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UCD Students’ Union worry UCD "over-promising" class time

The creation of the Department of Higher Education and Research has been announced. Simon Harris, TD for Wicklow and member of Fine Gael, has been appointed the inaugural Minister for the Department. In a statement to The University Observer, the President of UCD, Prof. Andrew Deeks said that “The creation of a Ministry of Higher Education, Innovation and Science is the most exciting development the sector has seen since I came to Ireland at the beginning of 2014."…

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UCDSU host student activists to discuss Black Lives Matter

On Wednesday, June 24th, UCDSU held a panel discussion with black student activists to discuss the Black Lives Matter movement, and how it functions in Ireland and at third level institutions.…

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National survey reveals high rates of sexual violence and harassment among students.

In the first survey of its kind in eight years, NUI Galway’s Active* Consent Programme in partnership with the Union of Students in Ireland (USI) revealed that 29% of females, 10% of males, and 28% of non-binary students surveyed reported non-consensual sexual assault during their time in college.…

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Ireland must confront its own antiblackness

With the Black Lives Matter movement going global, and solidarity protests being organised across Ireland, Samuel Ajetunmobi argues that Ireland must reckon with its own antiblackness. (Content Warning for Racial Slurs)…