UCD Doctor Makes Numerous False Claims About COVID-19
In an interview released on the 11th of May, UCD Professor Dolores Cahill claimed that the global lockdown in response to the COVID-19 crisis was unnecessary. Cahill also repeatedly made…
Postgrads Face Severe Detriment From Pandemic – But No Compensation From UCD
Last month, over 1,100 University College Dublin (UCD) students signed a petition calling for a partial refund of their fees for the 2019/2020 academic term. Two-thirds of the petitioners are…
Trinity To Reduce Entry Requirements For Non-EU Students Amid Serious Financial Concerns
Trinity College Dublin is planning to reduce entry requirements for non-EU International students next year by 10% in a plan to ease the financial strain on the university caused by…
UCD Anti-Casualisation Suggests Unionisation of Graduate Workers
On Friday 5th June, UCD Anti Casualisation (UCD-AC) penned an open letter to the management of University College Dublin (UCD) requesting a meeting by the end of June. On the…
Academics and Trade Unions Call For Creation Of Higher Education Department
The Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) has called on the government to create a Department of Higher Education and Research. With the added pressures being put on such institutions…
Microsoft Pays UCD €700,000 for Establishment of New Digital Policy Programme
Microsoft has partnered with University College Dublin (UCD) to develop Ireland’s first Digital Policy Programme. A total sum of €700,000 was paid to UCD for Microsoft’s involvement in the programme.…
UCD President Revealed As The Emperor | Turbine
Shock rang out around Belfield campus today, as the galaxy’s most notorious villain was revealed to work at UCD. Following months of undercover investigation, The Turbine can now confirm that…
“I Was Absolutely Terrified” | UCD Student Recounts Experience of US Protests
I like to think that I’ve always been anti-racist in my life. I’ve been aware of how privileged I am and how my complexion and parents’ wealth have caused my…
UCD Musical Society Apologises For Use Of Black/Brown Face
UCD Musical Society apologised for its past use of black/brown face in a statement issued on their Facebook page on the 5th of June. The apology was provoked by the…
Aramark & UCD: A Controversial Romance, With Direct Provision At The Heart
The recent killing of George Floyd in the US and the subsequent Black Lives Matter movement has exploded worldwide. It has brought direct provision services in Ireland once again into…
Racism is “The Knee On Our Backs” | Over 1,000 Defy Restrictions and Protest at US Embassy
More than a thousand protestors gathered outside the Embassy of the United States of America in Ballsbridge on Saturday afternoon. The protest, which was organised by Black Pride Ireland, Migrants…
College Students Among Worst Hit From Cuts To Pandemic Unemployment Payment
On Friday, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar announced cuts to the Pandemic Unemployment Payment for part-time workers from €350 to €203 a week, affecting students who were working part-time during the academic…