UCD needs to start communicating with students |Opinion
As the pandemic worsens across Europe, winter is beginning to look bleak. There’s potential for our healthcare system to crumble at the sheer volume of inpatients and NPHET – along…
Irish Freedom Party Representative Dolores Cahill to Head UCD Pandemic Response Team | TURBINE
With the semester just over the horizon alongside heightened COVID-19 case numbers, it’s understandable that students may be worried about their safety. However, fear no more, as the Turbine has…
UCD’s Belfield Campus Celebrates 50 Years
The 29th of September 2020 marks the 50th anniversary of UCD’s move from Earlsfort Terrace to the Belfield Campus. To mark the occasion an online event will be held at…
Maynooth University to Hold All In-Person Language Classes “As Planned”, Despite IUA Requests
Universities across Ireland have agreed to adopt a set of enhanced public health-protective measures, which previously were only applicable to Dublin-based universities. These protective measures are to be in place…
UCD Proposes “Zero Tolerance” Policy to Deal with Sexual Harassment on Campus
A “zero tolerance” policy has been proposed by UCD in order to deal with cases of sexual harassment against students and staff, as The Irish Times reported. The working group…
UCD Study Finds Significant Impact on Young People’s Eating Habits During Lockdown
A recent study conducted by the University College Dublin (UCD) Institute of Food and Health, in collaboration with Dublin City University (DCU), reported that 60% of young people exercised more…
UCD Unveils Mandatory ‘Student Health Declaration’ For Registration
University College Dublin (UCD) has introduced a mandatory COVID-19 student health declaration to which students must agree in order to register for the upcoming academic year. The Declaration states that…
UCD Accused of EU Data Protection Breach, Potential Liability of €20 million
UCD have been accused of breaching EU data protection laws. As reported by the Times on Thursday, UCD, alongside other huge organizations such as RTE, AIB and Airbnb are sending…
Hong Kong Investors Seek New City and University in Dundalk
Details have emerged of Chinese investors’ plans for Dundalk following a meeting with the Dundalk Chamber of Commerce. The investors have identified Dundalk as a potential new “urban centre” for…
Warnings ‘ineffective’ in Battling Covid-19 ‘Fake News’ Says UCD Research
Governments and social media companies have not done enough to combat ‘fake news’ in recent months, according to a new study carried out by University College Dublin (UCD) and University…
Empty Piggy Bank: UCDSU “project no income in the next 12 months” from subsidiary.
UCD Students’ Union Company Limited by Guarantee is in a financial position where “there is a material uncertainty related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the…
Social Entrepreneurship: Sustainable Social Change Through Enterprise
In less than a decade there has been a huge change in the way people approach social change. Young people across the world are becoming more concerned about making a…