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Photo: UCC awardees in the 2024 Government of Ireland Postdoctoral Fellowship and Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship awards. 30 Oct 2024 Early career researchers receive prestigious Research Ireland funding Early-stage researchers at University College Cork (UCC) have received over €4.6m in research funding in the 2024 Government of Ireland (GOI) Postdoctoral Fellowship and Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship awards. Read more Anne O’Leary, Head of Meta Ireland, and President of IBEC, the Irish Business and Employers Confederation, who was today conferred with an Honorary Doctorate by UCC for her services to business and technology, her charitable works, and for advancing the position of women in the workplace. Photo: Daragh McSweeney, Provision 24 Oct 2024 Head of Meta Ireland and IBEC President Anne O’Leary honoured with UCC honorary doctorate Anne O’Leary, Head of Meta Ireland, and President of IBEC, the Irish Business and Employers Confederation, was today conferred with an Honorary Doctorate by University College Cork (UCC) for her services to business and technology, her charitable works, and for advancing the position of women in the workplace. Read more Photo: Dr Joanna Wharton, School of English and Digital Humanities. Image credit: Ruben Martinez (UCCTV). 17 Oct 2024 UCC researcher to investigate Georgian-era surveillance communications that pre-date the telegraph Dr Joanna Wharton receives prestigious €590,262 Taighde Éireann - Research Ireland Pathway Programme award. LINC project offers new perspectives on pre-electrical telegraphic cultures, during the period 1794-1850. The project contributes to a historically informed debate on the legacies of surveillance, secrecy, and technological acceleration. Read more Professor John O'Halloran, President of University College Cork; Rachel O'Leary, Director of Consulting & Business Engagement and Sean O'Driscoll, Chair of UCC's Governing Authority pictured at UCC’s Business Engagement Event. Pic Daragh Mc Sweeney/Provision 16 Oct 2024 “Irish Universities can and must be much better at engaging with business” “Irish Universities can and must be much better at engaging with business” states Sean O’Driscoll, one of Ireland’s business leaders, and chair of the Governing Authority of University College Cork (UCC). Read more