The Aoife O'Connell Memorial Prize

This memorial prize remembers Aoife O'Connell, a third year BA Economics (through Transformational Learning) student who tragically died in Utrecht in 2019, while studying on her year abroad. This memorial prize recognises Aoife's own transformative journey. Aoife was an ambassador for the programme, embodying the values and attributes of self-leadership that underpin the programme and that UCC aspire our students to cultivate. The prize enables future students on the BSc Applied Economics programme to avail of opportunities to spend their third year abroad, experiencing new vistas and people while embracing change, difference and diversity. In offering this scholarship, Aoife's family wish to enable future students on the programme to avail of the opportunities and experiences that Aoife was able to avail of, so that they too can better develop the attributes and values befitting a student of UCC. The award is valued at €3,000 and is open to second year students on the BSc Applied Economics programme who wish to spend Year 3 abroad.