UCC School of Nursing and Midwifery

Today, on National Cancer Survivors Day, the School of Nursing & Midwifery at University College Cork celebrates the strength, resilience, and courage of cancer survivors and recognises the unique journey that each person experiences.

Cancer is not a single disease but more than 100 different conditions, each affecting individuals and families in different ways. Survivorship extends beyond treatment and encompasses the physical, emotional, social, and practical challenges that many people may face during and after cancer.

As a School committed to advancing healthcare, education, and research, we support continued efforts to improve cancer care, expand survivorship services, and promote policies that enhance quality of life for all those living with and beyond cancer.

We invite you to follow us on our LinkedIn profile where we will be highlighting research, initiatives, and projects undertaken within the School that contribute to our understanding of cancer survivorship and support the survivorship movement. Through research, education, and partnership, we aim to contribute to evidence-informed approaches that help survivors not only live beyond cancer, but thrive.

On this National Cancer Survivors Day, we honour all survivors and reaffirm our commitment to supporting research and innovation that improves lives.

📢 We Are Recruiting!

The School of Nursing and Midwifery at UCC, in partnership with the HSE, is seeking applications for a Professor in Midwifery (Joint UCC/HSE Appointment).

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced midwifery leader to shape the future of midwifery education, research, and clinical practice, while driving innovation and excellence in maternity care.

✨ Joint academic and clinical leadership role
✨ Opportunity to influence policy, practice, and research
✨ Work across UCC and the HSE

Interested or know someone who might be? Applications are now open.

🔗 Apply here: https://my.corehr.com/pls/uccrecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.display_form

A big congratulations to the id+ Futures Project on a brilliant end‑of‑programme exhibition 👏✨ We were delighted to support this project, creating opportunities for people with intellectual disability to join nursing students in shared co‑learning modules 🤝💙. Learning together was beneficial for everyone, enjoyable, refreshing, and brought new perspectives 🌱 A special mention to our colleagues Anne‑Marie Martin (Senior Teaching Fellow), Caroline Brady Nevin, Caroline Dalton, and Maria Caples (Teaching Fellows) who opened up their modules as part of the co‑learning experience. Well done to everyone involved, a great programme and a lovely moment to celebrate 🎉 +Futures

✨ Annual Achievement Awards - May 14th ✨ We were proud to celebrate the incredible achievements of our School of Nursing and Midwifery community 💙 From student leadership and research excellence to professional practice, creativity, equality, community engagement, sport and the arts, this year’s award recipients truly reflect the breadth of talent, dedication and impact across our School.

🏅 Huge congratulations to all our winners:
Heidi Robertson, Deirdre Kennehan, Ruffa Magno Guevara, Lana Zoric, Aryth Stryker, Yue Wu, Miriam Murphy, Eabha Daly, Ruiya Wang, Eithne Whelan, Finn Murray, Eileen Gleeson, Emma O’Callaghan and Sarah Murray

🌟 Thank you for everything you contribute to our students, our profession and our wider community.








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Celebrating International Day of the Midwife Midwifery is grounded in evidence, compassion, and partnership with women and families. At UCC, we are proud of our students, educators, researchers, and clinical colleagues who contribute to advancing midwifery practice and improving maternal and newborn care. Today, we recognise the impact of midwives locally and globally and the importance of continued investment in education, research, and leadership in midwifery.

🎙️ Live tonight – Midwifery Forum (7–8pm UK)

Fear of Childbirth or Fear of Systems?

Dr Maeve O’Connell (UCC) explores how fear may be shaped not just by birth itself, but by how care is organised and delivered. Drawing on the Quality Maternal and Newborn Care Framework, this session connects evidence to practice and education.

Join live: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fear-of-childbirth-or-fear-of-systems-tickets-1988015994355

Hosted by Sue Macdonald

Fear of Childbirth or Fear of Systems? The Midwifery Forum’s weekly live stream, brought to you by MATFLIX – every Wednesday, 7-8pm, UK

🌍 New Special Issue: Planetary Health and the Role of Midwives

We are delighted to share a special issue of Women and Birth co-edited by Dr Maeve O’Connell (UCC) and Professor Christine Catling.

This issue explores the growing impact of climate change on maternal and newborn health, with a strong focus on:

care during emergencies and humanitarian crises
disaster preparedness in maternity services
the critical, often under-recognised, frontline role of midwives

As environmental challenges intensify globally, midwives continue to provide safe, skilled, and compassionate care in some of the most complex and resource-constrained settings.

This is essential reading for those interested in the future of resilient, sustainable maternity care.

As part of an NMBI-funded project, a research team led by Dr Johnny Goodwin, School of Nursing & Midwifery, UCC developed a series of short films to explore how visual storytelling can shape young people’s perceptions of nursing and midwifery.
It was a really worthwhile piece of work, and encouraging to see evidence that film can positively shape how young people understand nursing and midwifery as career options.
If you know someone considering these paths, the report and short films are all included here: https://lnkd.in/dsQ8W9BN
The link the short film is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axFXxelmTlA