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Meet Buddila Wijeyesekera

Postgraduate Research Officer

The Postgraduate Research Officer is responsible for developing Students’ Union policy on research postgraduate issues and lobbying for improved induction, training, services and facilities for research postgraduate students. They work closely with the Vice-President/Education Officer on research postgraduate related issues and encourage research postgraduate involvement in the Union and in University life.

Hey everyone!, My name is Buddila Wijeyesekera your Postgraduate Research Officer for 2025-2026. I am a 2nd year PhD candidate at the College of Science & Engineering.  I have been the secretary of the Postgraduate Research Society and have been involved in organising a variety of events for postgraduates to unwind from academic work and meet & connect with new people from across the globe. In doing so I believe I was able to contribute towards fostering a community where every postgraduate felt welcomed. On a not too serious note, I am a photographer who loves to click whenever possible and an individual who is interested in making a positive and lasting impact on the community and I am always up for a chat.

As a postgraduate myself I have firsthand experience of the challenges postgraduates face from visa struggles to balancing research work and finances and everything in between. My aim is to foster an environment where postgraduates feel supported and thereby enabling them to thrive while building a strong postgraduate community. I am always here to listen and support you. Let’s make this year great together.

Tá Oifigeach na nIarchéimithe i mbun Taighde freagrach as beartas Chomhaltas na Mac Léinn a fhorbairt maidir le hábhair a théann i bhfeidhm ar mhic léinn ar chúrsa iarchéime taighde agus as stocaireacht a dhéanamh ar son ionduchtú, oiliúint, seirbhísí agus áiseanna níos fearr do mhic léinn ar chúrsa iarchéime taighde. Oibríonn an toifigeach i ndlúthchomhar leis an Leas-Uachtarán/Oifigeach Oideachais ar ábhair a théann i bhfeidhm ar mhic léinn ar chúrsa iarchéime taighde agus spreagann sí rannpháirtíocht na mac léinn sin sa Chomhaltas agus i saol na hOllscoile.

Haigh, a chairde, Buddila Wijeyesekera an t-ainm atá orm agus beidh mise mar Oifigeach na nIarchéimithe i mbun Taighde do 2025/2026. Is iarrthóir PhD sa dara bliain mé i gColáiste na nEolaíochtaí agus na hInnealtóireachta.  Bhí mé i mo rúnaí i gCumann Taighde Iarchéime agus bhí baint agam in eagrú roinnt imeachtaí éagsúla d’iarchéimithe a bhíonn ag iarraidh scíth a ligean ar shiúl ón obair acadúil agus bualadh le daoine nua ó fud an domhain agus caidreamh a thógáil leo. Leis sin, measaim gur chuir mé le cothú pobal a chuir fáilte roimh gach iarchéimí. I mo shaol pearsanta is grianghrafadóir mé agus an-dúil agam a bheith ag grianghrafadóireacht aon uair is féidir. Is duine mé a thugann faoi tionchar dearfach fadmharthanach a imirt ar an bpobal, agus bím i gcónaí sásta dul i mbun comhrá le daoine.

Mar iarchéimí mé féin, tá taithí phearsanta agam ar na dúshláin a bhíonn roimh iarchéimithe, bíodh deacrachtaí víosa nó obair thaighde agus cúrsaí airgid a bhainistiú i gceist, agus gach rud nach iad. Is é an sprioc atá agam timpeallacht a chothú ina mothóidh iarchéimithe go bhfuil tacaíocht ar fáil dóibh, rud a ligfidh dóibh barr a n-acmhainne a bhaint amach chomh maith le pobal láidir iarchéimithe a thógáil. Beidh mé i gcónaí ar fáil le cluas éisteachta agus tacaíocht a thabhairt duit. Go raibh bliain iontach ar fad againn go léir le chéile.