Fuaim

The School of Music, University College Cork presents FUAIM, a season of concerts, lectures and music projects which brings together scholars, students, artists and audiences to reflect and celebrate the diversity and uniqueness of Music at UCC. Under the direction of the Head of School, Mel Mercier, FUAIM amplifies the University’s contribution to the cultural life of the city, region and country, and marks the beginning of a new chapter in the history of music studies at UCC.

Concerts in the FUAIM spring season are open to the public and admission is free to most events.

So come along and enjoy these wonderful events at University College Cork. If you’re wondering what Fuaim means then look it up by clicking here!

 

Find the right course for you at UCC

If you are interested in studying at University College Cork but you’re not sure which course you would like to take then we have the new search engine for you! We have recently installed a course search App on our facebook page. You can use this to search for programmes of interest to you and see what UCC has to offer! Login to facebook and see for yourself!!

Language Centre and CACSSS: new Language Laboratories

Language Centre and CACSSS: new Language Laboratories

The Language Centre and CACSSS are proud to announce the new computer facilities available in the two language laboratories on the ground floor of the O’ Rahilly building.
 Both laboratories have been fully equipped with the latest information technology facilities. The laboratories are for use by all students studying languages in the Language Departments in CACSSS, by all Language Centre students, and by all UCC staff and students who wish to make use of the self-access facilities.
For more information, go and visit the new Language Laboratories on the ground floor of the O’ Rahilly Building, or email us on resource@langcent.ucc.ie

Year of the Dragon celebrations

Summer School at UCC

8-WEEK INTENSIVE GREEK AND LATIN SUMMER SCHOOL, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK, IRELAND
June 25th – August 16th 2012

For the 13th year running, the Department of Classics at UCC offers an intensive 8-week summer school for beginners with parallel courses in Latin and Ancient Greek. The courses are primarily aimed at postgraduate students in diverse disciplines who need to acquire a knowledge of either of the languages for further study and research, and at teachers whose schools would like to reintroduce Latin and Greek into their curriculum. Undergraduate students are more than welcome to apply as well.
The basic grammar will be covered in the first 6 weeks and a further 2 weeks will be spent reading original texts.

Reduced tuition fee: 1500€

For further information and an application form see our website:
http://www.ucc.ie/en/classics/summerschool/
or contact the Director of the Summer School: Ms.Vicky Janssens, Department of Classics, University College Cork, Ireland, tel.: +353 21 4903618/2359, fax: +353 21 4903277, email: v.janssens@ucc.ie

Listen to UCC 98.3FM

We are extremely excited about the recent UCC98.3FM launch and you can listen to our university station 24/7! The radio broadcasts from the student centre in University College Cork and provides a whole range of programmes. This is a great place to get involved as over 70 volunteers work at the station and they all gain valuable experience in radio broadcasting. So listen in and if radio is something you are interested in please get in contact!

Peter does UCC proud!

Peter O’Riordan who has a degree in politics from University College Cork is the new face of TV in Hollywood. Peter reports the latest in celebrity gossip on TMZ, a celebrity news organisation which was launched in 2005. TMZ is notable for breaking the news of Michael Jackson’s death in 2009.

We at UCC wish Peter every success in his new career and hope he continues to spread the great news about UCC!

For a full article on Peter click here

You can watch Peter on The Saturday Night show (Saturday 7th of January) by clicking the image below

Cork: as seen through the eyes of an eighteenth century Indian Travel Writer

In 1799, the famous Indian traveller, Abu Taleb Khan, recorded on his arrival to Cork harbour how he was struck by the beauty of its ‘gentle slopes’, it’s large river which ‘resembled the Ganges’ and its vast natural harbour. Writing in Persian, Khan described how:

‘this extensive sheet of water, the verdure of the hills, the comfortable appearance of the town on one side and the romantic cottages of the other, with the formidable aspects of the fort, and so many large ships lying in the harbour, conveyed to mind such sensations as I had never before experienced. [Neither] the Bay of Genoa nor the Straits of Constantinople is to be compared with this’.

-Abu Taleb Khan, The Travels of Mirz Abu Taleb Khan (London, 1814)

Although written over two centuries ago, these descriptions would not be out of place today. Cork and UCC continue to garner international praise. A winner of the prestigious European Capital of Culture in 2005, Cork has been one of the Lonely Planet’s ‘top ten cities to visit’ for the past two years running. Similarly, UCC has also continued to win global recognition for excellence. It is currently ranked in the top 2 percent of universities globally and is Ireland’s only 5 Star University (QS Rankings). Why not come to UCC and discover for yourself what the university and the cork region has to offer?

Mukesh Gandhi talks about his MSc in Evidence Based Therapy Practice at UCC

Watch as Mukesh Gandhi,  talks about the “MSc in Evidence Based Therapy Practice” that he is studying at the UCC School of Clinical Therapies.

Deepak, from Kerala, on being an UCC Student

Deepak, from Kerala, discusses his PhD in Marine Zoology and life as a student in Ireland and UCC.