Rebecca Noonan holds a BA in Creative Digital Media from Munster Technological University, during which she was chosen to take part in the European Creative Futures programme at Hogeschool Utrecht in The Netherlands and demonstrated her final year group project at the TEI Conference at Stanford University, California. Rebecca was awarded a Professional Diploma in B2B Marketing from UCD Professional Academy in 2021. She also completed a Masters by Research in 2024 from Munster Technological University, with her thesis titled “Atoms and Bits, Exploring the use of Data Physicalization and Augmented Reality to learn-through-data in the classroom.”​

​She has previously worked at Cork’s RedFM as Digital Content Manager. During her time at RedFM she was responsible for overseeing all the digital output of the radio station as well as assisting in events, sponsorship and marketing activity.​

​Rebecca joined UCC Academy in July 2022 as a Communications Project Officer within Creative Services and has worked on the Cork University Business School Media Team, the Global Design Challenge, the Ireland South Women and Infants Directorate Annual Report and internal communications within UCC Academy.​