Trinity Provost’s Salary Package Breaches Regulations
Trinity College Provost’s salary package breaches what the Department of Education had approved, at €201,000 a year. In comparison, the salary of the UCD President is €207,590, without perks. An…
College Tribune Seeking to Hire Newspaper Designers
The College Tribune is seeking to hire newspaper designers for the upcoming academic year. We take pride in our emphasis on good design since our first edition in 1989. Student…
Exclusive Interview with Our Lord and Saviour, The UCD Prez Himself | Turbine
The Turbine chatted with the Prez on a Zoom call, touching on everything from movies and food to how he beats the blues! Q: What’s your favourite time of day?…
UCD Students’ Union Donate Surplus Goods To Dublin Homeless Charity
After the closure of the UCD Campus in March, the UCD Students’ Union (SU) donated the rest of the perishable stock in the SU shops local charity Inner City Helping…
UCD Should Adopt A New Mental Health Strategy | Ruairí Power – UCDSU Welfare Officer
Safely emerging from the Covid-19 crisis demands that we reimagine the structure of our day to day lives. How we access mental healthcare is no exception. Following the unified calls…
Lights, Camera, Cut? How the Pandemic is Affecting the Film Industry
When we woke up to the announcement of the Bafta TV nominations, it was almost as if, just for a moment, the last few months hadn’t changed life completely. The…
End Of The Line For Student Fee Compensation Movement
Conor Anderson, incoming University College Dublin (UCD) Students’ Union president, informed students that the university is not set to be compensating fees due to Covid-19 crisis. In a post to…
Trinity Provost Calls for Creation of Department of Higher Education
Calls for the introduction of a Department of Higher Education and Research grow as Dr Patrick Prendergast, Provost of Trinity College Dublin, signalled his support for its establishment in an…
Three Contest UCDSU Graduate Officer By-Election
Three postgraduate students are contesting the race for Graduate Officer at University College Dublin (UCD) Students’ Union (SU). Following the election of five executive officers in May, the position for…
Saturday Classes “Incredibly Unfair” and “Not Practical” | Letter to the Editor
The following letter is in response to University College Dublin’s (UCD) proposed university structures for Trimester 1 in Autumn 2020. National health guidelines will pose “significant challenges” to maintaining face-to-face…
Mature Student Diaries: Am I An Entrepreneur Now?
The first time I wrote about this undertaking in my life, I had been on campus for a total of three days and was completely panic stricken and full of…
UCD Rules Out Fee Compensation Despite Student Demands For Talks
UCD have denied student calls to receive partial refunds on their fees due to course disruption amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. In a statement to The Irish Times today, the university…