Student Union Elections Postponed One Week Later
UCD Students’ Union has rescheduled its annual elections. This announcement comes after the Taoiseach Leo Varadkar declared that all schools…
COVID-19 University Shutdown: Full List of UCD Closures
The Taoiseach Leo Varadkar announced yesterday that schools and colleges would close from today until March 29th, in order to…
UCD Allows Overseas Students to Remain Abroad and “Study Remotely” Where Necessary
The Director of UCD Global, Dr. Douglas Proctor, has emailed UCD students currently studying abroad, issuing a number of recommendations…
UCD Moves Online For Remainder of Year Amid COVID-19 University Closures
UCD President Professor Andrew Deeks emailed students and staff this evening, detailing changes in response to the governments decision today…
UCD Launches New Scheme to Address Campus Rents, called the “Don’t Be Poor” Scheme
News of the “Don’t be Poor” scheme has surged across UCD like a Haitian tsunami engulfing conversation by conversation in…
UCD Rent Protests 101: The Full Story
News Breaks of Maximum Rent Increase UCD’s on-campus accommodation will increase by 4% year on year for the next three…
What’s All this Protest Stuff About?
Boy it’s been a busy couple of weeks, with students protesting more than Greta Thunberg on Friday. The issue though?…
Ascough Fiasco Never Ends
In early February, UCD president Professor Andrew Deeks spoke with the Irish Independent in a wide-ranging interview where he discussed…
Belfield’s Growth Spurt: A History of UCD Rents
University College Dublin are planning to increase rents by 12% over the next three years. This translates to a 4%…
Students Stage Peaceful Protest of UCD Governing Authority Meeting
Students have protested outside Thursday’s UCD Governing Authority (GA) meeting. Member of the Students’ Union, Fix Our Education UCD and…
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…
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…