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Guidance Counsellor Conference 2025

Time Talk About the talk Room Location
9am - 9.30am Registration and Refreshments Sign in, grab a cuppa and meet and mingle with our staff before kick off at 9.30am! Devere Hall (on 1st Floor) Student Centre (Áras na Mac Léinn)
9.30am - 9.40am Welcome from UCC's Vice President Global Engagement Our Vice President Global Engagement, Professor Ursula Kilkelly, will say a few words to open proceedings. Devere Hall (on 1st Floor) Student Centre (Áras na Mac Léinn)
9.40am - 9.50am Meet the UCC Student Recruitment Team Meet members of the UCC Student Recruitment Team Lenka Forrest, Maggie O'Sullivan, Ian Wallace, Orla O'Regan, Jane Hurley and JP O'Connor. Devere Hall (on 1st Floor) Student Centre (Áras na Mac Léinn)
9.50am - 10.30am How data and institutional action have shaped the UCC response to early withdrawals. + Updates from the Admissions team on the CAO season. With Noirin Deady & Danielle Byrne, Admissions Team Devere Hall (on 1st Floor) Student Centre (Áras na Mac Léinn)
10.30am - 11am BA (Arts) at UCC: Reform and Renewal With Dr David Fitzgerald, Vice Head of College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences (Teaching & Learning). Also meet Professor Stephen Graham, the new Head of College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences. Devere Hall (on 1st Floor) Student Centre (Áras na Mac Léinn)
11am - 11.30am Coffee Break Time for a well deserved hot beverage and catch up with colleagues. Devere Hall (on 1st Floor) Student Centre (Áras na Mac Léinn)
11.30am - 12pm Update on the new BSc (Hons) Sustainability degree (CK010) With Professor Nuala Finnegan, Dean of Undergraduate and Postgraduate Studies Devere Hall (on 1st floor) Student Centre (Áras na Mac Léinn)
12pm - 12.20pm What's new with HEAR & DARE schemes? Overview with Martin Flynn, Enagagement and Support Manager in Access UCC Devere Hall (on 1st floor) Student Centre (Áras na Mac Léinn)
12.20pm - 12.40pm Tertiary Degrees 101 With Kathy Bradley & Gobnait Burke, FET-HE Programme Development Coordinators Devere Hall (on 1st floor) Student Centre (Áras na Mac Léinn)
12.45pm - 12.55pm Departure to Aula Maxima We move from Devere Hall to the iconic Aula Maxima where lunch will be served at 12.55pm. Devere Hall (on 1st floor) Student Centre (Áras na Mac Léinn)
12.55pm - 2.10pm Lunch Lunch - confirmation of attendance essential for catering purposes Aula Maxima Aula Maxima
2.10pm - 3.10pm CPD: "Using GenAI for Career Guidance- Friend or Foe." With Professor Thomas Garavan, Professor of Leadership Practice in CUBS, UCC Aula Maxima Aula Maxima
3.10pm - 3.25pm Closing Comments Lenka Forrest, Head of Student Recruitment, will formally close proceedings. Aula Maxima Aula Maxima

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