Sick Parents & The Illness Paradox
How do you cope when a parent is ill? You look after them by bringing them soup and doing more chores and running errands normally. But what happens when you…
UCD Updating Its Academic Regulations
UCD is pushing ahead with the implementation of new Academic Regulations which would bring about several key changes to degree programmes for students. The current set of regulations were implemented…
Film In Review: Lady Bird
Against the backdrop of Sacramento, California, Saoirse Ronan plays Christine ‘Lady Bird’ McPherson, authentically embodying the unbelievable selfishness and naivety of adolescence. Greta Gerwig’s solo-directorial debut perfectly captures the coming…
The Ongoing Crisis in Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland has once more made headlines as a result of its protracted political crisis. Ever since the Stormont Assembly was collapsed last January as a result of the resignation…
Choice Music Prize Preview
The thirteenth renewal of the Choice Music Prize takes place at Vicar Street on March 8. Across the ten nominees for Album of the Year, there is a healthy equipoise…
Round Three Shows Ireland Can Navigate Their Way to Six Nations Grand Slam Glory
Although Warren Gatland’s 100th international as Wales Coach was not a happy one, suffering a 37-27 defeat by Ireland, his longitude means that his advice on winning Tests can be…
UCD’s MoLI Museum to Open in Spring 2019
UCD recently announced its plans to enter into a partnership with the National Library of Ireland to create the Museum of Modern Literature (MoLI), to be located at the historic…
Radical Image Revamp Required if SU Elections Are to Be Taken Seriously
The SU elections in Trinity College produced some interesting results with one of the presidential candidates forced to pull out on election day due to some unsavoury Snapchats which he…
An Cumann Gaelach UCD ag súil le gradam a bhaint amach ag Ard-Fheis Chonradh na Gaeilge
Idir 23-25 Feabhra, beidh ceann de na féilte is mó i bhféilire na nGaeilgeoirí ag tarlú i dTrá Lí, Co. Chiarraí: Ard-Fheis Chonradh na Gaeilge 2018. Sa bhliain 1893 i…
UCD’s Administration As Complex as Ever
UCD’s new draft academic regulations unwittingly provide some interesting insights into the complexity of its administration. The draft regulations re-state the use of grade capping when a student fails a…
Students Encouraged to Take Part in ISSE Survey
UCD students are being encouraged to take part in the Irish Survey of Student Engagement (ISSE) 2018. The national survey asks students in all third-level institutions to rate their experience…
Ardmore House Facing Further Renovation Delays
UCD President Andrew Deeks may now have to wait for up to another six months to find out whether work can begin on his new office in Ardmore House. Here…