It is no secret that the world’s oceans are swimming with plastic debris —but the reach of human plastic waste is as deep as 2125m, even 320km offshore, a UCC-led expedition has revealed.

Even the remotest parts of the ocean appear to offer highly-migratory sharks little refuge from industrialised fishing fleets, according to UCC researchers involved in a new Nature study. 

Climate change is occurring so rapidly that many animals may be unable to adapt, according to findings of an international study published in Nature Communications.

Irish research is revealing an entirely lost news world in Florence’s Medici Archives.

New educational courses, training and research projects will be established at Cappanalea, Ireland’s National Centre for Outdoor Education and Training, through an agreement signed between Kerry Education and Training Board (Kerry ETB) and University College Cork (UCC).

Performer and teacher Danny O’Mahony has been appointed as the Traditional Artist in Residence at University College Cork 2019-20.

Following a comprehensive assessment programme by Fáilte Ireland, over 8000 campus accommodation bedrooms across Ireland’s seven Universities, including UCC, have been successfully accredited as ‘approved tourist accommodation’.

Everyone who suffered abuse in a defective school system should now be paid the compensation they are entitled to under human rights law, writes UCC's Conor O’Mahony.

University College Cork (UCC) has been named one of the top 50 universities for teaching and learning, according to new rankings.

Minister of State for Skills, Training, Innovation, Research and Development John Halligan, TD, has announced that funding of €1.6m will be invested in 10 fellowships over the next two years.