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20 Mar 2026
Dr Gertrude Cotter, School of Education, awarded research grant under Research Ireland's New Foundations programme.
The research Project is called 'Fractured': Exploring Global Justice Through Film and Pop-Up Library Exhibition is a creative partnership between UCC students and staff, Cork City Library, and Cork Community Media Hub. Through workshops in filmmaking and global justice, students and staff will explore political, economic, environmental, and social justice themes. Their short films will feature in a pop-up, interactive space co-created with the public to spark dialogue, reflection, and shared learning. Hosted in both university and library settings, the project also contributes to research by exploring how creative, public-facing methods can deepen understanding of global justice and support inclusive, community-based education for transformative change. The exhibition will take place during the first week of May 2026. URL associated with event: https://www.researchireland.ie/news/new-foundations-community-research/
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09 Jan 2026
UCC Researchers Showcase #IceheartsEurope at International Congress
Four researchers from University College Cork travelled to Copenhagen to present findings from the #IceheartsEurope project at MOVE Congress 2025, reaching 900 participants from 62 countries across the sport, education, policy and health sectors.The group was led by Professor Fiona Chambers from UCC's School of Education, who delivered a keynote presentation on the project. Running for nearly three years and led by the International Sport and Culture Association, it provided long-term, sport-based mentoring support to more than 2,200 disadvantaged children across five European countries. The Icehearts model, originally developed in Finland in 1996, pairs children at risk of social exclusion with a dedicated mentor for up to twelve years. Icehearts Europe adapts and scales this Finnish model for new European contexts to improve the mental health and wellbeing of disadvantaged children and young people.
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06 Jan 2026
LÉIM Project: CLIL-PE through Irish Intervention Celebration Day at the Mardyke Arena
As part of our commitment to deepen community engagement under Barr na gCnoc — the partnership connecting our teaching and research efforts to local schools — the School of Education at University College Cork welcomed over 100 primary pupils to the Mardyke arena at the beginning of December 2025 to showcase their new use of Irish developed in tandem with fundamental movement skill development in physical education.
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22 Nov 2025
School of Education PhD Coffee Morning
It was great to bring many of our School of Education Cohort and Structured PhD students together for a Coffee Morning on Saturday.We followed this with a creative and enjoyable session led by Prof. Nicola Ingram, who explored the exciting possibilities of using visual research methods in education research.A big thank you to all of the students who shared their experiences and engaged so fully throughout the day!
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