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Sustainability in Teaching and Learning Showcase

Join us on May 22nd 2026 for a university-wide event dedicated to highlighting and celebrating innovative approaches to embedding sustainability in teaching and learning across all disciplines. Building on our own and UCC’s commitment to sustainability, this showcase will provide a platform for us to share how we are integrating the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and broader sustainability principles/practices into modules, programmes, and other learning experiences.

This day-long event will include inspiring examples from colleagues across UCC as well as providing the space and time to connect with each other on this topic. The event is open to all UCC staff who teach and support student learning.

Date: Friday, 22nd May 2026
Time: 10.30-16.00
Location: Dora Allman, 4th Floor, Hub, UCC

Registration: Sustainability in Teaching Showcase: Registration – Fill out form

For further information contact: David Nyaluke, Education for Sustainable Development Officer, UCC

SHOWCASE SCHEDULE

10.30-11.00  

ARRIVAL

11.00-11.10  

OPENING: Maria Kirrane, Head of Sustainability & Climate Action 

11.10-12.10   
CASE STUDIES

Chair: Briony Supple
  • Angela Flynn, Planetary Health and the Sustainable Development Goals in Health Professions Education   
  • Gerry Killeen, Incorporating balanced, inclusive global perspectives into literature reviews on sustainability issues in low-income tropical countries   
  • Lana Repar, Ready-Steady-Go as Fast and Sustainable as Possible:  The Case of Running a Hackathon for the Sustainable Development Goals   

12.15-13.15
CASE STUDIES

Chair: Benjamin Williamson
  • Jean O’Dwyer, Co-Creating Sustainability: A Fully Student-Led Approach to Global Environmental Issues   
  • Astrid Wingler and Ramiro Crego, Equipping students with skills to address challenges in sustainable agriculture 
  • Mutahira Lone, Sustainable Anatomy Education Through 3D-Printed Teeth Models  

13.15-14.00  

LUNCH

14.00-14.15  

KEYNOTE: Michelle Todd, 4th year BSc International Development, The Student perspective on sustainability in teaching and learning  

14.15-15.15 
CASE STUDIES

Chair: Gertrude Cotter
  • Catriona Iulia Reid and Anna Ozolina, A Brush With Climate: empowering hairstylists to lead climate conversations in their salons through climate literacy training   
  • Gillian Collins, Embedding Sustainability in Chemistry Teaching: Laboratory, Lecture and Skills-Based Approaches   
  • Marica Cassarino, fostering socially responsible psychologists by embedding sustainability in Psychology education   

15.20-15.50  

KEYNOTE: Elaine Nevin, ECO-UNESCO, Cultivating students’ sustainability competences  

15.50-16.00  

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