There are 4,000 social enterprises across Ireland and all are part of the solution to building a better society

Artificial Intelligence can be used to make drug production more efficient, economical, and sustainable, according to the international research team behind a groundbreaking new collaboration.

Scientists from UCC with academic and industry leaders from Ireland and the United States are part of a new initiative named ‘InTeleCat’, which aims to accelerate the development of pharmaceuticals. The team, led by Dr Gerard McGlacken of UCC’s School of Chemistry, is comprised of experts in the fields of catalysis, computational chemistry, and data science.

The College of Business and Law at University College Cork recently hosted an insightful Sustainability Research Showcase, drawing over 50 attendees from across the university and featuring presentations from more than 30 researchers around several different sustainability topics. The showcase served as a platform to highlight a diversity of research activities and provided an opportunity for researchers from different areas to discuss a variety of key sustainability issues.

We are thrilled to announce the winners of the Cork University Business School Teaching Excellence Awards 2024! These awards celebrate the exceptional contributions to education by dedicated colleagues.

At Cork University Business School, transformative education begins in the classroom with the teachers who inspire, engage, and inform their students. These awards recognise the remarkable commitment and innovative teaching practices demonstrated across CUBS. This is the first year of the awards, and each nominee was put forward by either a student or Academic staff member, receiving over 100 noimnations in total across the school. This staff recognition initiative delivers on UCC's strategy to develop university leaders and deliver enhanced and effective performance management that recognises, promotes and rewards strong performance.

Recent research by the Banking and Payments Federation Ireland suggests that 23% of people in Ireland under the age of 35 use social media when looking for information about making future investments. Financial influencers – or "finfluencers" - offer free advice on everything from cash budgeting, saving, borrowing and debt (money advice) to investments (financial advice).

Finfluencers build their advice into content that is easy to understand, engaging, relatable and freely available. This advice can also be deemed to be educational and filling a void created by an absence – perceived or otherwise - of other such sources of advice.

UCC and KPMG hosted a Business Continuity Management (BCM) & Sustainability Symposium at the Aula Maxima this week Local, regional, and international industry experts exchanged their best practices and lessons learned from major to minor disruptions with peers and researchers.

Attendees gained valuable insights into BCM and sustainability strategies to stay ahead of the curve and help ensure their organizations are prepared for any business disruptions, from floods, cybersecurity attacks, and supply chain failures, to cascading events that will inevitably be faced. When used strategically and as part of the very culture of an organization, BCM will prove a critical success factor in building resilience against disruptions, whether natural or man-made.

The Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys TD, has today launched a new bursary to support a number of Masters Students in the area of rural development.The initiative is being rolled out in partnership with our third level colleges and delivers upon a commitment in our five-year rural development policy, Our Rural Future.

As part of the initiative, six students will be supported with a bursary with a value of €60,000. The bursary was developed in collaboration with the Higher Education Institution Network which was established by the Department to encourage the wider take-up of rural development research at postgraduate level. 

A major new report which examines the global food & beverage sector has been launched in University College Cork (UCC). The report was launched at the third annual Food and Beverage Finance Summit at UCC, which is sponsored and held jointly by UCC, AIB, Goodbody, KPMG and A&L Goodbody.

The 2024 School of Engineering Prizegiving showcased the breadth of talent among UCC’s engineering students.

A number of awards were made possible thanks to generous sponsorship and philanthropic support, demonstrating the commitment of our industry partners and donors to nurturing student success in this field. We are grateful for their continued support.

IMI (Irish Management Institute) and Cork University Business School (CUBS), part of University College Cork, are centres of excellence for executive education and have been recognised as the leading destination in Ireland for the quality of teaching on Custom Education Programmes for business executives, according to the latest Financial Times global rankings.

A recent LinkedIn report found that growth in demand for green skills is exceeding the increase in supply. There is no universal definition of what green skills are, however, they comprise of the skills needed to promote a green recovery and the LinkedIn report included climate related jobs in the “green skills’’ category.

NIBRT (National Institute for Bioprocessing Research and Training) and UCC announced a strategic collaboration as part of the Future Pharmaceuticals initiative with the joint appointment of Professor Anne Moore, and Professor Elena Matsa as Principal Investigators at NIBRT and at the School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology in UCC.

This partnership marks a significant step forward in advancing research excellence and fostering innovation in bioprocessing. It brings together formally for the first time the complementary expertise and experience within both NIBRT and UCC in research of relevance to biopharmaceuticals, and the strong track record in both institutions of collaborative engagement with the biopharmaceutical sector in Ireland and internationally.

As the world grapples with the urgent need to reduce carbon emissions, the maritime industry has been lagging in its efforts to transition the shipping sector from relying on traditional fossil fuels to low-carbon alternatives.

In a landmark move for the Irish maritime sector, MaREI, the SFI Research Centre for Energy, Climate and Marine in UCC and leading renewable energy consultants Gavin & Doherty Geosolutions (GDG) have announced the inception of the 'ShipFuel' research project. This pioneering initiative is set to position Ireland at the helm of maritime sustainability by developing a clear path to support the transformation of the shipping sector's reliance on traditional fuels to low-carbon alternatives.

The inaugural College of Science, Engineering and Food Science, and College of Medicine and Health Innovation Showcase at UCC celebrated the remarkable achievements in innovation within both colleges.

The event highlighted the contributions of researchers across various disciplines, emphasising the transformative potential of their work. The participants showcased groundbreaking ideas that spanned diverse fields. From cutting-edge scientific solutions to life-changing medical breakthroughs, these innovations are shaping our world.

The Janssen Biotechnology Scholarship Awards celebrates outstanding students from the BSc Biotechnology Degree at UCC. Finalists gathered in Ringaskiddy for the announcement of the overall winner, who secured a student placement and a 2-year scholarship.

The Regeneron College Awards 2024 celebrated the achievements of outstanding UCC students at the Regeneron site in Raheen, Limerick. The awards honoured MSc Biotechnology students Stanford Lloyd Fernandez and Anna Carey for their excellent research projects.

MSc Biotechnolgoy students are invited to compete for these awards prior to the start of the college semester.  Selected students have to design a project on a topic assigned by Regeneron and present it to a panel of industry experts, followed by a Q&A session where they could network with Regeneron staff.