UCC’s annual Student Union Elections take place next week, with voting taking place on March 4th, 5th and 6th. This year, as part of the election registration process, candidates were asked to answer five questions for The University Express about their campaign, their manifesto and their plans were they to be elected. Each day, we will…
The landscape of Cork City has changed in recent years due to the construction of student accommodation premises such as Amnis House. The opening of Amnis House provided another 190 student beds to a city that is sorely crying out for increased accommodation amid this student housing crisis. Uninest, who run this student residence, are…
It emerged on the 5th of February that a lecturer from University College Cork was escorted from her class by UCC security after students realised that the woman in question was intoxicated. In an email from the class representative on behalf of the class, it was noted that all was not well in the early…
It was announced in early February that University College Cork, The Mardyke Arena and Cork City Football Club, would continue to work in tandem with one another until 2022. The partnership, since its origin in 2016, has been a monumental success for all involved and places Cork City FC firmly in the heart of the…
UCC announced on Friday (15th February) that they are to cut ties with Nobel prize-winning scientist Dr. James Watson following racially insensitive comments he made in a recent documentary. In doing this, they have begun the process to re-name the Watson building, which was named after Dr. Watson in 2016. The controversy surrounding Dr. Watson…
UCC’s Student Union president, Alan Hayes, has confirmed that the man who called Cork’s 96fm Opinion Line radio show on Friday February 15th was not, in fact, him despite claiming to be. Hayes clarified the situation in a tweet sent from the @UCCSUPresident account. He noted that that the caller ‘He passed inaccurate remarks about…
University College Cork has recently launched its new Food Institute, which represents a growing development in food research and education in Ireland. Jim Corbett, Director of the Food Institute in UCC, described it as “an exciting development which will make a strategic contribution to regional and national food industry development, innovation and success, and which…
This year, University College Cork grabbed headlines by becoming the only Irish university to make the list of the top ten most sustainable universities in the world. This is a big achievement for UCC and one that both staff and students have been working towards for some time. A number of improvements have been made…
In mid-January, Ireland’s first ever public transport 24-hour bus was launched, much to the delight of thousands of Cork students. The 220 bus service operates through highly populated towns in Cork, such as Ballincollig, Douglas and Carrigaline, and as a result is utilised by huge numbers of students who commute to college on a daily…
UCC’s Dr Frank Crowley has backed the decision to grant planning permission for the construction of a 10-storey apartment building on Victoria Road. The plans will see a total of 19 apartments being built, while the development company, Target Ark Ltd, have also laid out proposals for a restaurant and café on the ground of…