University College Cork students can sign up to a series of 'open online courses' made available by the University of Lodz, Poland (a UNIC partner). Please note that these courses will be for interest only and credits cannot be applied to UCC degrees.

UCC will host an Erasmus+ staff training week on May 26^th to 28^th 2025, aimed at university staff with responsibility for student career success and employability. 

How can students, communities and city organisations work together to respond to city challenges?  RePIC master’s students (Redesigning the Post-Industrial City MSc, co-delivered by eight UNIC university partners) explored this question during the UNIC CityLabs Week from 6th to 10th January. 

The Reimagining of Urban Spaces: A Journey Through Post-Industrial Cityscapes was published by Springer on 20 December 2024. This book explores the future of cities and regions in a post-industrial world.

This CityLabs Lightning Bites series features short, impactful talks from diverse perspectives, addressing the critical challenges and opportunities in promoting sustainable and regenerative tourism practices.

Louise Brown is an Executive Assistant in the School of Microbiology and SUSFERM at University College Cork. Louise recently travelled to University of Oulu on an Erasmus+ staff training visit.

How can we use creative approaches to foster an inclusive campus? This was a question posed by UNIC’s University College Cork student reps Ella Barrett and Maddalena Fortune-Brandi, who delivered a student-facing creative workshop on November 20th 2024.

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

University College Cork's student representatives for UNIC in the academic year 2024/25 are Maddalena Fortune-Brandi and Ella Barrett.