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Happening On
25/11/2024
25 Nov 2024
Webinar #8: Identifying loneliness through technology: what does this mean for Eleanor Rigby and all the lonely people?
Monday 25th November 2024, 1-2 pm. Click on the read more button to find out more about this free webinar. Click on the button a the top of the page or here to register. Presenter: Professor Eleanor Bantry White, @UCCsocialwork. Click here to find out more about Eleanor's work. Eleanor Rigby photo license CC-BY-NC 2.0 DEED. jcsullivan24 from Flickr.
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Happening On
08/11/2024
08 Nov 2024
Registration now open for 16th Annual Critical Perspectives in Mental Health Conference in UCC.
Registration is now open for 16th Annual Critical Perspectives in Mental Health Conference being held in UCC on November 8th and 9th, 2024.
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05 Nov 2024
Celebrating our students' recent successes in winning IRC and CACSSS Excellence Scholarships
The School of Applied Social Studies is delighted to recognise the success of its PhD and Doctoral students in securing IRC and CACSSS Excellence Scholarships over the last few years.
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Happening On
03/10/2024
03 Oct 2024
Webinar #7: Child Protection, Child Rights and the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR)
The Centre for Children’s Rights and Family Law at the School of Law, in conjunction with @UCCsocialwork, School of Applied Social Studies hosted this seminar with Dr. Hege Helland of the Centre for Discretion and Paternalism at the University of Bergen, Norway. The seminar took place at University College Cork on Thursday 3rd of October. Click to watch (a new window will open) Presenter: Dr. Hege Helland, Centre for Research on Discretion and Paternalism (DIPA), University of Bergen, Norway
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