CUBS CONFERENCE 2020 FEATURES LEADING FIGURES FROM THE WORLD OF BUSINESS AND ENTERTAINMENT

The 2020 Cork University Business School (CUBS) Conference is taking place today. The theme of today’s conference is ‘Future-proofing Business’. CUBS Conference 2020 is sponsored by KPMG and supported by Bank of Ireland and the event has been running since 2016.   The conference is welcoming speakers from some of Ireland’s leading companies such as…

Winner of the Prestigious 2020 UCC Entrepreneurship Awards Announced

On Friday March 6th, UCC Innovation announced the winner of the 2020 UCC Entrepreneurship Awards at the UCC Boole Library in the creative zone with deputy president and registrar John O’Halloran on hand to present the impressive crystal trophy to the winner Mark O’Sullivan of Neurobell.   About 2020 UCC Entrepreneurship Awards The Awards are…

Percentage of women in senior organisational roles continues to be below what it should be in Ireland

Scholarship to help promote women in top roles launched at UCC. A leading University professor has expressed a “great concern” about the under-representation of women in senior business roles. The Dean of Cork University Business School, Professor Thia Hennessy, said society needs more women in top roles. Female representation on company boards in Ireland is…

UCC Launch Highly Anticipated MSc Diagnostic Radiography Programme

The College of Medicine and Health, UCC yesterday launched its highly anticipated MSc Diagnostic Radiography programme in Brookfield in UCC with a number of high profile guests including the Lord Mayor of Cork Mick Flynn. This is a 2 year full-time taught clinical Masters programme which commenced in September, 2018 within the School of Clinical…

Deirdre Clune and Jim Daly to attend the 2019 ADVOCATE conference in UCC

The EU H2020 ADVOCATE [Added Value for Oral Care] project team will today launch its first findings on the development of a new model for oral healthcare at an International gathering in the Aula Maxima in UCC. ADVOCATE includes 11 partners from prestigious universities, health insurers, and other public and private sector institutions across eight…

Undergraduate Quercus College Scholarship Awards for the College of Medicine and Health, UCC take place

Presiding over last night’s Undergraduate Quercus College Scholarship Awards ceremony for the College of Medicine  and Health was the Head of College of Medicine And Health, Professor Helen Whelton and Deputy President Registrar Professor John O’Halloran and award recipient Sydney Saikaly from Ottawa, Canada.

UCC launches transformational academic strategy

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…

Cork-based INFANT Centre research leads to breakthrough treatment for peanut allergy

Photo: Diane Cusack The world’s largest peanut allergy treatment trial, involving more than 30 Irish children, has found that a new oral treatment can successfully reduce sensitivity to peanuts, and offers a real lifeline to those affected by the most common food allergy and the single cause of most food allergy deaths. Through his work as Principal Investigator at the INFANT Centre, Professor of Paediatrics and…

UCC launches its inaugural women in STEM programme in partnership with Johnson & Johnson

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…

University College Cork and The Agricultural Trust Announce Grassland Science Senior Lectureship in memory of Paddy O’Keeffe

Deputy President and Registrar Professor John O’Halloran with Maggie Egerton, daughter of Paddy O’Keeffe, the iconic figure in Irish farming at the announcement of the Paddy O’Keeffe Senior Lectureship in Plant Genetics at University College Cork, supported by The Agricultural Trust. Photo: Darragh Kane The legacy of Irish agricultural legend, Paddy O’Keeffe, will continue to endure through a…