Attention UCC students! New open online courses are offered by University of Liège for 2025/26.

Call for Expressions of Interest – PG7004 Research Training - Masterclass: Contemporary Theoretical Paradigms in the Humanities focusing on Artistic Methodologies for Artists and non-Artists as applied to transformations of urban space. 

Attention UCC students! Applications are open for the UNIC Virtual Semester Exchange Program (open online courses) delivered by Koç University Istanbul.

The UNIC Mathematics Summer School 2025 took place at Koç University Istanbul on June 22-29, with 16 UCC students participating.

Nine University College Cork business master's students took part in an exciting UNIC summer school in Dubrovnik, Croatia, on 29 June - 5 July 2025.

UNIC's first academic conference took place on 6-9 May at the University of Malmö, Sweden, robustly addressing themes of urban resilience, sustainability, and the future of post-industrial societies. 

The Academia to Entrepreneurial Impact (A2EI) programme is a practical, hybrid programme designed for PhD and doctoral students who want to know more about innovation or explore the entrepreneurial potential of their research, as part of their career development journey. Whether you are curious about startups, policy work, or just want to sharpen your entrepreneurial mindset, the programme gives you the knowledge and tools to take the first step! 

• MITIME is an interdisciplinary PhD Programme focusing on mobility, migration, and societal transformation.
• University College Cork is one of seven UNIC universities and ten civil society partners brought together in this programme consortium.
• Funded by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Doctoral Networks Call, the programme will recruit 15 PhD students across the consortium, two of whom will be registered at UCC.

Seven colleagues from the Access UCC team recently visited Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) on an Erasmus+ staff exchange visit. The group was hosted by EUR's IDEA Center, with a packed programme focusing on exchange of good practices in widening participation.

Deirdre Parker, Careers Advisor at University College Cork, hosted the UNIC Careers Staff Week on employability in the curriculum at University College Cork, 26-28 May. Deirdre reflects on the experience and learnings of the staff week.