Independent UCD News
The Department of Education has said they are not in a position to provide any additional funding to third level institutions despite a projected financial loss of €508 million in…
The College Tribune is delighted to announce that two new Co-Editors have been appointed to edit Ireland’s largest independent student newspaper for the next year. Stephan Kisbey-Green (pictured left) and…
UCD have denied student calls to receive partial refunds on their fees due to course disruption amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. In a statement to The Irish Times today, the university…
The government’s decade-long underfunding of universities has presented the sector with a myriad of issues, and the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed unreliable non-exchequer sources of income. Staff and students nationwide…
As a UCD student, it is hard to imagine that the vast 330 acres of Belfield’s campus were not always flooded with people. Prior to 1970, the official opening of…
As colleges plan ahead to the 2020/2021 academic year, it is looking increasingly likely that the conventional university teaching methods will not be able to take place when college begins…
Sir, – The College Tribune’s report on Jim Miley’s concerns regarding Teaching and Learning in the next academic year hints at wider problems that UCD (along with all other universities)…
University College Dublin (UCD) begins easing restrictions from today, in line with the government’s commencement of Phase 1 of the COVID-19 exit roadmap. Staff will now be permitted on campus…
The return of all universities in autumn could see no large lectures, “blended learning” between virtual and on-campus, large cutbacks in numbers of on-campus accommodation, and a rota for students…
Incoming first year university students should “not be admitted to a particular degree programme until the end of their first year in college”, according to an Associate Professor in Dublin…
The Governing Authority (GA) of University College Dublin (UCD) has given no indication of seriously considering calls to partially refund fees to students, GA sources suggest. In recent weeks, a…
University College Dublin (UCD) has suspended all Erasmus+ and Non-EU Exchange programmes for the Autumn Trimester 2020. The popular Erasmus+ scheme which allows students to travel abroad to partner universities…