The speech given by Dr Murphy at the official opening of the world-class Beaufort Building also revealed new UCC data on job creation and reflected on cuts in the HE sector and global rankings.

In the second edition of #MeetUCC, MBS Government student Jessica Ní Mhaoláin discusses politics, social justice, the road to the Rose of Tralee and Citizen Cane.

Acclaimed Dublin dramatist Michael West will take up the UCC post in September.

An Taoiseach Enda Kenny T.D. has officially opened the UCC Beaufort Building in Ringaskiddy, which will provide Ireland with world-class infrastructure for renewable energy and maritime research to power the ‘blue economy’.

Professor Deirdre Madden of UCC’s School of Law and Dr Orla O’Donovan, Applied Social Studies were behind the qualitative findings of the report which received national media attention.

The MSc in Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy programme recently had its first examination board as a collaborative programme between University College Cork and the Turning Point Training Institute (TPTI).

The School of Asian Studies at UCC has launched a new international, peer-reviewed online journal.

The Blackstone Charitable Foundation today announced the first international expansion of its campus entrepreneurship programme, Blackstone LaunchPad, to Ireland. Ireland becomes the seventh Blackstone LaunchPad region, following the U.S. states of Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Florida, Montana, and California.

"I really regret researching the content of the course I’m studying during the application stage" – said nobody, ever!

Ahead of the CAO Change of Mind deadline (1 July), UCC is hosting a live online Q&A on Wednesday 24 June, from 3-4.30pm in partnership with the Irish Examiner and Pubble.