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Paul McSweeney

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VP Learning and Teaching at @ucc.bsky.social University College Cork, Ireland. Views all my own.

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Paul McSweeney @paulmcs.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
One for the quieter ones amongst us... introvertdear.com/news/why-we-...
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Why We Should Put More Introverts in Leadership Positions
You don’t have to change, you just have to shine by using your introverted strengths to your advantage.
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Picard Tips @picardtips.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Picard management tip: Tolerate failure, not incompetence. Learn the difference.
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Paul McSweeney @paulmcs.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
Was out for a walk today and (honestly) my first thought was “Isn’t that shop very handy now for people at a match…” 😖
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Cork University Press @corkup.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
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...
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Paul McSweeney @paulmcs.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
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
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Paul McSweeney @paulmcs.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Delighted to welcome @lizjolly.bsky.social to @ucc.ie on her first day as University Librarian in @ucclibrary.bsky.social. Best of luck Liz!
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Cork University Press @corkup.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
📚 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...
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Paul McSweeney @paulmcs.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
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!
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Paul McSweeney @paulmcs.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
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.
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James O’Sullivan @jamesosullivan.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
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...
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Mark Henry @drmarkhenry.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
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-...
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Paul McSweeney @paulmcs.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
@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!!
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Dr Catherine O’Mahony (she/her) @catherineomahony.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Delighted to welcome participants in the @eua.eu Masterclass on transitions and transformations in staff development for learning and teaching to @ucc.ie.
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John F. Cryan @jfcryan.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
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
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Royal Irish Academy @ria.ie · 23/05/2025
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
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Paul McSweeney @paulmcs.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
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!
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James G. R. Cronin @jamesgrcronin.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
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...
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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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Paul McSweeney @paulmcs.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
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.
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Paul McSweeney @paulmcs.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
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.
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Paul McSweeney @paulmcs.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
"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...
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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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Royal Irish Academy @ria.ie · 01/05/2025
Statement: The Royal Irish Academy is ceasing activity on X (Twitter) www.ria.ie/2025/05/01/t...
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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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Paul McSweeney @paulmcs.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
"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...
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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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Paul McSweeney @paulmcs.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Really looking forward to Liz starting in July! @lizjolly.bsky.social
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Cork University Press @corkup.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
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.
Photograph of Elizabeth Wincott Heckett at her graduation from UCCCover image of Textiles of Ireland featuring an embroidered scene of angels with the Virgin Mary from the Honan Chapel's textiles.
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Paul McSweeney @paulmcs.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
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...
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Brian O’Connell visits pioneering college course for prisoners and students in Cork prison
Brian O’Connell
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Paul McSweeney @paulmcs.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
The Aula Max this morning for the Cork Access Network breakfast on the last day of the Cork LLL Festival.
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Paul McSweeney @paulmcs.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
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
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Alan Kelly @akellyucc.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
“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!”
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UCC Library @ucclibrary.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
UCC Library deeply regrets the passing of Gene Lambert (1952-2025), artist, Aosdána member and co-editor of The Great Book of Ireland (1991).
Theo Dorgan (l) and Gene Lambert (r) with Seamus Heaney (c).Image oa a letter. Gene Lambert (1952-2025) artist, aosdána member and co-editor of The Great Book of Ireland.

UCC Library deeply regrets the passing of Gene Lambert, artist, Aosdána member and co-editor of The Great Book of Ireland (1991). Gene was very much the instigator of The Great Book project with Theo Dorgan, arriving to Poetry Ireland as he did with a collaborative proposal to assist with the publicity of In the Land of the Punt (1988) which was published to raise funds for Clashganna Mills. This proposal was the seed for The Great Book project, with both Gene and Theo having a vision to see a substantial artistic and creative venture that would raise funds for their charitable status arts organisations at the same time. The Great Book of Ireland was completed in 1991 and then acquired for the nation by University College Cork in 2012, following a 5-year fundraising campaign which ensured that both charitable organisations eventually received their intended funds.

In January 2013 we had a wonderful evening at UCC with Gene, Theo, President Michael D. Higgins, Seamus and Marie Heaney, and over 65 of the original contributors, to launch the acquisition of The Great Book at UCC.

Gene served as a member of the Irish government’s National Disability Authority since its inception in 1999, and as noted by others, his commitment to accessibility and representation in the arts will leave a lasting legacy.


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Paul McSweeney @paulmcs.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
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Paul McSweeney @paulmcs.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Lord Mayor’s reception for Cork LLL Festival. @corkcity.bsky.social @unesco.org Great week of events!
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Paul McSweeney @paulmcs.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Schteps in @ucc.ie packed today for the #EmployAgility awards - 185 students who collectively contributed 3,700 hours to community and university activities. Well done to all in UCC Careers Service!
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CIRTL @cirtl.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Start of CIRTL@20 webinar (2-3pm IST) on interdisciplinary teaching and learning. Learning about TILT @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social #EduSky blogs.ed.ac.uk/tilt/ Teams link: teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-joi...
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Toolkit for Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching
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Eoin Lettice @eoinlettice.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Magnolias in bloom at UCC Arboretum today. 95 million years old, the large flowers allow pollination by beetles as bees did not yet exist. #ucctrees
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CIRTL @cirtl.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
The CIRTL@20 series continues tomorrow from 2-3pm (IST) with Jenny Scoles from Institute for Academic Development at University of Edinburgh, hosted by @ucc.ie Edmond Byrne. Its focus is on interdisciplinary learning and teaching. Register via t.co/SRJ9twsj7T
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John F. Cryan @jfcryan.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Cerebral Palsy advocate Lily Collison receives honorary doctorate from @ucc.ie www.infantcentre.ie/2025/03/28/c...
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Cerebral Palsy advocate Lily Collison receives honorary doctorate from UCC
Renowned cerebral palsy (CP) advocate Lily Collison today received an Honorary Doctorate from University College Cork in recognition of her pioneering work. Motivated by her son Tommy’s diagnosis of ...
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Paul McSweeney @paulmcs.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Huge congratulations to the ca 150 graduates of ACE programmes conferred at today’s ceremony. @l-elamoud.bsky.social.
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Alan Carbery @acarbery.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Delightful evening celebrating the centenary of @corkup.bsky.social in @ucclibrary.bsky.social this evening. Thanks to Minister O’Donovan and @joh2024.bsky.social and Prof Tom Dunne for their words
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Paul McSweeney @paulmcs.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Cork University Press had a very big birthday today. @ucc.ie President @joh2024.bsky.social welcomes Minister O’Donovan. @ucclibrary.bsky.social
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Paul McSweeney @paulmcs.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Book launch this evening for the latest from Cork University Press @ucclibrary.bsky.social @ucc.ie Lovely to see my late father mentioned too.
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Paul McSweeney @paulmcs.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Lovely to meet our MA (T&L in HE) graduates this morning! @cirtl.bsky.social @annasantucci.bsky.social
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Paul McSweeney @paulmcs.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
A silver birch is added to @ucc.ie arboretum to mark World Social Work Day 2025. Great to see the students from the (tertiary pathway) BSW degree – joint with colleagues in Cork ETB. @denisleamy.bsky.social @joh2024.bsky.social
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Paul McSweeney @paulmcs.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
And great to hear you on DriveTime a moment ago! Well done @culinaryireland.bsky.social !!
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UCC Library @ucclibrary.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
It’s International Day of Mathematics Celebrate by discovering Alicia Boole Stott (1860–1940), the Cork-born mathematician who explored the fourth dimension. Read about her groundbreaking work on our latest blog post in The Riverside ⬇️ 🔗 theriverside.ucc.ie/2025/03/14/a... #womeninstem #mathhistory
An image of a 3D printed Polyglot which is reflected onto a blue screenAn image of a selection of 3D printed PolyglotAn image of a selection of 3D printed Polyglots
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Alan Carbery @acarbery.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Really nice to see the birthday party decorations on the library on my way in this morning! @corkup.bsky.social Celebrating 100 Years of Publishing Excellence @ucclibrary.bsky.social
Photo of decals on a reflective window for the centenary of Cork University Press. Caption that says: Celebrating 100 years of Publishing Excellence.
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theriversideucc.bsky.social @theriversideucc.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
We brought out another great spread from our collection for this semester's Research Essentials! Special Collections and Archives will be hosting these guided introductory visits every Autumn and Spring, so stay tuned or email us at specialcollectionsarchives@ucc.ie to make an appointment now.
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Paul McSweeney @paulmcs.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
All in OVPLT bid a fond farewell to @ucclibrary.bsky.social librarian Coral Black as she moves on to new adventures in Leeds.
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Alan Carbery @acarbery.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Ready for your next role? Brand new leadership role in @ucclibrary.bsky.social to lead our Digital Scholarship Studio & other technology-rich spaces and services embedding them into the teaching, learning and research landscape in UCC. Closing 25th March at noon! Come join our super team! #lisjobsie
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Paul McSweeney @paulmcs.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Delegates from @eua.eu L&T Forum viewing one of @ucc.ie treasures - The Great Book of Ireland. Huge thanks to @ucclibrary.bsky.social #EUALearnTeach
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European University Association (EUA) @eua.eu · 27/02/2025
"Despite differing geographical locations and contexts, the sector is grappling with similar challenges. EUA has never been more relevant in helping us exchange on these complexities." added @paulmcs.bsky.social , @ucc.ie Vice-President for Learning and Teaching #EUALearnTeach
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