Course graduates on brink of dream careers

CAREERS in theatre, administration, retail and other services are on the horizon for the first graduates of a groundbreaking university course.

Course graduates on brink of dream careers
Sat, 16 Feb, 2008 - 00:00
Niall Murray, Education Correspondent

The first 19 people to complete the Certificate in Contemporary Living celebrated receiving their scrolls at Trinity College Dublin yesterday. It ran over two years at the college’s National Institute for Intellectual Disabilities, teaching students academic, personal and career skills.

Jan Mahon, 28, from Bray, Co Wicklow has pursued her dream of a stage career, with an appearance in last autumn’s Dublin Theatre Festival.

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