UCC Innov8 Week to showcase local innovation

UCC’s first INNOV8 Innovation Week is due to kick off next Monday and is the result of a partnership between the IGNITE Graduate Business Innovation Programme and UCC student society, the Entrepreneur & Social Society (E&S). The week is due to feature a series of workshops on topics ranging from intellectual property management to business [...]

Arrests soar and house damaged during UCC RAG Week

Cork City Gardaí reported a three-fold increase in arrests made and a UCC college property sustained over €15,000 worth of damage during this year’s UCC Raise and Give Week. The damage follows a recent debate by a college society questioning whether the event should continue. Brian Byrne of college news site Studenty.me today reported on [...]

UCC president crowned Cork person of the Month

UCC president Michael Murphy was named the Cork Person of the Month in what organizers say was an honour yo mark UCC’s award of the Sunday Times Irish University of the Year 2011-2012 and also being the only Irish university to achieve the unique status of Ireland’s five-star university. Dr. Murphy – the highest paid university [...]

Government & Politics Society withdraws Nick Griffin invite

UCC's Government and Politics society has announced that it has withdrawn its invitation to BNP leader Nick Griffin to speak on campus.

New sporting center of excellence for UCC

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

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

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 [...]

Disadvantaged student views are ‘widespread’, believes support group

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

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

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 [...]

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