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Programme Highlights
Community Week #MakingWaves @UCC
Event Title | VENUE | DAY | TIME | Description | Department | Name of UCC Event Lead |
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‘Spoken Word’–Stories of Community Engagement |
ORB CACSSS Seminar Room G27, O'Rahilly Building |
Mon 7th | 12.30-2pm | Open to all. UCC staff share their experiences of comunity engaged research, teaching and learning | College of Arts, Celtic Studies & Social Sciences | Angela Veale |
UCC 98.3FM All day broadcast event |
AUDIO/RADIO | Fri 11th | All Day | UCC 98.3FM broadcast a documentary on Volunteering | Student experience UCC 98.3FM | Kieran Hurley |
RTE Brainstorm Jim Caroll brings Banter to the Aula |
AULA MAXIMA Main Quad, UCC |
Wed 9th | 4pm |
Open to all. RTE Brainstorm’s Jim Carroll hosts a public roundtable with a focus on inclusive communities Registration essential. |
UCC Civic | Fiona Kearney |
Belief in Community |
NORTH WING COUNCIL ROOM Main Quad, UCC |
Wed 9th | 3pm | The Chapliancy connects with different faith groups from the local community | Chaplaincy | Alan Marley |
Bord Bia celebrates National Potato Day |
STUDENTS CENTRE Main Campus, UCC |
Fri 4th | Open to all. Bord Bia celebrate National Potato Day | Regina Sexton | ||
Senator Colette Kelleher launches CARL Social Care Ireland Report on Violence in the Workplace |
AULA MAXIMA Main Quad, UCC |
Mon 7th | 11am |
An event for those working in residential and social care sector. Hosted in partnerhsip with Social Care Ireland and with keynote Dr. Kevin McCoy. Registration recommended. |
CARL | Anna Kingston |
Connecting the Language Centre curriculum to the community |
ORB Language Centre, O'Rahilly Building |
Wed 9th | 12noon |
You might be a friend or colleague, a host parent, or someone wondering if teacher training might be for you. Come along and meet some of our staff and students and see some of the work we are doing to integrate our students from many different countries into Cork life. |
Language Centre | Sally Orren |
Exploring Ireland's Cultural Identity through the Art of the Honan Chapel |
HONAN CHAPEL Main Campus, UCC |
Thurs 10th | 7pm | Open to all. A talk on the rich interplay between politics, history & the visual arts through a close reading of the decorative interior of the Honan Chapel, famous for its Harry Clarke windows and a gem of the Irish Arts & Crafts movement (1886-1925). | OVPLT / History | James Cronin |
George Boole Tour |
VISITORS CENTRE Main Quad, UCC |
Sat 5th | 3pm | Open to all. A guide led tour with actors portraying figures in the history of UCC including George Boole and his friends. Suitable for children. | Visitors' Centre | JP Quinn |
George Boole Tour |
VISITORS CENTRE Main Quad, UCC |
Thurs 10th | 3pm | Open to all. A guide led tour with actors portraying figures in the history of UCC including George Boole and his friends. Suitable for children. | Visitors' Centre | JP Quinn |
International Development Student Showcase
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DEVERE HALL | Thurs 10th | 10.30 am | Students on the BSc International Development and Food Policy share their experiences of their time spent on international work placement in developing countries with NGOs. | Food Business and Development | Dr Edward Lahiff |
Look Closer: exploring the educational lessons of public art on campus |
CAMPUS GROUNDS Main Campus, UCC |
Wed 9th | 1pm | Open to all. "Look Closer" is a guided walk through the public art on the UCC campus. It will introduce participants to discoveries that can make when looking closer and longer at art. | Centre for the Integration of Research, Teaching & Learning | James Cronin |
Micro-Plastic Pollution and the ugly truth behind make up.
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FOOD SCIENCE BUILDING Main teaching lab, School of Microbiology |
Fri 10th | 10am-11am | Schools visit the lab to examine how plastic litter breaks down, contaminates our environment and impacts on ecosystems. The event inclues interactive discussion and hands on laboratory activities. | Microbiology | Niall O' Leary |
Ordinary People, Extraordinary Stories
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ORB 2nd Floor, O'Rahilly Building |
Open all week | 9am | Public photo exhibition featuring stories of credit union volunteers in Cork over the decades since the 1950s | Centre for Co-operative Studies | Olive McCarthy |
Transformative co-production for community engagement in mental health and wellbeing
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WILLIAM THOMPSON HOUSE Donovan's Road Main Campus |
Thurs 10th | 2pm |
HSE Mental Health Engagement Office Cork and Kerry Community Care; School of Applied Social Studies UCC, and Critical Voices Network Ireland come together in this partnership knowledge sharing event. Hearing fdrom people with lived experience, the event aims to create a space to hear and validate traditionally silence voices and enable collaborative work to mend the gaps between expert and experiential knowledge in the education, research and community engagement in the area of mental health. |
Applied Social Studies | Lydia Sapouna |
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MAIN CAMPUS Starting location: UCC Visitor Centre, Main Campus |
Tue 8th Oct | 3pm-4pm |
Open to all. The UCC Open Arboretum Project seeks to promote engagement with the UCC tree collection through teaching, research and outreach. This tour will highlight trees of the collection and showcase the work underway to promote engagement with this important part of the campus. Free and open to attend - but numbers are limited so registration is essential. |
School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences | Dr Eoin Lettice |
UCC Shares its Expertise with Youghal and the Surrounding Areas
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AUDIO/RADIO Community Radio Youghal (CRY104fm) |
Wed 9th | 6:30pm | 'The Perspectives Show' on CRY104fm gives a voice to minority groups, the voluntary sector and social community activists who advocate on particular community issues. To celebrate Community Week - this radio show will feature interviews with four UCC staff speaking on a range of issues from Public Health, Politics, the Environment and Education. | OVPLT/Adult Education (ACE) | Dr Rosarii Griffin |