Marie Devitt (TCPID Employment Pathways Coordinator) and Hugo MacNeill (TCPID Ambassador) gave an overview of their innovative TCPID programme and their partnerships with businesses. Sadbh Feehan (TCPID Graduate Intern) presented her own experiences, as a student in Trinity College Dublin and more recently as a graduate intern.

Timestamps

2:00 Introductions

3:17 Programme description

4:23 Internships, new programme and graduation

5:40 Business partner offers and financial support

9:20 Variety of programmes and value to partners students and society

11:35 Student work placement

12:10 Graduate internship programme

13:21 College team and mentor training

16:14 Developments into permanent roles

17:24 Feedback and success of the programme

20:51 Working with the Government of Ireland

22:32 Story of a student, graduate intern

28:29 First internship experience

41:04 If employees were reluctant to give young people on or they didn't know what type of vote to give a young person, what would you say to those employers?

44:01 Economic point of view, these are young people who are paying tax

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Inclusion Europe RadioBy Inclusion EuropeMay 25, 2021