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Laois Native, Darryl Horan (22) is one of two candidates running for the position of Education Officer in the upcoming Students’ Union (SU) elections. The SU’s Education Officer deals with…
On April 8th, myself and UCD Students’ Union (SU) Welfare Officer candidate for 2020 Rebecca “Bex” O’Connor, a final year English, Drama, and Social Justice student, had a chat about…
I interviewed Ruairí Power who is running for Welfare Officer of UCD Students’ Union (SU). Power is no stranger to student activism as he co-founded the ‘Fix our education UCD’…
Sarah Michalek says she is running for Students’ Union (SU) Entertainments (Ents) Officer “primarily because I want to give back the amazing experience that I got through my undergrad and…
Elections and the voting systems they use are critical aspects of any democratic institution. Despite this, when elections roll around, most people end up focusing on the campaign, the “who”…
A Working Group has been established in UCD to negotiate the implementation of revised academic policies. The changes aim to ensure students are not at a disadvantage with their assessments…
Minister for Higher Education Mary Mitchell O’Connor has announced that further and higher education institutions will not be holding written, oral or practical assessments in examination centres during the COVID-19…
Rekha Vishnu Nagargoje has pulled out of the Students’ Union (SU) election race for Campaigns & Engagement (C&E) Officer. The graduate student is the third candidate to bow out from…
In a surprise announcement, the current Campaigns & Engagement (C&E) Officer for UCD Students’ Union (SU) has pulled out of the race for her re-election. In a statement online, the…
In an emergency meeting this week, UCD’s Union Council voted to approve moving the election of Executive Students’ Union Officers online. The constitution of the SU requires a two-thirds majority…
The Students’ Union is seeking to hold their annual elections online for the first time in history. The COVID-19 pandemic has caused multiple delays in election voting for the Union.…
UCD Students’ Union has rescheduled its annual elections. This announcement comes after the Taoiseach Leo Varadkar declared that all schools and universities will shut until March 29th. The Returning Officer…