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UCD Careers Day 2019

Today I participated with a group of researchers and staff members from Teagasc in UCD Agriculture, Food Science and Human Nutrition Careers Day. The event took place all morning in the Astra Hall (in the Student Centre of University College Dublin), and final year students had the chance to meet with companies and potential employers in an […]

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Beginning of farm visits

So farm visits have finally kicked off! Although cows are currently in late lactation we hopefully will have enough time to sample about half of the target farms before they house the animals in late November. Eoin Ryan (UCD) has been joining me in the farm visits, what’s been a massive help. He has great experience as […]

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UCD Graduate Certificate in Dairy Herd Health

Probably the most ambitious activity I chose to include in my fellowship Training & Development Plan was to enrol in an 18 month postgraduate programme. This is definitely challenging, as most of the lectures and assignments will have to be attended in my free time. However, I did feel this would help me develop skills on […]

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