UCC students scoop top academic awards

Two UCC students have claimed prestigious awards after being named top of their respective fields by an international awards programme.

Jessica Kennedy, from Dooradoyle, Co Limerick, and Siobhán O’Connor from Kanturk, Co Cork, were named winners in the Undergraduate Awards 2013.

Ms Kennedy, an occupational therapy graduate, won the Irish leg of the Social Innovation category for her paper on teenage internet use and social participation.