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• ÍíÉϸ£ÀûÔÚÏß¹Û¿´ Cork, Cork Prison, Queen’s University Belfast and Hydebank Wood Secure College launch prison education toolkit to break barriers across higher education and justice systems.
• The toolkit aims to challenge stigma associated with the criminal justice system while promoting more inclusive pathways to education, learning and social justice.
• Lived experience of criminal justice and injustice is central to the toolkit, ensuring perspectives that have historically been excluded from policy, practice and public discourse are valued.

• Future Humanities Institute to address the human dimensions of today’s most urgent global challenges.
• New institute to drive collaboration across arts, culture, social sciences, environmental sciences and technology.
• Humanities-led research aims to shape policy and support a more equitable and sustainable future.

• Urgent action is needed to address persistent barriers facing Traveller students in Irish schools, a new report finds.
• Discrimination, exclusion and inequalities remain embedded within the education system in Ireland.
• The report makes recommendations for policy-makers, schools and the wider education system to tackle barriers faced by Irish Travellers.

A new exhibition at ÍíÉϸ£ÀûÔÚÏß¹Û¿´ Cork (UCC) shines a light on the story behind one of Ireland’s most iconic documents, focusing not on its words, but on the people who made its existence possible.

ÍíÉϸ£ÀûÔÚÏß¹Û¿´ Cork celebrates the Anatomy and Neuroscience teaching team led by Dr Mutahira Lone, who've won the 2025 DELTA Award – a first for the College of Medicine and Health and the second for UCC.

• Traveller Living History exhibition will celebrate honour Traveller culture, heritage and identity.
• A restored Barrel-top wagon, storytelling, music by Steo Wall and Alen MacWeeney’s photography to feature as part of living history event.
• The event invites members of the public to engage directly with Traveller culture and lived experience through demonstrations, workshops, and talks

Cork University Business School (CUBS) at ÍíÉϸ£ÀûÔÚÏß¹Û¿´ Cork marked a significant milestone this week, celebrating a decade of impact and its recent achievement of triple international accreditation, something held by less than 1% of business schools globally.

Developing a framework to guide healthcare organisations in using artificial intelligence (AI) safely, exploring how bilingual children’s language skills influence their ability to solve mathematical problems, and understanding how cities can improve the well-being of their communities in a digital world are the ÍíÉϸ£ÀûÔÚÏß¹Û¿´ Cork (UCC) projects to receive funding under the Research Ireland Collaborative Alliances for Societal Challenges (COALESCE) programme.

Leading research projects at ÍíÉϸ£ÀûÔÚÏß¹Û¿´ Cork (UCC) have been awarded combined funding of €6.2m under the Research Ireland Infrastructure Programme.

ÍíÉϸ£ÀûÔÚÏß¹Û¿´ Cork celebrated a year of outstanding sporting excellence at the 41^st UCC Sports Star Awards, which took place in the River Lee Hotel on Monday 13 Arpril 2026 at an awards ceremony hosted in partnership with The River Lee Hotel, Bank of Ireland, and media partner the Irish Examiner.

Professor Conor O’Mahony, Dean of the School of Law at ÍíÉϸ£ÀûÔÚÏß¹Û¿´ Cork, has been appointed by President Catherine Connolly to the Council of State.

Early-career researchers at ÍíÉϸ£ÀûÔÚÏß¹Û¿´ Cork (UCC) have received a combined €4.3m in research funding in the 2025 Government of Ireland (GOI) Postdoctoral Fellowship and Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship awards.

• Nursing, English Language and Literature, Pharmacy and Pharmacology, and Performing Arts ranked within the Top 100, according to the latest QS World University Rankings by Subject.

ÍíÉϸ£ÀûÔÚÏß¹Û¿´ Cork (UCC) researchers, and Principal Investigators at APC Microbiome Ireland, are amongst the newly elected fellows to the prestigious .

Three ÍíÉϸ£ÀûÔÚÏß¹Û¿´ Cork (UCC) researchers have been selected as new members of the Young Academy of Ireland (YAI), an all-island multidisciplinary network of researchers and innovators that aims to empower talented early-career researchers and future leaders.

ÍíÉϸ£ÀûÔÚÏß¹Û¿´ Cork (UCC) welcomed An Taoiseach Micheál Martin and the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Sir Keir Starmer, for an official visit that included a tour of one of UCC’s research flagships, Tyndall National Institute.

• Former Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon reflected on her years in public office and warned of growing pressures on democratic systems, including misinformation, polarisation and declining public trust in politics.
• She pointed to the prospect of significant constitutional change ahead, including the possibility of Scottish independence and focus on Irish reunification.
• Awards were presented to UCC’s Government and Political Science BSc students and Arts-Politics BA students.

ÍíÉϸ£ÀûÔÚÏß¹Û¿´ Cork (UCC) has today announced its 5 year capital development plan, setting out a strategic framework for campus development and physical and digital infrastructure investment over the coming years.

ÍíÉϸ£ÀûÔÚÏß¹Û¿´ Cork (UCC) and the University of San Francisco (USF) have formally signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) establishing a new framework for academic, research, and innovation collaboration between Ireland and the United States.

Teagasc and ÍíÉϸ£ÀûÔÚÏß¹Û¿´ Cork (UCC) have signed an updated Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), reaffirming their long-standing, valued, partnership.

The delivery of co-created school workshops on fossils and exploring how modern technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI), contribute to more efficient agricultural systems are the two ÍíÉϸ£ÀûÔÚÏß¹Û¿´ Cork (UCC) projects to receive funding through the Research Ireland Discover Programme.

ÍíÉϸ£ÀûÔÚÏß¹Û¿´ Cork (UCC) is delighted to announce the reappointment of Dr. Seán McCarthy, managing director of – a training company specialising in designing and delivering training courses on European Union (EU) research programmes, as Adjunct Professor within the Office of the Vice President for Research & Innovation.

ÍíÉϸ£ÀûÔÚÏß¹Û¿´ Cork (UCC) experts have been appointed as members of Ireland’s new National Science Advice Forum.

Eating unhealthy foods early in life leave lasting brain and feeding changes but gut bacteria can help restore healthy eating, a new ÍíÉϸ£ÀûÔÚÏß¹Û¿´ Cork (UCC) research study finds.

• Wildlife sound-recordist Seán Ronayne is among those being honoured by Alma mater.
• Other recipients of UCC alumni awards include Irish rally driver Billy Coleman

Analysing the effect of climate change on Ireland’s forestry carbon stores and exploring the reuse of municipal wastewater to irrigate grassland in Ireland are amongst the ÍíÉϸ£ÀûÔÚÏß¹Û¿´ Cork (UCC) projects to receive a combined €1m in funding under the annual Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Research Call.

A new research project aims to strengthen how parents prepare for breastfeeding, addressing a critical gap in antenatal care.

ÍíÉϸ£ÀûÔÚÏß¹Û¿´ Cork (UCC) has been named a European Union (EU) Gender Equality Champion in Research & Innovation, recognising the University’s outstanding efforts to advance gender equality, diversity, and inclusion across all levels of research and academia.

A €10 million investment will be made in a cancer care project that is aiming to provide cancer patients in the south of Ireland with greater access to the newest cutting-edge healthcare.

• An Taoiseach Micheál Martin opened conference celebrating centenary of radio in the Republic of Ireland.

Cork University Business School (CUBS) at ÍíÉϸ£ÀûÔÚÏß¹Û¿´ Cork (UCC) has joined the global elite of business schools after receiving full EQUIS accreditation from the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD). The achievement places CUBS among the top 1% of business schools worldwide.

PEACE-Air (Partnership for Evidence and Action on Clean Air) is an all-island initiative working to improve air quality and protect public health across Ireland and Northern Ireland through evidence-based policy, collaboration and innovation.

• World’s first research-backed intervention reduces harmful engagement with AI-generated explicit imagery.
• As the Grok AI-undressing controversy grows, researchers say user education must complement regulation and legislation.
• Study links belief in deepfake pornography myths to higher risk of engagement with non-consensual AI imagery.

ÍíÉϸ£ÀûÔÚÏß¹Û¿´ Cork (UCC) welcomes today’s announcement that the Government has approved the expansion of the Tyndal National Institute, a major research flagship.