Carol Anne Bridgeman, a student on our BSW programme, and her former Debenhams colleague Jane Crowe were guests on BBC4's Woman's Hour radio programme on Nov. 14th.  They were talking about the documentary 406 Days which is about the Debenhams strike in Ireland from 2020 to 2021.  The film is having its UK premier at the London Irish Film Festival in Piccadilly on Nov. 17th.

To listen to the podcast of the programme, copy this link into your browser: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001sd0x 

(Carol Anne and Jane feature from min. 38 on).

Congratulations to Aoife Dare who was recently awarded a PhD Excellence Scholarship from CACSSS (College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences) to pursue her doctoral research on age assessments of young persons seeking international protection in Ireland. Aoife is a student on the Doctor of Social Science programme here in the School of Applied Social Studies, working with supervisors Dr. Liz Kiely and Dr. Claire Dorrity.

Congratulations to our second year Bachelor of Social Science student Ella Barrett who was recently awarded a UCC Quercus University Scholarship.   

Only four of these scholarships are offered every year so this is quite an accomplishment!  The scholarships are awarded to students who have demonstrated exceptional academic achievement.  We are delighted for Ella and wish her the very best as she continues with her Social Science studies. 

A mental health conference organised by the School of Applied Social Studies and the School of Nursing and Midwifery, UCC, in association with the Critical Voices Network Ireland, is being held in UCC on Nov. 15th and 16th, 2023.

Presentation of Critical Social Research Award.

On Friday, Sept. 22nd, our colleague Dr. Conor Cashman presented to the Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection, Community and Rural Development focusing on housing research on the offshore islands. The research was conducted by Dr. Cashman and his colleague Dr. Siobhán O'Sullivan. 

This was an historic occasion as the committee met on Arranmore which was the first time an Oireachtas Committee has met on an offshore island: https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/press-centre/news-and-features/20230918-in-a-unique-event-arainn-mhor-will-host-official-oireachtas-business/