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A two-metre social distancing rule will be put into effect on university campuses that re-open this autumn. The two-metre rule, advised by the State’s National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET)…
Life at University College Dublin will be remarkably unusual for students in the upcoming academic year, as staff, lecturers, clubs, societies, and the government try to implement new public health…
Despite University College Dublin’s (UCD) and the Students’ Union’s (SU) claim that no students, particularly final year students, would be left disadvantaged by the implications of COVID-19, some students have…
The sexual health advocacy organization ACT UP Dublin has called on Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly to accelerate the reopening of public STI clinics in Ireland, which have been closed…
We interviewed University College Dublin Students’ Union (UCDSU) President Conor Anderson last month for clarification on the fact that students’ provisional results were lower than they anticipated, despite the implementation…
UCD’s plans for a significant expansion to the Belfield campus are to be put on hold after a local resident objected to the planning permission. The planned works are the…
On Thursday it was announced that the release of Leaving Certificate results for the class of 2020 would be delayed until September 7th, three weeks later than expected. CAO offers…
The Irish Nursing and Midwives Organisation (INMO) have announced that final year nursing interns will not receive a pay cut this September. In a statement made on Twitter on July…
University College Dublin’s (UCD) plan for undergraduate students to attend between 40 and 60% of their classes in the Autumn Trimester may not reflect the reality for many students, according…
It took months into the pandemic for University College Dublin (UCD) to realise that teaching in the autumn cannot go ahead as usual. Only on May 28th, UCD’s President Andrew…
Students will be able to retrieve their items from lockers in University College Dublin (UCD) in a supervised capacity from Friday July 17th, UCD Estate Services have confirmed. Lockers can…
In the recent Oireachtas Special Committee meeting, the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on mental health was discussed. The meeting was attended by the Committee of TDs, Jigsaw, The National…