A temporary, 10 month Research Assistant (Technical) position is available in the School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences at University College Cork.

Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris TD today announced an investment of €28 million in the iCRAG SFI Research Centre for Applied Geosciences hosted at University College Dublin. UCC is one of eight partner institutions that comprise iCRAG.

BEES palaeontologist Prof. Maria McNamara has been awarded €2.5M in research funding by the European Research Council as part of its latest round of Consolidator Grant awards.

The UN Environment Programme GEMS/Water Capacity Development Centre (CDC) was established in University College Cork in 2015.

Dr Andre Banning has joined BEES as a new Lecturer contributing to teaching and research in Environmental and Earth Sciences.

A BEES graduate has won a national prize from the Geological Survey of Ireland

A Barn Owl nest box project has been initiated by BirdWatch Ireland Cork and West Cork branches to provide homes for one of the countries most iconic birds. The project is led by BEES PhD student Alan McCarthy.

The BEES Zoo research group has a new website.