UCD's Creative and Cultural Industries BA celebrated its inaugural graduating class with its first Student Capstone Showcase event on the Belfield campus. Combining project-based work with in-depth industry career mentorship, the four-year course aims to prepare students for careers in the cultural and creative industries. UCD President Orla Feely launched the showcase, saying that "Ireland's creative industries are core to who we are as a nation." President Feely went on to observe that creative industries are a "major economic force" employing over 80,000 people and contributing €5 billion annually across "many art forms including dance, film, writing and music", adding...