“… Interesting to see UCD has already begun the process of finding Hugh Brady’s successor as president – even though he is not due to step down until late next year. The Governing Authority has elected Ronan Fanning, Dermot Moran and Dr Marie Clarke to the selection committee while the Academic Council has elected Orla Feely and Gerard Casey …” (more)
[Irish Times, 10 April]
“Dublin’s city bike scheme may be extended into the suburbs. Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council is actively pursuing the extension of the scheme into the Dundrum area and surrounding region …” (more)
[Claire Murphy, Herald, 5 April]
“A UCD law graduate from Donegal has been elected as the new president of the Union of Students in Ireland. John Logue (23), from Letterkenny, will take up his one-year term of office on July 1st …” (more)
[Donegal Daily, 5 April]
“A UCD law graduate has been elected as the new president of the Union of Students in Ireland. John Logue (23), from Letterkenny, Co Donegal, will take up his one-year term of office on July 1st …” (more)
[Irish Times, 5 April]
“Despite the recent growth in multinational exports, the domestic economy is still flagging badly and the long term health of the country is reliant on our homegrown businesses and the future of today’s fledgling start-ups. Fergal Gallagher spoke to Dr Ciara Leonard, programme manager at NovaUCD …” (more)
[Digital Times, 5 April]
“The Students’ Union of UCD has announced a campus wide preferendum will take place in order to set the SU policy on third level funding. The referendum is set to be held Tuesday the 10th and Wednesday the 11th of April alongside the Union’s College Convener elections …” (more)
[College Tribune, 4 April]
“The continuing failure of some university presidents and other high-earning academic staff to take a voluntary pay cut has been criticised by Minister for Education Ruairí Quinn …” (more)
[Sean Flynn, Irish Times, 5 April]
“UCD Students’ Union may be over €1m in debt when accounts are published on April 12, with claim and counterclaim surrounding who is responsible for, and who will be funding, the debt repayments …” (more)
[Donie O'Sullivan, College Tribune, 4 April]
“Ireland is at the leading edge of the emerging software area of evolving critical systems thanks to the work of Lero – the Irish software engineering research centre. The Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) funded Centre for Science Engineering and Technology brings together leading software engineering teams from the University of Limerick, DCU, Trinity College Dublin, UCD, Dundalk IT and NUI, Galway in a coordinated centre of research excellence with a strong industry focus …” (more)
[Irish Times, 30 March]
“Twelve graduates who may have thought a business master’s was beyond their means are now going to get to attend the UCD Michael Smurfit Business School, thanks to the donation of €500,000 by a mystery donor …” (more)
[John Kennedy, Silicon Republic, 28 March]
“These images of spring were taken on the Belfield campus today. The campus is springing back into life after the long winter.” (pictures)
[SBES, 22 March]
“Building a device to hurl an egg across a room without breaking it or directing blindfolded teammates with only the aid of a whistle are not generally the core skills that employers seek in graduates …” (more)
[Pamela Duncan, Irish Times, 15 March]
“UCD AFC’s summer tour to Africa in 1980 was one which saw the college soccer club make the national headlines for all the wrong reasons at home. The tour would be remembered primarily for events in Khartoum, where a riot broke out in a stadium packed with 30,000 Sudanese fans …” (more)
[Come here to me!, 5 March]
“This photograph is priceless from last Friday night, showing a flare lit up by the normally very tame home support at UCD AFC. It was a good night across the league with plenty of colour and passion …” (more, photo)
[Come here to me!, 5 March]
“The Union of Students in Ireland (USI), the ‘national student union’ representing most Irish third level students, may be facing into a membership crisis, media reports have claimed. Both Trinity College Dublin (TCD) and University College Dublin (UCD) are reportedly reconsidering their involvement with the Union …” (more)
[StudentNews.ie, 28 February]
“The Students’ Unions of Trinity College Dublin (TCD) and University College Dublin (UCD) may be leaving the Union of Students in Ireland (USI). Both Unions are reported to have become dissatisfied with both the efforts of the USI in the campaign against fees and the costs of USI membership …” (more)
[Studenty_Dublin, 27 February]
“Five new spin out companies came out of the commercialisation of research at University College Dublin in 2011 and plan to employ more than 50 people by the end of 2013 between them …” (more)
[Business and Leadership, 21 February]
“University College Dublin (UCD) is beefing up its cybercrime research unit by appointing a new head of cybersecurity. The university has announced that it is looking for applications for the a new permanent post …” (more)
[Dick O'Brien, Business Post, 20 February]
“This week sees the launch of an Israeli initiative called Faces of Israel which essentially is a charm offensive designed to address what the Israeli government believes is a generally negative image of the country here in Ireland …” (more)
[Studenty_Galway, 20 February]
“Scientists at University College Dublin have identified a potential new treatment for life-threatening complications associated with chronic obstructive lung diseases like emphysema and chronic bronchitis …” (more)
[Business Post, 20 February]
