• Emma Coffey won Enterprise Ireland’s top prize for her sustainable sportswear company, FinalBend. 

• Funding of €1.6 million will support UCC’s appointment of a Chair in Early Brain Injury and Cerebral Palsy.
• The Cerebral Palsy Foundation Chair will lead research in early brain injury and cerebral palsy at the Irish Centre for Maternal and Child Health Research (INFANT), UCC.

• University College Cork is the only European case study in UNESCO international report on lifelong learning
• Authors say case studies “demonstrate a strong commitment towards lifelong learning, and a track record of implementing it”.
• UCC’s lifelong learning programme drives UNESCO’s commitment to leave no one behind

Climate scientists, the developers of the medicines of tomorrow, budding entrepreneurs and partners with communities were among the researchers to have their contributions to research and innovation honoured at the 2022 University College Cork (UCC) Research Awards, held at Devere Hall on Thursday, June 1.

• UCC up to 58^th of 1,591 universities in Times Higher Education Impact Rankings.
• UCC ranked within the top 20 globally in two of the rankings’ 17 categories.
• UCC went plastic free this year - 287,500 fewer cups and 12,250 fewer plastic bottles in first issued on campus in four months of 2023 compared to same period last year.

• 'Happy Talk' will address the speech and language skills of preschool and early school aged children.
• The UCC study is among 12 projects to receive an investment of €10.2 million from the HRB.

• Seven UCC projects awarded a combined €5,464,481 in the Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) Frontiers for the Future programme.
• Funding of these research projects will address researcher funding gender imbalance and supporting researchers returning from leave.

Two professors from University College Cork (UCC) were today elected to the Royal Irish Academy (RIA), the highest academic honour in Ireland.

• Professor Brendan O’Leary, Eileen Weir and Danny McCoy are among the experts due to address the event.

• UCC launches new online training for staff teaching in higher education who want to develop their skills in inclusive education.