The Deputy President and Registrar's office, University College Cork, played host to a visiting group of managers from the Education & Student Affairs unit of Erasmus University Rotterdam on October 14th to 15th, 2024. 

On tuesday 8th OCtober we were delighted to welcome 140 of our Guidance Counsellor colleagues to University College Cork for our annual Guidance Counsellor Conference.  This year the lens was on Access, Diversity and Inclusion. The conference was jointly opened by our Deputy President and Registrar, Stephen Byrne and the Deputy President of the UCC Students' Union Hayley O'Connell Vaughan, followed by updates from our Admissions Officer, Danielle Byrne and an overview of supports and services provided by Olive Byrne, Head of the Access UCC. We were thrilled to include a student panel, expertly mediated by James Bilson (Access UCC), where four of our students shared their own experiences of Access UCC and how the supports and services have positively impacted their university experience and beyond. Really powerful stuff - thank you Brian, Barromie, Daragh and Nicole for your really open and honest engagement.

UCC launched the first ever Apprenticeship in Social Work in Ireland on 11th September 2024. Staff from the School of Applied Social Studies, Employers, Mentors and other stakeholders gathered to welcome the first cohort of Apprentices in Social Work as they began their first week of term on the MSW and PDSWS programmes.