NovaUCD’s Zipp Mobility to Create 30 New Jobs
The now well-documented success story of NovaUCD, Zipp Mobility last week announced its plans to add another 30 jobs in the company across 2021. The company, set up by Quinn…
Beibhinn Parsons wins Irish Writers Player of the year
University College Dublin first year Beibhinn Parsons was awarded the Guinness Rugby Writers of Ireland Women’s player of the year on Thursday 21 January. While studying for her leaving cert,…
UCD Study Shows Sewage Surveillance can Identify COVID Cases in the Community
A UCD research project led by Professor Wim Meijer, UCD School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Science, has created a standard approach to tracking COVID-19 through wastewater. Researchers can access a…
Weekly €100 Payment Expected for Nursing Students
Student nurses on hospital placements are expected to receive a new weekly €100 ‘Pandemic Placement Payment’ as recommended under a review commissioned by the Department of Health. The Review carried…
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…
UCD VentureLaunch Accelerator Programme Final to Take Place on Wednesday
Five UCD start-ups will pitch their business plans at the UCD VentureLaunch accelerator programme on Wednesday, competing for seed investment of several million euro. The programme, run by NovaUCD, aims…
UCD Spin-Out’s AquaB Wins Water Award at the IChemE Global Awards
On 2 November 2020, AquaB Nanobubble Innovations Ltd (AquaB), a UCD spin-out company won the Water Award category, which it was shortlisted for in the 2020 Institution of Chemical Engineers…
GAA’s first LGBTQ+ club | Diversity & Inclusion in the GAA
History has been made within the GAA as it is set to register its first ever LGBTQ+ club, Na Gaeil Aeracha (The Rainbow Gaels), based in Dublin. It all began…
Ireland is not a safe place for women, not even online|Editorial
T/W: Sexual Abuse Ireland is not an ideal country to be a woman in. History has shown us this time and time again but last week’s news of a Discord…
Zipp Continue Upward Curve
Zipp Mobility, the Irish e-scooter mobility start-up based in NovaUCD has announced that over 1,000 journeys have already been made on their scooters in the company’s first full week of…
Juggling International Rugby with an Online Freshers Year | Beibhinn Parsons
Irish international sensation, Beibhinn Parsons has been taking the challenge of online lectures in her stride while simultaneously playing Six Nations rugby. The 19-year-old from Ballinasloe spoke with The College…