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Welfare talks resumed after initial error
WELFARE talks scheduled for the current semester have resumed following the postponement of one event due to an error in booking rooms. Students’ Union (SU) Welfare Officer, Conor Fingleton, accepted…
McDowell begins part-time lecturing at School of Law
FORMER Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Michael McDowell, has begun lecturing at the School of Law on a part-time basis. Mr McDowell, who studied at UCD and was a former…
SIPTU negotiates safeguards in staff review
SAFEGUARDS have been negotiated by the UCD section of the Services, Industrial, Professional and Technical Union (SIPTU) for staff who the university have asked to undergo a Performance Management Development…
SU shop in breach of Coca-Cola boycott
A STUDENTS’ Union (SU) shop was in breach of the SU Coca-Cola boycott last week when it sold Coca-Cola brand products. Products such as Lilt and Diet Coke were available…
Not always a Coca-Cola ban
Breach of the Coca-Cola boycott by those who instigated the ban in the first place may come as a bit of a surprise to many students. Although the very fact…
‘Sexist’ posters vandalised
STUDENTS have condemned vandalism carried out upon posters around campus. Posters advertising the Literary & Historical (L&H) Society’s Porn Debate and the Business & Legal (B&L) Society’s Bunny Ball were…
Online college mounts legal bid to seek recognition for degrees
WARNBOROUGH College has launched a legal bid to gain official recognition from the education authorities after its application was rejected earlier in the year. The college, whose degrees were described…
New UCD lecturer discusses previous incarceration
SOCIOLOGY lecturer, Dr Roger Yates has begun a full time lecturing position in UCD, following his part time work in university evening courses over the past three years. Former Animal…
TCD researchers’ cell substance findings may improve cancer treatments
SCIENTISTS at Trinity College Dublin (TCD) have discovered a substance which could improve cancer treatments. The substance which is found within living cells has been found to have a previously…