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
“The University does not care about their students” – UCD Student with Disabilities | Opinion
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.
The J1 That Never Happened: How Summer 2020 Tanked For US Hopefuls
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.
Thomas Grund: In Getting Students Back On Campus, Money Is All UCD Cares About | Op-Ed
It took months into the pandemic for University College Dublin (UCD) to realise that teaching in the autumn cannot go
It’s not easy being green | Conall Mac Dhonnagáin – PRO for UCD Young Greens
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.
Dear Universities, You’re About to Cause a Greater Public Health Crisis Than Covid-19 | Opinion
There were sniggers this week as Trinity reported an increase in applicants due to Normal People’s romanticism of Irish university
The 300 year-old rule barring solicitors from becoming senior counsel has been overturned
For the first time ever, solicitors are now eligible to become senior counsel, a title held by roughly 325 barristers at present. This landmark change to the 300 year-old rule is provided for within legislation passed 5 years ago, which has recently been enacted.
Lessons I learnt from loss
Over the past five months, many have had to deal with the loss of loved ones, and not being able to see their family. Our opinion writer Jessica McCarthy shares her story of dealing with loss and what she learned.
“It’s not enough for Ireland to say, ‘We’re not racist’, Ireland must now work to be actively ‘anti -racist’.” – UCD Student
The recent murder of George Floyd sparked a massive movement among people around America and the world to end racism.
Our Consent Education Needs to Change | Opinion
“Get her drunk first, yeah lads?” That sounds like the kind of base and immature banter you would expect to
That’s a wrap
As I sit here tearfully jotting down my final reflections as a post graduate student, I look back fondly at what’s changed since we started together back in February.
Well firstly, we were teased with a mere three scant weeks in the Innovation Academy in UCD, with the abundance of campus resources only a few steps away only to be sent abruptly home…and I had only just managed to navigate my way to the O’Brien Centre from the N11 car park with absolute confidence. We won’t mention the fifty quid I had just forked out for said parking space. The benefits were short lived.
Why it is time to rethink Econ 101
There is something foul in the state of economics. At the best of times beginners economics courses are overly simplistic,