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20/09/2012
'Grab All The Opportunities You Can'
An animal sciences student who is just back from a year's work experience in Australia and New Zealand has popped in to her old school to tell the sixth formers about university life.
Niamh Molloy, a final year student at Harper Adams University College, spoke to ninety pupils in St Patrick’s College in Maghera, telling them to "work hard and play hard".
She told them to "grab all the opportunities you can at university" including learning a language or extending your GCSE into technical terminology.
She also spoke about work experience, which she said was a factor in Harper Adams being third out of all 140 UK universities for the employability of its graduates.
She said: "There are exciting opportunities in the food industry from basic agricultural production, veterinary nursing, animals, agricultural engineering and other subjects supporting primary production through food processing and technology to food marketing - ....from field to fork."
Photo: Niamh Molloy with St. Patrick's College students (Lto R) Brendan McEldowney, James McFaul and Cahir McCabe.
(NE)
Niamh Molloy, a final year student at Harper Adams University College, spoke to ninety pupils in St Patrick’s College in Maghera, telling them to "work hard and play hard".
She told them to "grab all the opportunities you can at university" including learning a language or extending your GCSE into technical terminology.
She also spoke about work experience, which she said was a factor in Harper Adams being third out of all 140 UK universities for the employability of its graduates.
She said: "There are exciting opportunities in the food industry from basic agricultural production, veterinary nursing, animals, agricultural engineering and other subjects supporting primary production through food processing and technology to food marketing - ....from field to fork."
Photo: Niamh Molloy with St. Patrick's College students (Lto R) Brendan McEldowney, James McFaul and Cahir McCabe.
(NE)
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