UCD

Analysis

Key Takeaways from the UCD Encampment

While the UCD encampment is ambitious in its goals, the protest's lack of financial and academic disruption may impact the group's ability to bargain with university management, writes Fionn Bowes-Fitzpatrick.
By Fionn Bowes-FItzpatrick

TCDSU and UCDSU Launch Joint Digs Drive

The students’ unions of both universities have collaborated to urge homeowners with spare rooms to rent to students in need of housing.
By Phoebe Pascoe

PhD Researcher Left in Precarious Living Situation Following Costs of Accommodation

UCD informed del Olmo that she would need to pay more than €2,000 to avail of on-campus accommodation between April and May.
By Ailbhe Noonan

Ba Cheart do UCDSU Filleadh ar USI. Ach Beidh ar USI Troid le hIad a Choinneáil

Seans go vótálfaidh UCDSU i bhfabhar filleadh ar USI i mbliana, tar éis beagnach deich mbliana ó vótáil siad chun imeacht as.
Editorial

UCD Students Should Rejoin USI. But USI Will Have to Fight to Keep Them

UCDSU may vote on rejoining USI this year, nearly a decade after voting to leave.

UCDSU Opens Door to Referendum on Rejoining USI

UCDSU, Ireland's largest student union, broke with the national student body in 2013.
By Emer Moreau

UCD President Andrew Deeks to Resign in April

Deeks will take up the position of Vice Chancellor in Murdoch University in his home city of Perth, Australia.
By Jody Druce

UCD Module Co-ordinators Can Decide On In-Person Exams

Last week this newspaper reported that Trinity’s exam period will involve a mix of in-person and online exams.
By Jennifer Ní Chiara

Student Unions Should Consider Entering Property Market, Says DCC Chief

A letter to the Dublin City Council Chief Executive Owen Keegan from UCDSU's president led to a terse exchange between the two.
By Emer Moreau

Tributes Paid by UCD Alumni to ‘Old Man Belfield’, Who Died on Monday

Michael Byrne, a homeless man who often slept on the UCD campus, was affectionately known to many as ‘Old Man Belfield’.
By Emer Moreau