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Trigger Warning: Assault/Sexual Assault. A UCD alumna took to Twitter yesterday to share her communications with UCD in which she asks the university to recognise the dangers and effects that…
In a recent email to students, UCD has stated that “all full-time EU undergraduate and postgraduate students” registered for this academic year are to receive the COVID-19 once-off emergency grant…
University College Dublin has reaffirmed its relations with the Chinese Government following a restructuring of the previously controversial Confucius Centre. The Centre was once described as a “foreign mission” to…
An initiative to provide over €30 million in free/subsidised places to higher education institutes under the ‘Jobs Stimulus Package’ has been announced by the Minister for Higher Education, Research, Innovation…
The University of Limerick (UL) spent almost €4,000 on bed linen for its now outgoing president’s multi-million house, the Irish Daily Mail has revealed. This news comes just months after…
Thousands of university students have received notice that their SUSI payments will be delayed to October 9th as opposed to the usual September start date. This two week delay has…
Students in University College Dublin (UCD) will pay more as a result of the university’s post-covid approach than those at the University of Limerick (UL). Following the announcement by UL…
In light of students returning to campus in September, the Department of Education published the ‘Practical Guidance for Further and Higher Education for Returning to On-site Education 2020’. Third level…
In the recent Oireachtas Special Committee meeting, the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on mental health was discussed. The meeting was attended by the Committee of TDs, Jigsaw, The National…
This coming weekend 12 female scientists are to discuss their research in science, technology, engineering mathematics and medicine (STEMM) at the Soapbox Science Dublin 2020, one of the 40 Soapbox…
In response to the release and publication of the USI’s Sexual Experiences survey, UCD welfare officer Ruairí Power has emailed Ministers Joe McHugh and Mary Mitchell O’Connor welcoming the “commitments…