Masters degree plan for West Cork estate

KEY figures in West Cork’s food industry are working with University College Cork (UCC) to develop Ireland’s first masters in organic horticulture on a renowned estate.

Masters degree plan for West Cork estate

The proposed third-level outreach programme at the Liss Ard Estate in Skibbereen, 83 miles from UCC, is expected to be accredited and supported by UCC through its School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences (BEES).

Research conducted by its first tranche of students could see Liss Ard become the first organic horticultural crop research centre in Ireland.

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