UCC staff participants in the Digital Badge in Global Citizenship Education and the 15-credit master’s micro-credential ED6082 brought their learning into public space through an ambitious programme of filmmaking, creative practice and exhibition.Led by Dr Gertrude Cotter through the Praxis Project in UCC’s School of Education, the initiative explored film not simply as a means of presenting information, but as a participatory Global Justice Education methodology. Staff participants considered how film and digital storytelling could support critical inquiry, amplify different forms of knowledge, connect personal experience with wider structures and encourage informed public engagement.The filmmaking process also required participants to engage carefully with questions of voice, consent, representation and positionality. They considered who was speaking, whose experiences were being represented, how people with lived experience could participate meaningfully, and how complex global justice issues could be communicated without simplifying them or speaking on behalf of others.

The School of Education at UCC was delighted to host the 22nd ERME Topic Conference (ETC22) from 24–27 August 2026. The international conference brought together 51 researchers from institutions across 16 countries, including 11 early career researchers, for four days of research exchange, discussion and collaboration.The conference, “Communication and Diversity in Mathematics Education: Exploring Language, Meaning Making and Methodologies,” focused on the increasingly diverse linguistic, cultural and educational contexts in which mathematics teaching and learning take place. It provided an important forum for examining how language and communication shape mathematical meaning-making, while also creating space for critical discussion of the theoretical and methodological approaches used to investigate these complex processes. The conference placed a strong emphasis on discussion and collaboration rather than presentation alone. This created opportunities for participants to interrogate ideas collectively, identify connections across research contexts and methodologies, and consider future directions for research on communication and diversity in mathematics education.

Our B.Ed. in Physical Education, Sports Studies and Arts programme held its first year orientation session on the 2nd September in the Hub, where we had the pleasure of meeting our incoming 2026/27 first year cohort. We used this opportunity to warmly welcome students to UCC, whether they joined us through direct CAO entry, QQI pathways, or as mature students. Our full-time staff met with the cohort, facilitated several icebreaker activities, and highlighted the importance of becoming part of the wider UCC community as they prepare to commence Semester 1 during the week of 14th September. Students can look forward to a diverse and engaging curriculum, including modules in aquatics, dance, gymnastics, exercise physiology, curriculum studies, sport psychology, and digital humanities