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@ucc.ie

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French government concessions to students 'tactically shrewd' but risk creating new set of problems On @france24.com, Prof. @oliverjdavis.bsky.social cautions the concessions offered to secondary school students merely "scratch the surface".

france24.comFrench government concessions to students 'tactically shrewd' but risk creating new set of problemsOliver Farry welcomes Oliver Davis, Professor and Head of the Department of French at University College Cork. According to Professor Davis, the government's handling of the student protests reflects…
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Breakthrough microchip advances next-generation 6G communications Researchers @tyndallinstitute.bsky.social have helped develop programmable microchips designed to enable future 6G and satellite communications.

ucc.ieBreakthrough microchip advances next-generation 6G communications | University College CorkLearn, Study and Research in UCC, Ireland's first 5 star university. Our tradition of independent thinking will prepare you for the world and the workplace in a vibrant, modern, green campus.
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"Coastal zones are incredibly important areas for humanity. This is especially true for Ireland, where all our major cities and on, or directly connected to, the coast." Kevin Walsh shares his work on the first national map of Ireland’s exposure to climate hazards. @epaireland.bsky.social

siliconrepublic.comUCC geologist behind Ireland's first climate exposure mapAs the impacts of climate hazards intensify, I think more people will come to recognise that we are very much part of the natural world, not separate from it.

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍
@irishrainforest.bsky.social

What a special pleasure to have birder, zoologist, and President of @ucc.ie, John O'Halloran, visit the rainforest today. UCC gave fantastic support to the production of our film and documentary, An Irish Atlantic Rainforest (now on RTÉ Player), for which I'm extremely grateful.

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Caroline O'Doherty
@codohertynews.bsky.social

Research from @ucc.ie pinpoints Irish coastal areas at greatest risk of climate hazards. Interactive map and Coastal Hazard Exposure Index allows public click on any of 33,000 points and see the risk profile. Map here: ucc.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant... www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

irishtimes.comFlood map: See the Irish coastline areas at ‘very high’ risk from flooding, erosion or sea level riseInteractive online map allows public to check exposure to risks in their own area
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Around 400,000 hectares of Irish farmland is held in commonage. These uplands have the potential to support some of the richest habitats in Ireland. Dr Eugene Costello joined RTÉ Countrywide to explore the history and future of our uplands and commonage.

rte.ieUplands and CommonageWe’ll begin on the hills and it’s about commonage - land own between farmers. Roughly 400,000 hectares of farmland is held under commonage, and it can become some of the richest habitat in the country...

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍
@irishrainforest.bsky.social

(Scots) pine wasn't among the tree species that were present in the rainforest when I arrived in 2009. But paleoecological research carried out by William O'Brien of @ucc.ie revealed that it was a major component of the locality's original wildwood, so I reintroduced it about 10 years ago.

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Hearing children of deaf adults experience stigma but show agency and resilience UCC researchers call for greater recognition of children of deaf adults in family services, social policy and research. @researchireland.ie

ucc.ieHearing children of deaf adults experience stigma but show agency and resilience – new research | University College CorkLearn, Study and Research in UCC, Ireland's first 5 star university. Our tradition of independent thinking will prepare you for the world and the workplace in a vibrant, modern, green campus.
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Eurovision winner ineligible to host if involved in 'armed conflict' Dr Finola Doyle O'Neill, Broadcast and Legal Historian, comments on new rules which aim to ensure contest provides ‘safe and welcoming environment’ for participants.

rte.ieEurovision winner ineligible to host if involved in 'armed conflict'The European Broadcasting Union - the organiser of the Eurovision Song Contest - has said the winning country will "automatically be ineligible to host" if their state is involved in an "armed conflic...

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He/she/they.... the appropriate uses of some #pronouns have changed over the years. In time, we also lost the useful wit, unker and git. But what did they allow us to say? Read the interview with Tom Birkett, leader of the NorseMap #Viking research. 👇 @norseincork.bsky.social @ucc.ie #ERCCoG

buff.lyWit, unker, git: The lost medieval pronouns of English intimacyTales of love and adventure from 1,000 years ago reveal a dazzling range of now-extinct English pronouns. They capture something unique about how people once thought about "two-ness".
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'We were all just in awe': Shedding new light on the long, slow, ice-cold life of a deep-sea shark UCC Marine Ecology PhD researcher Jasmine Stavenow Jerremalm was among those to study a species shrouded in mystery.

bbc.co.uk'We were all just in awe': A stranding in Ireland sheds new light on the long, slow, ice-cold life of a deep-sea sharkSome Greenland sharks alive today may have been contemporaries of Shakespeare. With a scarred heart that beats for centuries, this deep-sea shark defies age-related decline.
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Led by Cork City Council, the Cultureways project is in partnership with the Glucksman Gallery, Cork Midsummer Festival, Sapience, and the Sustainability Institute at UCC. 2/2

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UCC's Platinum STARS rating places it alongside leading global institutions including Cornell University, Stanford University and the University of California.

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On #WorldRefugeeDay, UCC is proud to be a Sanctuary University. We seek to support the participation, belonging, and success of people seeking sanctuary. Apalang Atar was forced to flee her home in South Sudan, but is now studying for a Masters at CUBS through UCC’s Education Pathways Programme.