BNP leader Nick Griffin speaks to media as he leaves Leeds Crown Court in northern England

Government & Politics Society withdraws Nick Griffin invite

PETER KELLY

UCC's Government and Politics society has announced that it has withdrawn its invitation to BNP leader Nick Griffin to speak on campus.

Disadvantaged student views are ‘widespread’, believes support group

DANIEL O'CARROLL

Sentiments similar to those echoed by UCC President Dr Michael Murphy at his controversial Cork Chamber of Commerce address are widespread within higher education, a prominent support organization has claimed. Higher Education Access and Disability (AHEAD), an access and disability support network today hit back at Murphy’s refutation, claiming that he did indeed claim that [...]

81% of students happy with college courses, finds survey

DONAL MACHENRY

81% of students are happy with the current college course, a national survey by course advisory website CourseHub.ie has found. 34% however, say that their course is not what they expected it to be. Over 10,000 students responded to the survey, making it one of the biggest ever undertaken in Ireland. Founder Georgie Smithwick, commenting on the findings [...]

UCC President hits back over disadvantaged students remarks

PETER KELLY

UCC President Dr Michael Murphy has hit back at controversial remarks suggesting that money for disadvantaged students be diverted to more ‘gifted’ ones, accusing the media of ‘mischievous reporting’ in an open letter to UCC staff. “The subject matter of my speech to the Chamber of Commerce was mischievously reported, at best, in the local media,” Murphy [...]

UCC Chinese center wins prestigious award

STUDENTNEWS.IE

UCC’s Chinese study center — the UCC Confucius Institute — has pulled off a major coup after being named the Confucius Institute of the Year. The award was presented at the annual Confucius Institute Global Conference held in Beijing in December 2011. Participants from 388 Confucius Institutes world-wide attended the conference and the awards ceremony. Mr Li Changchun, [...]

UCC president blasts university micromanagement at Chamber breakfast address

DANIEL O'CARROLL

UCC President Dr Michael Murphy issued a scalding attack on what he branded governmental micromanagement of universities at Cork Chamber of Commerce’s annual Christmas breakfast this morning. In what will likely be interpreted as yet another push for fees by among third level’s strongest advocates of increased student contributions, Murphy warned that third level would reach [...]

Body of missing student recovered from Adam Island wreck

DONAL MACHENRY

The body of missing 21 year old student Kevin Kershaw, 21, was recovered from the wreck at Adam’s Island in Glandore Bay this afternoon. The 21 year old had been missing since since the trawler he was fishing on got into difficulty on its approach to Glandore Bay. Kevin was a FÁS trainee originally from Dublin, and [...]

Search efforts for missing student resume off South-West Coast

ROISÍN CALLNAN

Search efforts to find missing 21 year old student Kevin Kershaw as well as three other men now feared drowned are continuing today off the South-West coast. Kershaw, 21, had sent a last minute desperate text to his father, asking him to ring him quickly. The Naval Service said in a statement this morning that it is [...]

New sporting center of excellence for UCC

DONAL MACHENRY

UCC is set a develop a new sporting centre of excellence for sport on a 100 acre site at Curraheen, on the outskirts of the city. The project is a joint venture between UCC and the Munster Agricultural Society, and the site is to be based to the south of the N25 Ballincollig bypass. >> UL wants [...]

UCC to sue ESB for €18m flood damage

LUCY WALSH

UCC is to sue the national electricity supply board, ESB, for €18 for damage sustained to its buildings as a result of the controversial November 2009 flood damage. ESB came under significant criticism at the time for allegedly opening a key water dam during an almost unprecedented deluge of rain, though has since denied wrongdoing in [...]

Cork student feared drowned as search efforts for trawler continue

PETER KELLY

A 21 year old student from Cork is feared drowned as hopes fade that the remaining survivors from yesterday’s tragic fishing vessel sinking will be found. One Egyptian crewman, Mohammed Add Elgwad, is the only survivor so far, as search efforts continue for a second day. The vessel sank in Glandore Bay early yesterday morning. The missing men [...]