COLLEGE TRIBUNE Independent Student Media
Issue_08.33
03.03.2020
NO BUDGING FROM COLLEGE; RENTS PROTEST CONTINUES
News
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Big Reads
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Culture
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The Business Interview with Denis O’Brien
Every UCD Political Society on Solving the Housing Crisis
Quotes Above Are Satirical Full Coverage
Page 10 Dublin’s Hottest Pictured Above: Students’ Union President Joanna Siewierska with University President Andrew Deeks
Upcoming Gigs
Universities Must Provide UCD TO INTRODUCE Alcohol Free Accommodation MANDATORY SEXUAL HARASSMENT WORKSHOPS
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in higher education. The group, which was comprised of 21 academics, gardaí, The number of olleges in Ireland reccommendations health professionals, stumust provide issued formally by dents and first responders, “drug, substance, the Rapid Respone recently released their recommendations for all HEIs. alcohol and to- Group to all bacco-free student accom- Higher Education There are no UCD staff on the Rapid Response Group modation” following new Institutions in team. Ireland. recommendations. The new A further note within “framework for tackling the recommendations for substance abuse” in higher “drug, substance, alcohol education was recently sent and tobacco-free student to all the presidents of highaccommodation” suggests er education institutions The number of that HEIs “could include de(HEIs) in Ireland. members in the veloping a contract of occuBack in September Rapid Response pancy for student tenants in Group. The 2019, Minister for Higher institution-owned student Education Mary Mitchell group contains academics, accommodation.” O’Connor convened a “Rapgardaí, health According to these recid Response Group” which professionals, ommendations, all HEIs was tasked with conducting students, first extensive research and pro- responder amongst must: allocate space on viding recommendations other experts. on tackling substance abuse Continued on page 4...
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n Tuesday 25th February, the University held its official launch of UCD Report and Support. The event, held in the Student Centre’s Fitzgerald chamber, saw a large turnout from staff across the UCD community. Speakers at the event announced 90-minute classes on preventing sexual assault, an anonymous bystander reporting tool for all members of the UCD community and the Students’ Union announced an upcoming ‘It Stops Now’ campaign. Next year, all incoming freshers will receive man-
datory 90-minute classes on how to intervene and help prevent sexual assaults from happening on and off-campus. Opening the event, UCD Deputy President and Registrar Mark Rogers noted that “UCD has zero tolerance” to the kind of behaviours addressed with this initiative. Dr. Aideen Quilty, Assistant Professor in Gender Studies at the School of Social Policy, was heavily involved in the research that went into this new programme. “It’s a really important message for incoming students and it’s about increasing knowledge and awareness as well as prevention,” Quilty told the Irish Times. The proContinued on page 5...
Sport
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UCD Sports Update March 2020
