UCC School of Nursing and Midwifery Annual Report 2020

Teaching, Contribution to Community and Practice, Awards

November 2020 Conferring Degrees The School of Nursing and Midwifery, UCC celebrated the conferring of degrees of many of our 2020 graduates virtually on Wednesday 18th November 2020. Students from the following programmes graduated: BSc (Hons) (Midwifery), BSc (Hons) (Nursing Studies), BSc (Hons) Health Studies (General), BSc (Hons) Health Studies (Children’s & Gen), BSc (Hons) Nursing (General), BSc (Hons) Nursing (Intellectual Disability), BSc (Hons) Nursing (Mental Health), BSc Health Studies (Intellectual Disability), BSc Health Studies (Women’s Health), MSc (Nursing), MSc (Nursing) Advanced Practice Nursing. The ceremony is accessible at: Watch back UCC Conferrings | University College Cork

The guest speaker was An Taoiseach Micheál Martin, TD. This was his first conferring address for any Irish University as An Taoiseach and UCC was honoured to have his support.

The Quercus Talented Students’ Programme

The Quercus Talented Students’ Programme is a scholarship programme that supports and promotes excellence in academia, sport, creative and performing arts, active citizenship & innovation/ entrepreneurship. This is now the seventh year that University College Cork is awarding Quercus Scholarships. Marieke Buckley a third year student on the Children’s and General (Integrated) Nursing programme has been awarded an academic scholarship. Successful applicants had to show outstanding achievement within their discipline(s); demonstrate evidence of provincial, national or international achievement; provide evidence of participation and engagement with their programme of studies and evidence of communication skills, dissemination and engaging with/ mentoring peers, related to the discipline.

Marieke has excelled in many areas including her academic studies. She has participated in and won awards at the BT Young Scientist & Technologist Exhibition, been awarded a Gaisce Bronze Medal Award, elected as Irish Second-Level Students’ Union Regional Development Officer, is an accomplished Hockey player with UCC, coaches as an Irish Sailing Association Dinghy Instructor, and she has volunteered with disadvantaged kindergarten and primary school children in Kerala, India. During the COVID-19 pandemic, she also worked in the Intensive Care Unit in Cork University Hospital. Her future ambition is to work as a healthcare professional in developing or war-torn countries with an organisation such as Médecins Sans Frontieres.

Above: Marieke speaking about her life and her programme.

https://youtu.be/I0y9KcoCPu8

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