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Rosie Roberts Kuntz Assistant News Editor
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CD has secured €350m from the European Investment Bank for major capital investment in the campus. The investment will facilitate a 25% addition to the student population, and a 50% addition in faculty, over the next ten years. The investment comes as part of UCD’s “Strategy 2020-2024”,
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a five year plan reportedly aimed at increasing faculty and student numbers, building world-class academic facilities and student amenities, and advancing services to support this growth. The development comprises the following projects: Centre for Creativity This new centre is aimed at fostering the collision of ideas across subject areas, as well as
engagement between the University and the community. It will relocate the School of Architecture and consolidate the School of Engineering to the centre of college. Centre for Future Learning This high-tech 11,600 sqm building will place active learning at its core, incorporating formal, informal, group and individual spaces that students need.
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09.11.2021
The Lights Are On But No One Is Home Maeve Dodd Campus Correspondent
“And the crowd goes wild!”
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t’s a common enough phrase in the sporting world, just don’t expect to hear it at UCD. No matter which sport you love,
at UCD there is unlikely to be a crowd. UCD boasts some of the best sporting facilities in the country. They host top-performing teams and athletes. Yet for a university of more than 30,000 students, the turnout of supporters at sports events is shockingly low. Continued on page 13 ...