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Building institutional gender equality and staff wellbeing through Mná@UCC

Impact: Social Impact, Political Impact

Narrative

I co-founded Mná@UCC in 2018, formally launched in 2020 by the President of University College Cork. The network has grown to over 500 members and is now one of UCC’s largest cross-disciplinary staff networks, operating within the University’s EDI Framework.

As Treasurer (2019–2027), I have provided sustained leadership in developing governance structures, financial sustainability and an annual programme of approximately ten cross-college events focused on leadership development, research visibility, wellbeing and inclusion.

Through Mná@UCC, I co-organised a workplace pregnancy loss workshop in 2024 that contributed to institutional discussions informing University College Cork’s Pregnancy Loss Support Policy (2025).

The network’s contribution to staff wellbeing and inclusion was recognised through the Frank McGrath Perpetual Award for Wellbeing and Welfare (2025).

Through Mná@UCC I have co-organised leadership development initiatives, research visibility programmes, staff wellbeing workshops and cultural engagement events including Scoraíocht na Nollag, launched in December 2025 as an annual cross-College community event. In 2024 I co-organised a workshop on workplace responses to pregnancy loss, which shaped institutional discussions informing UCC’s Pregnancy Loss Support Policy (2025), formalising support in an area previously addressed informally. In recognition of its importance to staff wellbeing and inclusion, Mná@UCC received the Frank McGrath Perpetual Award for Wellbeing and Welfare (2025). Representing Mná@UCC, I designed a development workshop, “Building Your Network”, for CACSSS Doctoral Showcase Week (2026), encouraging early-career research culture development.
Impact statusOpen
Category of impactSocial Impact, Political Impact

SDGs impacted

  • SDG 5 - Gender Equality
  • SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities

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