“We need to become a leader on climate change because we were a leader in the world and still are perceived to be on hunger. Now you cannot be a leader on tackling hunger if you are a laggard on climate change, the two don't fit.” stated Mary Robinson on the first episode of UCC’s new podcast – ‘Plain Speaking’.

Experts from more than 30 countries gathered at University College Cork this week to discuss the challenges and opportunities in creating sustainable universities.

An Irish Studies Centre has been established in China through an agreement between University College Cork (UCC) and Shanghai University (SHU). 

Cork’s third level education research institutions have come together to call for safer conditions for their staff and students who commute by bicycle. The institutions join several local businesses already signed up to the CyclingWorks Cork initiative.

The power of music to aid in the development of children with Down Syndrome is being studied in a remarkable research project at University College Cork (UCC).

Atlantia Food Clinical Trials has announced plans to open new offices in Chicago and create up to 20 jobs within two years.

University College Cork has developed a new campaign for International Women’s Day (March 8), in which women put forward other women to highlight their achievements.

700 postgraduate students to be trained in digital, data and ICT skills for the future.

A previously undiscovered 15th-century Irish vellum manuscript, reveals an enchanting connection between Gaelic Ireland and the Islamic world, and illustrates how medieval Ireland was once at the centre of medical scholarship in the world.