Veronica Guerin Memorial Bursary
- 21 June 2006

Independent Newspapers (Ireland) Ltd is announcing the Veronica Guerin memorial bursary to mark the 10th anniversary of her death on Thursday 22 June 1996.

Veronica's mother, Aengus Fanning, Anne Harris, Willie Kealy, Liam Collins, Deputy Joe Webb, Michael Denieffe and Colum Kenny will be present at the event.

Veronica Guerin, who was murdered on 26 June 1996, served as a member of the governing body of NIHE/DCU from 1982 to 1992.

The School of Communications in DCU runs two flagship programmes in journalism - the BA in Journalism and the MA in Journalism

The bursary, worth €8,500, will be awarded annually to either a current student of the MA in Journalism at Dublin City University or to an applicant for the MA in Journalism programme who is eligible to register for the programme in the next academic year.

Applicants shall be required to propose a subject for their final thesis/major project that is relevant to the memory of Veronica Guerin. This might be, for example, a series of investigative articles or a radio documentary or an academic study of the practice of investigative journalism.

Applications shall be assessed by DCU on the basis of both the proposal and any other relevant criteria to be specified by DCU. The assessment shall include consideration of conceptualization, proposed methodology and research, academic and/or professional performance to date.

Information relating to the bursary scheme shall be published on the DCU website.

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