Essential Work & Essential Study | Student Stories
Ireland has been in the grips of COVID-19 for a year. While much of the country has come to a standstill, university students found their part-time jobs transformed from a…
UCD sees “Extraordinary” Increase in CAO Applications
UCD has received “extraordinary demand” for college places from CAO applicants this year, according to UCD President Andrew Deeks in an email sent to all university staff. Undergraduate application figures…
The Student Athlete in the Pandemic | A Tale of Two Americas
The United States has been the preferred location for many of Ireland’s student athlete, looking to achieve their sporting ambitions whilst obtaining a degree, for the best of a century.…
The Way Students Treated During the Pandemic “Unforgivable” | Rose Conway-Walsh
Sinn Féin Spokesperson for Higher and Further Education, Innovation and Science, Rose Conway-Walsh conducted a survey on the impact of online learning on students’ mental health. The results flag what…
Direct Provision White Paper & Student Activism
This week the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Roderic O’Gorman published a white paper setting out the governments plan to abolish direct provision. The proposals include the…
When Will The Vaccine Rollout To Students?
Over the previous two months many different vaccines have been placed on the market, with the EU gobbling up hundreds of millions of vials from multiple different companies such as…
Simon Harris: “He works hard for the money” but not for the students | Opinion
In early 2021, Minister for Education Norma Foley’s inconsistent, reactive decision-making regarding schools’ reopening became a focal point of public governmental criticism. In the shadow of that issue lives the…
The Freshers Who Haven’t Met Their Friends Yet
For many first years at University College Dublin (UCD) this year has seen an anti-climax punctured by a big sesh-shaped hole. Making friends is not what it used to be.…
Phased Reopening of schools – A trajectory of failures by the Irish government | Opinion
The fiasco that was the proposed re-opening of Irish schools for students experiencing additional needs ended again this week with students being left high and dry by the Irish government.…
UCD SU Campaigns to End Image Based Sexual Abuse
T/W: Sexual Abuse After it was revealed last month that a Discord server containing over 100,000 intimate images of Irish women was shared with over 500 participants, the University College…
Lack of Student Anger Contributed to No More ‘No Detriment Policy’ | Conor Anderson
A lack of student support and anger around the ‘No Detriment policy’ is the reason the University College Dublin Students’ Union (UCD SU) will no longer push for the Covid-19…
The Internship | A Rite of Passage For Some, A Right Pain for Others
Internships are often seen as an integral step in securing a job post-graduation, and there is no avoiding their importance. They have become so popular for business students that not…