The one takeaway from the 2017 general election in the UK that we can all pretty much agree with is that Theresa May has almost completely bungled it. Her Conservative Party had a thoroughly broken Labour Party as its main opposition, they had a majority government and they started the campaign with a massive lead in the…
The final student council of the year was held on Wednesday, the 15th of March, usually the longest council of the year as in addition to the normal business, a new council team had to be elected along with the USI hustings and subsequent USI elections. Five motions were up for discussion and debate, following…
New updated guidelines for the diagnosis, managements and care of patients with the Ehlers-Danlos syndromes have been published for the first time in 20 years. A recently formed international consortium of over 90 experts in the field of the Ehlers-Danlos syndromes published their research in the American Journal of Medical Genetics on Wednesday, March 15th….
The UCC Express was last night nominated for an international award. The Student Publication Association National Conference Awards, also known as the SPANCs, have been awarded to student publications & their staff for the last five years. The majority of their entries come from across the UK and Ireland, with entries from prestigious publications like…
A new Officer Board of the Union of Students in Ireland has now been elected. It is the first Officer Board of USI to not have a UCC alumnus since 2011. UCC represents a key hustings to win, as UCC possess a large number of votes; this is reflected in the results below, as almost…
Following on from previous reports here in the Express, we have a final update on the conference on the legitimacy of the state of Israel. The conference, titled International Law and the State of Israel: Legitimacy, Exceptionalism and Responsibility will be held in Cork from 31st March to 2nd April. The conference is scheduled to…
The failure by the management of Bus Éireann to achieve a resolution to the dispute with workers which has resulted in a sudden strike, has been criticised by the Students Union of Ireland, which has caused travel disruption to not only thousands of people but also to thousands of students traveling this weekend. The USI…
On March 20th the Union of Students in Ireland (USI) released the second phase of their ongoing campaign focused on informing students & young people of safe drug usage. The campaign runs in conjunction with the HSE and drugs.ie, and is primarily aimed at those using New Psychoactive Substances (NPS). The second phase concerns itself particularly with…
The shortlist for the National Student Media Awards were announced yesterday evening, and entries from University College Cork were heavily featured on the list. Publications & journalists from all across the country were represented across 29 categories on the list, with UCC receiving 49 mentions in total. The UCC entries, coming from the UCC Express, Motley…
As 2017 continues, UCC receives yet another nod of recognition for its excellence. Named University of the Year in The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2017 for the second year running, ranked highest in Ireland and 12th globally on the UI GreenMetric Rankings of World Universities 2016, it has also jumped in the QS Rankings…