DCU Showcase of Multimedia students work launched by RTE Director-General, Cathal Goan

8 June 2010

RTE Director-General, Cathal Goan pictured here with a DCU multimedia student

RTE Director-General, Cathal Goan, officially launched this year's Multimedia Showcase in The Helix, based on final year projects by students in multimedia based in the School of Communication. The showcase was launched on 26th May and open to the public on 26th and 27th May, 2010.

As he formally launched the event, Cathal Goan, the Director-General of RTE, said that he was tremendously impressed by both the quality and originality of the work produced by these DCU students. He said that what impressed him most was the clear evidence of extraordinary levels of creativity and standards of excellence manifest in the works on display. He said that this was especially the case, bearing in mind the resource constraints available to students in designing and producing such work. The RTE Director-General went on to say that these productions were clearly a great credit to the student groups concerned as well as to the staff teaching on the School?s multimedia courses.

The Head of the School, Paschal Preston welcomed the RTE Director-General, all other guests, friends and families of the multimedia students present. He said that the School and all staff were extremely impressed and proud of the student work being showcased at this event. He said that such quality work clearly indicated that we should be confident that younger generation possess the creative resources and innovative qualities to overcome the current ?hard times? facing the country and the media sectors in economic and employment terms. He believed that, in light of recent policy debates, such work underlined the scope of the media and cultural industries to make a real contribution within a coherent strategy for a better or ?smart? economic, social and cultural future.

Declan Tuite, Chair of the school?s BSc Multimedia programme congratulated the students on the creativity and ingenuity shown by the various student groups in designing and realising these projects. He also proposed a toast and thank you to the families, partners and friends of the students for their supporting role in making such work possible.