Paul McSweeney
@paulmcs.bsky.social
VP Learning and Teaching at @ucc.bsky.social University College Cork, Ireland. Views all my own.
Picard management tip: Tolerate failure, not incompetence. Learn the difference.
Was out for a walk today and (honestly) my first thought was “Isn’t that shop very handy now for people at a match…” 😖
Celebrate 100 years of Cork University Press, Ireland’s oldest university press Join us Thu 11 Sept in UCC’s Dora Allman Room for a symposium on landmark works, from Dánta Grádha to the award-winning Atlas Series, (plus an evening reception.) Free & open to all www.eventbrite.com/e/cork-unive...
I rarely post about personal stuff, but just so ridiculously proud of my niece DrDr (Dr^2?) @sheilamcsweeney.bsky.social who graduated today from @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social with a PhD in Medicine. #ProperDoctorAtLast
Delighted to welcome @lizjolly.bsky.social to @ucc.ie on her first day as University Librarian in @ucclibrary.bsky.social. Best of luck Liz!
📚 Last night we celebrated the launch of Beating Time: The Story of the Irish Bodhrán by Fintan Vallely. Huge thanks to @nmireland.bsky.social for hosting us in their majestic rotunda, to Kevin Conieff for launching and to everyone who joined us 🎶 🔗 www.corkuniversitypress.com/978178205046...
At the Hunt Museum for a preview of the superb Richard Harris exhibition prepared in partnership with @ucclibrary.bsky.social special collections. Had to be told the colour scheme was that of Young Munster rugby!
Sincere thanks to @acarbery.bsky.social as his term as interim University Librarian in @ucclibrary.bsky.social @ucc.ie draws to a close and looking forward to welcoming @lizjolly.bsky.social to our lovely campus next month.
Sincerest thanks to everyone who contributed to today's Leadership Summit on #GenerativeAI in #HigherEducation, convened by the Higher Education Authority & proudly hosted @ucc.ie. Today's conversations will feed directly into our forthcoming policies & guidelines on #GenAI. hea.ie/2025/06/03/h...
Ireland is the most highly educated country in the world, according to this analysis by CBRE. We're the only nation in which a majority of adults aged 25–64 have a bachelor’s degree or higher. Education has transformed our country's fortunes for the better. 🇮🇪 www.visualcapitalist.com/charted-the-...
@ucc.ie research team of the year goes to the group behind @corkup.bsky.social wonderful Atlas of the Irish Civil War! @uccresearch.bsky.social Well done all!!
Congrats to five fantastic @ucc.ie colleagues admitted to Royal Irish Academy @ria.ie today - Denis O'Mahony, Nuala Finnegan, @paulmcs.bsky.social & Holger Claussen A worthy reflection of their impactful research & scholarship @uccresearch.bsky.social
This afternoon, 28 distinguished individuals were formally admitted as members of the RIA, following their recent election, in recognition of their outstanding achievements across the sciences, humanities, social sciences, and public service. www.ria.ie/2025/05/22/2... #RIAAdmittanceDay
Had an absolutely lovely day today in the @ria.ie. Deeply honoured and grateful to all my former PhD students, post-docs and collaborators. You know who you are – and I thank you all!
20 May 325: The First Council of Nicaea, in what is now Turkey, is formally opened. It started the first ecumenical council of the #Christian Church. The council was called for by Roman Emperor Constantine I. #history #religion #Catholic #OTD yalebooks.yale.edu/2020/08/06/v...
Voting about God at the Council of Nicaea - Yale University Press
Ramsay MacMullen— At Nicaea in AD 325 some 200 bishops assembled. The total is not certain: perhaps a little below that figure, probably a little above it. Not all who... READ MORE
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We had a lovely symposium in @ucc.ie yesterday in honour of the late Prof PF Fox – thesis supervisor, mentor and friend. The Aula Max was packed by colleagues and former students from all over the world to pay tribute to arguably the leading dairy chemist of his generation.
The Aula Max in @ucc.ie is packed this morning for the UCC Career Service Employer Partnership Forum. A great opportunity to share knowledge in relation to work placement themes and topics.
"You hear this curious phrase more and more these days. And for me, at least, it always evokes the image of an academic who has eaten too much." Humorous take on the emerging title of "full professor" by @frankie49.bsky.social in the @irishtimes.com. www.irishtimes.com/opinion/an-i...
Academic questions: Frank McNally on Titanic terriers, epic expense accounts and the rise of the ‘full professor’
Try claiming for a piano-playing secretary today and see what happens
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Statement: The Royal Irish Academy is ceasing activity on X (Twitter) www.ria.ie/2025/05/01/t...
The Royal Irish Academy is ceasing activity on X (Twitter) - Royal Irish Academy
The Royal Irish Academy is committed to creating, convening, and sharing knowledge for the public good and as an organisation we value Independence; Integrity; Curiosity; Openness and Rigour. Therefor...
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"A couple of professors told me that their students see reading books as akin to listening to vinyl records—something that a small subculture may still enjoy, but that’s mostly a relic of an earlier time." www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
The Elite College Students Who Can’t Read Books
To read a book in college, it helps to have read a book in high school.
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Really looking forward to Liz starting in July! @lizjolly.bsky.social
University College Cork@ucc.ie · last yr.UCC is pleased to advise that it has appointed Liz Jolly as its University Librarian. Liz Jolly is an experienced library and information services leader with a distinguished career. Since 2018, she has served as the Chief Librarian of the British Library. www.ucc.ie/en/news/2025...
We are deeply saddened to hear about the death of Elizabeth Wincott Heckett - a leading scholar on the archaeological textiles of Ireland. She will be dearly missed by @ucc.ie colleagues & the wider academic & heritage community. Cork University Press is proud to have published her life's work.
The Claire Byrne Show picked up on yesterday's event in Cork Prison. Do please listen (from 5.30 min onwards)... @katharinaswirak.bsky.social @jameswindle.bsky.social @ucc.ie www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
Brian O’Connell visits pioneering college course for prisoners and students in Cork prison
Brian O’Connell
rte.ie
The Aula Max this morning for the Cork Access Network breakfast on the last day of the Cork LLL Festival.
Absolutely inspirational event in Cork Prison today celebrating Inside-Out programme where criminology students are paired with "inside students" (who got a microcred). I wish we were able to take photos. Watch for media coverage and well done @katharinaswirak.bsky.social @jameswindle.bsky.social
“Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled researchers yearning to study free, The rejected experts of your teeming shore. Send these, the grantless, tempest-tost to me, I light my labs beside the golden door!”
Mike Galsworthy@mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · last yr.“Donald Trump is trying to purge United States research institutions of scholars… The European Union is tripping over itself to take them in.”
UCC Library deeply regrets the passing of Gene Lambert (1952-2025), artist, Aosdána member and co-editor of The Great Book of Ireland (1991).
