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All in OVPLT bid a fond farewell to @ucclibrary.bsky.social librarian Coral Black as she moves on to new adventures in Leeds.

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Ready for your next role? Brand new leadership role in @ucclibrary.bsky.social to lead our Digital Scholarship Studio & other technology-rich spaces and services embedding them into the teaching, learning and research landscape in UCC. Closing 25th March at noon! Come join our super team! #lisjobsie

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Delegates from @eua.eu L&T Forum viewing one of @ucc.ie treasures - The Great Book of Ireland. Huge thanks to @ucclibrary.bsky.social #EUALearnTeach

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Great to start to #EUALearnTeach with uplifting speeches from @joh2024.bsky.social and @paulmcs.bsky.social. John mentions being an island of serenity and shares the history of @ucc.ie and its focus. Paul speaks to thd benefits of engaging with the @eua.eu over several years.

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Creative Zone in @ucclibrary.bsky.social packed this evening for a very moving event - Ukrainians living in Cork sharing their stories on the third anniversary of the start of the war.

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Movie night in @ucclibrary.bsky.social! Part of our student engagement activities this week. Did someone say free hot chocolate!?!

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Minister James Lawless opens today's Recognition of Prior Learning symposium in Dublin. Outcomes, reflections and next steps on a great project.

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As it's the feast of St Gobnait today, February 11, here's a part of Harry Clarke's stained glass window in the Honan Chapel, UCC, depicting her in her role as the patron saint of bees and beekeepers. She's also the patron saint of iron workers. #Speirgorm #Cork #StainedGlass #HarryClarke

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Well done Loretta!

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Just a reminder. Closing date for University Librarian position in UCC is Monday...

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. @ursulak.bsky.social opens Cork Traveller Education Seminar 2025. City Hall packed for this important event. ACE in @ucc.ie very active in this space.

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First of a series of lunchtime walks for OVPLT staff and friends was a guided stroll through the @ucc.ie arboretum. Head gardener Jack Murphy gives a curatorial tour of our living treasures.

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A great buzz @ucc.ie Hub this afternoon as colleagues inspire our graduates to consider post graduate studies here at ucc! Thanks to all for making this possible! @orlalynch-ucc.bsky.social @ursulak.bsky.social @paulmcs.bsky.social

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UCC Quad shrouded in an early morning mist. What a lovely way to start the day

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Winter careers fair. Hub heaving all day. Well done all!

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The value of handwriting… t.co/YK6lEAkUAC

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President of Ireland celebrates a century of publishing by Cork University Press President Higgins was presented with one of its landmark publications 'Atlas of the Irish Civil War' at a special event in Áras an Uachtaráin. www.ucc.ie/en/news/2025... @corkup.bsky.social

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Dr Eadaoin Regan demonstrates the new sensory space in UCC Skills Centre to support neurodiverse students. Thanks to SATLE for funding. (And yes, I did try the bean-bags! 😀)

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Don’t let ancient languages die: They illuminate our own blind spots. Lovely essay on the value of the humanities. unherd.com/2025/01/dont...

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President Higgins today received representatives of Cork University Press and the editors of 'Atlas of the Irish Civil War: New Perspectives' on a courtesy call at Áras an Uachtaráin. Cork University Press this year celebrates its 100 year anniversary

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We're hiring a new University Librarian for @ucclibrary.bsky.social @ucc.bsky.social. For further information please click on andersonquigley.com/ucc-librarian/

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Media coverage of our recent study (with Ava McCoy) about how digital technologies have become part of mourning practices in Ireland. Piece in @irishexaminer.bsky.social www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41... (cc @uccresearch.bsky.social)

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Just noticed there’s a tribute to our @ucc.bsky.social colleague, Dr Éibhear Walshe, in the Holly Bough. He was one of our own; I think he’d have liked that. ♥️

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Merry Christmas everyone!!

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Congratulations to @lorettag.bsky.social and @thelen.bsky.social for the national recognition of their impactful work in academic integrity, digital transformation and Generative AI @ucc.bsky.social.

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17 Dec 1864, Professors at Queen’s College Cork vote to fund a memorial window to Prof George Boole (died 8 December 1864). The window was designed and manufactured by the firm of John Hardman & Company, Birmingham. It was installed in the Aula Maxima, December 1866. m.youtube.com/watch?v=QTBR...

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Lovely parchment ceremony today for graduates of the PG Cert and PG Dip in Dairy Technology and Innovation. Well done to all! @akellyucc.bsky.social

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HEA Teaching and Learning Conference 2024. Very interesting discussions today in Dublin on driving change in T&L through policy and innovation. @cirtl.bsky.social @catherineomahony.bsky.social

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Lovely evening in UCC @ucc.bsky.social celebrating excellence in Creativity, Education, Activism & Sport with honorary degrees to County Cork residents Jeremy Irons, David Putnam, Adi Roche & Dominick Casey

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"100 years plus of data ... showing clear risk ... and no nutritional benefit." Common sense comments @pbsnews.bsky.social on the risks associated with raw milk from Dr John Lucey, director of the Wisconsin CDR and @ucc.bsky.social graduate. @akellyucc.bsky.social www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

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A small selection of the gratitude and hope messages posted on our Christmas tree in Boole Library. There is plenty of time to add yours. #christmas #christmastree (1/2)

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Had lovely day in University of Wisconsin Center for Dairy Research. Really excellent pilot plant facilities in renovated Babcock Hall. So different to when I worked here in the early 1990s.

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Spent most of the week in @utahstate.bsky.social teaching short course in dairy chemistry to about 40 grad students from six western US universities. Utah has amazing scenery.

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Fine Gael to announce plans to ‘phase out’ third level fees in election manifesto, says Simon Harris www.irishtimes.com/politics/202... >>if this doesn’t come with equivalent direct exchequer funding to universities, the system will collapse. It is already on the brink of bankruptcy.

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Exactly this 👇 LLM are exactly what the name Large Language Models means. They model language. They construct sentences that sound plausible, even probable. They are not reproducing facts, but rather language that reads like facts. What makes them dangerous is that people don’t understand that.

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Lovely graduation ceremony this evening for the first cohort of @ucc.bsky.social @cirtl.bsky.social innovative Postgraduate Certificate in Professional Practice and Leadership. @catherineomahony.bsky.social

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My university is part of the UNIC European university alliance which is essentially a supra mobility exercise. My poster at the recent Learning and Teaching showcase highlights how Boyer’s four scholarships map onto this approach in European higher education. #sotl

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