Postgraduate Research Students Orientation

Orientation Stages

Stage 1 - Pre-recorded presentations

Please note: Stage 1 Pre-recorded Presentations are available below. Please review each of these presentations prior to Stage 2 and Stage 3.

To view subtitles (if not provided within presentation)

• Google Chrome browser can generate captions for any audio or video file which you are watching/listening to in the browser (Settings > Advanced > Accessibility > Live Captions).
  Or

• When going to each video presentation, if subtitles not available–select Watch on YouTube, you will have an option for closed captioning or to open a transcript for subtitles. Click on the cc icon in the bottom right of the video for closed captions or on the 3 small dots under email video and select Open Transcript.

Stage 2  - University level Orientation 

Hosted by Prof. Dónal Leech, Dean of Graduate Studies

• Date/Time: Thursday, 31st October 2024 from 10:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. (This includes sign-in at the beginning and lunch at the end)
  Contact: Sandra Donohue graduatestudies@universityofgalway.ie 
  Venue: Aula Maxima (Ground Floor), The Quadrangle (Building 1 on Campus map)
  Please let Sandra Donohue at graduatestudies@universityofgalway.ie know if you have any dietary requirements by Friday, 18th October

Stage 3 - College Induction/Orientation 

This is organised by the Vice-Deans of Graduate Studies in your relevant College.

• College of Arts, Social Sciences, & Celtic Studies
  Date/Time: Friday, 25^th October from 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.
  Organiser: Dr. Lindsay Reid lindsay.reid@universityofgalway.ie
  Platform: Online via Zoom (details were included in email sent to PGR students who didn't attend Stage 2 session in September, on the 17th October 2024). If you attended Stage 2 session in September and/or didn't receive the zoom log in details, please contact Dr. Reid directly for these.
  Your attendance will be recorded so you are requested to log in to the session using your full student name.
  

• College of Business, Public Policy, & Law
  Date/Time: Thursday, 31^st October from 2-3 p.m.
  Organiser: Dr. Anna Arstein-Kerslake (College Contact cbppl@universityofgalway.ie)
  Venue: Whitaker Room (CA110), Cairnes Building (Building 35 on Campus map)

• College of Medicine, Nursing, & Health Sciences*
  Date/Time: Tuesday, 12th November from 2-3 p.m.
  Organiser: Prof. Garry Duffy (College contact cmnhs@universityofgalway.ie)
  Venue: Room 3033 on the 3rd floor, Human Biology Building (HBB). (Building 11 on Campus map)
  
  
• College of Science & Engineering
  Date/Time: Friday, 31st October from 2-4 p.m.
  Organiser: Dr. Nicholas Devaney nicholas.devaney@universityofgalway.ie
  Venue: AS203 River Room, Arts/Science Building. (Building 21 on Campus map)
  

• Parking: https://www.universityofgalway.ie/buildings/service-helpdesk/parking-get-to-around/