Career Development Centre Team

General Contacts

Careers general email  - any query relating to the Career Development Centre's activities

Placement general email - any query from student or employer/organisation regarding a formal placement

Employability award queries

Are you a graduate recruiter? Email our employer engagement team.  


Marie Laffey

Head of Career Development Centre
Telephone: 00353 91 492909 Ext: 2909
Email Marie    

Area of Support: Management of the Career Development Centre. Find out more...

Aisling Conroy

Career Development Manager 
Tel: 00353 91 493610 / Ext 3610
Email Aisling     

Area of support: College of Business, Public Policy and Law... Find out more   

Monica Turley

Career Development Adviser
Telephone: 00353 91493925 Ext: 3925
Email Monica  

Area of support: College of Arts, Social Science and Celtic Studies & College of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

Susan Kenny

Careers Adviser
Telephone: 00353 91 493169 Ext: 3169
Email Susan 

Area of support: College of Science & Engineering. Career guidance, employability support, application reviews, interview preparation. Find out more...


Kendra Cassidy

Information Officer 
Telephone: 00353 91 493181 Ext: 3181 
Email Kendra   

Area of support: Information and website management, graduate outcomes survey, social media. Find out more...

Dearbhla Nolan

Information Assistant
Telephone: 00353 91 493589 Ext: 3589
Email Dearbhla           

Area of support: Careers Enquiries - main contact, appointment bookings  Find out more..

Briana Madden

Employability Award Officer
Telephone: 00353 (0)91 493742 Ext. 5231
Email Briana

Area of support: University of Galway Employability Award. 

Claire McGuinness

Student Engagement Officer
Email Claire 

Paul Stapleton

Systems Support Coordinator
Telephone: 00353 91 495231 Ext: 5231
Email Paul    

Area of support: Systems Support. 


Employer Engagement

Click here to email our employer engagement team
Phone: 00353 (0)91 492133

Donal Hackett   

Employer Engagement Manager  
Telephone: 00353 91 492133 Ext: 2133
Email Donal

Area of support: Primary contact for student and graduate engagement opportunities on campus. Arrange a consultation today to explore how the University of Galway can support you in building your employer brand and a sustainable talent pipeline. 


Work Based Learning & Placement

Email the team placement@universityofgalway.ie

Breda Kenna

Work Based Learning Manager
Tel: 00353 91 494323 Ext: 4323
Email Breda      

 

Linda Moylan

Administrative Assistant
Tel: 00353 91 493646 Ext: 3646
Email Linda

Area of support: Placement Enquiries - main contact.


College of Science & Engineering

Fiona Curran

Placement Officer  
Email Fiona 

Area of support: Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Energy Systems Engineering, Biopharmaceutical Chemistry.

Grainne Carey

Placement Officer
Email Grainne
School of Computer Science

Area of support: Primarily responsible for the placement of students from the: MSc Corporate Finance, MSc Health Economics, MSc Global Environmental Economics, Higher Diploma in Data Analytics and Visualisation. 

 

College of Arts, Social Sciences and Celtic Studies

Emma Marron

Placement Officer 
Tel: 00353 91 493926 Ext:3926
Email Emma   

Area of support: Arts. Find out more...

Kathryn McDermott

Placement Officer
Email Kathryn  

Tracy Shovlin

Placement Officer
Email Tracy

Area of Support: Bachelor of Arts (Child, Youth and Family: Policy and Practice) and Bachelor of Arts with Children’s Studies courses.
Find out more...

Máire-Áine Uí Ailín

Oifigeach Socrúcháin
Acadamh na hOllscolaíochta Gaeilge
Email Máire-Áine

Maeve Daly

Placement Officer
Email Maeve

Area of Support: BA Global Media


College of Business, Public Policy & Law

Paul O'Rahilly

Placement Officer
J.E. Cairnes School of Business & Economics
Tel: 00353 91 493511 Ext: 3511
Email Paul     

Area of support: Primarily responsible for the placement of students from Bachelor of Commerce (Global Experience)... Find out more  

Marie Monahan

Placement Officer
J.E. Cairnes School of Business & Economics
Email Marie
 

Brid Connolly

Placement Officer, Post Graduates
Discipline of Management
J.E. Cairnes School of Business & Ecomonics
Tel: 00353 91 493516 / Ext 3516
Email Brid   

Grainne Carey

Placement Officer
Email Grainne
J.E. Cairnes School of Business & Economics and School of Computer Science

Area of support: Primarily responsible for the placement of students from the: MSc Corporate Finance, MSc Health Economics, MSc Global Environmental Economics, Higher Diploma in Data Analytics and Visualisation. Find out more...

Fiona Keane

Placement & Study Abroad Officer 
School of Law
Email Fiona   

Area of support: Primarily responsible for the placement of students from the College of Law and College of Arts for Human Rights students. Find out more...

Maria Gilligan

Placement & Study Abroad Officer 
School of Law
Email Maria  

Area of support: Primarily responsible for the placement of students from the College of Law