PhD consultative referendum votes for industrial action amid low turnout
At a meeting on the 9th of October, the UCD Students’ Union decided to hold a Consultative Referendum to poll
Postgraduate Workers Protest Poor Pay Outside Dáil
On October 5th, the Postgraduate Workers Organisation (PWO) met at 9:30 in the Front Square of Trinity College Dublin to
UCD Ranked First For Post-Graduate Employability in Ireland
University College Dublin (UCD) has taken first place in the QS top university rankings for employability in Ireland, for the
Post-Graduate Workers Alliance March: One Year On
This week marked the one year anniversary since Mary Naughton, founder of the UCD Post-Graduate Workers Alliance (PGWA) marched on
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.
GNIB Issues Cost Post-Graduates
The inability to get an appointment with the Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB) is now preventing numerous post-graduate students in
A Postgraduate’s Viewpoint: Adjuncts, Casual Labour, and Zero Hour Contracts.
If you are a postgraduate you might love your discipline more than your sleep or holidays. Teaching, pills learning, and
Arts & Human Sciences Postgraduate Students Launch ‘Save Our PRC’ Campaign
A group of Arts and Human Sciences postgraduate students have launched a campaign to save the Postgraduate Research Centre on
BOI sought guarantee-free loan scheme
In an interview with the College Tribune, Minister for Education and Skills, Ruairi Quinn revealed that Bank of Ireland requested