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News and Events
02 Apr 2025
MSW Student on Team that wins All Ireland Interprofessional Healthcare Challenge for Students 2025
A team of students from health and social care professions in UCC has won the intervarsity All Ireland Interprofessional Healthcare Challenge for Students.
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10 Feb 2025
New Masters: Superdiversity in Education, Organisations and Society (SEOS).
SEOS, an interdisciplinary two-year joint Masters Programme offered by eight world-class European universities, pooling their internationally renowned expertise in engaged research on the topic of Superdiversity.
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13 Dec 2024
3rd Annual Social Justice Human Rights Conference for Second Level Students (CETSS/SASS)
On Tuesday, December 10th 2024, International Human Rights Day, 180 Transition Year and Politics and Society students from Cork Educate Together Secondary School, Carrigaline Community School, and Millstreet Community School came together for an inspiring event. The conference was co-organized by Michaela Alfred-Kamara of Cork Educate Together Secondary School and Shirley Martin from the School of Applied Social Studies at University College Cork (UCC).
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25 Nov 2024
Webinar #8: Identifying loneliness through technology: what does this mean for Eleanor Rigby and all the lonely people?
Monday 25th November 2024, 1-2 pm. Click on the read more button to find out more about this free webinar. Click on the button a the top of the page or here to register. Presenter: Professor Eleanor Bantry White, @UCCsocialwork. Click here to find out more about Eleanor's work. Eleanor Rigby photo license CC-BY-NC 2.0 DEED. jcsullivan24 from Flickr.
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