UCC's delegation at the conference - Chair of the Race Equality Forum, Dr Amanullah De Sondy, Dr Anne Gannon, Human Resources and Professor Nuala Finnegan, Dean of Undergraduate and Postgraduate Studies - were delighted to contribute to the first HEA National Race Equality Conference in University of Galway where the Anti-Racism Principles for Irish Higher Education Institutions were formally launched. UCC has been invited to sign these Principles to acknowledge that racial inequalities are a reality in our higher education institutions, to commit to embedding a culture of race equality in UCC and to establish platforms for open dialogue on advancing race equality.
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Quercus 2022/23 Awards Night Dinner
06 Mar 2023Congratulations to the Quercus Talented Students' Programme Scholars for 2022/23, celebrated at their awards night on Monday 6th March.
The scholars were presented with their acorn pins, the symbol of the Quercus Programme, by UCC President, Prof. John O'Halloran, on the night
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SOAR Project Celebrates Community Mentors
06 Mar 2023A wonderful evening of celebration took place in The Shtepps on March 6th to recognise the inaugural graduates of the Continuing Professional Development Certificate in Community Based Mentoring.
Led by the SOAR Project, this collaborative initiative was developed by Access UCC, MTU Cork Campus Access Service, Adult and Continuing Education, Cork City Learning Neighbourhoods and Cork Migrant Centre.
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UCC Sport joins forces with UCC Bystander Intervention to end sexual harassment and violence.
03 Mar 2023UCC Sports clubs have committed to undertaking the UCC Bystander Intervention training programme in support of the University’s vision for a shared zero tolerance approach to all forms of sexual hostility, harassment and violence. Their leadership will serve to further highlight the importance of challenging any normalisation of unacceptable behaviour and the importance of stepping up and speaking out. Dedicated workshops will be delivered to their members to ensure a greater understanding of their shared experiences and a collective zero-tolerance approach to all forms of abuse.
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Otto Goodwin wins Evan Boland Emerging Poet Award
03 Mar 2023Huge congratulations to Quercus Creative & Performing Arts Scholar, Otto Goodwin, who has been announced as one of the two awardees of the Evan Boland Emerging Poet Award.
This award includes an onsite residency in Stanford University, a bursary, and a mentorship. Otto is in their final year of English here at UCC and we will miss their spirit, personality, moving poetry and love of nature when they fly the Quercus nest!
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High School Counsellors
27 Feb 2023Professor Stephen Byrne, Deputy President and Registrar and Kathryn Neville, Interim Director of Recruitment and Admissions were delighted to welcome high school counsellors from the United States of America to campus on the 27th of February and the 2nd of March. Schools from Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, North Carolina, New York Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Washington DC were represented in the two groups of counsellors.
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UCC hosts its 6th annual Refugee Week
20 Feb 2023From Feb 20-26, UCC was host to a broad range of events, both staff and student-led, focusing on issues such as the rise of the far right, what it's like to be a refugee and a parent in Ireland, the criminalisation of migrants and humanitarian aid and the difficulties faced by exiled journalists. Many thanks to all who took part or came along, in particular the members of the University of Sanctuary Working Group & Fáilte Refugees student society. If you want to get involved in Sanctuary work in UCC, email ediunit@ucc.ie for more information
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Nurturing Bright Futures
14 Feb 2023On Tuesday, 14 February, UCC was delighted to host 12 members of the Irish Second-Level Students’ Union (ISSU) for a 1-day workshop on the transition to third level tool, Nurturing Bright Futures (NBF) Attendees included the ISSU’s Regional Liaison and Support Officer, Mohammed Naeem, Jack McGinn, Education Officer as well as ten Regional Officers from all four corners of Ireland.
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UCC Signs Statement for Ambitious New Phase of UNIC European University Alliance
27 Jan 2023UCC joined nine European partners to kickstart the second phase of the European University of Cities in Post-Industrial Transition (UNIC), signing a mission statement in Zagreb, Croatia.
UCC Deputy President and Registrar Prof. Stephen Byrne joined rectors across UNIC universities in Zagreb last Friday, January 27th 2023, to sign the statement and to mark a bold and ambitious new phase for UNIC, a European University Alliance. The new UNIC Centre for City Futures was also announced at the signing.
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Postgrad Expo
26 Jan 2023Over 600 prospective students and almost 200 UCC staff and student ambassadors participated in UCC’s annual Postgrad Expo.
It was the first time this event was hosted in the Hub and the first in-person event for postgrad applicants in three years. The atmosphere was fantastic, with staff and students coming together.
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UCC Postgraduate Expo
25 Jan 2023The annul UCC Postgraduate Expo will be held in the Hub on Thursday 26 January from 3pm until 8pm. Prospective postgraduate students will have an opportunity to meet academic, professional staff and current students at information stands. There will be 'PG Roundtable' discussion with current postgrad research & taught students and a 'Panel Talk' with postgrad Alumni. Career Services will be providing career advice, UCCApply support staff will be also at hand to show prospective students how to apply. The evening will finish with a networking event, finger food and music.
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Mock COP27
20 Jan 2023As part of the UCC 2022 October Open Day and, in line with UCC’s steadfast commitment to leave no one behind, the Student Recruitment Office, with the collaboration of the Office of Sustainability and Climate Action, UCC’s Environmental Research Institute (ERI), Student Societies and UCC’s Students’ Union, organised a Mock COP27 (a simulation of the United Nations’ Framework Convention for Climate Change) for pre-entry students. It was designed to increase their awareness of what would be discussed at COP27 in Egypt and attendees were really engaged and surprised at how difficult it was to reach agreements on the difficult topic of carbon emission targets.
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Access UCC event
19 Jan 2023On the evening of Thursday the 19th January Access UCC staff welcomed the public to an open clinic on the HEAR and DARE schemes in the Dora Allman room. It was the first in-person clinic since January 2020 and allowed for Parents, prospective students, guidance counsellors and other interested parties the opportunity to get information on the application process for the HEAR and/or DARE scheme.
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Celebrating 25 years of Partnership between University College Cork and the College of St Bendict/Saint John's University, Minnesota
19 Jan 2023University College Cork and the International Office were delighted to welcome Dr Richard Ice, Provost of the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s University and Dr Kevin Clancy, Director of the Center for Global Education (CGE) to UCC on Thursday, 19 January, to celebrate 25 years of the academic partnership between our institutions. Since the establishment of the partnership in 1997, 426 students from the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s University have studied at UCC, including the thirteen who are currently enrolled for the spring semester 2023.
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239 Entrance Scholarships awarded to first year students
19 Jan 2023239 Entrance Scholarships were awarded to first year students last night in University College Cork (UCC). Entrance Scholarships are awarded on the basis of academic achievement in the school leaving examinations. Students represented 115 schools in Ireland and 1 school in Poland.
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Further Education to Higher Education Pathways
16 Jan 2023UCC was delighted to join colleagues from Cork ETB and MTU (Cork and Kerry) to participate in shared discussion around the expansion of progression routes from further education to higher education in the Cork region.
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Le Chéile Programme
16 Jan 2023The Le Chéile Programme has been launched again in the new semester. While it is offered to the student population in general, the programme has garnered interest from the school of nursing and midwifery and is offered to students from this school as part of their pastoral reflection module. Le Chéile is a programme encouraging personal development for proactive student-to-student assistance and intervention. It is a 4-week programme delivered by qualified expert presenters both internal and external to UCC. The programme covers, mental health & wellbeing, bystander intervention, active listening, suicide awareness and drugs & alcohol. Le Chéile is now digital badge approved.
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‘New Connections: The Impact’ Conference
13 Jan 2023UCC Deputy President and Registrar Professor Stephen Byrne, opened the event ‘New Connections: The Impact’ Conference held on Friday the 13th of January 2023. Minister Michael McGrath TD was the guest of honour at the event where some of the country’s most promising researchers showcased their initiatives and achievements. The conference celebrated scientific collaboration in University College Cork (UCC).
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New Student Mental Health & Wellbeing Hub launched
12 Jan 2023University College Cork (UCC) today officially launched its new Student Mental Health & Wellbeing Hub in 1-4 Brighton Villas, Western Road.
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Ally Accessibility Checker now Live in Canvas
11 Jan 2023We are pleased to announce that the Ally Accessibility Report is now live on all Canvas modules for staff and students in UCC.
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UCC and MTU sign Healthy Campus Charters
09 Jan 2023University College Cork (UCC) and Munster Technological University (MTU) have today signed Healthy Campus charters for their respective institutions at a gathering at UCC, pledging to make our campuses healthier places to study, work, and research the wellbeing of future generations.
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Ally for Canvas
19 Dec 2022Inclusive UCC is delighted to announce the procurement of the Anthology Ally software for Canvas. This tool scans all content in a Canvas course for accessibility issues and produces an 'Accessibility Score'. Specific instructions on how to remediate this score for each piece of content are provided. This tool will be deployed to all Canvas modules from January 2023 onwards. Below we have some more information and resources to help you get started.
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Connect with UCC International Office Student Supports
16 Dec 2022UCC International Office shared how staff are supporting UCC’s international student community, on Friday 16th December last , as part of the Training and Development Connect Series.
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UCC Sports Awards Sports Scholarships
24 Nov 2022Irish sports stars of tomorrow from across 12 counties have had their talent and hard work recognised with UCC Sports Scholarships for the 2022-2023 academic year.
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International Conference on Strategy and Policy in Higher Education CZEDU CON 2022
21 Nov 2022MicroCreds Project Lead, Mags Arnold, recently represented #UCC and the #IUA at an International Conference on Strategy and Policy in Higher Education. The conference took place in Prague between the 21st & 23rd November. Mags led a panel that spoke about 'Empowering lifelong learners, Internationalisation and Reliable Recognition'.
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Involving People with Intellectual Disabilities in Research
18 Nov 2022The Deputy President and Registrar Prof. Stephen Byrne gave the welcome address at a seminar co-organised by students from the id+ Project’s Certificate in Disability-Inclusive Practice and the PPI Ignite Network @UCC on 18th November 2022.
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UNIC Academic Forum
15 Nov 2022Deputy President and Registrar Prof. Stephen Byrne chaired the UNIC European University Academic Forum on November 15 in the Dr Dora Allman Room, UCC.
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id+ Project Fellows Roundtable
11 Nov 2022The Deputy President and Registrar Prof. Stephen Byrne hosted a Roundtable discussion with id+ Project Fellows on 11th November 2022.
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Equality Week 2022 at UCC
07 Nov 2022University College Cork celebrated its 6th Equality Week between the 7th - 11th of November 2022. The Equality, Diversion and Inclusion Unit hosted many events with the support of the UCCSU, under the heading “Making Space for Everyone: Equality Week at UCC”.
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UCC EDI Annual
07 Nov 2022The UCC Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Annual Report 2021-22 was authored by the Equality Committee and EDI Unit.
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OECD Centre for Skills
26 Oct 2022On the 26th of October, the Deputy President and Registrar represented UCC as part of the OECD Skills Strategy project for Ireland. The regional workshop, organised for the South West, South East and Mid-West.
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Access UCC launches first Ambassador and Advisory Group
24 Oct 2022Access UCC launched its first student Ambassador and Advisory Group on Monday. The shared goal is to ensure that students and Access UCC staff work to make UCC more accessible for all. The 32 students will have opportunities to represent Access UCC at events throughout the year and give vital input on core topics.
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Phase Two of the new UCC Curriculum Management System
20 Oct 2022Following on from the successful implementation of CIM Modules, the University has now embarked on Phase Two of the new UCC Curriculum Management System.
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Good Practice Case Study Symposium
20 Oct 2022On the 20th October, the Quality Enhancement Unit hosted a Case Study of Good Practice Symposium in the Glucksman Gallery. The overall aim of the symposium was to highlight the great work that is carried out by the UCC community that are considered instances of Good Practice from which others can learn from. Using a Case Study, the learnings and enhancements that emerge can be shared to support greater awareness, improve quality and increase effectiveness.
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New Postgraduate Researchers Orientation
18 Oct 2022Orientation for new postgraduate researchers took place on 18th October 2022 in the Aula Max.
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UCC Co-Creates the Future of UNIC, the European University of Post-Industrial Cities
17 Oct 2022UCC is working with university, city and civil society partners across ten European cities, including Cork, to build a second-round proposal for the ‘European University of Post-Industrial Cities’ (UNIC).
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UCC shortlisted for John Kelly Award for Universal Design
17 Oct 2022On the 17th of October 2022, UCC attended the John Kelly Awards Ceremony in UCD. The UCC submission on the Inclusive University was shortlisted for the collaborative award. This category is aimed at higher education institutions and education and training boards who have used the Digital Badge to systematically develop UDL capacity in their college/centre, such as the development of communities of practice, institutional projects and new strategic actions. In part, the award aims to celebrate and promote the use of UDL in further education and higher education settings.
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Inaugural UCC Student Forum
10 Oct 2022Born from UCC’s strategic plan, the UCC Student Forum is an exercise in deliberative and participatory democracy that places students at the heart of important strategic and policy issues facing UCC as a community. UCC is committed to widening participation, an intention that goes beyond mere access but extends to active involvement in decision-making. UCC’s current student population is almost 23,000 and growing. Furthermore, the University has over 2,000 Continuing and Professional Development students, 1,100 Adult and Continuing Education short course students and a Language Centre cohort.
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Open Day 2022
08 Oct 2022On Saturday, October 8, UCC opened up its doors to welcome back prospective students and their families and friends to the first in-person Open Day since 2019! The sun showed up and so did the people, over 6,000 of them!
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Your GAP Compass Oak sapling planted in UCC
05 Oct 2022UCC's “Acorn to Mighty Oak” metaphor symbolises academic, personal and professional development journey throughout a student’s time at UCC. In an additional celebration to the Your Compass formal launch, the Graduate Attributes Programme hosted an oak tree planting ceremony on 5th October 2022 to bring to life this metaphor and to mark the different transitions in a student’s journey. The Acorns included two transition year students, Abbey Burke and Abby Carolan who attend North Presentation Secondary School, Farranree, Cork City, who were accompanied by their Guidance Counsellor, Teresa O Flynn. The Oaks were represented by Jack David Pimlott, UCC student in Ecology and Environmental Biology and Ailbhe Fitzgerald, UCC student in Bcomm (Hons) Commerce International with Irish. Your UCC Graduate Attributes and Values Compass supports students to consider their holistic development, through their formal curriculum and through the many ways that they can grow, develop, and become at UCC.
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UCC Guidance Counsellor Conference
04 Oct 2022On Tuesday 4 October, we were delighted to welcome over 130 Guidance Counsellor colleagues back to campus for our annual Guidance Counsellor Conference. Deputy President and Registrar Professor Stephen Byrne opened proceedings in Devere Hall and spoke about UCC's steadfast commitment to the UN's 17 Sustainable Development Goals and our pledge to Leave No One Behind. In preparation for the advent of the new Leaving Certificate subject in Climate Action and Sustainability, which comes on stream in September 2024, the afternoon CPD session focussed on UCC's sustainability journey and accolades, including a presentation by UCC's Sustainability Officer, Dr Maria Kirrane and an interactive Climate Journey exercise.
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Pre-Recruitment Festival
04 Oct 2022UCC Career Services will host the biggest ever Recruitment event from the 4th to the 6th October 2022. Taking a hybrid format for the first time, students will have the opportunity to engage and connect with over 135 employers over a three-day period.
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Towards a Learning Region
30 Sep 2022On 30th September, the Deputy President and Registrar joined a panel discussion representing UCC at an event in Waterford entitled Towards a Learning Region. The event was hosted by the Southern Regional Assembly with speakers from UNESCO Institute of Lifelong Learning, Cork Learning City and Learning Limerick. The discussion focused on the challenges and opportunities relating to the Regions HEIs and how to improve Lifelong Learning. The report can be viewed at Towards A Learning Region
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Bank of Ireland to Sponsor Quercus Programme
27 Sep 2022University College Cork is delighted to announce today (TUESDAY SEPT 27) that its flagship scholarship, the Quercus Talented Students’ Programme, is to be sponsored by Bank of Ireland up to the end of 2026.
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Futures University in Egypt Graduation Ceremony
26 Sep 2022On 26 September 2022, the Deputy President and Registrar represented University College Cork at the graduation ceremony of students of the Pharmacy degree which is jointly developed and delivered by staff of Futures University in Egypt (FUE) and University College Cork.
The UCC/FUE collaboration began over 10 years ago in 2011/2012. Following a number of visits between senior academic staff at both UCC and FUE, a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed in 2014. UCC and FUE now work in collaboration to deliver and assess agreed modules and learning outcomes which are accredited by the Egyptian Minister for Education and the Pharmacy Regulator in Egypt.
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Two New Courses at UCC for People with Intellectual Disabilities
26 Sep 2022We are delighted to welcome 19 students into two new courses for people with intellectual disabilities (PWID) this September.
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Paul wins Gold at the Rowing World Championships
24 Sep 2022Congratulations to Quercus Sports Scholar, Paul O'Donovan, who won Gold in the Lightweight Men's Double Schulls with his partner, Fintan McCarthy, at the Rowing World Championships in the Czech Republic over the weekend!
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Mags and Aoife win Bronze at the World Rowing Championships
24 Sep 2022Congratulations to Mags Cremen and Aoife Casey who won Bronze in the Lightweight Women's Double Sculls final at the Rowing World Championships in the Czech Republic on Saturday.
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Institution-wide approaches to embedding Universal Design with Dr Kevin Merry
22 Sep 2022We welcomed Dr Kevin Merry from De Montfort University to UCC this week. He gave an insightful session on De Montfort's journey, shedding some light on how they have enabled a University-wide adoption of Universal Design for learning and teaching practices to ensure accessibility and inclusivity. It was a timely workshop as we currently work on developing our five-year strategic plan here at UCC and consider how Universal Design will play a part.
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Tyndall Internal Conference
22 Sep 2022On 22nd of September, the Deputy President and Registrar officiated at the opening of the Tyndall Internal Conference. Tyndall's annual Internal Conference showcases the outstanding work undertaken at the Institute by researchers, staff and postgraduate students in a collaborative and engaging environment. The programs was divided into five session aligning with the five pillars at Tyndall i.e. Research Excellence, Impact, International Reach, People and Culture and Infrastructure.
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Ionad na Gaeilge Labhartha sponsored scholarships
21 Sep 2022As part of its ongoing outreach programme of support for the newly-established Gaelcholáiste Mhic Shuibhne, Knocknaheeny, Ionad na Gaeilge Labhartha sponsored scholarships for six new first-year pupils at the Gaelcholáiste recently.
The pupils were presented with their scholarships by Prof. Stephen Byrne at an event hosted in the Seomra Caidrimh.
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Your UCC Graduate Attributes and Values Compass or Your Compass
20 Sep 2022Your UCC Graduate Attributes and Values Compass or Your Compass for short, the flagship initiative of the Graduate Attributes Programme officially launched on 20th September.
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UCC Societies Give it a Go Festival (19th-30th Sept)
19 Sep 2022The ‘Give it a Go’ festival will take place from Monday 19th Sept to Friday 30th Sept 2022.
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UCC becomes signatory to Magna Charta Universitatum
16 Sep 2022On 16 September 2022, UCC became a signatory of Magna Charta Universitatum. This charter was originally signed by 388 rectors and heads of universities on the nine-hundredth anniversary of the founding of the University of Bologna in 1988.
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UCC Delegation visit Keele University Campus
14 Sep 2022On Wednesday the 14th of September a delegation of UCC Staff visited Keele University Campus.
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Clubs & Societies Days September 2022
13 Sep 2022Clubs and Societies Day 1 took place on Tuesday 13th September (Sophomore Week) in Devere Hall to facilitate 2nd, 3rd, & 4th years who were interested in getting involved in Clubs & Societies post Covid.
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UCC’s commitment to gender equality recognised by Athena SWAN awards
01 Sep 2022University College Cork has achieved two new Athena SWAN Bronze Awards for gender equality in higher education.
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Canvas Catalog
01 Sep 2022The Centre for CPD is delighted to be supporting UCC’s Canvas Catalog as we transition into a third academic cycle of learners. Canvas Catalog was implemented and launched during 2020, in response to a requirement for fully online delivery of non-accredited short courses.
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Bystander Intervention
01 Sep 2022The UCC Bystander Intervention prgramme has been shortlisted for the Outstanding Support for Students Award in the prestigious 2022 Times Higher Education (THE) Awards. Billed as ‘the Oscars of Higher Education,’ the THE Awards considered over 550 entries from Higher Education Institutes across the UK and Ireland and shortlisted the best across twenty categories.
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Accessibility Allies – Making Content Universal
31 Aug 2022Within the College of Business and Law, a summer internship programme was developed in partnership with the Inclusive UCC project. Four student interns remediated accessible content issues across 18 modules within the College of Business and Law throughout July and August 2022.
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Two UCC Powerlifters to Represent Ireland at International Championships
23 Aug 2022Adam Duane, captain of UCC Powerlifting, and Mia Kovacs have been selected to represent Ireland at the Junior World Championships and European Championships respectively.
Taking place between August 26 and September 4, Adam will compete in the 74kg category at the Junior World Championships following his spectacular national debut at the Irish Nationals.
Adam’s inclusion in the Irish Powerlifting Federation’s team for the World Championships is remarkable given that he only began competing in powerlifting events last year.
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UCC in conjunction with Enterprise Ireland, hosts Taaleem Education Group
11 Aug 2022The Taaleem Group is one of the largest education providers in the UAE. It currently has a roster of 18 schools, and this will grow to 32 by the end of 2023, catering to 28,000 students. The schools offer British and American curricula as well as the International Baccalaureate, offering early childhood, primary and secondary education. The school group has 1,467 teachers (many of whom are Ireland trained and, indeed, UCC graduates). 90% of Taaleem graduates go overseas to study at 3rd level.
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UCC Together With Pride Celebration
31 Jul 2022UCC, through the Deputy President and Registrar's Office, officially sponsored Cork Pride for this first time this year.
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UCC & University of Plymouth agree climate research partnership
26 Jul 2022University College Cork (UCC) and the University of Plymouth have agreed to work together to address some of the critical climate and sustainability challenges facing our planet.
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UCC Rowers win Seven Medals at World Rowing Cup
20 Jun 2022Of the six Irish crews that won medals at the World Rowing Cup in Poznan, four contained UCC students or alumni.
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Bronnadh teastaisí ar dhaltaí ó Ghaelscoil Pheig Sayers
10 Jun 2022Bronnadh teastaisí ar dhaltaí cúigiú bliana ó Ghaelscoil Pheig Sayers le déanaí sa Seomra Caidrimh, Ionad na Gaeilge Labhartha. Stiúrthóir an Ionaid, an tOllamh Pádraig Ó Macháin a bhronn. Dearbhú ar dhá bhliain i mbun foghlama na Sínise do na daltaí ab ea é seo, cúrsa atá curtha ar fáil sa Ghaelscoil le sé bliana anuas faoi choimirce an Ionaid. An Dr Ciarán Dawson a d'eagraigh i bpáirt le Rongrong Guo (Roinn Staidéar na hAisia).
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UCC hosts the annual PATH SOAR Project Steering Group Meeting
02 Jun 2022On June 2nd UCC hosted the annual PATH SOAR Project Steering Group Meeting.
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Lá na Scoileanna Gaeilge 2022
01 Jun 2022Bhí Lá na Scoileanna Gaeilge ar siúl san Aula Maxima i gColáiste na hOllscoile Corcaigh ar an 1 Meitheamh 2022. Thug an tOllamh Pádraig Ó Macháin, Stiúrthóir Ionad na Gaeilge Labhartha cuireadh do Ghaelscoileanna agus do bhunscoileanna Gaeltachta Chorcaí teacht chun na hollscoile chun an obair thábhachtach atá ar siúl ag na scoileanna san ar son na Gaeilge a cheiliúradh. Chuir Uachtarán na hOllscoile, an tOllamh John O’ Halloran agus Leas-Uachtarán na hOllscoile, an tOllamh Stephen Byrne fáilte rompu ar an lá.
Eagraíodh turas timpeall an champais agus imeacht oifigiúil san Aula Maxima ina dhiaidh. Bhí óráidí, ceol is ceiliúradh i gceist. Bhí ardlá ag gach aoinne. Ba bhreá le hIonad na Gaeilge Labhartha an nasc speisialta seo atá cruthaithe acu le Gaelscoileanna is bunscoileanna Gaeltachta Chorcaí a neartú as seo amach.
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Drug Use in Higher Education in Ireland Survey
30 May 2022On 30th of May, the Deputy President and Registrar, welcomed Minister Feighan T.D. Minister of State for Public Health, Wellbeing, and the National Drugs Strategy to a Town Hall event in the HUB, where the main findings of the Drug Use in Higher Education in Ireland (DUHEI) survey were presented. Student leaders, researchers, academics, and professionals from student services were joined by local and national experts in the area of drug use and addiction at UCC, to consider the findings and discuss the recommendations of the report.
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First UCC/MTU Joint Conferring Ceremonies
23 May 2022On the 23rd of May, 2022 UCC staff and students were delighted to visit the Munster Technological University (MTU) Cork Campus. This was a historic occasion marking the first conferring ceremony since the establishment of MTU.
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UCC celebrates Global Accessibility Awareness Day!
19 May 2022On the 19th of May, International Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD), Inclusive UCC ran a symposium to spotlight the value of creating inclusive digital experiences for all.
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The ASK UCC website officially launched!
11 May 2022The [ask.ucc.ie] ASK UCC website was officially launched by the Deputy President and Registrar on May 11th on the Shtepps in the Hub Building.
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An Taoiseach Micheál Martin TD officially opens The Hub
06 May 2022An Taoiseach Micheál Martin TD, who graduated from UCC in 1981, officially opened UCC's new student service centre The Hub this morning at 10am.
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IGNITE Awards 2022
28 Apr 2022The IGNITE Graduate Business Innovation Programme Awards and Showcase, Spring 2022 were held on 28th of April, in the Hub, UCC. The Deputy President and Registrar welcomed the attendees to the event.
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MicroCreds@ucc project launch
26 Apr 2022MicroCreds@UCC was officially launched on Tuesday 26th April in the Dr Dora Allman Room. Prof Stephen Byrne, Deputy President and Registrar, welcomed everyone to the launch of the HCI Pillar 3 funded Multi-Campus MicroCreds project in UCC. UCC in conjunction with the IUA and the other six IUA universities have received €12.3 million in funding to support the national roll out of microcredentials.
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Olympic Heroes and Sports Stars honoured at UCC Sport Star Awards
25 Apr 2022Olympic medallists Paul O’Donovan and Emily Hegarty were among those honoured at the UCC Sport Star Awards on 25 April by Professor John O’Halloran, President of University College Cork.
Sponsored by the River Lee Hotel and Bank of Ireland, the UCC Sport Awards acknowledge the achievements of 19 outstanding student athletes who have excelled with their UCC clubs, external clubs and representative teams in the last twelve months.
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Women from the Traveller Community Graduate from 'life-changing' UCC course
14 Apr 2022A group of women from the Traveller Community graduated at the UCC Spring Conferring Ceremony having completed a ‘life-changing’ course designed to empower leadership in their community.
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UCC has created a Sanctuary Fellowship Scheme
14 Apr 2022In response to conflicts across the world, UCC today announces that it has created a Sanctuary Fellowship Scheme.
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UCC developed software UCC Apply wins a Rising Star Award at the 2022 Ellucian Impact Awards!
13 Apr 2022This week during Ellucian Live, the higher education industry’s top global technology conference, Ellucian announced the winners of the 2022 Ellucian Impact Awards. The annual awards, from Ellucian, the leading higher education technology solutions provider, celebrate visionaries in higher education who are inspiring others to push the boundaries of technology and innovation.
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UCC wins at the 2022 Education Awards!
06 Apr 2022UCC brought home multiple trophies at the 2022 Education Awards, which took place on Wednesday, April 6th, at the Clontarf Castle Hotel, Dublin, including Best Student Campus, Overall Excellence in Education as well as Best Career Impact Strategy!
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UCC contributes to Moving Parts, a creative response to consent and bystander awareness programmes
28 Mar 2022IADT are delighted to formally launch Moving Parts - a series of new short animated and motion graphic videos tackling the topic of consent and telling the stories of survivors of sexual violence and image-based abuse.
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Seimineár Gréasáin leis an gCoimisinéir Teanga
22 Mar 2022Bhí an-áthas orainn fáilte a chur roimh an Coimisinéir Teanga, Rónán Ó Domhnaill, go Seimineár Gréasáin ar 22 Márta. Dhein an Coimisinéir cur i láthair an-chuimsitheach do phobal na hOllscoile ar an lá, inar phléigh sé, ar chuma oscailte, fhíorchabhrach, dualgais reachtúla na hOllscoile i leith na Gaeilge mar atá leagtha síos in Acht na dTeangacha 2003 agus na himpleachtaí úra atá taghta i gceist le leasú na bliana seo caite ar an Acht (2021).
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Appointment of Deputy President and Registrar
15 Mar 2022Professor Stephen Byrne has been appointed as Deputy President and Registrar of University College Cork, effective from 16th March 2022.
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UCC Autism Friendly University Initiative featured in the international IMAGE Good Practice Guides!
09 Mar 2022In early 2020, during the Autism Friendly University Initiative, UCC representatives took part in workshops for the IMAGE project (Improving Employment for Autistic Graduates in Europe). This international project looked for examples of good practice in supporting autistic graduates in transitioning to employment.
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UCC honours its first female engineering graduate
23 Feb 2022On the eve of International Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day, University College Cork today announces that its current Civil Engineering Building is to be the Iris Ashley Cummins building, in honour of UCC’s first female engineering graduate.
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University of Sanctuary UCC hosts 5th annual Refugee Week
21 Feb 2022Health inequalities faced by refugees in Ireland, entrepreneurship in the refugee community, and supporting vulnerable migrants in higher education are some of the issues to be explored during University College Cork’s fifth annual Refugee Week, which gets underway on today. Events can be accessed online, in person, live or recorded, so there is something for everyone. From February 21 to 26 staff and students of UCC, working with members of the refugee and asylum-seeking community, will highlight issues faced by refugees, as well as the richness and diversity of modern Ireland through a variety of media, including spoken and written word, webinars, radio shows, interviews and conversations, music and film.
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University College Cork Launches Speak Out Anonymous Reporting Tool
08 Feb 2022A new online tool that will allow students and staff to anonymously report incidents of bullying, cyber bullying, harassment, discrimination, coercive behaviour or control, stalking, assault, sexual harassment, sexual assault and rape has been launched today in University College Cork (UCC). The tool, entitled Speak Out, is a national initiative, led by the Psychological Counsellors in Higher Education Ireland (PCHEI) and the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science is funding it. The Speak Out tool is currently available in 17 other higher education institutions across Ireland.
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Making Chemistry accessible to all in UCC
03 Feb 2022To make chemistry laboratories more accessible to students with reduced mobility in UCC, the Disability Support Service, in collaboration with the School of Chemistry, recently installed an accessible laboratory bench and associated air-extraction apparatus. The bench will support students who might find it difficult getting up and down from a standard bench.
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First national survey of drug use in Ireland’s third-level sector is published
20 Jan 2022A major national survey to determine the prevalence and type of drug use among the third level student population in Ireland is published today.
The Drug Use in Higher Education Institutions (DUHEI) survey analysed over 11,500 responses from students across 21 higher education institutions, to give a national picture of drug use among Irish university students, so that future policy and practice in the area can be informed.
Launching the report, the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Simon Harris TD states;
“This report is an important resource for the Department and our higher education institutions. It helps understand the prevalence of drug use and the range of drugs being used by our students as well as detailing the impacts and effects, including harms caused by drug use in our student population. This data is vital to map the extent of the issue and will help us to develop appropriate responses and monitor trends in drug use in higher education over the coming years.”
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Launch of UCC Academic Mentoring Panel
03 Jan 2022Prof. Stephen Byrne, Interim Registrar, in collaboration with HR Strategy & OD, is pleased to announce the formal launch of an Academic Mentoring Panel, comprising of a panel of Professors from across the University focused on supporting the development of academic colleagues.
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UCC rolls out free antigen tests to students
16 Dec 2021UCC students returning to their families this Christmas will receive free antigen tests, as the university commences a programme supported by the Department of Higher Education, Research, Innovation & Science.
Under the programme UCC’s 23,000 students will receive 5 free antigen tests. UCC ran the most successful antigen testing system in the higher education sector recently, with 1650 students & staff participating in the ongoing Unicov project.
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UCC has installed the first Changing Places Toilet Facility in the county that will be open to the students, staff, the Cork community, and visitors.
19 Nov 2021Changing places was the brainchild of the late Irish woman and advocate of people with disabilities, Loretto Lamb, along with occupational therapist, Joyce Burns. Changing places allow families, carers and people with complex disabilities to manage their daily occupations of self-care and gives them the opportunity to engage in wider community activities with dignity. The equipment in a Changing Places facility goes beyond what is available in a standard accessible toilet which often does not meet the needs of all people with complex disabilities.
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Minister for Further and Higher Education visits UCC
10 Nov 2021Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris TD visited UCC this week.
The Minister met with students and staff and viewed the Old College Bar which has been transformed into the Calm Zone, a dedicated space of respite and calm for students, and in particular students on the autism spectrum.
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MicroCreds Launch: Towards a National Framework for Microcredentials.
21 Oct 2021In a session tailored for experts in lifelong learning across Ireland and Europe the MicroCreds HCI Pillar 3 funded programme team outlined the development of the national framework for ECTS bearing, quality assured microcredentials.
Dr Lynn Ramsey – IUA Programme Lead headed an insightful panel discussion with input from all seven IUA universities. The panel explored universal vision for micro-credentials which was the first opportunity to formally engage with the wider academic community, policy makers, funders, and other sectoral bodies.
The successful launch will be followed by local events across units led by our own Project Lead – Mags Arnold m.arnold@ucc.ie
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UCC celebrates Athena SWAN awards
20 Oct 2021UCC today celebrated its recent Athena SWAN award successes, recognising the University’s commitment to promoting good practice and advancing gender equality in higher education.
At a virtual ceremony, Minister Simon Harris congratulated awardees to celebrate the advancement of equality in higher education.
Three awards cycles were included in the ceremony, with UCC receiving nine awards, including the Institutional Bronze award (awarded in 2019).
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UCC unveils rainbow walkway to mark National Coming Out Day
11 Oct 2021UCC President John O’ Halloran has unveiled the UCC Rainbow Walkway on campus to mark National Coming Out Day on October 11th and as part of UCC Community Week.
The UCC Rainbow Walkway has been installed to celebrate and recognise the diversity of the UCC community and to express UCC’s firm commitment to the creation of a campus that is inclusive, where the whole of the UCC community can feel a sense of welcome and belonging.
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UCC Virtual Graduate Recruitment Fair 2021
06 Oct 2021Career Services held their virtual fair in October and the data from this showed over 6,000 1:1 chats between students and employers and over 25,000 individual chat messages.
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Launch of EmployAgility Awards
28 Sep 2021The UCC EmployAgility Award is a professional skills development programme, and demonstrates that you have engaged in, and developed professional skills through extra-curricular activities and work experience, all of which will help you to stand out from the crowd when applying for graduate roles and internships.
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Students with intellectual disabilities are set to benefit from major new funding secured by UCC.
23 Sep 2021The €1m award from the Higher Education Authority recognises the impact of the university’s innovative work in the field of inclusive education, and its efforts to open higher education to students with intellectual disabilities. UCC’s achievements in challenging deficit-focused perceptions of people with intellectual disabilities were profiled in an Impact Case Study reviewed by a panel of international experts. The Certificate in Contemporary Living was established as a pilot project supported by the Brothers of Charity, Cope Foundation and Enable Ireland. It was designed to meet the needs for non-segregated, inclusive post-secondary education for people with intellectual disabilities and was recognised as a model of good practice.
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National video campaign to combat sexual assault on university campuses launched
03 Sep 2021University College Cork’s Bystander Intervention programme will today launch a series of audio-visual learning materials to Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) nationwide to raise awareness around active bystanders and sexual assault.
The materials include a fifteen-minute starter video explaining key concepts on how to be a pro-social bystander, intervening in unsafe situations, what happens when consent falls through, and how students can do their bit to make college campuses and local communities safer for everyone. The launch marked the new Bystander Intervention learning packages being offered to third-level institutions. HEIs are being offered the ability to upload and deliver the training through their own institutional learning platforms.
The project includes student ambassadors from a range of degree programmes as well Professor Louise Crowley, Director of Bystander Intervention in UCC, and Dr Clíonadh O’Keeffe, the Bystander Intervention Support Officer in UCC. The overarching aim of this wide release is to make students more aware of sexual assault and how they can stop it before a situation occurs.
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UniCov - Safeguarding our campuses
01 Sep 2021UniCoV is a multi-site, randomised controlled clinical study led by the National University of Ireland Galway (NUIG) in partnership with Trinity College Dublin (TCD), University College Dublin (UCD) and University College Cork (UCC). Funded by Science Foundation Ireland, the four universities and the HSE and supported by the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research Innovation and Science and Department of Health, UniCoV will further develop and apply testing, screening and surveillance strategies, proven tools used by Public Health to assist with early warning systems for disease, in the context of SARS-CoV-2 infection in Ireland.
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Opening of Calm Zone for students in Old College Bar
21 Jun 2021We are delighted to announce that the much cherished Old College Bar at UCC has been transformed into dedicated space of respite and calm for students, and in particular students on the autism spectrum.
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UCC Calm Zone featured in Venice Architectural Biennale
08 Dec 2020The UCC Calm Zone, designed as part of the Autism Friendly University (AFU) initiative, will feature in the upcoming Venice Architecture Biennale in a show titled “Autistic Imaginaries of Architectural Space'', which showcases architecture through the lens of autism. The Calm Zone has been recognised as an example of architecture that has incorporated the principles of autism-friendly design as outlined in the ASPECTSS Design Index.
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UCC wins Best Student Experience Award (2nd year in a row)
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A look back on the Graduate Attributes Programme in 2020
08 Dec 2020Successful outcomes within UCC's Graduate Attributes Programme in 2020 are testament to a dedicated and talented team who engage in radical and transformative campus-wide collaboration. The successful integration of the GAP initiatives has been bolstered across the university with more than 30 teams collaborating on projects that will support and equip students and graduates with the necessary attributes, skills and values as they transition through the entire student life-cycle.
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Funding announced for new upskilling programme at UCC for post-primary teachers Spanish
04 Nov 2020The Minister for Education Norma Foley TD and the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Simon Harris TD today announced that UCC will receive funding of €420,000 to deliver an upskilling programme for teachers at post-primary level to address a shortage in Spanish teachers nationally identified in the Teacher Supply Action Plan.
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GAP embark on new project with Microsoft
03 Nov 2020UCC today announced a partnership project with Microsoft. This project will harness the power of Microsoft Teams and LinkedIn Learning to support final year/penultimate year students build up work-ready skills and attributes and will explore opportunities to apply technology to support students as they transition out of university into professional environments or further study.
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UCC awarded funding under July Jobs Stimulus 2020
27 Oct 2020241 free and subsidised places will be made available at UCC following the award of €1.8million under the new Jobs Stimulus Package announced by Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Simon Harris TD.
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Disability Support Service Mentoring Programme awarded funding from Ability to Work Fund
11 Aug 2020The Disability Support Service (DSS) Mentoring Programme has been awarded funding as part of the Ability to Work Fund from RETHINK Ireland.
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UCC Awarded €14.4m project funding under the Human Capital Initiative
05 Oct 2020UCC has been awarded €14.4 million under Pillar 3 of the Human Capital Initiative Programme for new projects on innovation and agility in Higher Education to meet priority skills needs across Ireland’s economy.
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New Growth Mindset video released by Graduate Attributes Programme
12 Aug 2020You are probably used to hearing “what are you studying”? but not too many ask “how are you learning”? How you think about your learning and the strategies you use are really important for your study success.
Find out about Growth mindset in the new video from the Graduate Attributes Programme at UCC https://youtu.be/nxNHWD_JfqI
Thank you to Dr. Eithne Hunt for her amazing contribution to this video script.
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UCC Awarded funding for 6 new courses under Human Capital Initiative Programme
17 Jun 2020UCC has been awarded €5.6 million for more than 700 additional places on six new HDip and PG Dip courses, across all four Colleges, under Pillar 1 of the Human Capital Initiative Programme.
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The Connected Curriculum and You: Launch of a new short course for all UCC staff
22 Apr 2020We are delighted to launch a new short course on UCC's Academic Strategy's Connected Curriculum, which is freely available to all staff. This course aims to provide useful information about the Connected Curriculum and to help staff to identify how this is relevant to their own activities.
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UCC's Bystander Intervention Programme has national impact
23 Mar 2020UCC's Bystander intervention module, first piloted in 2016/17 has become sector-leading approach to addressing the issue of sexual harassment and violence across Irish HEIs.
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UCC is awarded its second Athena SWAN Bronze Award
18 Mar 2020UCC has been awarded its second Athena SWAN Bronze Award by Advance HE for its commitment to gender diversity. The School of Public Health was also recognised for its commitment to advancing gender equality and was awarded a departmental Athena SWAN Bronze award.
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Graduate Attributes Launch the first animated character introduction
13 Mar 2020Meet Roisin, Raj, Ciara and Joe from UCC, who tell us what attributes and values they are developing throughout their journey in UCC. Each student tells us more about each attribute and value and how these are enabling them to develop life wide and life long skills. Watch here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zy_2hXxSLB
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UCC welcomes BTYSE Winners Cormac Harris and Alan O’Sullivan
26 Feb 2020Cormac Harris and Alan O’Sullivan, winners of the 56th BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition, visited UCC today to present their project on “A statistical investigation into the prevalence of gender stereotyping in 5-7 year olds and the development of an initiative to combat gender bias”.
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UCC awarded the Institution offering the "Best Student Experience" in Ireland, 2020!
20 Feb 2020On Thursday, February 20th 2020, in the Ballsbridge Hotel in Dublin, University College Cork were awarded the institution offering the Best Student Experience in Ireland.
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University College Cork signs Memorandum of Understanding with Coláiste na Rinne
14 Feb 2020On Friday 14 February 2020, Professor John O'Halloran, Registrar and Vice-President, signed a Memorandum of Understanding on behalf of UCC with Coláiste na Rinne, Co. Phort Láirge.
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Proudly supporting the Postgraduate Showcase and Challenge
24 Jan 2020The Graduate Attributes Programme was proud to support a fantastic student-led and student-focused event this week.
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UCC Graduate Attributes Programme launch the Student Experience Showcase
22 Jan 2020Today, UCC Graduate Attributes Programme launched their showcase of the offices and services of the Student Experience.
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Quercus Scholars Meet Apple's Tim Cook at IDA Celebration of Apple in Ireland
20 Jan 2020Quercus Scholars met Apple's CEO Tim Cook at an event celebrating 40 Years of Apple's contribution to Ireland which was held in Dublin on Monday 20th January, 2020.
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UCC Career Services move to new Hub Building
16 Dec 2019After twenty years located at the houses at Brighton Villas on the Western Road, on the 16th December 2019 UCC Career Services completed a permanent transition to their new central campus location in The Hub Building.
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A look back on our GAP successes in 2019
10 Jan 2020Review of the year 2019. This review illustrates the enthusiasm with which our Graduate Attributes have been embraced and, more importantly, the opportunities that have been seized by staff and students in UCC to achieve remarkable things in 2019.
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Construction completed on state-of-the-art Hub Building
06 Jan 2020The new hub building, designed by architects O’Donnell and Tuomey, opened its doors to students on 6th January 2020, ahead of the upcoming academic term.
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Quercus Lecture Series 2020
21 Jan 2020We are delighted to announce the speakers for this year's Lecture Series.
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UCC Awarded €300,000 under Human Capital Initiative Programme
16 Dec 2019UCC has been awarded €300,000 for an additional 30 places on its full-time undergradaute Engineering degree programme under Pillar 2 of the Human Capital Initiative.
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Annual coffee morning takes place in new hub building
11 Dec 2019The first event to take place in the new hub building was the Annual Christmas Coffee Morning hosted by the Deputy President & Registrar.
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UCC ranked as the 9th most sustainable university in the world
06 Dec 2019For the third year running UCC has been ranked as the 9th most sustainable university in the world, and the most sustainable university in Ireland, by the UI GreenMetric World University Rankings. These rankings provide the results of online survey regarding the current condition and policies related to Green Campus and Sustainability in the Universities all over the world.
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This year's Quercus Gala took place in the Aula Maxima on November 26th, 2019.
26 Nov 2019Here the Quercus Scholars and their guests enjoyed a sit down meal followed by the presentation of their Sterling Silver Acorn pins. The Creative & Performing Arts Scholars performed at the end of the night and received a standing ovation for their efforts.
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Conferring of the Degree of Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, on David Donoghue
09 Oct 2019Deputy President & Registrar, Prof. John O'Halloran, delivered the introductory address on the occasion of the conferring of the Degree of Doctor of Law, honoris causa, on David Donoghue in the Royal College of Physicians in Ireland.
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UCC welcomes prospective students at 2019 Autumn Open Day
12 Oct 2019Six thousand prospective students visited UCC on Saturday 12th October for the University’s Open Day. Held every year, the Open Day provides a wonderful opportunity to showcase all that makes UCC a great place to study.
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UCC Recruitment Fair attracts more than 100 companies
09 Oct 2019UCC Graduate Recruitment Fair 2019 took place on Wednesday 9th October 2019 in the Mardyke Arena. This is the largest recruitment event of the year and is hosted by UCC Career Services. This year 114 graduate employers were available to meet with students and to offer career advice and job opportunities.
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Quercus Unveils New Promotional Video
24 Sep 2019The Quercus Talented Students Programme, sponsored by Ford, has released a new set of Promotional Videos, featuring Quercus Scholars across the programme strands of Active Citizenship; Creative & Performing Arts; Innovation/Entrepreneurship; and Sports.
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New Graduate Attributes Programme launched at UCC
24 Sep 2019University College Cork (UCC) today launched the Graduate Attributes Programme which will advance the development of students’ academic, specialist and technical competencies, equipping them with transferrable skills that can be applied in life-wide contexts.
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Professor John O’Halloran attends Future University inaugural graduation ceremony
22 Sep 2019Professor John O’Halloran, Deputy President and Registrar UCC attended Future University in Egypt (FUE) as honorary speaker at the inaugural graduation ceremony of the graduates of the new pharmacy degree that was established under the 2014 FUE-UCC Cooperation agreement.
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UCC students and staff join millions around the world in Global Climate Strike
20 Sep 2019On Friday 20th September students and staff of UCC convened in the Quad in support of the Global Strike for Climate. Prof Patrick O'Shea, president of UCC, dropped the Green Flag to half-mast in recognition of the fact that, although we are proud of our environmental achievements, there is more to be done.
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UCC rises to 250 - 300 band in QS Graduate Employability Rankings
18 Sep 2019Today, the 2020 QS Graduate Employability Rankings were released and QS Quacquarelli Symonds have named the world's top 500 universities for nurturing graduate employability. UCC has climbed since last year from being in the 301-500 band to the 250-300 band.
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Welcome to our 2019 Quercus Scholars
06 Sep 2019On Friday 6th of September, we welcomed the 6th intake of Quercus Scholars to UCC with a day long induction event hosted at Distillery House.
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Ronan and Paul's Rowing Success
07 Sep 2019Paul O'Donovan and Ronan Byrne, both Quercus Sports Scholars, have achieved success at the Rowing World Championships, which took place in Linz, Austria from August 25th to September 1st. Ronan has also succeeded in winning Gold at the European U23 Rowing Championships, which took place in Greece from the 5th-8th of September.
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UCC among Irish colleges recognised for alcohol awareness efforts
28 Aug 2019REACT (Responding to Excessive Consumption of Alcohol in Third Level) is a UCC led, joint initiative between the Union of Students in Ireland (USI), the Irish Student Health Association (ISHA) and UCC Health Matters.
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University College Cork signs Memorandum of Understanding with Kerry Education and Training Board
22 Jul 2019Today, UCC signed an agreement with Kerry Education and Training Board (Kerry ETB) that will see both institutions working together to enhance opportunities for and engagement in outdoor education and training at Cappanalea, The National Centre for Outdoor Education and Training, which is based at Oulagh West, Caragh Lake, Killorglin, Co. Kerry.
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UCC Leading the Way on Good Governance
14 Jun 2019UCC is the lead on the capacity building work package of the Erasmus funded UniGov project (Improving Governance Practices and Palestinian Higher Education Institutions) including all training activities such as designing the training modules and supervise the online, face-to-face training as well as the study visits activities.
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UCC International Dentistry Dinner, June 2019
13 Jun 2019Congratulations to the Dentistry Class of 2019 on your examination results.
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Supporting Travellers in 2nd Level Education: Progress through Partnership
12 Jun 2019The SOAR Project Travellers in Education assembly - Supporting Travellers in 2nd Level Education: Progress through Partnership sees key stakeholders working together to explore how best to support Travellers in second level education in Cork and Kerry.
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First Student Affairs Ireland Summit takes place at UCC
12 Jun 2019The First Student Affairs Ireland Summit took place in UCC on the 11th and 12th of June. More than 400 delegates attended workshops and presentations on topics including included Student Success: Everybody's Business and Critical Incidents and Crisis Management.
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Awards Presented to Puttnam Scholars
07 Jun 2019Professor John O’Halloran presented certificates to the inaugural Puttnam Scholars on Friday 7th June.
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The Australian Ambassador to Ireland, H.E. Richard Andrews, was welcomed back to the University by Deputy President, Prof John O'Halloran this week.
30 May 2019During his visit he visited the ERI Beaufort Building, the Headquarters of the SFI MaREI Centre to discuss further potential areas for collaboration and build upon recent success that sees the MaREI Centre partnering in the Australian Blue Economy Co-operative Research Centre (BE-CRC), led by the University of Tasmania.
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Presentation to Ireland U20 Grand Slam star & UCC Quercus Scholar, John Hodnett in advance of his departure to Argentina for the World Rugby U20 Championship.
29 May 2019Deputy President & Registrar, Professor John O'Halloran, Irish Rugby, UCC Sport and Morgan Buckley, Director of Sport & Physical Activity at UCC today made a presentation to U20 rugby star John Hodnett, 1st Sports Studies & Physical Education student and Quercus scholar as he heads to Argentina to represent Ireland in the U20 Rugby World Cup next month.
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Big Friendly Guide to the European Union - Graduation 2019
28 May 2019Deputy President & Registrar Professor John O'Halloran welcomed over 500 students, teachers and parents to the Devere Hall today, where he officiated at the 2019 BFGtoEU Graduation Ceremony, and made a presentation to guest speaker Rob Heffernan.
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Sara Ahmed speaks at UCC
16 May 2019Sara Ahmed is a British-Australian scholar whose area of study includes the intersection of feminist theory, lesbian feminism, queer theory, critical race theory and postcolonialism, gave a presentation at UCC on May 16th on Closing the Door: Complaint as Diversity Work.
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2019 L’Oreal Unesco UK Ireland for Women in Science Fellowship Awards
14 May 2019The Deputy President and Registrar Professor John O'Halloran has been a jury panel member for the L’Oréal-UNESCO UK & Ireland For Women in Science National Fellowships Programme for many years.
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7th ASEF Rectors’ Conference and Students’ Forum (ARC7)
13 May 2019The Deputy President and Registrar addressed the 7th ASEF Rectors’ Conference and Students’ Forum (ARC7) in Bucharest on 13th April 2019. The conference theme was “Higher Education Taking Action Towards the Sustainable Development Goals: Perspectives from Asia and Europe” and Professor O’Halloran was invited to present at a working group on “Taking Action at Home: SDGs as Core Pillars of University Governance”.
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UCC's Graduate Studies Office launches new website
10 May 2019The Graduate Studies Office is proud to announce the launch of its newly structured and designed website.
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Launch of Academic Policy Portal
03 May 2019An online Academic Policy Portal has been launched to provide a single location for accessing the full range of academic policies at UCC.
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Mary Murphy wins UCC Student Entrepreneur of the Year
15 May 2019Congratulations to Quercus Innovation/Entrepreneurship Scholar, Mary Murphy, who was named the winner of the 2019 UCC Student Entrepreneur of the Year.
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Tyndall Welcomes €8 Million in Disruptive Technologies Innovation Funding
01 May 2019The Deputy President and Registrar met with Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation Heather Humphreys today as she visited the Tyndall National Institute at UCC to review Disruptive Technology Innovation Funding (DTIF) projects worth over €20 million and to welcome other significant funding wins at one of Europe’s leading technology research Institutes.
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UCC hosts the 2019 Annual International Workshop on UI GreenMetrics
15 Apr 2019UCC played host to the 2019 Annual International Workshop on UI GreenMetrics which addressed the theme of “Sustainable University in a Changing World: Lessons, Challenges and Opportunities.”
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UCC are biggest winners at Board of Irish College Societies Awards 2019
11 Apr 2019UCC Societies were the biggest winners at this year’s Board of Irish College Societies (BICS) Awards taking home a whopping four awards - more than any other college or institute in Ireland.
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Launch of €3 million Fexco-UCC research collaboration
12 Apr 2019FINTECHNEXT, a financial technology research collaboration project between UCC, Fexco and Science Foundation Ireland, was launched today by Paschal Donohue, Minister for Finance & Public Expenditure and Reform at Fexco Head Office in Killorglin, Co. Kerry.
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UCC Sports Star Awards 2019
09 Apr 2019UCC’s top sports stars were honoured at the Sports Star Awards 2018/2019 in the River Lee Hotel on Tuesday 9th April, with personalities from the world of sport, coaches, parents, students, UCC Clubs Executive and UCC staff in attendance.
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Dion Davis addresses the launch of the first ever socio-economic impact report on the role universities play in the economy
04 Apr 2019Dion Davis, a second year Professional Masters in Education (PME) student, was nominated by Olive Byrne, Head of Access & Participation, to speak at the launch of “Delivering for Ireland, An Impact Assessment of Irish Universities”. This is the first report by the Irish Universities Association on the role universities play in the economy and society, launched today at the Convention Centre Dublin.
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UCC ranks 21st in global University Impact Rankings 2019
03 Apr 2019University College Cork is placed 21st in the world in Times Higher Education’s (THE) University Impact Rankings 2019.
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John Hodnett U20 - Six Nations Grand Slam Champion
15 Mar 2019Congratulations to Ireland who were crowned U20 Six Nations Grand Slam Champions on Friday 15th March. The team included Quercus Sports Scholar, John Hodnett, in the number 8 position.
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UCC Works Award – Record number of students participate
20 Mar 2019Professor John O’ Halloran, Deputy President and Registrar presented 426 students with 531 UCC Works Awards and Digital Badges at a packed ceremony in Devere Hall on the 20th March, 2019.
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Deputy President & Registrar Professor John O’Halloran presents Cork hurling legend Dónal Óg Cusack with the recently launched UCC Sports Strategy
07 Mar 2019Dónal Óg Cusack was in UCC recently to launch the LGBT+ Allies scheme for staff. We were delighted to welcome him to UCC and took the opportunity to present him with a copy of our recently launched Sports Strategy Document.
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UCC launches new Sports Strategy
27 Feb 2019Today, University College Cork launched a new Sports Strategy. This ambitios four-year strategy was launched by Olympic rowing hero Paul O’Donovan and athlete Mary Fitzgerald, who recently won three gold medals at the 2019 IWAS World Games.
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Congratulations to UCC GAA & UCC Soccer
23 Feb 2019UCC have won three major sporting cups over the past month. The Collingwood Cup, The Sigerson Cup and The Fitzgibbon Cup.
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Mary Fitzgerald wins three gold medals
14 Feb 2019Quercus Sports' Scholar, Mary Fitzgerald, won 3 gold medals at the 2019 IWAS World Games in the United Arab Emirates.
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UCC launches transformational Academic Strategy
04 Dec 2018Today, University College Cork's first every Academic Strategy was launched by Deputy President & Registrar, Professor John O'Halloran. The new strategy aims to transform the UCC learning experience and has, at its heart, a Connected Curriculum.
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UCC shortlisted in Five Categories at The Education Awards 2019
03 Dec 2018UCC has been shortlisted in five categories for the Education Awards 2019, which are part of the Business River network solution.
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Quercus Gala 2018
28 Nov 2018This year's Quercus Gala took place in the Aula Maxima on November 28th, 2018.
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UCC Athena SWAN Departmental Bronze Awards
14 Nov 2018In the recent Athena SWAN Charter awards-cycle, the School of Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences, School of Chemistry and School of Pharmacy, all received bronze departmental awards for their ongoing commitment to promoting good employment practices for women in science in higher education.
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Gold star rating for UCC from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE).
26 Sep 2018University College Cork has become the first institution outside of North America to achieve a gold star rating from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE). We now join Princeton, Cornell and UC Berkeley in receiving the highest standard, Gold ‘Sustainability Tracking Assessment and Rating System’ (STARS) for excellence in sustainability.
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