UCC Director of Creative Writing Dr Kerri Andrews is named on the 2025 Highland Book Prize longlist of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. The prize honours writing that recognises the rich talent, landscape and cultural diversity of the Highlands.

Registration for the Global Undergraduate Awards is now open.  All Department of English 2nd and 3rd year students who submit work to the Global Undergraduate Awards are eligible to submit work to the UCC Department of English Undergraduate Awards.  The rules/requirements for the UCC Department of English Undergraduate Awards are the same as those for the Global Undergraduate Awards, with the exception that 2nd and 3rd year entrants will be judged separately. There will be one winner for the Department of English Undergraduate Awards in each year and 3 to 4 highly recommended entrants.

Dr Heather Laird has been appointed as one of the Leuven Centre for Irish Studies Visiting Scholars for Spring 2026. Her current book project, “Land and literature in Modern Ireland: Decolonising the Field”, is a monograph that explores post-revolutionary Irish writing in the context of land ownership, occupancy and usage. While the book is shaped by decolonial theory, it is also inspired by Heather’s own experience of having been raised on a family farm on the county boundaries of Leitrim and Roscommon.