News and Views
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UCC appoints new Director of Sport and Physical Activity
19 Jul
The former General Manager of Development at World Rugby has taken up the position of Director of Sport and Physical Activity at University College Cork (UCC).
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UCC ranked in top 50 European universities
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UCC is ranked in the top 50 universities for teaching and learning according to the Times Higher Education* Europe Teaching Rankings published last night (July 11).
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University sector needs major investment in Budget 2019
05 Jul
Budget 2019 must be used to inject essential resources into our universities according to Jim Miley Director General of the Irish Universities Association.
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UCC fosters love of poetry
28 Jun
UCC has become a partner in a unique competition whereby second-level students memorise poems and then recite them aloud in heats culminating in a final in the National Library of Ireland.
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40 shades of green...
29 Jun
A green wall designed to improve air quality, dampen noise and add a splash of colour has been installed in the Quadrangle Reading Room in the Boole Library.
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Hi-tech learning centre in former Ballroom of Romance
21 Jun
The west Kerry Gaeltacht village of Ballyferriter indulged in an evening of nostalgia on this week when UCC presented its refurbished learning centre on the site of a former community dance hall and picture house.
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World’s most endangered seabirds are unprotected in Irish waters
26 Jun
The world’s most threatened seabirds face some of their greatest risks when feeding in Irish waters, according to a new study by researchers in University College Cork.
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'Mind our Microbes' on the first ever World Microbiome Day
26 Jun
The first ever World Microbiome Day (Wednesday June 27th, 2018) has gripped the imaginations of scientists and the public right across the globe.
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Royal Visit: The Prince of Wales to meet talented UCC students and alumni
14 Jun
A new harp piece has been commissioned by University College Cork (UCC) to mark the visit to Cork by HRH The Prince of Wales and HRH The Duchess of Cornwall today (June 14).
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Opinion - A Right Royal Paradox: Ireland’s Ambivalence
13 Jun
In May 2018 large sections of Ireland’s citizenry unapologetically devoured even the most trifling details of the wedding of Prince Harry Windsor and Meghan Markle. It was not that different in 1981, when Prince Charles married Lady Diana. (Although, in the depths of the Troubles, Irish citizens were more discreet.)
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