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The links above take you to the latest news stories and press releases, graduation lists for each specific ceremony and day and a photo gallery where graduation day photos will be uploaded. Congratulations to everyone graduating in Summer 2009. We hope your graduation day at the University of Ulster proves to be a truly memorable occasion.

Graduation News Releases - Summer 2009:

Graduate Turns Irish Slang Into Web Success

Being a ‘culchie’ has long been a source of amusement for city folk – but no-one’s laughing now at Barry Flood whose country sayings inspired a website that proved a YouTube hit and helped land his dream job. The 23-year-old from Omagh set up www.irishslang.info earlier this year and it became an overnight success. Barry graduates today with a BSc in Interactive Multimedia at the University of Ulster’s Jordanstown campus. And he’s already started working as a web developer for Derry based company Dee.ie. “I’ve always had an interest in slang and terms that people use locally – it’s all around us all the time. “But when I was studying and living in Belfast people would keep me going about the sayings I would come out with and that’s what gave me the idea for the website,” said Barry. “I wasn’t expecting the website to be such a hit, some clips are on YouTube which in May were viewed 250,000 times. It was also the website that helped me secure a job as a web developer. I was able to show them the website – so it’s amazing what’s come from it as I didn’t think many people would be interested.”

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