Andrew Deeks
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Ask Brian: How can Northern Irish students access universities in the Republic?
- Education
- January 26, 2016, 01:00
PROBLEM: My son is in his final year of A-levels here in Northern Ireland and is applying for medicine. He has three interviews this month in England(...)

Hundreds attend UCD service for those killed in Berkeley
- Irish News
- June 19, 2015, 12:34
Hundreds of people have attended a special Memorial service in UCD for the six Irish students who died in Berkeley. UCD students, friends of those wh(...)

Niccolai Schuster profile: St Mary’s boy and UCD student
- Irish News
- June 18, 2015, 01:00
UCD arts student Niccolai Schuster (21) was a grand-nephew of the writer and playwright John B. Keane. From Terenure in Dublin, he was studying histor(...)

Two of the seven Irish students injured in the Berkeley balcony collapse, which killed six of their friends, remain in a critical condition in Highlan(...)

UCD generates €1.3 billion a year, report says
- Education
- May 27, 2015, 07:41
Over 1,500 staff at University College Dublin gave an average of 14 days each towards unpaid public service activities in the last academic year, acco(...)

What’s really behind the drive to paint colleges as businesses?
- Education
- May 26, 2015, 06:00
With a widely recognised funding crisis, and the recent appointment of an expert working group on university financing, we face a decisive juncture(...)

UCD agrees 50 year ‘free’ lease for Confucius Institute
- Education
- April 17, 2015, 01:00
University College Dublin (UCD) has agreed with the Chinese government to jointly operate a controversial new Confucius Institute on the Belfield camp(...)

UCD academics query plan for ‘model’ Confucius Institute
- Education
- April 17, 2015, 01:00
The brochure for UCD’s planned €7.4 million Confucius Institute could not be more enthusiastic. “A landmark modern building,” it reads. “Prominent lak(...)

UCD seeks to become ‘top 10 university’ for global engagement
- Education
- November 11, 2014, 17:54
UCD plans to review its curriculum to give a greater focus to internships and deepen collaborations with third-level institutions overseas as part of (...)

Education in focus as O’Sullivan visits China
- Economy
- November 4, 2014, 01:25
One of the great Irish exports to China has been education, and Minister for Education and Skills Jan O’Sullivan was in China last week on a trade mis(...)