Delighted for Joanne O’Riordan who has secured a place at @UCC thanks to a Quercus scholarship #Cork #leavingcert http://t.co/jSCjL59MAr
— Eoin English (@EoinBearla) August 13, 2014
SWOT!
Yay!
Joanne hopes to study criminology.
Pic: Oxfam Ireland
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Criminology is one of these mickey mouse courses that seems to be all the rage now.
It’s coz of the popularity of the CSI shows n Bones n shows like that.
I wonder what the job opportunities are like on qualification, though I’d say it’s very interesting to study.
There are no professional criminologists in ireland outside of academia.
Thanks for that! How’s that job in Aldi treating you?
Disagree – I think it’s a broad science of psychology, sociology and politics. Doesn’t sound Disney-like to me. Sure you’re not thinking of the Police Academy movies?
It’s a ridiculous specialisation that is unsuitable to undergraduates. Universities cynically create these courses for impressionable 18 year old to bolster admissions.
But a perfect grounding if shes thinking of doing law after.
Would be a great course for a criminal barrister.
Governments recruit advisors on criminology, as does the media. It is probably popular because penal reforms, policing and war criminology is an ongoing current affairs topic. I’m fairly sure that, like any degree course, the ‘impressionables’ are weeded out in Year 1.
Forensics is another in which there is almost no hope of working in Ireland in the field.
Woudln’t that be useful to the likes of insurance companies and such?
Well the forensics laboratory in Ireland is quite small so there’s just not much opportunity.
Jock is the male version of Helen. Try saying something positive every once in a while, you’ll feel a lot better.
Is it Helen? I thought it was Jockstrap back without his strap. Then again, he was actually funny.
This skill set is invaluable for sensitive occupations such as:
policing
prisons
probation
social work
social administration
security work
journalism
television and film
community development
Congratulations to everyone posting here for getting A1s in your “Missing the Point of the Story” Leaving Cert
RACIST
I’m glad someone finally said it. I forgot what site I was on for a moment and assumed the comments would mostly be congratulating this remarkable girl. Too bad it’s mostly derisive comments about her choice of degree, the least important point in this news story. No matter what she does, she’ll go far.