Is Belfield A ‘Riot-Proof’ Campus? | UCD MythBusters
You’ve all heard the rumours; your peer mentors might have mentioned University College Dublin’s “riot-proof design” when you first arrived on the Belfield campus. You’ve been told tails of its…
‘The Bachelor’ taking UCD by Storm
None of us know him, but we all love him. Whether he’s saving our sanity with shared secrets from the student body or helping us out with library recommendations, the…
Essential Work & Essential Study | Student Stories
Ireland has been in the grips of COVID-19 for a year. While much of the country has come to a standstill, university students found their part-time jobs transformed from a…
Student Rent Market Sees Few Boosts from Pandemic
Rent rose in the fourth quarter of 2020 in all counties, bar Dublin – which saw a 3% decline. One may speculate as to why – loss of students, people…
Protecting the Rights of Student Nurses as Students
It is an undeniable fact that student nurses in this country are being exploited, especially evident now, in the midst of a pandemic. However, while there have been mass calls…
The Way Students Treated During the Pandemic “Unforgivable” | Rose Conway-Walsh
Sinn Féin Spokesperson for Higher and Further Education, Innovation and Science, Rose Conway-Walsh conducted a survey on the impact of online learning on students’ mental health. The results flag what…
Maidens na Gaeilge | AN CHRAOBH
Ar oíche Aoine an 26ú Feabhra 2021, thit craobh Maidens na Gaeilge amach ar Zoom, agus bhí The College Tribune i láthair na hócáide speisialta. Níor fhág an Cumann Gaelach…
UCD Stumbles in Race to Revive Athletics Track After Decade-Long Hiatus
The UCD Athletics Club is one of the university’s most successful sports club ever. It holds the school record for churning out Olympians and World Championship competitors. UCD Athletics had…
Our Favourite Economics and Business Books
Business and economics can often come across as inaccessible in academia. It can feel like fancy words are designed to complicate things that your average man or woman on the…
One Year On | Young Voters Spearhead Shift in Irish Politics
It has been a year since the game-changing 2020 general election, which brought an end to civil war politics, and redrew the electoral map. However, due to COVID-19 suspending politics…
Direct Provision White Paper & Student Activism
This week the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Roderic O’Gorman published a white paper setting out the governments plan to abolish direct provision. The proposals include the…
Is the Student Centre pool really Olympic standard? | UCD MythBusters | An Fócas
Some of you may have heard the rumours that UCD’s pool isn’t what it seems. The most popular stories going around tell a hilarious story, but is it true? Rumour…