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the ma in cultural policy and arts
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management is the longest running
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program of its kind in ireland and one
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of the most established in europe and
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since its inception we've graduated
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nearly a thousand students who now work
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all over the world the story of the last
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30 years since ireland got its first
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minister for culture in 1992 is
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increasing sophistication scale ambition
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and actually funding of the arts in
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ireland in fact it's the best it's ever
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been in the history of the state and of
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course with all that money with all that
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opportunity comes the need to have a
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cohort of people who are able to manage
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the arts properly so i think it's really
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important that we have a best-in-class
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course like this in ireland to support
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our national and international efforts
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studying this course in dublin has been
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really fulfilling because i go from
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class where i'm talking about arts and
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culture and then i'm walking out in the
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streets in dublin and experiencing it
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firsthand
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and
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interacting with people that are so
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friendly and welcoming and want you to
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understand their culture it's been very
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rewarding i was an arts and culture
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journalist back in india i was actually
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looking at courses to do i wanted to
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study further and that's when i came
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across this course people here are very
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warm and approachable i'm very happy
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that i made this decision to come here
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it's a really supportive learning
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environment you meet lots of different
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people from such different backgrounds
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from the faculty and the guest speakers
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as well and it's just really apparent
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that everybody really wants you to do
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well i'm where i want to be doing what i
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want to do and it's because of ucd when
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you're running an institution like
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project which has many different
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stakeholders from artists to funders to
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audience you are using lots of different
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skills during a day and i think the
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course really helped me prepare for that
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we meet with them individually and we
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talk with them about how they want to
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develop their skills and we also find
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out what sort of organization they want
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to get involved with through the arts
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lives module you actually got the
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opportunity to sit in the room with the
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directors the leaders the senior
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management who are actually leading the
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sector today being given access to
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genuine experience at that stage in my
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career getting to learn from some of the
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best in the industry was invaluable at
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the end of the spring trimester students
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go on an eight-week placement with an
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arts organisation this is an opportunity
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for them to put into practice what
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they've learned on the program and to
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start building their professional
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network through that placement i was
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introduced to trevor white the founder
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of the little museum and it was as a
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direct result of my time on that
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placement
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that i actually am where i am today i'm
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really excited to start the work
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placement i'm trying to decide right now
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between three different opportunities
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one to work at a museum
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a theater festival and a festival having
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internships from this course has been
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really important to emma the skills
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base that the course offers a student is
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really vital because in essence in the
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arts you have to multitask i did an
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internship in dublin city council arts
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office and now i am working
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as a marketing assistant in for example
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the nuclear company throughout the
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summer students work on their thesis
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with the supervision from a faculty
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member students do a deep dive into a
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subject they've become interested in
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specifically with the thesis that led
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into my current employment opportunity
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with colorado ballet as the education
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and community engagement coordinator i
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completed my internship and then stayed
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on in edinburgh i wrote my pieces for
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the ma while i was in edinburgh and
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stayed on for the festival itself to see
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how it rolled out so it was a brilliant
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experience you arrive at a time when
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dublin is at its best showing you
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everything it has to offer in terms of
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cultural activity in dublin in september
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and october they're an exhausting but a
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very fulfilling six weeks of festivals
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dub french festival for two and a half
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weeks short break and then dublin
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theatre festival it's a fantastic time
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to begin your stay in dublin i was
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interested in making art happen so for
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me the joy of the course was being in a
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room with similar-minded people i loved
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this course i had a great time and i
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would not be doing what i'm doing
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without this course
