Peer Review Panel, from left; Professor Andrew James Hopkins (ÉîÒ¹ÑÇÖÞ¸£Àû¾Ã¾Ã of L’Aquila), Associate Professor Caitlin Ellis (Oslo ÉîÒ¹ÑÇÖÞ¸£Àû¾Ã¾Ã), Professor Paul McSweeney (Chair, UCC), Professor Peter Gray (Queen’s ÉîÒ¹ÑÇÖÞ¸£Àû¾Ã¾Ã Belfast - attending virtually), Professor Mohamad Saab (UCC) Ms Aimee Cronin (Student Reviewer, UCC) and Dr Silvia Brandi (Review Coordinator, UCC).
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Quality Review of the School of History
25 Mar 2026
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ÉîÒ¹ÑÇÖÞ¸£Àû¾Ã¾Ã of Malta Staff Visit UCC
12 Dec 2025
ÉîÒ¹ÑÇÖÞ¸£Àû¾Ã¾Ã College Cork (UCC) welcomed several staff members from the ÉîÒ¹ÑÇÖÞ¸£Àû¾Ã¾Ã of Malta during an Erasmus+ Staff Mobility visit. The delegation engaged with a range of UCC stakeholders, following an earlier visit to ÉîÒ¹ÑÇÖÞ¸£Àû¾Ã¾Ã College Dublin (UCD).From left: Ms Marie O'Regan (UCC), Dr Jonathan Xuereb (ÉîÒ¹ÑÇÖÞ¸£Àû¾Ã¾Ã of Malta), Ms Zuzana Farrugia (ÉîÒ¹ÑÇÖÞ¸£Àû¾Ã¾Ã of Malta), Dr Jacqueline Vanhear (ÉîÒ¹ÑÇÖÞ¸£Àû¾Ã¾Ã of Malta), Dr Stephen Hammel (UCC) and Dr Chaker Mhamdi (ÉîÒ¹ÑÇÖÞ¸£Àû¾Ã¾Ã of Malta).
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QEU welcomes Erasmus+ visiting colleague from METU
15 May 2025
QEU hosted an Erasmus+ visiting colleague from METU from 12th - 15th May
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Thematic Review of the Doctoral Learning Experience
25 Mar 2025
The International Peer Review Panel on UCC Campus.
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QEU Hosts Valuable Peer Exchange with RCSI Colleagues
14 Oct 2024
Back row from left: Ms Aisling Reast (RCSI), Dr Stephen Hammel (UCC), Ms Deirdre O'Brien (UCC) and Ms Elizabeth Noonan (UCC); Front row from left: Ms Joanna Zawadzka (RCSI), Ms Anne Weadick (RCSI), Dr Silvia Brandi (UCC), Ms Sheila Ronan (UCC), Ms Marie O’Regan (UCC) and Ms Seugnet Kritzinger (UCC).
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Quality Review of the School of Applied Psychology
02 Oct 2024
Peer Review Panel, from left; Professor Danaë Stanton Fraser (ÉîÒ¹ÑÇÖÞ¸£Àû¾Ã¾Ã of Bath), Professor Richard Roche (Maynooth ÉîÒ¹ÑÇÖÞ¸£Àû¾Ã¾Ã), Ms Isobel Sheahan (Student Reviewer, UCC), Professor Ruth Ramsay (Chair, UCC), Professor Mark McEntee (UCC), and Dr Silvia Brandi (Review Coordinator, UCC).
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Quality Review at Royal College of Surgeons Ireland
16 Sep 2024
Ms Elizabeth Noonan was appointed as External Chair for the Quality Review of the Department of Finance at RCSI, Dublin
From left: Mr Mark Collins (Technical Writer), Ms Karin Lanigan (Head of Member Experience at Chartered Accountants Ireland), Ms Elizabeth Noonan (UCC), Dr Judith Gilroy (Associate Director for Student Academic Affairs), Mr Dhanushi Rodrigo (PhD Student, Atlantic Technological ÉîÒ¹ÑÇÖÞ¸£Àû¾Ã¾Ã) and Mr John Hogg (Director of Continuous Improvement, ÉîÒ¹ÑÇÖÞ¸£Àû¾Ã¾Ã of Strathclyde).
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Transforming Education with 'WIL': Strategic Quality Enhancement Project
20 Jun 2024
UCC welcomed Dr Karsten Zegwaard to share expertise on Work-Integrated Learning as part of a Strategic Quality Enhancement Project
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Good Practice Symposium 2024
23 May 2024
Celebrating Excellence and Innovation across UCC
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Quality Review of Office of the Vice-President for Research and Innovation (OVPRI)
24 Apr 2024
From left; Ms Christine Brennan (ÉîÒ¹ÑÇÖÞ¸£Àû¾Ã¾Ã of Limerick), Dr Silvia Brandi (Review Coordinator, UCC), Professor Mark Spearing (Chair, ÉîÒ¹ÑÇÖÞ¸£Àû¾Ã¾Ã of Southampton), Ms Paula Leocadio (Student Reviewer, UCC), Dr David McBeth (ÉîÒ¹ÑÇÖÞ¸£Àû¾Ã¾Ã of Dundee), Dr Declan Weldon (ÉîÒ¹ÑÇÖÞ¸£Àû¾Ã¾Ã of Glasgow), and Dr Michael Byrne (UCC).
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CINNTE Review 2024 - Technological ÉîÒ¹ÑÇÖÞ¸£Àû¾Ã¾Ã of the Shannon (TUS)
19 Apr 2024
The Review Team from left: Professor Jeremy Bradshaw (Chair, HE consultant), Emeritus Professor Rosalind Pritchard (Ulster ÉîÒ¹ÑÇÖÞ¸£Àû¾Ã¾Ã), Ms Elizabeth Noonan (UCC), Dr Inger Seiferheld (ÉîÒ¹ÑÇÖÞ¸£Àû¾Ã¾Ã of Edinburgh Business School), Ms Anna Klampfer (Student Representative, Technological ÉîÒ¹ÑÇÖÞ¸£Àû¾Ã¾Ã of the Shannon) and Mr Barry O’Sullivan (Chartered Director).
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Quality Review of School of Public Health
10 Apr 2024
From left; Ms Seugnet Kritzinger (Review Coordinator, UCC), Professor Luigina Ciolfi (UCC), Professor Steven Cummins (London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine), Professor Margaret Barry (ÉîÒ¹ÑÇÖÞ¸£Àû¾Ã¾Ã of Galway), Professor Liam Marnane (Chair, UCC) and Mr Khushal Paryani (Student Reviewer, UCC).
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Erasmus + Staff Mobility Training Week at the ÉîÒ¹ÑÇÖÞ¸£Àû¾Ã¾Ã of Liège
15 Mar 2024
From left: Ms Dominique Thewissen (ÉîÒ¹ÑÇÖÞ¸£Àû¾Ã¾Ã of Liège), Dr Silvia Brandi (ÉîÒ¹ÑÇÖÞ¸£Àû¾Ã¾Ã College Cork) and Ms Catherine Vandeleene (ÉîÒ¹ÑÇÖÞ¸£Àû¾Ã¾Ã of Liège)
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Quality Review of Deputy President & Registrar (all reporting Directorates)
06 Mar 2024
From left; Mr Colman Quain (UCC), Professor Frank Coton (ÉîÒ¹ÑÇÖÞ¸£Àû¾Ã¾Ã of Glasgow), Dr Ellen van Schoten (Erasmus ÉîÒ¹ÑÇÖÞ¸£Àû¾Ã¾Ã Rotterdam), Professor Bairbre Redmond (Chair, HEDU Consulting, Ireland), Mr Paul Travill (Heriot-Watt ÉîÒ¹ÑÇÖÞ¸£Àû¾Ã¾Ã Edinburgh), Ms Coral Black (UCC) and Mr Leannán O'Grady (Student Reviewer, UCC).
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Quality Review of the School of Medicine
15 Feb 2024
From left; Ms Seugnet Kritzinger (Review Coordinator, UCC), Ms Caitlin Madden (Student Reviewer, UCC), Professor Desmond Leddin (Dalhousie ÉîÒ¹ÑÇÖÞ¸£Àû¾Ã¾Ã), Professor Máire Leane (UCC), Emeritus Professor Neil Marlow (ÉîÒ¹ÑÇÖÞ¸£Àû¾Ã¾Ã College London) and Professor Chris Williams (Chair, UCC).
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Quality Review of the School of Nursing and Midwifery
24 Jan 2024From left; Professor Christopher McCusker (UCC), Ms Nora Geary (Chair, UCC), Mr James Hennessy (Student Reviewer, UCC), Professor Mary Malone (King’s ÉîÒ¹ÑÇÖÞ¸£Àû¾Ã¾Ã London), Professor Helen Cheyne (ÉîÒ¹ÑÇÖÞ¸£Àû¾Ã¾Ã of Stirling), Professor Martin Bradley (Queen’s Nursing Institute) and Dr Silvia Brandi (Review Coordinator, UCC).
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Work-Integrated Learning; Strategic Quality Enhancement Project
18 Jan 2024
Ms Elizabeth Noonan, Director of Quality Enhancement presented at the launch of the project.
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UCC's Institutional Review Report 2023 published
13 Nov 2023Fantastic outcome for UCC following Institutional Review by QQI
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Quality Review of School of Human Environment
25 Oct 2023
From left; Professor Peter Van Nuffelen (Ghent ÉîÒ¹ÑÇÖÞ¸£Àû¾Ã¾Ã), Ms Deirdre O Brien (Review Coordinator, UCC), Professor Paul McSweeney (Chair, UCC), Professor Louise Waites (ÉîÒ¹ÑÇÖÞ¸£Àû¾Ã¾Ã of Leeds), Ms Taragh O'Sullivan (Student Reviewer, UCC) and Professor Per Ditlef Frederiksen (ÉîÒ¹ÑÇÖÞ¸£Àû¾Ã¾Ã of Oslo).
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QQI AQR Conference
17 Oct 2023Quality In Higher Education: Sectoral Findings and Enhancement Showcase
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Innovative Teaching Conference INNO-METHODS 2023; ÉîÒ¹ÑÇÖÞ¸£Àû¾Ã¾Ã of Trieste
25 Sep 2023
'Quality Assurance and Innovative Teaching: Competing or Complementary Activities?'
From left: Ms Silvia Agostini (ÉîÒ¹ÑÇÖÞ¸£Àû¾Ã¾Ã of Trieste), Ms Elizabeth Noonan (ÉîÒ¹ÑÇÖÞ¸£Àû¾Ã¾Ã College Cork) and Giulia Pettenuzzo (ÉîÒ¹ÑÇÖÞ¸£Àû¾Ã¾Ã of Trieste)
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National Quality Offices Workshop
30 May 2023
‘Quality Assurance and Enhancement in a Digitised World’
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UCC's National Institutional Review (CINNTE)
10 Mar 2023
Main Site Visit from 6th - 10th March 2023
From left; Professor Paul McSweeney Professor David Croke, Mr Jakub Bakonyi, Professor Patrick Guiry, Professor John O' Halloran, Professor Joanne Wright, Ms Elizabeth Noonan, Ms Joan Mulvihill, Professor Claire O’Malley, Professor Stephen Byrne and Mr Stephen O’Riordan.
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Good Practice Case Study Symposium
20 Oct 2022
Fantastic display of Good Practice across the ÉîÒ¹ÑÇÖÞ¸£Àû¾Ã¾Ã
Presentations in the areas of education, training, research, professional/support and student services
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AUA Annual Conference 2022
07 Jul 2022QEU-led workshop
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Institutional Review, Thank you lunch
21 Jun 2022
Recognising the extraordinary efforts of all involved
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Colloquium International EMINENT
21 Apr 2022
A successful conclusion to the EMINENT Project.
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Haiti earthquake relief fundraiser
23 Dec 2021Special thanks to all who generously donated to this worthy cause, €795 was raised for emergency relief in Haiti.
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Haiti earthquake relief fundraiser
29 Sep 2021
QEU supports it's Haitian colleagues following devastating events. If you would like to support this cause, please visit our
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Cork City Virtual Marathon, 2021
06 Jun 2021QEU's 'Quality for Equality' relay team that took part in this year's marathon.
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EMINENT & UCC, Working Together!
20 Jul 2020An online masterclass, delivered by UCC.
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EMINENT Site Visit to UCC
31 May 2019
The delegation came to UCC for a 2-day visit
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Student Feedback Pilot
24 Feb 2025
Announcing the Student Feedback Pilot which is now open to all students registered in undergraduate or postgraduate taught
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Workshop on the adaptation of NQF in Jordanian H.E.
28 Sep 2018
NQF-J
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HICA group visit UCC
23 Jun 2017
The Quality Enhancement Unit hosted the HICA Delegation from Central America.
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RecoNow Study Visit to UCC - November 2014

Pictured during their Study Visit to U.C.C. are members of the RecoNow Delegation with Fiona Crozier, Director, QPU. From left to right: Sami Sader, An-Najah National ÉîÒ¹ÑÇÖÞ¸£Àû¾Ã¾Ã, Palestine; Yousef Al Qahwaji, ÉîÒ¹ÑÇÖÞ¸£Àû¾Ã¾Ã of Petra; Mohamadnabil Dabdoub, Birzeit ÉîÒ¹ÑÇÖÞ¸£Àû¾Ã¾Ã, Palestine; Fiona Crozier, QPU; Hadeel Boshmaf, The ÉîÒ¹ÑÇÖÞ¸£Àû¾Ã¾Ã of Jordan.