Entire Country to enter level 5 lockdown for 6 weeks from Wednesday
Taoiseach Micheál Martin has announced that from midnight on Wednesday the entire country will move to Level 5 of the COVID-19 restrictions for a six-week period. Level 5 is the…
Over 350 Allegations of Sexual Harassment and Assault Reported by UCD Students in 2018/19
363 allegations of harassment and assault were disclosed to the UCD Students’ Union by UCD students in 2018/19, the former UCDSU Welfare Officer Melissa Plunkett has revealed. Speaking to the…
UCD LawSoc Hit Controversy Prior to Comedy Freshers Debate
The 110th Session of LawSoc began yesterday evening with the annual ‘Culchies vs. Dubs’ debate. Due to physical distancing guidelines, the comedic event looked a bit different than usual as…
Appointment of Dublin Rape Crisis Centre CEO to UCD Governing Authority will Tackle Sexual Harassment On Campus
Chief Executive Officer of the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre and alumnus of University College Dublin (UCD), Noeline Blackwell, has been appointed to the UCD Governing Authority. On Wednesday afternoon Minister…
UCD Doctor Calls for Pubs to Reopen on Monday
Dr. Jack Lambert, Clinical Professor at UCD School of Medicine and Consultant in Infectious Diseases and Genitourinary Medicine at the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, has called for NPHET (National Public…
REVEALED: Students Will Need to Book Study Spaces in Library
The James Joyce library will provide limited study spaces for undergraduate students this trimester in an effort to comply with COVID-19 restrictions and physical distancing guidelines. Additionally, opening hours have…
UCD Spends Over €800,000 On Hotels Since 2016
University College Dublin (UCD) has accumulated over €800,000 in hotel expenses in the past 4 years, according to financial records acquired by The College Tribune. Nearly 40% of this amount…
Masters of Education Students Receive €1 million from Department
The Department of Education has promised ring-fenced funding of €1 million for students undertaking a Professional Master of Education (PME). Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science,…
Mandatory Face Coverings Campus | Government Releases Health Guidance for Universities
The Department of Education published the ‘Practical Guidance for Further and Higher Education for Returning to On-Site Education in 2020’ on July 22nd, providing third-level institutions with protocols to follow…
US Government Backs Down On Deporting International Students
Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have won their case against the Trump Administration to block a policy threatening to deport international students whose courses will take place…
UCD Management: Not Economically Viable to Hire More Counselling Staff.
Minutes from a meeting of the University Management Team (UMT) last February states that the UCD Counselling Service must partially out-source services to cope with demand and that it is…
“Think twice before going out” – people under 25 make up 77% of today’s Covid-19 cases
17 of the 23 new COVID-19 cases reported on July 9th are under the age of 25, according to recent findings. According to the National Health Emergency Team (NPHET), people…