Joint CIT-UCC graduates keep lofty ambitions

DESPITE the severe shortage of jobs for architects, the first graduates from a joint degree at Cork’s two third-level colleges are hopeful for a bright future.

A class of almost 30 who entered the Cork Institute of Technology-University College Cork architecture programme in 2006 earned their parchments yesterday and said they still have big ambitions. For many, the first option is further study, but others are looking overseas for work.

Francis Shier from Adare, Co Limerick has applied for jobs in London and in New York and hopes to get work soon, even if it might not be in Ireland.