The Quercus Talented Students’ Programme is aimed at supporting and promoting excellence in academia, sport, creative and performing arts, active citizenship and innovation/entrepreneurship for both prospective undergraduate/level 8 students and students already registered in UCC. In addition to the scholarships in these areas also offered are three types of Quercus Academic Scholarship.
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Quercus Scholarships
31 Mar 2021 -
Tyndall Lecture for Schools 2021
11 Mar 2021The annual Tyndall Lecture is an opportunity for young people in schools on the island of Ireland to connect their classwork to modern areas of physics.
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Physics Prize
26 Nov 2020Annual presentation contest hosted by the Physics and Astronomy Society involving our undergraduate students and lecturers.
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SFI Frontiers for the Future Awards
02 Nov 2020Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris, TD, has today announced 71 grants valued at €53 million to support frontiers research across 12 Higher Education Institutions through Science Foundation Ireland.
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Student Support Services 2020/21
31 Aug 2020This mighty Oak tree depicts the support services currently available to students at University College Cork and provides links to further information about each service.
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Professor J.C. Séamus Davis strikes again!
02 Jul 2020Heartfelt congratulations to Professor Séamus Davis on yet another fantastic achievement.
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2020 SEFS Awards
05 Jun 2020Huge congratulations to our Physics students who won awards this year, especially Louise Shanahan who obtained STEM Award: SEFS Graduate of the year 2019.
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Professor J.C. Séamus Davis awarded a Royal Society Research Professorship
09 Apr 2020Professor Séamus Davis, who holds a joint position as Professor of Quantum Physics at University College Cork (UCC) and Professor of Physics at Oxford University has been awarded a Royal Society Research Professorship.
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EPONA presents: A Space to Inspire: Cosmic Stories
04 Mar 2020On the 4th of March at 6.30pm in G05, Western Gateway Building, UCC, three distinguished women in STEM will visit UCC to speak about their experiences and achievements in the world of physics and science. The event is open to all. The confirmed speakers are:
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IOP Ireland Spring Meeting 2020, UCC Event Postponed
06 Mar 2020The IOPI spring meeting 2020 at University College Cork has been postponed until further notice.
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Retirement of Dr Pádraig MacCárthaigh
11 Dec 2019Retirement reception for Dr Pádraig Mac Cártaigh was held last night in UCC and went off with a hit with some traditional irish music to celebrate!
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2020 Bonner Prize Winner
29 Oct 2019Professor Richard Milner, 2020 Bonner Prize Winner, Former UCC Physics Graduate.
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European Semiconductor Laser Workshop 2019
30 Sep 2019A big thanks is owed to all the exhibitors and visitors who helped make ESLW such a success!
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Above and Beyond
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The Gravity of the Situation in the Crawford Observatory
19 Sep 2019Last week an international project which has been ongoing for 2 years has seen the UCC Campus recognised as part of a global network - The International Gravity Station Network (IGSN).
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100 years of space to be celebrated in new exhibition
06 Sep 2019A unique exhibition which showcases some of the most significant and surprising astronomical breakthroughs over the last century.
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CTYI Summer Session 2019
12 Jul 2019Had a great week helping organising Experimental Physics experiments for CTYI. We definitely saw some future physicists in the bunch!
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Eureka Camps 2019 Part 2
09 Jul 2019Had another great day exploring the weird and wonderful parts of Physics as part of the Eureka Camps! ️
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2019 College of SEFS Student Nominated Teaching Demonstrator Award
04 Jul 2019Huge congratulations to physics postgrad student Stephen Murphy who received the '2019 College of SEFS Student Nominated Teaching Demonstrator Award'!
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Eclipse in Chile
04 Jul 2019UCC Astronomy Graduate, Mark Kennedy, current Newton International Fellow at The University of Manchester, was in Chile recently, by chance during the eclipse!!
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Eureka Camps 2019
03 Jul 2019A fantastic time was had yesterday with the students from Eureka Camps. We hope we both excited and attracted them to exploring more physics in the future!
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Graduation!
21 Jun 2019A big congratulation to PhD graduates Dr. Daniel Carey, Dr. Ludovic Caro and Dr. Shane Duggan!
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Discovery of Field-Induced Pair Density Wave State in Cuprate High Temperature Superconductors
10 Jun 2019Superconductors are quantum materials that are perfect transmitters of electricity and electronic information.
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World Leading Scientist to Present Inaugural Lecture at UCC
29 May 2019One of the world’s leading scientists will give an inaugural public lecture on the emerging second quantum revolution next week (Thursday, 6 June) at University College Cork (UCC).
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CTYI 2019
25 May 2019Big thanks to Loise Shanahan for running the physics portion of CTYI in UCC this year! We love sharing our fascination with light, electricity and magnetism!
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Gummy Bear Wave Machines
16 Apr 2019We had a blast with transition year students, from all over Cork last week, building these gummy bear wave machines. This just goes to show that Physics can be fascinating and delicious!
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Dr. Pádraig Mac Cárthaigh Final Lecture
04 Apr 2019Congrats to Dr. Pádraig Mac Cárthaigh who gave his final lecture today. Nuclear and Particle Physics won't be the same without you!
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Best Publication of the Year Award 2019
26 Mar 2019Big congrats to our own Killian Long for winning the best publication of the year award!
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'Careers in Industrial Physics' Seminar Highlights
11 Mar 2019A fantastic seminar given by Micheal O'Gorman and Áine Davis about Careers in Industrial Physics.
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FameLab Cork 2019
28 Feb 2019FameLab is the world's leading science communication competition. It is designed to inspire, motivate and develop scientists and engineers to actively engage with the public and last night it achieved exactly that.
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New Leader for Rockley Photonics R&D Centre
28 Feb 2019Congratulations to our own Professor Frank Peters for his new appointment as leader of the Rockley Photonics R&D centre in Tyndall National Institute!
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Air pollution responsible for over 1,500 premature deaths in Ireland each year
01 Oct 2018Monitoring stations have successfully been installed on UCC North Mall campus after calls from researchers for extra stringent monitoring the severity levels for air pollution within Cork City. The new facility is one of the most advanced and best equipped centres of its kind in the country.
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Professor Stephen Fahy recognised for outstanding achievements in Physics
03 Sep 2018UCC scientist honored at SFSB Conference
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A celebration of the work of Prof. Niall Ó' Murchadha
24 May 2018A conference was held in honour of UCC Physics lecturer Niall O Murchadha at the end of May last.Alll lectures took place on the West Wing of the Quad.
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