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08 Oct 2026

Quality Enhancement Welcomes International Peer Review Panel for Global Engagement Review

Peer Review Panel from left; Mr James Hennessy (Student Reviewer, UCC), Professor Margaret Topping (Queen’s University Belfast), Professor Nigel Healey (University of Bath, Panel Chair), Ms Liz Jolly (UCC), Professor Claire O’Malley (Durham University), Professor Joseph McVeigh (UCC).
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19 May 2026

Good Practice Symposium 2026

Good Practice Symposium Showcases Great Spirit of "Belonging"
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25 Mar 2026

Quality Review of the School of History

Peer Review Panel, from left; Professor Andrew James Hopkins (University of L’Aquila), Associate Professor Caitlin Ellis (Oslo University), Professor Paul McSweeney (Chair, UCC), Professor Peter Gray (Queen’s University Belfast - attending virtually), Professor Mohamad Saab (UCC) Ms Aimee Cronin (Student Reviewer, UCC) and Dr Silvia Brandi (Review Coordinator, UCC).
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12 Dec 2025

University of Malta Staff Visit UCC

University College Cork (UCC) welcomed several staff members from the University of Malta during an Erasmus+ Staff Mobility visit. The delegation engaged with a range of UCC stakeholders, following an earlier visit to University College Dublin (UCD). From left: Ms Marie O'Regan (UCC), Dr Jonathan Xuereb (University of Malta), Ms Zuzana Farrugia (University of Malta), Dr Jacqueline Vanhear (University of Malta), Dr Stephen Hammel (UCC) and Dr Chaker Mhamdi (University of Malta).  
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About Us

The Quality Enhancement Unit (QEU) develops and manages the University's quality processes to support its achievement of the strategic objectives for excellence and to enable a culture of quality based on a commitment to enhancement as outlined in UCC's current Strategic Plan 2023-2028.

The Quality Enhancement Policy describes this commitment in practice and is a reference point for ensuring the effectiveness of quality processes.

Students are embedded strongly in UCC's quality approach and participate as part of the University's Quality Review Panels. External peer and stakeholder participation ensures that UCC's activities are informed by leading international practices and stakeholders' experiences. It also leads to identification of Case Studies of Good Practice, by peer review, distinctive and innovative practices which illustrate excellence already in place at UCC. The University will continue to develop the strength of these student and peer engagements.

The web pages that follow provide information on quality procedures and reports of quality reviews conducted by the University, as well as the Annual Institutional Quality Report, which sets out the institutional quality framework.

QEU is committed to building these webpages as a useful resource for staff, students and the wider public and I welcome any comments or suggestions on that basis.

 

Elizabeth Noonan
Director of Quality Enhancement 
 

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