Introducing Short Courses: The Culture of the Big House

The Culture of the Big House is one of over 70 short courses offered by the Centre for Adult Continuing Education.This year, to mark its growing popularity, the Centre, in association with the Irish Heritage Trust, located the course in Fota House and Garden, Co Cork. As a new setting of the course, Fota House has proved highly successful in terms of overall student experience and learning. The course attracted over 20 participants and the lecturing staff is drawn from the Centre for Adult Continuing Education, the School of English and the School of History, UCC. The Centre plans to extend its relationship with the Trust in developing future educational opportunities in this wonderful venue.