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Graduate Claire radiates success

Claire Cunningham enjoyed double celebrations when she graduated from the Middlesbrough-based University of 海角直播. Not only did she achieve a 2.1 in her BSc (Hons) degree in Diagnostic Radiography, but also gained the Doctor Jack Kirby Memorial Prize of 拢150, awarded for the best overall student performance.

Claire, 21, is originally from Ballynahinch, County Down, Northern Ireland, and has worked as a Radiographer at Edinburgh royal Infirmary since summer 2000. She clinched the post in April, in her first job interview before graduating. Claire said: 鈥淚t was fantastic and a big relief to get the job and I love living and working in Edinburgh. I鈥檝e always been interested in science and wanted an interesting course, something different with a job at the end of it. I decided on Radiography after completing a placement in a Belfast hospital when I was 17.

鈥淭he University鈥檚 placements were a good and necessary preparation for my current job. I鈥檇 never heard of Middlesbrough before I came to the University and living away from home was a bit of shock initially, but the people were friendly and the campus quite compact, with everything close by.鈥�

In choosing a medical career Claire is following in the footsteps of her mother Deidre, who is a nurse at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast. Deidre and Claire鈥檚 father James both attended her graduation ceremony.

Former Assumption Grammar School pupil Claire added: 鈥淚n future I鈥檇 like to travel, working as a radiographer around the world.鈥�

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