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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School of Education
Dr Maura Cunneen was elected President of OMEP Ireland
(Worldwide Organisation for Pre-school Education)
The Cohort PhD programme, under leadership of Dr Paul
Conway, had a successful Public Lecture series involving
several international scholars, including Professor Barbara
Comber from Queensland University of Technology, Australia.
School of English
Professor Pat Coughlan completed a visiting professorship in
Irish Studies at Concordia University, US.
School of Geography and Archaeology:
the human environment
Michael Monk represented UCC on the Expert Advisory Group
advising the Minister for the Environment, John Gormley, on
proposed New National Monuments Legislation and associated
Work Group meetings on the Review of Archaeological Policy
and Practice.
Dr Colin Rynne was appointed Council member of the Discovery
Programme, Chairman of the Agricultural History Society of
Ireland, and President of Industrial Heritage Association of
Ireland.
School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures
Dr Maeve Conrick:
• Invited by the NUI to act as member of the interview panel for
the National University of Ireland Postdoctoral Fellowship in
the Humanities, 2010
• Acted as judge for the Undergraduate Awards of Ireland and
Northern Ireland, 2010
• Invited by the NUI to act as member of the interview panel for
Travelling Studentship PhD Scholarship Awards, 2010
• Appointed as specialist advisor to the House of Commons, UK,
as an expert on international language policy and language
planning, 2009
• Elected as Chair of the Royal Irish Academy (RIA) Committee
for Modern Language, Literary and Cultural Studies, 2009/2013
• External Reviewer for the MA in Teaching English to Speakers
of Other Languages programme, University of Chichester,
2010
• NUI Representative to the State Examinations Commission,
for Leaving Certificate French, 2009/2010
• Elected President of the Association for Canadian Studies in
Ireland for 2010/2012.
Dr Angela Ryan was invited as visiting lecturer: Editeur George
Sand, 7 juin 2010. Equipe George Sand, sous la direction du
professeur Béatrice Didier. Ecole Normale Supérieure, rue
d’Ulm, Paris.
Dr Gert Hofmann
• was an invited visiting scholar to the University of Pennsylvania
and the University of Washington, US.
• Became a member of the Philosophische Fakultät at the
University of Rostock.
Dr Daragh O’Connell was a member of Executive Committee,
Society for Italian Studies
Scoil Léinn na Gaeilge
Professor Maire Herbert was re-elected to the Council of the
Royal Irish Academy, and appointed a member of the Irish
Placenames Commission, and a member of the governing board
of the School of Celtic Studies, Dublin Institute for Advanced
Studies.
School of Music and Theatre
The FUAIM series was lauched by the UCC School of Music
and Theatre in January 2010. Through the FUAIM season
of concerts and events, the UCC School of Music led the
university’s celebrations of the Centenary of Aloys Fleischmann
and amplified the University’s contribution to the cultural life of
Cork City and the region.
Launch of the Trasna intercultural music ensemble. After a series
of highly successful public concerts in Cork and Dublin, Trasna
represented UCC, Cork, and Ireland at EXPO 2010 in Shanghai.