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.
Last week US presidential candidate Joe Biden announced his vice-presidential running-mate as Kamala Harris, Senator and former Attorney General of
Outrage was sparked on Twitter on Sunday when a video of the D2 bar, Berlin, was released. The footage showed
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.
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”.
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.
UCD simply is not doing enough to protect staff and gym users in the Student Centre. Doing anything at the
Concern over how University College Dublin (UCD) will be able to safely bring students back onto campus is growing among the student population, particularly amongst students with disabilities or serious illnesses. When updating students about how teaching will commence on campus during the summer semester, the only reference to these students is that the university is exploring options to protect vulnerable students.
As lockdowns across Europe begin to ease, and with the school year right around the corner, the stress and insecurity of the first few weeks of lockdown may feel further and further away from us now. However, many of our fellow students are still just recovering, or yet to recover, from one of the first and most obvious impacts of the coronavirus: visa cancellations.
It took months into the pandemic for University College Dublin (UCD) to realise that teaching in the autumn cannot go
It’s no secret that I am in favour of new leadership in the Green Party. I made that clear in my last piece; “Ryan Is Not The Green Messiah, He’s A Very Naughty Boy”. So let’s be clear from the top – I am biased. However, the following is not intended as an attack on the new Minister for Climate Action.
There were sniggers this week as Trinity reported an increase in applicants due to Normal People’s romanticism of Irish university
