Uprooted: A Photo Exhibition On Child Refugees
As part of Refugee Awareness Week, Student Group ‘UCD Welcomes Refugees’ had a UNICEF exhibition called ‘Uprooted’ on display in the O’Brien Centre for the entire week. The exhibition was…
Year In Review: Sabbatical Officers
After spending the last month pouring over this year’s UCDSU candidate’s manifestos; asking quizzing them on their experience and their plans to implement their ‘big ideas’, we began to reminisce…
UCD Elects Majority Female SU Sabbatical Team For 2019/20
UCD students elected a female majority sabbatical team last night after a marathon 15-hour count, with fourth-year Law and Social Justice student Joanna Siewierska being elected SU President. Siewierska was…
UCDSU Election Candidates: Final Analysis
Three of this year’s races are uncontested; Katie O’Dea, Conor Anderson and Brian Treacy are the only candidates running for the roles of C&C Officer, Graduate Officer and Education Officer,…
DanceSoc Breach Referendum Rules By Supporting Levy
UCD DanceSoc last night breached UCD Students Union referendum rules by supporting a Yes vote in this weeks student levy referendum. The referendum is to determine if UCD will extend…
Student Levy Referendum: Vote No
The vote on the whether the students of UCD agree with an increase on the student levy is not as promised by the yes side an opportunity for the students…
Student Levy Referendum: Vote Yes
UCD’s campus offers its students some of the best facilities in Ireland, but it can do better. More room for societies, more space for sports, more time for gym members.…
Students’ Union Constitutional Referendum: Vote Yes
On April 1st and 2nd, you will be asked to vote for a new UCD Students’ Union constitution. The constitution is the document that governs the way your Students’ Union…
Education Officer Candidate: Brian Treacy – ‘The Thinker’
Brian Treacy, a current Social Science student and Higher Education Editor for the University Observer this year’s only candidate for Student Union Education Officer. Treacy, who is currently a Class…
C&C Candidate: Katie O’Dea – ‘The Environmentalist’
Katie O’Dea is a final-year History and Politics and current Environmental Campaigns Coordinator for UCDSU, who is running, uncontested, for the role of Campaigns and Communications Officer. Beyond the Union,…
Welfare Officer Candidate: George Merrin – ‘The Do-Gooder’
George Merrin is a fourth-year biochemistry student and former Science Society auditor running for the role of Welfare Officer. Merrin was a lot of experience that he believes he can…
Welfare Officer Candidate: Úna Carroll – ‘The Agony Aunt’
Úna Carroll is a third year BA Linguistics, Information and Communications student alongside being the Students Union current disability coordinator running to be the next UCDSU Welfare Officer. Carroll says…