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Campuses where everyone is a student of nature

Posted in Research on March 30th, 2019 by steve

“A Saturday morning walk around the boundary of the University College Dublin campus in Belfield recently alerted me to the public access to green spaces on third-level campuses across Ireland. As I walked along the 6km woodland walk, I met walkers and runners, who, like me, were simply using the university campus like a public park …” (more)

[Sylvia Thompson, Irish Times, 30 March]

Tags: biodiversity

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Bats Could Delay Construction of President Deeks’ New Office

Posted in Governance and administration on January 28th, 2018 by steve

“UCD President Andrew Deeks may have to wait a little longer for a new office because of bats. The Tribune reported in Issue 4 that UCD was spending hundreds of thousands of euro to plan the renovation of Ardmore House as part of an overall HR project. The move will see Deeks’ office transfer out of the Tierney Building …” (more)

[College Tribune, 27 January]

Tags: An Taisce, Andrew Deeks, bats, biodiversity, planning, UCD

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