MII Cork (Marketing Institute Ireland, Cork branch) will be kicking off 2024 in style, hosting their first event of the year, Masterclass in Marketing Excellence: Brewing Award-Winning Campaigns with Birra Moretti, at the Heineken Brewery, Cork, on Tuesday 16th January, in partnership with Cork Chamber. Jim Geraghty, Marketing Manager, The HEINEKEN Group will dive…
ACET is a family-run language centre and the ACET Team is our Greatest Advantage. The team creates a supportive, caring and friendly environment for all clients. We had a chat with Joelle about the pandemic pivot. What inspired you to start the business? ACET is a family-run language centre. My mother, Odile Migieu, founded Cork…
One of Europe’s leading technology research centres, Tyndall National Institute at University College Cork, will be involved in four key industry projects worth several million following the recent announcement of the Disruptive Technologies Innovation Funding. Tyndall teams, in collaboration with industry partners, will be driving disruptive innovation on the key areas of connected health, smart…
Photo: Gerard McCarthy Photography This UCC launched an ambitious and transformational academic strategy that will transform the UCC learning experience and landscape for the future. The UCC Academic Strategy outlines a new and holistic approach to education that champions the capacity for independent thinking and enquiry, equipping students with the skills required for our rapidly…
Transition year students from Coláiste an Chroí Naofa in Carraig na bhFear have won the CEIA – Cork’s Technology Network SySTEM App Development competition. The students developed the Recycle Rampage app to encourage recycling at home and at school and impressed the judges with the technical functionality, graphics and marketing of the app. The winners of…
An Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney TD officially opened the University College Cork Centre for Executive Education at 1 Lapp’s Quay in Cork. The landmark building in the heart of the city will house Cork University Business School (CUBS) and Irish Management Institute (IMI) programmes, bringing together the largest business school in…
Photo: Gerard McCarthy Photography A Cork school is about to develop one of the city’s most important gardens as it bids to bring extra calm to the lives of children on the autism spectrum. In a city and county necklaced with great gardens, St Mary’s on the Hill National School in Knocknaheeny may not be…
Alison O’Shea and Oksana Semenova, PHD students at the Research Centre for Foetal and Neonatal Translational Research (INFANT) in UCC, with the EEG seizure probe. The centre is an example of the many STEM related courses available at UCC. UCC has partnered with Johnson & Johnson’s to deliver the WiSTEM2D programme, an initiative promoting the involvement…
Paula O’Connell, Cork College of Commerce teacher, with Brid Creedon, Senior Manager of Infrastructure & Strategic Projects at Eli Lilly. It is often said that older students respect educators more if they are still actively working or in tune with their industries, and as such will pay less or more attention to them depending. Due to…
A LinkedIn survey of 4,000 professionals this month found that 94% of employees would stay longer at a company that invested in their career development. Employers are also waking up to this reality with 90% of employers participating in this same workplace learning research, agreeing that learning in the workplace is a necessary staff benefit…