Graduates urged to remain positive

TWO leading academics have urged graduates to remain positive in the face of the current economic crisis.

Both the Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT) president and chairman said yesterday that there is cause for optimism in Ireland at the beginning of 2011, despite all that has happened in the last three years.

Speaking at the beginning of a week of conferral ceremonies up to PhD level, WIT president Professor Kieran R Byrne said graduates face “uncertain futures” because of the state of the economy.