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Growing Success: UCC horticulture course nominated for two awards

7 Apr 2015
Image: Some of the recent graduates from the MSc Organic Horticulture at the University College Cork Spring conferring ceremony (Photo by Tomás Tyner, UCC)

The MSc Organic Horticulture, the only one of its type in Europe has now been shortlisted for two major Irish awards.

The MSc Organic Horticulture has been shortlisted for Postgraduate Course of the Year (Science) and Best New Course at the annual Postgraduate Course of the Year Awards taking place this month. The shortlists were adjudicated on by a panel of industry experts and focussed on the employability of graduates, links to industry and innovative forms of delivery.

Course co-ordinator Dr Eoin Lettice of the School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences at UCC said the course team were delighted with the shortlisting:

“We’re particularly happy that the MSc programme has been recognised at a national level as providing an important qualification for the horticulture sector in Ireland and abroad. The success of the course is due to its unique delivery in the heart of west Cork by expert lecturers. We focus on training employable graduates who leave with a deep understanding of the scientific basis for organic and sustainable crop production techniques.”

The MSc programme is delivered by the School of BEES, UCC at a teaching and research base at Liss Ard estate, just outside Skibbereen in West Cork. It is student-focussed, providing students with the scientific principles and practical applications of organic horticulture.

“As we see the first few cohorts of graduates emerge from the programme, it’s satisfying that the hard work put in by UCC staff and the west Cork community who were so instrumental in driving the establishment of the MSc Organic Horticulture is coming to fruition and being recognised with these nominations” said Dr Lettice.

The Postgraduate Course of the Year Awards are organised by Postgrad Ireland and take place in Dublin’s Mansion House on April 30th.

Applications are now open for the MSc Organic Horticulture starting September 2015. See here for more information.

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