Shortly before Christmas, a wide-eyed dog stared out at me from my Facebook feed. The post that followed led me to contact the organisation D.A.W.G. D.A.W.G (Dog Action Welfare Group) is a saviour to homeless dogs from all walks of life. De-stressing puppies rooms are not a secret at UCC. For the last event of…
Last Tuesday (22nd Jan) RTÉ aired a Prime Time special which examined the experiences of Transgender individuals in Ireland. The programme aimed to explore the ‘exponential growth in the number of young people seeking to change gender, and the implications of the proposed new law allowing them to do so without parental consent.’ Under the…
‘I feel like there’s no place to begin… The music industry comes to you if it wants ya, you don’t go to it.’- Cormac Porter. Two almost inseparable things come to mind when gigging, producing and performing enter the conversation: talent and the snakes and ladders game that is the industry. According to Cormac…
In order to ease the transition into university life, which can be a major adjustment process for many, UCC runs a Peer Support programme in which current university students act as a point of information and support for a handful of incoming first years. Incoming students can contact their Peer Support Leader (PSL) at any…
As any college student would know, the way to break the ice and make new friends won’t come about by discussing drink or the rise in the price of drinks. The guaranteed conversation starter is Ireland’s golden boy for transport – Bus Éireann. There is no way a college student cannot be touched by the…
Mark Maxwell is a Dublin-based Career Guidance Counsellor who works predominantly with the college student demographic. His recently-released book, “Death, My Guidance Counsellor” outlines his philosophy to finding a career that one can be excited about, detailing his own struggles with this journey, which saw him move from investment banking to Google, to entrepreneurship and…
Hello again friends! It’s about to be 2019 (jesus I’m old…) and that means it’s time to look back at what you’ve done in 2018, and to decide on if you want to be proud of what you accomplished or when you should really start apologising… But for the UCC-I mean…University Express… that means it’s…
The opinions expressed in this article are those of the author, and do not necessarily represent the views of the University Express. Should you be able to say whatever you want? Today, this is a controversial topic – with “hate speech” being a term tossed around the place like a ping-pong ball at a house…
Technology has linked together the world in ways which previous centuries did not. As a result, we have become more diverse in our thinking and approach to design. When it comes to design, it is essential to communicate with not only the majorities but also the minorities in society. More often than not, this is…
While there are many ups and downs to student life, I find myself today believing that, at least for this semester I hope, things cannot get as bad as they were last night for me and my housemates. This event had nothing to do with exams, rent, assignments or any other typical student problems –…