UCC Adult Continuing Education - ACE

Our Passion to Practice roundtable held this week as part of Cork Lifelong Learning Festival was a fantastic opportunity to capture practical insight from lived experience to inform future collaborations between the sector, higher education providers and training programmes.

Thank you to our co-host The Wheel and to all who attended on the day.

Those interested in philosophy and sociology will enjoy this fascinating lecture delivered by Kevin Power tomorrow, Saturday 25 April from 12pm-2pm.
This workshop, taking place as part of Cork Lifelong Learning Festival will teach you how to recognise and develop existing critical thinking skills, identify factors that contribute to narrow minded thinking, and practice learning how to understand, and engage with individuals and groups with whom we disagree.

📍UCC Main Camps, West Wing 9, T12 K8AF

As space is limited, please register here:
https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/from-philosophy-to-practice-cultivating-curiosity-and-openness-tickets-1982688332174?aff=oddtdtcreator



UCC School of Applied Psychology UCC Alumni and Friends UCC College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences

What Comes After Sorry? is the third phase of a collaborative creative project which uses creative writing, visual art and making to explore apology, accountability, safety and solidarity, hosted by UCC Alumni and participants in the Dillons Cross Project.

Join this workshop at University College Cork Library, where you will be introduced to the project and invited to write an apology on a piece of fabric. These pieces will be tied together as bunting and draped from the sail, continuing the collective artwork and conversation.

The Dillon’s Cross Project provides educational and social support to partners and families affected by imprisonment.



UCC Alumni and Friends Cork Lifelong Learning Festival Learning Neighbourhoods Cork Cork City Community Radio

Climate Change & Healthy Ageing Workshop 🌱
📅 Tuesday, April 28 | 2 PM - 3 PM
Climate change affects all of us; to build mental resilience to climate change and its negative effects is fundamental in ageing, where other challenges can accumulate.
In this workshop, we will explore how to support mental resilience in ageing. We will also present a series of online modules designed to deepen knowledge and skills on this topic. This workshop is of particular interest for anyone working with older people, particularly Health and Social Care professionals.

This event is taking place as part of Cork Lifelong Learning Festival

Click here to register for this event: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/climate-change-and-healthy-ageing-tickets-1982685522771?aff=oddtdtcreator

Join us for a free public lecture titled 'The Nourished Table: Terroir, Tradition & the Future of Real Food'' delivered by Dr Bill Schindler, archaeologist, chef and author of Eat Like a Human. Dr Schindler will explore how ancestral food practices connect us to place, memory and community.

Free public lecture, booking essential.
Register via Eventbrite:
https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/university-college-cork-annual-myrtle-allen-memorial-lecture-tickets-1983456297178?aff=ebdssbpointsofinterest

In Irish folklore, the 14th of February is not just about love, it also had the potential to predict the weather!

In Co. Galway, it was said that if a hedgehog emerged from its winter shelter at noon on Valentine’s Day and saw its own shadow, it would retreat for another six weeks, a sign that hard weather was still to come.

While in Co. Tipperary, people believed the rooks chose their mates on Valentine’s Day and began building their nests in early February. If the nests were built low, a poor summer was expected. If they were high, a fine summer lay ahead. An early cuckoo, too, was taken as a warning of bad weather to come.

These beliefs, recorded in the National Folklore Collection, remind us that Valentine’s Day was once a moment for reading signs in nature, not just exchanging cards.

Interested in traditions and tales in Ireland? Explore more in our part-time Heritage and Folklore Diploma - express your interest here: https://www.ucc.ie/en/ace-dhfs/

Say hello to our part-time Diploma in Heritage and Folklore Studies students!
Accompanied by their lecturer Angela Byrne, this month students spent the morning in University College Cork’s Special Collections learning how to access the National Folklore Collection on microform, followed by an afternoon at Cork Public Museum exploring material culture and the stories of Cork through its collections.

If you are interested in completing this programme, express your interest here: https://www.ucc.ie/en/ace-dhfs/


University College Cork Library

Happy International LEGO® Day! If you love Lego, why not become a certified LEGO® Serious Play® facilitator and use your passion in a business setting?

Our upcoming LEGO® Serious Play® Facilitator Certification Training dates are:

7–8 February 2026 (Book here: https://lnkd.in/dDpvj9GJ)

23–24 May 2026 (Book here: https://lnkd.in/dHZ3zbM5)

See full details here: https://lnkd.in/ekCrSZyh

Meet Gwen, the friendly face and first point of contact for many ACE learners at UCC. From first enquiries to ongoing support, Gwen plays a key role in welcoming adults back to education.

Catch her at the Postgraduate Fair today and have a chat about studying part-time at University College Cork.

Read more: https://www.ucc.ie/en/ace/news/team-spotlight-gwen-roche.html


Royal Cork Yacht Club

Thinking about upskilling, reskilling, or exploring a new passion this year?

Come say hello at our stand at the Postgraduate Expo tomorrow and discover part-time programmes designed to fit around busy work and life commitments.

📣NEW Pilot programme at UCC: Food Heritage in Action: Turning Tradition into Sustainable Enterprise

The 10-week course is about bringing ancient lessons into modern kitchens, farms and markets.

Learn practical tools to reimagine traditional and indigenous culinary practices and develop them into food projects that are:
✔️Ethical
✔️Sustainable
✔️Economically viable.

Read more on EchoLive.ie here:
https://www.echolive.ie/corknews/arid-41772551.html


Dr. Bill Schindler The Modern Stone Age Family Modern Stone Age