Campus Update: What’s Open, What’s Not
Numerous restaurants, cafés and retailers on campus in University College Dublin (UCD) remain closed with no signs of reopening, since the University announced its closure due to COVID-19 on March…
Concerns Over UCD “Overpromising” With Campus Reopening Plan
On Wednesday evening an e-mail was circulated to UCD students setting out the college’s plan for reopening in September. It stated that UCD students will have a mix of “online,…
“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…
Over 9,000 CAO applicants choose UCD as their first choice for September 2020
There has been a rise in CAO applications to UCD for health science degrees in disciplines including medicine, nursing, radiography, and physiotherapy. This increased interest in health science courses is…
University of Limerick to Limit In-Person College to One Week Per Month
Students at the University of Limerick (UL) will return to campus for just one week a month in an effort to minimise the risk of transmission of the coronavirus. First…
Government Releases Strategy for Increasing Traveller Participation in Higher Education
On the 4th of July, the Irish Government published their National Action Plan (NAP) for Increasing Traveller Participation in Higher Education. The plan was originally launched last November by TD…
Soapbox Science returns with Facebook and Youtube livestream.
This coming weekend 12 female scientists are to discuss their research in science, technology, engineering mathematics and medicine (STEMM) at the Soapbox Science Dublin 2020, one of the 40 Soapbox…
Undergrads at UCD to spend 40-60% of Studies In Person
On July 8th, Deputy President and Registrar of University College Dublin (UCD) Mark Rogers announced to current students via email the plan for the upcoming academic year, stating that “your…
Irish Exchange Students Face U.S Deportation Amid Transition To Online Learning
On Monday 6 July, The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced that any exchange students that are currently studying or beginning to study for Autumn in America must…
Censorship Controversy Sees Rebrand for Confucius Institutes
The Ministry for Education in China has decided to rebrand its Confucius Institutes as centres for “language exchange and cooperation”. This decision may see the UCD Confucius Institute, which was…
Lecturers Miss Student Engagement the Most during Online Learning
Last semester the UCD learning experience was flipped on its head as in-person teaching was suspended and the announcement made that teaching would be moving online. The College Tribune spoke…
UCD Hosts Online Anti-Racism Talk With UCD Academics
UCD (University College Dublin) academics Dr. Ebun Joseph and Dr. Alice Feldman led a talk on Thursday 2nd July entitled So What Next: Becoming Anti-Racist via Zoom. The talk was…