PResident's RePORt 2009/2010 - University College Cork

Foreword
UCC at a Glance
Academic Developments
Teaching and Learning
Research
College Reports:
Arts, Celtic
Studies and Social
Sciences
Business and Law
Medicine and Health
Science, Engineering and
Food Science
Events
Student Experience
Sports and Recreation
Buildings and Estates
Cork University Press
Finance
Governing Body
IRIS Appendix
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Student Awards:
• Paula Donovan (PhD, supervisor: Dr Maeve Conrick):
won one of seven international scholarships awarded by
International Council for Canadian Studies (ICCS) Graduate
Student Scholarship for ‘Language Policy and Planning and
Immigration of Allophones to Canada and Québec’.
• Dylan Brennan (PhD) was awarded a Government of Mexico
Postgraduate Student Fellowship.
• Dr Lucy O’Meara (mentor: Professor Patrick O’Donovan) was
awarded a Government of Ireland Post-Doctoral Fellowship.
School of Music and Theatre
Dr Franc Chamberlain was awarded a NAIRTL grant for
development of Undergraduate Research Projects.
Dr Michelle Finnerty
• Secured three-year funding for research on the musical culture
of children in Ireland by the National Children’s Strategy
Doctoral Scholarship from the Office of the Minister for Children
and Youth Affairs. Co-supervised by Dr Mel Mercier (UCC) and
Dr John O Flynn (St Patrick’s College, Drumcondra).
• Won an Arts Council of Ireland Bursary Award (2009-2010)
for research on arts participation in community health care
contexts in Ireland.
Dr Ger Fitzgibbon was awarded the President’s Award for
Academic Leadership.
Dr Melanie Marshall was awarded a Marie Curie International
Outgoing Fellowship (three years), EU of circa €242,000.
Study of Religions
Dr James Kapalo won NAIRTL funding to introduce a fieldwork
research strand into year three of the Religions and Global
Diversity programme.
College Graduate School
Six Erasmus Mobility Scholarships were awarded to PhD
students to study in the following foreign universities with which
UCC has partnerships:
• Shane O’Donnell (History), Friedrich Alexander Universität
Erlangen-Nurnberg, Germany,
• Adrian O’h-Ealuithe, (Hispanic Studies), Universidad de
Santiago, Spain
• Kamila McCann Lufferova (Hispanic Studies), Universidad de
Santiago, Spain
• Steven Murphy (History), University of Iceland, Iceland
• Jonathan Murphy (History), Jagiellonian University, Poland
• David Convery (History), Universidad de Salamanca, Spain.
External Engagements
School of Applied Social Studies
Dr Orla O’Donovan was appointed as a member of the Medical
Council’s Ethics Working Group.
Dr Carmel Halton:
• External Reviewer for the School of Sports, Tourism and the
Humanities. Quality Review Exercise WIT 2010
• Member of the board of trustees of the Castlehyde Trust
Foundation supporting people in the community with
intellectual disability
• Board Member of the INPRO, a project for serious and
persistent offenders, under the auspices of the Probation
Service
• Member of the Fermoy Regional Enterprise Board, NSWQB
Non National Committee, NSWQB Panel of Assessors,
Editorial Board of the Probation Journal.
School of Asian Studies
The UCC Confucius Institute offered non-degree courses in
Chinese for more than 130 adult learners in the Cork region,
Chinese culture and language courses within 32 local primary
and secondary schools and established three Confucius
classrooms.