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Careers Adviser per School

Identify your Careers Adviser - what faculty are you in?

 

Faculty of ...
School
Careers Adviser
Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences  
Business Fiona Hayes
  Drama, Film & Music Orlaith Tunney
  Education Orlaith Tunney
  English Orlaith Tunney
  Histories and Humanities Sarah Jones
  Languages, Literatures and Cultural Studies Orlaith Tunney
  Law Fiona Hayes
  Linguistic, Speech & Communication Sciences Orlaith Tunney
  Psychology Sarah Jones
  Religions, Theology and Ecumenics Orlaith Tunney
  Social Science and Philosophy Fiona Hayes
  Social Work and Social Policy Fiona Hayes
  International Students Marielle Kelly
Engineering, Mathematics and Science  
  Biochemistry and Immunology Sean Gannon
  Chemistry Sarah Jones
  Computer Science and Statistics email Careers@tcd.ie
  Engineering email Careers@tcd.ie
  Genetics and Microbiology Sean Gannon
  Mathematics Cliona Hillery
  Natural Sciences Sean Gannon
  Neuroscience Sarah Jones
  Physics Cliona Hillery
  International Students Marielle Kelly
Health Sciences  
  Dental Science Sarah Jones
  Medicine Sarah Jones
  Nursing and Midwifery Sarah Jones
  Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Sarah Jones
  Physiology Sarah Jones
  International Students Marielle Kelly

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Careers Adviser's profiles

Sean Gannon

Sean Gannon, Director & Careers Adviser

Sean is Director of the Careers Advisory Service and is responsible for students from the School of Natural Sciences, School of Biochemistry & Immunology and the School of Genetics & Microbiology.

Sean's original degree was in Chemistry and he has also completed an MBA. His early career was spent in the human resources functions at ICI plc and at Nokia. Before coming to Trinity he was a director of KPMG's Executive Search and Selection practice in Dublin.

Orlaith Tunney

Orlaith Tunney, Careers Adviser

Orlaith is responsible for the Schools of Drama, Film & Music / Education / English / Languages, Literatures & Cultural Studies / Linguistic, Speech & Communication Sciences and Religions, Theology & Ecumenics. Orlaith works with Jackie Pryor on the website and with other Advisers on the Personal Development Programme.

Orlaith has a BSc Food Science & Technology and a HDip Guidance & Counselling, both from UCC and HDip Third Level Teaching & Learning from DIT. Before coming to Trinity she worked as a Food Technologist & Sales Executive in mainland Europe.

Cliona Hillery

Cliona Hillery, Careers Adviser

Cliona shares responsibility with Mary O’Donnell for the School of Engineering, School of Computer Science and Statistics, and Schools of Mathematics and Physics. Cliona also works with other advisers on the Personal Development Programme and oversees the Work Experience & Internships programme.

Cliona holds a Bachelor of Commerce (International) with Spanish from UCD and a Masters in Education from Trinity College Dublin, specialising in Career Guidance & Counselling. Previously, Cliona worked in Smurfit School of Business, UCD, both as a Careers Adviser and earlier as a Project Manager. Prior to working in UCD Cliona worked as a Senior Management Consultant for Accenture, both in London and Dublin.

Fiona Hayes

Fiona Hayes, Careers Adviser

Fiona is responsible for undergraduate and postgraduate students in the School of Business, School of Law, School of Social Sciences and Philosophy (Departments of Economics, Sociology, Philosophy, and Political Science) and the School of Social Work and Social Policy. She also works with other Advisers on the PhD generic skills module.

A TCD graduate, Fiona has a BA in Psychology and Music, and an MSc in Occupational Psychology from the Institute of Work Psychology, University of Sheffield. In addition she holds BPS Level A and B in psychometric testing. She is currently completing a Postgraduate Diploma in Career Education, Information and Guidance in Higher Education at the University of Warwick. Prior to working in Trinity, she worked in various market research and human resource roles in Bank of Scotland (Ireland), Lansdowne Market Research and Radio Teilifís Éireann.

Marielle Kelly

Marielle Kelly, Careers Adviser

Marielle is responsible for undergraduate and postgraduate International Students across all the schools in the college. She also has specific responsibility for the MSc in Global Health, MPhil Applied Linguistics, MPhil English Language Teaching, MPhil Linguistics, MPhil Speech and Language Processing, Masters in Environment & Development, Masters in Development Practice, MPhil Race, Ethnicity & Conflict and the MSc International Politics.

Marielle has BA in European Studies and an MA in Education in Guidance and Counselling, both from Trinity College Dublin. She also has a Certificate in Basic Counseling Skills from NUI Maynooth, and Level A psychometric testing certification. She previously worked in a number of roles in the education and not for profit sectors, and worked with Business in the Community’s Employment for People from Immigrant Communities (EPIC) programme for three years prior to joining Trinity College’s Careers Advisory Service.

Sarah Jones Sarah Jones, Careers Adviser
 

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