https://www.collegetribune.ie/absolutely-not-ucds-response-to-student-calls-for-reimplementation-of-no-disadvantage-policy-editorial/ Independent UCD News Mon, 30 Mar 2026 21:41:09 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.collegetribune.ie/absolutely-not-ucds-response-to-student-calls-for-reimplementation-of-no-disadvantage-policy-editorial/#comment-107635 Sun, 15 Nov 2020 00:43:33 +0000 https://45.76.141.254/?p=29581#comment-107635 As a student that lives far away from the University, the fact that the school felt the ranking and degree is much more important than the studies, challenges and well-being of the students itself is completely ridiculous. Some of the assignments are being returned the past two weeks with major disappointment from their grade and feedbacks from module coordinators and tutors. The most important information that hasn’t been highlighted or come to mind from the University is that; yes, you library is available; yes, some people with less advantage are able to request for laptop loans but what about does who live far from campus and can’t access the library for sources and library website isn’t much help either as some lecturers noted reading materials for lectures but the books aren’t available online and are only available in the library as physical books. The bad signal for wifi service living in the country, which affects us from accessing lecture classes online. Another would be the stress and the mental health of a student staying at home during this pandemic. A lot must be considered to assist a student during their studies. For myself, as a mature student and a mother of two, I’ve felt major difficulty since the freedom of travelling to university has been restricted and stress has been building up each day and the university is not considering this and only care about their status.

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