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Student nursing placement to resume on a phased basis
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CAO applications set to surpass 80,000 as 2021 gears up to be the most competitive year for Leaving Cert students
Minister to have power to suspend university boards
Negative online response to SHAG Week advertisements
UCDSU release statement to Minister for Health urging the reopening of the GMHS
Last Wednesday UCD Students’ Union released a statement, referencing a letter that was sent to the Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly, calling for the reopening of the free HIV testing services that are facilitated through the Gay Men’s Health Service (GMHS), a service that has been suspended for many months. This comes after a mandate was passed at the February 1st council mandating that the Welfare and C&E officers lobby for this.…
Director of student health retires after 24 years
Dr Sandra Tighe has ended her tenure as Director of student health at UCD. She has held the position from 1997-2021. The new Director has not yet been appointed, Dr Eadaoin Lysaght is currently acting medical Director.…
Applied Geosciences Research Centre at UCD Receives €28 million Investment from SFI
The Irish Centre for Research in Applied Geosciences (iCRAG) at University College Dublin has received €28 million in funding from Science Foundation Ireland (SFI).…
UCD set to pay 70k in fines following several personal data breaches of University email accounts
University College Dublin has been fined €70,000 following several personal data breaches of University email accounts. The fine came after the Data Protection Commission (DPC) received 7 separate breach notifications by UCD between August 2018 and January 2019.…
Significant increase in class sizes at UCD Smurfit
5th year Medicine students have grades withheld
UCD Professor Dolores Cahill selling trips to Ireland online, despite Covid
The Union of Students Ireland to chair a group on student wellbeing and engagement
Irish Government to fund Erasmus for Northern Irish students
Cause for concern over the shortage of body donations to University medical schools
Students from wealthy areas more likely to proceed to third level education
Clinical placement for student nurses and midwifes suspended
UCD Governing Authority reject discussion on public funding university education
Speaking to UCDSU Council on November 30th, the final council of last Trimester, Welfare Officer Ruairí Power stated that UCD Governing Authority (GA) had rejected an Item for Decision worded “For decision: UCD should make a public statement advocating for a publicly funded universal model of Higher Education which would inform engagement with the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science”.…
Department of Further and Higher Education announce €5.4 million in funding to help make third-level more accessible
On January 22, 2021, The Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris TD, announced a number of new measures to “help make our higher education institutions more accessible for students with disabilities”.…