Broken Promises : UCD’s Handling Of The Global Pandemic | Editorial
In March, students left the Belfield campus, as they have every year for the welcomed two-week respite. But this time, they did not return. Covid-19 took the country into lockdown…
UCD Collab with DNA Collection Company Labelled as “Restrictive”
University College Dublin and Genuity Science, have announced a collaborative agreement as part of a large scale population research programme across more than 60 diseases such as diabetes and Alzheimer’s.…
USI launches “Education for All” Campaign for Accessible Third-Level Education
The Union of Students in Ireland (USI) has recently launched a new campaign known as “Education for All” which calls for the department of education to make third-level education more…
Ryan Blocks Irish Music Quotas
Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Transport Eamon Ryan has ruled out the implementation of quotas for Irish produced music on national radio, citing an incompatibility with EU law as…
Direct Provision Residents Undergo Hunger Strike, Protesting “Inhumane” Conditions
Residents of the Direct Provision Centre in Cahersiveen have gone on hunger strike to protest their “inhumane” living conditions. The hunger strike began on the morning of Tuesday July 28th…
Students May Attend Class Significantly Less Than UCD Are Promising, say UCD Academics
University College Dublin’s (UCD) plan for undergraduate students to attend between 40 and 60% of their classes in the Autumn Trimester may not reflect the reality for many students, according…
Thomas Grund: In Getting Students Back On Campus, Money Is All UCD Cares About | Op-Ed
It took months into the pandemic for University College Dublin (UCD) to realise that teaching in the autumn cannot go ahead as usual. Only on May 28th, UCD’s President Andrew…
It’s not easy being green | Conall Mac Dhonnagáin – PRO for UCD Young Greens
It's no secret that I am in favour of new leadership in the Green Party. I made that clear in my last piece; "Ryan Is Not The Green Messiah, He's…
No Messing Around This Time: UCD’s New Students’ Union President
The next President of University College Dublin’s (UCD) Students’ Union (SU) will be a familiar face to some. As this year’s Graduate Officer for the SU, Conor Anderson championed a…
That’s a wrap
As I sit here tearfully jotting down my final reflections as a post graduate student, I look back fondly at what’s changed since we started together back in February. Well…
UCD Results Leaked Before Official Release Date
In the past hour it has transpired that academic results for the Spring trimester of the academic year 2019/20 have been released to at least some UCD students on SISWEB.…
UCD Research: Failure to Address Poverty is Costing The State €4.5bn a Year
Poverty costs Ireland around €4.5bn a year according to ‘The Hidden Cost of Poverty’, a recent report, commissioned by the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul.