture", "Writing
Skills Methodology OR
People on the Move
Studying Migration
CONTACT Course Director CONTACT Course Director
Elaine Walsh Dr Karol Mullaney-Dignam
Tel: +353 (0) 61 213021 Tel: 353 (0)61 202199
Email: elaine.walsh@ul.ie Email: karol.mullaney-dignam@ul.ie
34 35Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences
— History
History, MA History of Family, MA
1 Year, Full Time 1 Year, Full Time or 2 Years, Part Time
This is a one year, full-time course at MA level. present the results of substantial The central purpose of the MA in the History the art of academic writing and develop
On completion of the programme the student independent research in a selected topic. In of the Family is to combine the strengths advanced research skills through in-class
will have acquired the ability to identify and addition, an elective Public History of two traditions: that of the independent training and via field trips to libraries and
evaluate significant issues in contemporary Internship affords students an opportunity researcher into family history and that of archives conducted in both semesters. By
historiographical discourse, a specialist to gain experience in partner museums and established disciplines in history particularly the end of the course successful students
knowledge of a select number of substantive archives. The aim of the programme is to the well- developed sub discipline of the will have acquired the necessary skills to
historical themes studied through three enhance the historical understanding and history of the family. The objective is a present historical research to a publication
elective modules, the ability to identify, locate skills of graduates in history, to extend their history that is fully contextualised, culturally standard, and to conduct historical
and evaluate a range of primary and secondary capacity for historical research and thereby significant and academically grounded. Over research at a doctoral level.
sources relevant to the understanding of a provide an appropriate basis for advanced the course of the year students will master
selected research topic and a capacity to research up to, and including, doctoral level.
Programme Content Programme Content
Autumn Semester Spring Semester Summer Semester Autumn Semester Spring Semester Summer Semester
• Research Methodology • Historical Research Seminar • Dissertation 2 Core Modules: Core Modules: Core Modules:
• Concepts and Methods • Dissertation 1 • Introduction to the • History research seminar • Dissertation 2
• MA History Dissertation Writing History of Family • Dissertation 1
Choose two of the following • MA research methodology • Dissertation writing in history
elective modules: Choose one of the following of family
elective modules: Choose two of the following
elective modules: Choose one of the following
• Linking families to communities
• People on the Move: elective modules:
• Graduate seminar in
Irish cultural history studying migration • Linking families to
• Sex, family and gender • The ‘Long War’ in communities • People on the move:
in eighteenth-century Ireland, 1968 - 98 • Graduate seminar in Irish studying migration
Ireland and Britain • Public history internship cultural history (online) • Public history internship
• Art and Power in the Age of • Sex, family and gender • The ‘Long War’ in
the Tudors and Stuarts in wighteenth-century Ireland, 1968-98
• Optional module: Ireland and Britain’
Beginners’ Ecclesiastical • Art and Power in the Age
Latin” for Autumn Semester of the Tudors and Stuarts
Taught Postgraduate Programmes 2020-2021
Taught Postgraduate Programmes 2020-2021
• University & Society,
1500-1789
CONTACT Course Director CONTACT Course Director
Dr Richard Kirwan Dr Ciara Breathnach
Tel : +353 (0) 61 202928 Tel: +353 (0) 61 233166
Email: richard.kirwan@ul.ie Email: ciara.breathnach@ul.ie
36 37Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences
— History — History
History of Family (Online), MA Local History
1 Year, Full Time 2 Years, Part Time
The central purpose of this programme is the art of academic writing and develop Reconstructing the life and scholarship and there is
to combine the strengths of two traditions: advanced research skills through in-class and dinnseanchas of local a growing awareness that its
that of the independent researcher into training and via field trips to libraries and communities in the past fulfils a practice can benefit from the
family history and that of established archives conducted in both semesters. By real need in people who identify broader paradigms and the
disciplines in history particularly the well the end of the course successful students with or belong to that locality. research methods used in history
developed sub discipline of the history of will have acquired the necessary skills to Though long regarded primarily and the human sciences.
the family. The objective is a history that is present historical research to a publication as the territory of the antiquarian
fully contextualised, culturally significant standard, and to conduct historical research and the leisured scholar, local
and academically grounded. Over the at a doctoral level. history is moving in from the
course of the year students will master margins of university teaching
Programme Content Programme Content
Autumn Semester Spring Semester Summer Semester Year 1 Year 1 Summer Semester Year 2
• Introduction to the • History Research Seminar • Dissertation II • Foundation course: scope, • Dissertation • Dissertation
History of Family • Dissertation I sources and methods
• Linking Families to Communities • People on the move: in local history
• MA research methodology studying migration • Reading the landscape:
• Graduate seminar in • Dissertation writing in sources and methods in
Irish cultural history history of family historical geography
• Sources and cases in
modern Irish society
• Local studies, archaeology
and material culture
• The excluded voice
• Methods and cases in oral
history and bealoideas
• Computing, databases
Taught Postgraduate Programmes 2020-2021
Taught Postgraduate Programmes 2020-2021
and quantitative research
in local history
CONTACT Course Director CONTACT Course Director
Dr Ciara Breathnach Dr David Fleming
Tel: +353 (0) 61 233166 Tel: +353 (0) 61 233795
Email: ciara.breathnach@ul.ie Email: david.fleming@ul.ie
38 39Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences
— Law
Law, Human Rights in Criminal Justice LLM/MA Law, Human Rights in Criminal Justice LLM/MA
1 Year, Full Time or 2 Years, Part Time Part Time programme structure
The LLM/MA in Human Rights in Criminal rights law in the field of criminal justice. In
YEAR 1
Justice is designed to give graduates an addition to an understanding of the human
understanding of the interaction between rights protection mechanisms in this context, Autumn Semester Spring Semester
human rights and criminal justice in the students will address the question of how
21st century and knowledge of the legal human rights law can be enforced. Students • LA6001 Advanced Legal • LA6132 International
actors, supervisory bodies and institutions will also develop important transferable skills Research Skills (Core) Criminal Law
central to the field. Students will be given including analytical, research, communication • LA6142 Policing and
an in-depth understanding of the legal and report writing skills. One elective from: Human Rights
regimes operating at national, regional • LA5153 Comparative • LA4052 Criminology
and global levels and sources of human International Protection • LA6062 Comparative and
of Human Rights Law European Criminal Justice
• LA6111 Criminal Justice • LA6161 Regulatory Crime
Programme Content Processes and Sentencing • LA6182 Using Evidence to
• LA6121 Law of the European Improve Societal Outcomes
Autumn Semester Spring Semester Summer Semester Convention of Human Rights in the Real World
• LA6052 Penology • LA6192 Hate Crime
• Advanced Legal Research Skills • Dissertation Methodology • Dissertation
and Victimology • LA6202 Youth Crime
Three electives from: Three electives from:
• Comparative International • International Criminal Law YEAR 2
Protection of Human Rights Law • Policing and Human Rights
• Criminal Justice Processes • Criminology Autumn Semester Spring Semester Spring Semester
and Sentencing • Comparative and European Two electives (not previously • LA6002 Dissertation • Dissertation
• Law of the European Criminal Justice taken) from: Methodology (Core)
Convention of Human Rights • Regulatory Crime • One elective (not
• Penology and Victimology • Using evidence to improve • LA5153 Comparative previously taken) from:
societal outcomes in International Protection • LA6132 International
the real world of Human Rights Law Criminal Law
• Hate crime • LA6111 Criminal Justice • LA6142 Policing and
• Youth crime Processes and Sentencing Human Rights
• LA6121 Law of the European • LA4052 Criminology
Taught Postgraduate Programmes 2020-2021
Taught Postgraduate Programmes 2020-2021
CONTACT Course Director CONTACT
Dr Ger Coffey
Tel: +353 (0) 61 202682
Email: ger.coffey@ul.ie
40 41Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences
— Law — Law
Law, International Commercial Law, LLM Master of Laws (General) LLM
1 Year, Full Time or 2 Years, Part Time 1 Year, Full Time or 2 Years, Part Time
The programme will be enhance the career prospects of The LLM General is designed to education but who do not wish to
particularly attractive to law graduates, those starting careers enhance students’ legal skills focus on a single branch of law.
graduates who wish to develop in the legal professions, legal and enrich their knowledge The programme is designed to
a specialisation in commercial advisers to commercial entities of a variety of legal subjects facilitate students in developing
law, and especially an ability to and any lawyers whose work will across a broad spectrum from their own unique profile, allowing
understand and apply commercial involve cross border commercial Criminology to Family law, from students to combine diverse
law in multi-jurisdictional relations. Global Competition Law to Human branches of the law for their
scenarios. The programme will Rights Law. It is suited to those postgraduate study.
looking for an advanced legal
Programme Content
Programme Content
Autumn Semester Spring Semester
Autumn Semester Spring Semester Summer Semester
• Advanced Legal Research Skills • Dissertation Methodology
• Advanced Legal Research Skills • Dissertation Methodology • Dissertation
• Law of International Three electives from: Three electives from:
Trade Organisations Three electives from: • Law of International • Counter Terrorism law &
• International Business • Global Competition Law Trade Organisations International Business
Associations • Counter Terrorism Law & • Law of International • Global Competition Law
• International Business International Business Business Associations • International Labour Law
Transactions • International Protection of • Comparative International • Comparative & European
Intellectual Property Rights Protection of Human Rights Law Criminal Justice
• International Labour Law • International Business • Law of Credit and Security
• Law of Credit and Security Transactions • International Protection of
• International Tort Law • Criminal Justice Processes Intellectual Property Rights
and Business and Sentencing • International Criminal Law
• Law of the European • Policing and Human Rights
Convention of Human Rights • Criminology
• Penology and Victimology • International Perspectives
Taught Postgraduate Programmes 2020-2021
Taught Postgraduate Programmes 2020-2021
• Regulatory Crime on Property Law
• Contemporary Challenges • International Tort Law and Business
in Medical Law and Ethics • Advanced Family Law: Standpoint
and Rights-Based Perspectives
CONTACT Course Director CONTACT Course Director
Sinead Eaton Dr Eddie Keane
Tel: +353 (0) 62 233231 Tel: +353 (0) 61 204895
Email: sinead.eaton@ul.ie Email: Eddie.Keane@ul.ie
42 43Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences
— Law — Law
Law, LLB (Graduate Entry)
2 Years, Full Time
The two-year LLB programme is a a law degree. The core of the programme
postgraduate programme that is designed consists of law modules taken in common YEAR 2
to provide a legal education to graduates in with the other specialist law programmes Semester 1 Semester 2
disciplines other than law. It is increasingly offered by the School of Law.
Choose five modules from: Choose five modules from:
the case that graduates in disciplines such
(not to include electives taken in (not to include electives taken in
as Business Studies, Public Administration, An applicant who has studied a substantial Semester 2 of Year 1) Semester 2 of Year 1)
Arts and Engineering wish to supplement number of law modules in their primary
• Law of the European Union 1* • Law of the European Union 2*
their studies with a legal education. Entrants degree may be eligible for exemptions
• Company Law 1* • Company Law 2*
are drawn from two sources: graduates and may complete the degree in one year.
• Equity and Trusts 1* • Equity and Trusts 2*
who seek admission immediately on the Exemptions are subject to the approval of
• Land Law 1* • Land Law 2*
completion of their primary degrees and the Course Director and are decided on a
• Final Year Project • Administrative Law*
mid-career professionals whose career case-by-case basis.
• Commercial Law • Sport and the Law
prospects would be enhanced by having
• Child Law • Comparative Legal Systems
• Media Law • Law of Torts 2*
• Law of Evidence • Commercial Law
• Labour Law • Project 2
• Project 1
Programme Content
YEAR 1
Semester 1 Semester 2
• Contract Law 1 • Contract Law 2
• Criminal Law 1 • Criminal Law 2
• Constitutional Law 1 • Constitutional Law 2 All electives are subject to resourcing and scheduling requirements that alter from year
• Law of Torts 1 • Elective 1* to year. No commitment is given to offering any specific elective in any year. Students will
• Legal System and Method • Elective 2* be advised that their choice of electives may impact upon professional body exemption,
where relevant.
Elective modules to be taken from the following: Law of Torts 2,* Commercial Law,
Taught Postgraduate Programmes 2020-2021
Taught Postgraduate Programmes 2020-2021
Administrative Law,* Jurisprudence,* Sport and the Law, Comparative Legal Systems and
Commercial Law.
*Elective subjects required for entry to Kings Inns if interested in a career in at the Bar.
CONTACT Course Director
Laura Donnellan
Tel: +353 (0) 61 213247
* Elective subjects required for entry to the Kings Inns if interested in a career at the Bar. Email: laura.donnellan@ul.ie
44 45Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences
— Law — Modern Languages & Applied Linguistics
Serious Crime Investigation, MA Applied Linguistics (International),
1 Year, Full Time Graduate Diploma/MA
1 Year, Full Time
The Graduate Diploma/Master of Arts in The MA has a strong international focus
Applied Linguistics (International) is a both in practical terms with the possibility
The Master of Arts in Serious The degree is ideally suited to one-year taught programme and is offered of an overseas semester, as well as advanced
Crime Investigation is a one-year, members of an Garda Síochána on a full-time basis using a combination language options in English as a Foreign
full-time programme designed who are looking to capitalize on of faculty-student contact hours and self- Language, French, German, Spanish (all
for graduates of the level 9 their existing expertise in the field directed learning and research. The MA is languages may not run each year), and in
Postgraduate Diploma in Serious of modern policing and develop about exploring language in use in a wide theoretical terms reflecting faculty research
Crime Investigation, accredited an advanced and integrated variety of real-world situations and contexts interest in language and globalisation.
by the University of Limerick understanding of the legal issues (education, politics and wider society).
or an equivalent programme. which surround serious crime
Programme Content
investigation.
Autumn Spring Summer
• Career Development 1 • External Academic Placement • Research
Programme Content • Applied Linguistics • and External Academic dissertation in the
• Research Methodologies Placement Project area of Applied
Two electives from: Three electives from: Linguistics
The MA in Serious Crime will take the form of distance
• Language Systems 1 • Language Systems 2 (15,000-20,000
learning whereby students will complete a dissertation
• Materials Development for • ICT and Language Studies words) for
of approximately 15,000 words on an aspect of serious
Language Teaching • Sociolinguistics of Irish media students taking
crime investigation under the supervision of a faculty
• English Language Proficiency 1 & • Language Pedagogy for the MA
member with expertise in the area of criminal justice
• Academic Literacies English Language Teaching or Applied
for International • Culture and the Market Linguistics
Postgraduate Studies • English Language Proficiency 2 International
• Second Language Acquisition • Academic Literacies Praxis
• The French Language Today for International
• German-Irish Cultural Postgraduate Students
Constructions • French Translation
• Spanish in the • German Translation
Contemporary World • Spanish Translation
• Sociolinguistics of Spanish • Corpus Linguistics and
• Classroom and Learner Discourse Language Teaching
Taught Postgraduate Programmes 2020-2021
Taught Postgraduate Programmes 2020-2021
• Introduction to Irish English
• Professional Language Use for
English Language Teachers
• SLA Theories and
Classroom Applications
CONTACT Course Director CONTACT Course Director
Dr. Alan Cusack Dr. Maria Rieder
Tel: +353 (0) 62 233659 Tel: +353 (0) 61 234858
Email: alan.cusack@ul.ie Email: Maria.Rieder@ul.ie
46 47Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences
— Modern Languages & Applied Linguistics
Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages, MA
1 Year, Full Time
This MA in Teaching English to as a Foreign Language, EFL, and
Speakers of Other Languages English as a Second Language,
(TESOL) has been designed ESL). The programme is designed
specifically with the aim to accommodate participants in
of providing initial teacher search of an initial English language
education for those wishing to teaching qualification, as well as
become teachers of English to experienced English language
Speakers of Other Languages teachers who wish to upskill and/
(ESOL; this takes in English or gain an MA level qualification.
Programme Content
Autumn Semester Spring Semester Summer Semester
• Language Systems 1 • Language Systems 2 • Dissertation 1
• SLA Theories and • Language Pedagogy for ELT • Dissertation 2
Classroom Applications • Linguistics for
• Research Methodology in Language Teaching
• Applied Language Studies
Electives:
Electives: • Teaching Practice 2
• Teaching Practice 1 • ICT and Language Studies
• Materials Development • Academic Literacies
• Academic Literacies for for International
International Postgraduate Postgraduate Students 2
Students 1 • Professional Language
• Professional Language Use for Teachers 2
Use for Teachers 1
Taught Postgraduate Programmes 2020-2021
CONTACT Course Director
Dr Angela Farrell
Tel: +353 (0) 61 202432
Email: angela.farrell@ul.ie
49Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences
— Politics & Public Administration — Politics & Public Administration
International Studies, MA Politics, MA
1 Year, Full Time 1 Year, Full Time
This one calendar year full- ambitious candidates who wish The MA in Politics is a one-year, modules that the MA in Politics
time programme of study is to obtain a comprehensive full-time programme that enables students will be required to
intended for recent graduates knowledge and understanding students to choose the areas complete will be the two research
and graduates with professional of contemporary problems in the they wish to specialise in within methods modules that are
experience. The course is international environment. the field of politics. This is a truly common to all our postgraduate
designed to attract able and flexible programme that enables taught degrees. In addition, they
students to tailor the degree to can choose any two electives in
their own interests, skills and the first semester and any three in
future career plans. The only core the third.
Programme Content
Autumn Semester Spring Semester Summer Semester Programme Content
• Graduate Seminar in • Graduate Seminar in • Dissertation Autumn Semester Spring Semester Summer Semester
International Relations International Co-operation and
• Graduate Research Methods • Research Methods • Dissertation
• Graduate Research Methods Conflict; Research Methods
• Two elective modules (progressing dissertation)
• One elective module (progressing dissertation)
• Three elective modules
from the list below • Two elective modules
Electives:
from the list below
• Graduate Seminar in Electives:
Institutions and Policies • Graduate Seminar in
Electives of the European Union European Governance
• Graduate Seminar in • Graduate Seminar in
Graduate Seminar in Development; Graduate Seminar in Institutions and Policies of International Relations Comparative Politics
the European Union; Graduate Seminar in Contemporary Political Theory; Multilevel • Graduate Seminar in • Graduate Seminar in
Governance: Concepts and Practice; Conflict Analysis; Graduate Seminar in Comparative Development Peacebuilding
Politics; Graduate Seminar in Peacebuilding; Graduate Seminar in European Governance; • Graduate Seminar in • Graduate Seminar
Global Transformation and Exclusion; External Relations of the European Union; Contemporary Political in International Co-
Russian and Post Soviet Politics; Foreign Aid and Development; Development Practice Theory operation and Conflict
and Programme Management; Global Justice; Representative Democracy in Europe; • Conflict Analysis • Global Justice
International Political Economy. • Representative Democracy
Taught Postgraduate Programmes 2020-2021
Taught Postgraduate Programmes 2020-2021
in Europe: Parties,
Field Trip: Optional multi-day study trip to Brussels during the spring semester, including seminar Governments, and Policy
discussions with practitioners and trip to Brussels or Geneva during the spring semester.
CONTACT Course Director CONTACT Course Director
Dr Owen Worth Dr Scott Fitzsimmons
Tel: +353 (0) 61 202635 Tel: +353 (0) 61 233603
Email: Owen.Worth@ul.ie Email: scott.fitzsimmons@ul.ie
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