Minister Does NOT Expect Reversal of In-Person College Plan
The Minister of State for Skills and Further Education, Niall Collins, spoke about the recently announced return to campus on Newstalk this Friday. UCD has announced a full return to…
UCD Graduations Limited to JUST 190 Students
Graduations ceremonies which are due to take place in the coming weeks will be limited to just 190 students per ceremony despite the event taking place outside in the Quad…
BREAKING: UCD Plan to Return to Face-to-Face Teaching With No Social-Distancing Requirements
University College Dublin (UCD) is to proceed with plans to re-open campus for students with face-to-face teaching in the academic year 2021/22, as has been revealed in a special bulletin…
UCD spent just €880k on mental health supports in the last college year
An investigation by the Irish Times revealed that universities in Ireland, including UCD, spent over €5 million on mental health services over the course of the pandemic. The State’s eight…
Return to in-person learning still uncertain as Covid cases rise
In the last two weeks, 18,000 cases have been confirmed, with an incidence rate of 386 per 100,000 of the population - the highest since February.
UCD Now Open For Walk-in Vaccination
UCD’s O’Reilly Hall vaccination center is to run a walk-in vaccination program this weekend. From 11 am on Sunday, August 8th, anyone over the age of 16 who has not…
Who are UCD ‘s Olympians?
The opening ceremony of the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics took place last Friday, 23 July at the Olympic Stadium, Tokyo. University College Dublin has sent several athletes to this year’s…
UCDSU Election results not a win for feminism, but opens the door for later victories | Editorial
This year’s University College Dublin Students’ Union (UCDSU) elections have resulted in four out of the six sabbatical positions being filled by women. This is at the same time that…
BREAKING: UCDSU Elections 2021 | Power Elected President
After the second year of online elections, the University College Dublin (UCD) Students’ Union sabbatical team for 2021-22 has been elected. The UCDSU Elections results were announced to a crowd…
UCDSU Host Town Hall about Dolores Cahill, Union to Contact Medical Council
Thirty-six students attended an online town hall on the recent conduct of UCD Professor Dolores Cahill, an academic who has come under fire for her Covid-19 scepticism, as well as…
Cahill becomes UCD President | Deeks wins race for UCDSU President | Turbine
After the sweeping reforms announced by Higher Education Minister Simon Harris at the beginning of the year, the now former University College Dublin President Andrew Deeks has been replaced by…
Are they any good? | Your 2021 UCDSU Candidates Reviewed
We undertook the gruelling task of reading through colourful manifestos, watched hours of hustings and grilled all of the candidates running in the University College Dublin Students’ Union (UCDSU) Executive…