The Academia to Entrepreneurial Impact (A2EI) programme is a practical, hybrid programme designed for PhD and doctoral students who want to know more about innovation or explore the entrepreneurial potential of their research, as part of their career development journey. Whether you are curious about startups, policy work, or just want to sharpen your entrepreneurial mindset, the programme gives you the knowledge and tools to take the first step! 

• MITIME is an interdisciplinary PhD Programme focusing on mobility, migration, and societal transformation.
• University College Cork is one of seven UNIC universities and ten civil society partners brought together in this programme consortium.
• Funded by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Doctoral Networks Call, the programme will recruit 15 PhD students across the consortium, two of whom will be registered at UCC.

Seven colleagues from the Access UCC team recently visited Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) on an Erasmus+ staff exchange visit. The group was hosted by EUR's IDEA Center, with a packed programme focusing on exchange of good practices in widening participation.

Deirdre Parker, Careers Advisor at University College Cork, hosted the UNIC Careers Staff Week on employability in the curriculum at University College Cork, 26-28 May. Deirdre reflects on the experience and learnings of the staff week.

Dr JB McCarthy, Vice Dean Internationalisation & External Engagement at Cork University Business School, represented University College Cork at a recent meeting of faculties of economics and social sciences from across the UNIC alliance of universities, 4-6 June 2025.

University College Cork's student representatives for UNIC in the academic year 2025/26 are Margarita Linetska and Sadhbh Tierney.

Dr Birce Demiryontar, Project Coordinator of UNIC, and Scientific Coordinator of Migration Research Center at Koç University Istanbul, visited University College Cork on a staff exchange visit, 9-11 June 2025. 

The University of Oulu is offering open online courses for the academic year 2025/26. 

The University of Lodz is offering open online courses for the academic year 2025/26. 

Dr Breffní Lennon, Research Fellow at the Environmental Research Institute (ERI) and School of Engineering and Architecture, is a winner of the UNIC Best Paper Award for his paper on sustainability and citizen energy communities, co-written with Dr Niall Dunphy, Senior Research Fellow in the School of Engineering and Architecture/ERI.