Discovering My Working-Class Voice – On Accents In Poetry
When we think of the arts, we may think of the privileged, of those who can afford failure. This is the reality that working class children grow up with –…
UCD Severely Restricts Building Access
From today, buildings in UCD will operate using “out-of-hours” protocols, in a move that is set to severely restrict movement on campus. The protocol requires staff and students to request…
“It’s like a ghost town.” – Scenes from an empty UCD campus.
Amidst the COVID-19 crisis, UCD has closed its doors for teaching… for the most part. There are still plenty of buildings open. I took a stroll around Belfield campus to…
“Who am I going to be in this?” – Helping those in need during the COVID-19 crisis
It’s amazing how quickly we begin to adjust to the ways that our lives are changing. Two weeks ago, I didn’t know what ‘social distancing’ was. Yesterday, I turned to…
University Presidents Ask Students To “Play Your Part” In Fight Against Covid-19.
This afternoon, university presidents from institutions across the country took the “unusual decision” to email students addressing the coronavirus pandemic that has put much of the world on lockdown. After…
How to Tolerate Your Family While UCD is Closed
Coronavirus. That’s it. That’s the article. Or at least, that’s how the entire internet feels at the second. Insanity looms over us all, as we scroll through conspiracy theories that…
J1 Visas Temporarily Suspended in Response to COVID-19 Outbreak
The United States has temporarily suspended the widely popular J1 Visa programme in an added effort to tackle the spread of the COVID-19 virus. The U.S. Department of State has…
Student Union Elections Postponed One Week Later
UCD Students’ Union has rescheduled its annual elections. This announcement comes after the Taoiseach Leo Varadkar declared that all schools and universities will shut until March 29th. The Returning Officer…
COVID-19 University Shutdown: Full List of UCD Closures
The Taoiseach Leo Varadkar announced yesterday that schools and colleges would close from today until March 29th, in order to combat the spread of the COVID-19 virus. UCD has announced…
UCD Allows Overseas Students to Remain Abroad and “Study Remotely” Where Necessary
The Director of UCD Global, Dr. Douglas Proctor, has emailed UCD students currently studying abroad, issuing a number of recommendations in response to the government’s decision to shut colleges and…
UCD Moves Online For Remainder of Year Amid COVID-19 University Closures
UCD President Professor Andrew Deeks emailed students and staff this evening, detailing changes in response to the governments decision today to shut “schools, colleges and childcare facilities” from tomorrow until…
Irish Universities and Schools to Shut until March 29th
The Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has announced that “schools, colleges and childcare facilities will close from tomorrow.” In a press conference today in Washington DC, Varadkar made the statement saying: “From…