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5 June 2023 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie The annual undergraduate MTU Crawford College of Art & Design Graduate Exhibitions celebrating the creative practices of CCAD’s graduating students is taking place in MTU’s Sharman Crawford Street and Bishopstown Campuses until Thursday 8th June 2023. A highlight of Cork’s cultural calendar, the Crawford Graduate Exhibitions feature the... Read More
28 May 2023 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Paralympics Ireland Hosts It’s Second Event in Cork Aimed to Give Sportspeople with a Disability the Opportunity to Discover their Paralympic Potential Paralympics Ireland are excited to bring their permanent tsb NextGen athlete recruitment campaign to the MTU Arena sports centre at Munster Technical University on May 28th,... Read More
22 May 2023 By Bryan McCarthy bryan@TheCork.ie Minister Harris opens new NZEB and Retrofit Centre of Excellence in Cork Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Simon Harris TD has today officially opened the new Near Zero Energy Building (NZEB) and Retrofit Centre of Excellence in Cork. The new centre, run by... Read More
22 May 2023 By Bryan McCarthy bryan@TheCork.ie Education Outreach Participants from The Glen ‘Neighbourhood University College’ programme were presented with certificates of attendance at ABLES (Adult Basic Education Services), The Glen. This programme has been developed to encourage local people to sample further and higher level subjects “in an easily accessible, welcoming local environment”. The... Read More
19 May 2023 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Prizewinners trip to West Cork compliments of publicjobs.ie A team of talented young content-creators from Nagle Community College, Mahon, Co. Cork enjoyed a fun-filled trip to the Office of Public Works (OPW) Heritage Site Ilnacullin on Garinish Island this week as reward for winning publicjobs.ie’s The Pitch Schools... Read More
19 May 2023 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie University College Cork hosted a special symposium to spotlight the value of creating inclusive digital teaching and learning experiences for all. The event, organised by Inclusive UCC, coincided with International Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD). GAAD aims to get everyone talking, thinking, and learning about digital Inclusion and... Read More
18 May 2023 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Thermo Fisher Scientific has awarded a University College Cork student with the first Thermo Fisher Scientific Prize in Organic Chemistry. 4th year Chemistry student Ciara Millerick was presented with the inaugural award at the Annual UCC STEM Awards ceremony. To recognise her achievement, Ciara received a €1,000 cash... Read More
17 May 2023 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie CARA Carrigaline Active Retirement Association took 30 members on a four day outing to Mullingar last week.  They left Carrigaline on Tuesday morning and had stops in Cashel and Portlaoise on the way up before arriving at Bloomfield House Hotel in Mullingar where they stayed for 3 nights. On... Read More
12 May 2023 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie How we used technology during the pandemic highlighted an opportunity for MTU’s Enterprise Camp to grow its impact beyond the bounds of Cork city. For the Hincks Centre, it highlighted how the problem of access for students in regional areas could be addressed, while creating a greater positive regional impact. In previous years, when the Enterprise Camp was moved online due to Covid-19, it was noticed that many students then had the opportunity to join... Read More
11 May 2023, 2pm By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie OPW reopens a more accessible Doneraile Court with enhanced visitor attractions Significant conservation work at Doneraile Court is unveiled today, doubling the visitor experience at this architecturally important eighteenth-century house at the centre of one of Ireland’s most intact Georgian Estates. The development in North Cork is part of the Office of... Read More