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18 Sep 2024
Cultivating Sustainable Entrepreneurship at UCC: A Journey Towards SDG-Driven Education
In recent years, University College Cork (UCC) has taken a significant leap forward by embedding sustainability values into its entrepreneurship education. As part of UCC’s Innovation in Action series, we spoke with Dr Lana Repar from Cork University Business School (CUBS) about the transformative initiatives she leads along with Prof. Joe Bogue to foster SDGs-driven entrepreneurship at UCC.
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16 Sep 2024
UCC spin-out company ProvascTec awarded €2.1 million research grant
A lead product from UCC spin-out company ProVascTec has been awarded a €2.1 million research grant from Eurostars, part of the European Partnership on Innovative SMEs. The partnership is co-funded by the European Union through Horizon Europe.
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27 Aug 2024
IGNITE Alumni - LegitFit secures €1.74m in funding to accelerate UK market expansion
IGNITE alumni LegitFit, a Cork-based gym management software company, has successfully raised approximately €1.74m to fuel its growth in the competitive UK market. Founded in 2019 by Ryan O’Neill, Gearoid Collins, and Ian O’Sullivan, LegitFit has rapidly emerged as a key player in the fitness technology industry, offering an innovative platform that connects customers with physiotherapists, massage therapists, personal trainers, and fitness classes.
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23 Aug 2024
UCC performs strongly in the 2023 Annual Knowledge Transfer Survey
UCC has featured in the top 3 rankings for almost all technology transfer outputs in Knowledge Transfer Ireland’s (KTI) 2023 Annual Knowledge Transfer Survey. The Annual Knowledge Transfer Survey is a comprehensive report on knowledge transfer activities in Ireland, published annually by KTI. The survey, which collects data from Ireland’s Higher Education Institutes including eight Universities, five Technological Universities, two Institutes of Technology and two Colleges, also incorporates contributions from Teagasc, the Marine Institute and Irish Manufacturing Research (IMR).
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