Successful outcomes within the Graduate Attributes Programme in 2020 are a testament to a dedicated and talented team around us but with radical and transformative collaboration campus-wide. The successful integration of the initiatives has been bolstered university-wide with more than 30 teams collaborating on projects which will support and equip students and graduates with the necessary attributes, skills and values throughout the entire student life-cycle.

University College Cork are excited to announce a partnership project with Microsoft. This project is harnessing the power of Microsoft Teams and LinkedIn Learning to support final year/penultimate year students build up work-ready skills and attributes.

The Graduate Attributes Programme launches a new "Tips for Minding your Mental Health" video for both new students transitioning to UCC and also students returning back.

You are probably used to hearing “what are you studying”? but not too many ask “how are you learning”? How you think about your learning and the strategies you use are really important for your study success. 

Find out about Growth mindset in our new video https://youtu.be/nxNHWD_JfqI

Thank you to Dr. Eithne Hunt for her amazing contribution to this video script.

Students share some insights in to how they are using and developing graduate attributes and values during the Covid19 pandemic.

Student Stories

The College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences, collaboratively with the Graduate Attributes Programme launch #MadeinUCC - the first video in a series showcasing Arts and Humanities as a broad degree with many career routes and employability choices, in addition to the full array of graduate attributes and values.

Last night, we received great news that our "Graduate Attributes" visual identity has been accepted into the 100Archive 

We are delighted to bring you this special edition Graduate Attributes Programme news update for Summer 2020. This special edition has a focus on the development of graduate attributes and values in the College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences (CACSSS) in University College Cork.

Graduate Attributes- Focus of Arts and Humanities 2020

Postgraduate students from across all four colleges embarked on a journey of solving some of our UCC and grand societal challenges. Hosted by Blackstone LaunchPad at UCC with Graduate Studies Office, 60 students participated in the two day event.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X12ky8pYed8

Meet Roisin, Raj, Ciara and Joe from UCC, who tell us what attributes and values they are developing throughout their journey in UCC. Each student tells us more about each attribute and value and how these are enabling them to develop life wide and life long skills. Watch here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zy_2hXxSLBc

• Roisin - Sarah Stafford
• Raj - Shivam Kislay
• Ciara - Jane Haynes
• Joe - David Quinn

Táimid ag cur lenár gcuid eolais agus scileanna agus tá forás ag teacht ar ár gcuid deiseanna pearsanta. Tá forbairt á déanamh againn ar na tréithe agus na luachanna a bhaineann linn. Cinnteoidh siad seo go mbeimid ullamh don am atá le teacht agus beimid in ann cur leis an tsochaí. Seasaimid do Meas, Uaillmhian, Báúlacht, Seasmhacht agus Ionracas. https://youtu.be/jPyAR3lmK_Y

The underlying vision inspiring our direction is that of a ‘Connected University’, with enhanced synergy between teaching, research and innovation, that offers a distinctive educational experience, promoting lifelong and life-wide learning and an inspiring student experience through a unique Graduate Attributes Programme which is transformational and innovative, transdisciplinary, inter-disciplinary and embedded into the culture and ethos of the Student Experience.

In addition, the Director of Student Experience has responsibility for 13 separate services that make up the Student Experience Office (SEO) team. A total of 130 highly skilled professional student centric staff work closely with students, viewing them as partners in the co-creation of the suite of services provided.

UCC’s curricula and programmes are based on the Connected Curriculum and our Graduate Attributes Programme spans this entire Connected Curriculum. As a socially-minded, civically-engaged institution, our core values and graduate attributes are the bedrock of our student experience.

The Graduate Attributes Programme was proud to support a fantastic student-led and student-focused event this week.

Today, UCC Graduate Attributes Programme launched their showcase of the offices and services of the Student Experience.

This review illustrates the enthusiasm with which our Graduate Attributes have been embraced and, more importantly, the opportunities that have been seized by staff and students in UCC to achieve remarkable things in 2019.

Our UCC graduate attributes and values get translated into Chinese! 

Here at UCC, students are gaining knowledge and skills, broadening their horizons and developing attributes and core values which will make them future ready and better able to contribute to society and the economy. 

This video is being launched today to mark a visit by the International Office and Deputy President and Registrar, Professor John O'Halloran to China this weekend.

University College Cork (UCC) has today launched the Graduate Attributes Programme which will advance the development of students’ academic, specialist and technical competencies, equipping them with transferrable skills that can be applied in life-wide contexts. A key focus will be on the development of core values and graduate attributes which will be embedded in the academic curriculum and nurtured through curricular and extracurricular activities. This initiative will a holistic educational approach to develop character, professionalism and the capacity for critical and creative thought and will nurture students’ ability to be more socially-minded and civically-engaged in their communities. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRT2DH06nLY&t=4s