UNIC has launched two awards, the Thematic Lines Best Paper Award and Thematic Lines CityLabs Award 2026. UCC staff are encouraged to apply.

Aoife Dowling, UNIC Project Manager at UCC, participated in a staff training week in Jena and Dresden, Germany, on September 15-20, 2025. Aoife presented a session entitled 'Quality Assurance and Sustainability: ensuring that projects deliver measurable impact and long-term value'. Aoife outlines her experience of the staff week and key learnings below.

The Deputy President and Registrar's office, University College Cork, welcomed a visiting group of office assistants from the Education & Student Affairs unit of Erasmus University Rotterdam on November 18th to 20th, 2025. 

University College Cork hosted seven visitors from Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) working in areas of governance, risk and cyber security for a knowledge-sharing visit on 21-22 October 2025. 

'Body Parts for Peace' is a workshop delivered to 50 participants of the Hidden Cities UNIC Blended Intensive Programme at University College Cork, 3 December 2025. 

Over 90 participants, comprised of postgraduate students and academics from around Europe, took part in a week-long in-person programme delivered in Cork by the Department of Theatre and the Future Humanities Institute, 1 - 5 December 2025.

A delegation of 15 participants from UCC and Cork City Council contributed to the UNIC working conference at the University of Deusto, Bilbao, Spain, on 4-5 November 2025.

University College Cork students are eligible to apply for Erasmus-funded internships abroad through the UNIC alliance. 

UNIC partner the University of Deusto, Bilbao, is offering 'Open Online Courses' free to UNIC students including University College Cork students.

The 2nd UNIC Thematic Conference titled Institutions in Transition: Justice, Security, and Well-Being in Post-Industrial Cities, will be hosted by Koç University Istanbul from 17 to 19 June 2026.