SETU Podcast

More than 1,000 secondary school students from across the South East attended the sixth annual Women in Technology event at South East Technological University (SETU), highlighting the growing interest in technology careers and the region’s expanding digital sector.

Guest speakers included Rebecca Troy, software developer with Sun Life Ireland, alongside technology leaders Meredith Stowell from IBM and Likhitha Gaddi from Google.

Industry partners including Sun Life, Google, Security Risk Advisors and Nearform sponsored the event, showcasing the strong collaboration between education and industry in the South East’s growing technology ecosystem. Representatives from each company offered students valuable insights into career pathways within the sector.

In this episode, you’ll hear an array of voices from the day, including speakers, students, sponsors and companies that were in attendance
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The award-winning Higher Diploma in Arts in Television and Media Production, developed by SETU and Nemeton TV in partnership with Udarás na Gaeltachta, has been successfully preparing new media talent since 2006. As part of Seachtain na Gaeilge at SETU, former students on the course, Lia Nic Craith and Eoin Dalton, screened short films they produced.
In this episode you'll hear from the filmmakers, as well as from Róisín Sheehy, the Irish language officer at SETU, who discusses her role and the importance of promoting Gaeilge on campus – not just for Seachtain na Gaeilge, but all year around. This is a bilingual episode, so you you might pick up the 'cupla focal' from the podcasts guests.
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This podcast episode, hosted by Rob O’Connor, features Michael Quinn, Lecturer in Culinary Arts at SETU and second year Culinary Arts students Joni Hunt and Kealen Voogt, who recently travelled to Croatia to participate in the EU-CONEXUS Student Research Hub on Sustainable Food Systems. 
In this episode, the trio reflect on the research to education project in the Dalmatian region including visits to Mount Biokovo and Makarska, where they connected culinary heritage, local food systems and sustainable practices. Listeners will hear how Joni and Kealen describe their hands-on activities from visiting a family-run olive-oil mill, local fishing culture and working alongside a Michelin-starred chef and how these experiences reshaped their understanding of the “farm-to-fork” and the value of community-centred food cultures. Michael reflects on how this kind of “living lab” learning model positions students as active participants in sustainability, not just observers.
Accompanied by Bridget Cheasty, Communications Officer for EU-CONEXUS at SETU, the podcast gives listeners an insight into how practical learning experiences through the EU-CONEXUS Student Research Hubs are making a real impact. 
Follow Up Links
SETU students explore sustainable food systems in Zadar (news item) https://www.setu.ie/news/setu-students-explore-sustainable-food-systems-in-zadar
SETU’s EU-CONEXUS Microsite https://euconexus.setu.ie
EU-CONEXUS main website https://www.eu-conexus.eu/en/
EU-CONEXUS Explained (Podcast) https://pod.fo/e/2abdad
Michael Quinn (LinkedIn profile) https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-quinn-aa129968/
Bridget Cheasty (LinkedIn profile) https://www.linkedin.com/in/bridget-cheasty-876896126/
Rob O’Connor (LinkedIn profile) https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertoconnorirl/
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This is the second episode shining a light on a unique new course running in SETU. The Certificate in Personal Development is a two-year Level 6 course, which aims to offer adults with intellectual disability an opportunity to experience university life and become students in higher education in the same way their siblings and typical adult peers do.
As year one of the course draws to a close, course leader Catherine Kelly-Mason and lecturers Deirdre Barry and Vicki Anderson joined me to discuss the importance of the course and what it means to them professionally and personally. Our previous episode featured 3 students were invited to to the podcast studio to reflect on their first year as university students, as well as some content from the celebration day held to acknowledge their achievements to date.

Link to the course homepage.
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This is the first of 2 episodes shining a light on a unique new course running in SETU. The Certificate in Personal Development is a two-year Level 6 course, which aims to offer adults with intellectual disability an opportunity to experience university life and become students in higher education in the same way their siblings and typical adult peers do.
As year one of the drew to a close, a celebration day was held and 3 students were invited to to the podcast studio to reflect on what the course means to them. A second episode will feature staff discussing the importance of the course and their reflections from year one.

Link to course page
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