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A music therapy graduate, praised for her work towards developing an innovative therapy service for new mothers, ended her time at University of Limerick on a high note this week as she was conferred with a PhD from the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences.

Dr Pui Sze Cheung, originally from Hong Kong, completed her PhD research in the area of using music therapy in perinatal mental health services to improve maternal mental health and wellbeing. She joined over 3,600 students graduating this week as part of UL’s autumn conferrings.

Life and work have led Barbara Watts down many interesting avenues, but it was her studies at University of Limerick that brought her back to a childhood passion she reluctantly strayed from long ago.

Barbara joined over 3,600 students being conferred this week as part of the University’s August ceremonies, graduating with a PhD from the School of History in UL’s Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences.

Critically acclaimed Irish songwriter and performer Iarla Ó Lionáird was conferred with a PhD in Arts Practice from University of Limerick this week.

The twice Grammy nominated artist said his late father knowing he completed his PhD was one of his proudest moments.

An award-winning journalist and University of Limerick lecturer has urged the next generation of reporters to put down their phones and dip out of the social media wave, in the face of the growing ‘global’ problem of misinformation.

The AHSS Graduate Research Centre held workshops and seminars for postgraduate researchers in 2023/24. The series began in September 2023 with a workshop on Irish Research Council (IRC) Postgraduate Scholarship Application Training for prospective applicants.

I firmly believe the LLM has given me a huge boost of confidence and led me to do things I would never have known I could. I have worked internally with the Law Society for over ten years as tutor and internal examiner, and now I am currently a dissertation supervisor for a number of LLM students studying the LLM Advanced Legal Practice in the Law Society of Ireland. The academic experience of completing the LLM in UL certainly paved the way for me to qualify for these roles.

Kevin Saudé is currently studying a PhD in the Department of Politics and Public Administration in UL’s Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences. Here, Kevin gives an insight into his PhD experience and his plans for the next stage of his career.

I appreciate all the work and care that goes into a remote program like my own, and I'm grateful to UL for making my MA experience so painless and well-organised.

It's great to know that all the effort I put in was recognised and paid off, and that UL was the perfect choice as I hoped it would be.

I am from Connecticut, USA. I have been playing the harp for about 11 years now. My undergraduate degree was a BA in performance, and I wanted to expand my knowledge. I chose this course because I think the topics that it covers are interesting and it is a perfect combination of my favourite subjects, English, History and Music.

I had an interest in doing an MA for a number of years but with working full time, I had to figure out what would work. This programme piqued my interest, particularly because it was offered online and part time, which suited me perfectly and was spread over two years, which was fantastic as well.

I was looking at courses in New Zealand and Australia because they are closer to Vietnam than Ireland, I did not think of going to Europe initially. As soon as I heard that there was a TESOL program in UL, I had a look at it and compared it to other courses; I thought it looked interesting.