UCD Reject Student Calls to Abandon Rent Hikes
UCD has decided not to back down on the planned on-campus rent increases. In a letter to UCD Students’ Union regarding the rent hikes, University President Andrew Deeks has said…
Student Union Accounts Show Strong Financial Year
The College Tribune has obtained the UCD Students’ Union Financial accounts for the Year 2018/19. The organisation’s 2019/20 budget is also included in the document released by the Union. We’ve…
Food Review: PÁNG
PÁNG, Kevin Street Lower, Dublin ★ ★ ★ ★ € € Pang is a Vietnamese-inspired casual eatery which specialises in rice-paper rolls. They also offer traditional and modern interpretations of…
Students Protest Rent Increase and Interrupt University Management Meeting
Various student groups have protested the recently announced rent hikes on campus. On Tuesday, February 18th, over one hundred students marched to UCD’s Tierney’s building. The protest coincided with a…
L&H Suffer “Catastrophic” Year
Financial debt, loss of corporate sponsors, an attempt to remove the Auditor, legal troubles, the resignation of over one third of the committee, large drop in membership; these are just…
Love Island: A Modern Tragedy
Unless you’ve been living under a rock since Christmas, the little world of Love Island has probably gained your attention to some degree. Whether it be the adverts of toned…
It’s Time to Fix Our Education
“Let’s make UCD a place for knowledge, not for business” was the key message at the “Fix Our Education” Campaign launch last week. UCD markets itself as a global university…
Worsening University Funding Crisis Sparks Call for Government Action
Representative bodies for the Irish public higher education system have been forced to unite under a single cause for the first time in history, as a seemingly endless state funding…
PhD Students Petition for Better Working Conditions
In April 2019 UCD has seen the emergence of a new independent organisation called Anti-Casualisation (AC). Although primarily led by PhD students, the movement has received much success within the…
Netsoc Promise “Biggest Event in Last 10 Years”
UCD Netsoc have been given the honour of organising SISTEM 2020, a tech conference that is student run with the aim of allowing students and tech professionals to link up…
Vox Pop: What’s the craic with UCD?
We wanted to know what everyday students thought about various aspects of UCD life. From societies to seating, here is what you had to say: When asked about his opinion…
IUA Attempt to Squash Post-Brexit Erasmus Qualms
The Irish University Association (IUA) has joined forces with 36 EU and UK higher education and research organisations in a joint-declaration of cooperation post Brexit. The 37 organisations have signed…