Dairygold Co-operative Society has awarded two undergraduate bursaries to students undertaking the Bachelor of Agricultural Science degree at University College Cork (UCC).
The course is taught by the School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, UCC with input from across the university, and in close collaboration with Teagasc.

A cavy and opossum, unusual animals collected by Charles Darwin on his formative voyage aboard the HMS Beagle, are some of the items included in the University College Cork Natural Collections website

Dr Chris Mays has joined BEES as a Lecturer in Palaeontology.

The School of Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences (BEES), along with the School of Chemistry, has become one of the first two UCC Schools to successfully renew their Athena SWAN accreditation.

The first group of Year 3 students studying the MUC-UCC dual degree, BSc Environmental Science with Environmental Management arrived in Cork on Friday, 14 January.

Field Course season returned to the School of BEES this year and students from Applied Plant Biology travelled around Ireland discovering new and exciting sustainability practices that will inform and enrich their study.

UCC and Fota Wildlife Park are collaborating to support two full-time research projects around animal conservation, enrichment, and welfare, co-funded by the Irish Research Council Enterprise Partnership Scheme.

The School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences (BEES) recently hosted an open day in Distillery Fields to launch their new Urban Farm.

An innovative fossil-themed art exhibition featuring the works of Irish schoolchildren was recently organised by Ireland’s Fossil Heritage, based at the School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, UCC.