UCD SPARC Returns for Second Year
UCD SPARC (Supporting Partnership and Realising Change), a scheme which encourages staff and students to work together to help make UCD a better working and learning environment, has returned for…
Mixed Bag Budget for Students
The cost of living has increased so much in the last year in Dublin especially, it doesn’t exactly counterbalance for the rise in the minimum wage. -UCDSU President Marcus O’Halloran…
4 DIY Last-Minute Halloween Costumes
Don’t be that person that arrives to the party dressed as themselves. Just don’t. Nobody likes that person. To save you from looking like a dryshite, Louise O’Toole’s cobbled together…
UCDSU Considering Electronic Voting
UCD Students’ Union (UCDSU) is considering the implementation of electronic voting for future polling days. Marcus O’Halloran, UCDSU President, visited his counterparts in Dublin City University (DCU) to discuss their…
Students Encouraged to Consider Teaching Careers in England
Students in UCD are being encouraged to consider pursuing a career as a teacher in the UK, after the National College for Teaching and Leadership (NCTL) brought its “Train to…
Halloween Style
A most ancient festival, Halloween is one of the most exciting events of the year for modern creative souls. The lines between our world and the afterlife become blurred and…
UCDSU jointly launch Harm Reduction Campaign
The Welfare Officers of three students unions took to the podium in the Oak Room of Dublin’s Mansion House on Friday last, to jointly launch the “What’s in the Pill?”…
Christmas Exam Timetable Released
The Semester One exam timetable has been released online. This year, the exams are set to take place take place from Monday, 7th December to Friday, 18th December, including a…
News in Focus: Stopping The Press
Cian Carton looks at the difficulty facing newspaper editors in getting stories to print. Journalists often run a gauntlet in order to break stories. When they are reporting, or making…
Defining Dublin Style
Paris, c’est chic. Berlin ist einfach cool. But Dublin? How can the style of Dublin be defined? Here in the capital we have a vast scale of unique sets of…
SciSoc Raises Over €82,000 for Crumlin Hospital
UCD Science Society (SciSoc) raised and recently presented a cheque for over €82,000 to representatives from the Children’s Medical & Research Foundation (CMFR) at Crumlin Hospital. The money was raised…
UCD Staff Part of Search for New NCAD Director
Two of UCD’s senior staff members will be involved in the search for a new director of the National College of Art and Design (NCAD), after the college’s board met…