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Location: The Pavilion, North Campus (Lunch included).

The Autumn Semester Orientation for UL Postgraduate Researchers (PGRs) takes place on Wednesday Wednesday, 24 September, 2025, in The Pavilion,  North Campus, from 9.00am – 1.00pm 

You can register for this event here:

Please register your interest to attend by Friday, September 19, 2025. 

We look forward to seeing you there.

 Programme for 2025-26 Orientation Autumn Semester 

09:00 Welcome and Introduction to Doctoral Education - Prof Ann MacPhail
(Associate Vice-President, Doctoral College)

09:20 Effective use of the Library and Information Services- Ashling Hayes
(Research Services - Glucksman Library)

09:40 A Practical guide to academic regulations for postgraduate research students
(PGRs): What you need to know? - Michael Frain (Doctoral College)

10:00 PG Researcher Development – Dr Ger Downes (Doctoral College)

10:20 International PGRs – Suzi Breslin (UL Global)
 

10:40 Break (Tea / Coffee)

11.00 Postgraduate Students Union representatives – Mahdi Nohtani (PSU)

11:20 Health and Safety for PGRs- Rob Hickey (Health and Safety)

11:40 Career Option for PGRs – Elaine Kiely (Postgraduate Careers Advisor)

12:00 Networks for PhD Candidates – Wenyi Tang, Yue Xu and Niamh Hickey (EMERGE PhD and YESBernal)
 

12:20 Well Being – Eva Devaney (Healthy UL)
 

12:40 Research Integrity - Natalia Kopteva (Mathematics & Statistics)
 

13:00 Questions & Answers
 

13:20 Lunch (The Pavilion Annex Room)