Virtual Freshers Week 2020 -An Attempt To Vivify Student Life Or a Disappointing Failure?
This week marked the beginning of a new trajectory for student societies, as Monday 12th of October saw the start of the first
UCD needs to start communicating with students |Opinion
As the pandemic worsens across Europe, winter is beginning to look bleak. There’s potential for our healthcare system to crumble at the sheer
Unemployed, again? | Student Story
Has securing a steady income ever been so uncertain? My co-workers and I watched Taoiseach Michéal Martin deliver a national address last Friday
The Future for COVID Graduates | Opinion
While some of the graduating class of 2020 have already felt the early effects of COVID-19 of the economy, the full extent of the pandemic will not be seen until we look at the jobs markets of 2021 and beyond.
Working from Home for Young Professionals | Opinion
Working from home and the move away from the office is deemed as one of the silver linings coming from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Imagining a New Economic Way Forward | Opinion
The young people of today have never known any system aside from globalized capitalism. We grew up during one recession and are now graduating into a different one, we have felt the precariousness of modern housing and we have had the continuous existential threat of climate change weighing over us.
Kamala Harris and Joe Biden: Do women in politics need (or want) “favours” from men?
Last week US presidential candidate Joe Biden announced his vice-presidential running-mate as Kamala Harris, Senator and former Attorney General of California. Making good
Opinion: Berlin Bar Scandal Just One Element of the Problem When it Comes to Rising Covid Cases
Outrage was sparked on Twitter on Sunday when a video of the D2 bar, Berlin, was released. The footage showed crowds of people
UCD’s Efforts Show a Dangerous Crusade to Attract Students at Any Cost | Opinion
Numbers seem to be everywhere these days. Be it the latest dosage of discovered coronavirus cases, the oft-repeated 2 metre mantra of social distancing or whatever that ‘R number’ claims to be (search me – I was a veteran of the back row in maths). But there is one number I do understand and if you’re a UCD student or just someone who cares about their physical wellbeing – you should too. That number is €100,000,000. Those six figures represent the financial blackhole faced by UCD for the upcoming year because of COVID-19 and what students will pay for not just from their pockets, but from their physical and mental wellbeing.
Me, Myself and I: Loneliness isn’t Always a Bad Thing | Opinion
I came to a harsh realisation during this prolonged pandemic period. My social life had changed very little. In fact, if anything, it drastically improved as the messages flooded in from extroverts in crises. “Hey, oh my god it has been five years, how are you hun? xoxo”.
International Students Long for College Experience and People More than Degree
University College Dublin (UCD) is considered Ireland’s largest international university. It is home to over 6,000 international students that make up 29% of the student population, according to then most recent registration figures. Each International student that decides to attend UCD has unique experiences throughout their college career as they navigate not only trying to receive a degree from a highly competitive university, but deal with moving to an entirely different country, most often completely by themselves.
OPINION: UCD Sport and Fitness Need To Do More To Guard Against COVID.
UCD simply is not doing enough to protect staff and gym users in the Student Centre. Doing anything at the moment is a