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UCD Sustainability @ucdsustainability.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

What impeccable timing! 🌳 🐝 It's Insect Week 2026 (June 22 - 28) and the tree bumblebee has been sighted for the first time in UCD by members of associate professor and ecologist Dr Dara Stanley’s research team. Read all about it: www.ucd.ie/sustainabili... #InsectWeek2026 @ucddublin.bsky.social

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UCD Sustainability @ucdsustainability.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

UCD's Main Lake is a focal point on campus, surrounded by key buildings like UCD James Joyce Library, O’Reilly Hall and the O’Brien Centre for Science. Here Ciaran Beattie of UCD Estate Services explains the lake's history and popularity with students and wildlife. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gh6R...

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Swans, ducks and seagulls on University College Dublin's Main Lake

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UCD Sustainability @ucdsustainability.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

UCD students have upcycled bookshelves and doors from the latest University College Dublin James Joyce Library refurbishment to create a very cool new public outdoor space on campus. youtu.be/E0DzGVg069g

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UCD students upcycle old library furniture to make new outdoor seating on campus

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UCD Sustainability @ucdsustainability.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

According to the supplier it is the first machine of its kind in an Irish university. University College Dublin has installed an organic digester to help reduce waste on campus. Read more, including what the end-material compost smells like (you'll never guess!) www.ucd.ie/sustainabili...

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UCD Sustainability @ucdsustainability.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Our latest UCD Sustainability Future Leader is Kendra Paleczny. How did growing up on an ostrich farm in Ontario, Canada, influence her decision to enrol in the BSc Sustainability? How has she helped students with climate anxiety and dressing right for interviews? Read: www.ucd.ie/sustainabili...

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UCD Sustainability @ucdsustainability.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

We've closed the loop! UCD is now making mushrooms from discarded coffee grounds from UCD University Club - and then delivering them back for use on the same menu. Read the full story, which features AI, robots, quiche, linguine - and a five year collective effort! 🍄🤖 www.ucd.ie/sustainabili...

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UCD Sustainability @ucdsustainability.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Is there more rain in Ireland now than in the past? Met Éireann is asking citizens to help ditigise historical Irish rainfall data from our old weather records. Last week UCD welcomed Dr. Rhonda McGovern, a postdoctoral researcher at Met Éireann, to show us how. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUja...

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Met Eireann Weather Rescue project asks citizen scientists to help digitise historical rainfall data

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UCD Sustainability @ucdsustainability.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

University College Dublin has moved up two places to 47th in the world in the 2026 QS World Rankings for Sustainability. This marks the University's third consecutive year in the top 50 universities worldwide for Sustainability. Read more: www.ucd.ie/sustainabili...

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UCD Sustainability @ucdsustainability.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Should global music tours like Taylor Swift and Coldplay be required to offset their carbon footprint even if ticket prices rise? UCD students applied doughnut economics model to modern problems at the Doughut Debate today with Sandesh Burada from EY. #GlobalDonutDays

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UCD Library @ucdlibrary.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Join Dr. Dorota Kolbuk as she shows how #CitizenScience can support marine & coastal research efforts Topics incl how to get involved in coastal citizen science & the benefits this brings to environmental monitoring & community engagement Register at buff.ly/JsSYwwu @ucdsustainability.bsky.social

A coastal scene showing beachcombers looking down on tidal pools with boats and a town in the background.

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UCD Sustainability @ucdsustainability.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Thank you all so much for hosting and/or attending our 40 UCD SDG Week events throughout last week. We are thrilled to say we had 1,245 event registrations and amazing participation and engagement across the week. We hope the video captures a sense of the diverse programme :) youtu.be/IEiq6mV6VHY

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UCD SDG Week 2025 montage

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University College Dublin @ucddublin.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

🌊🧑‍🎓 "There is a real pressure on us to raise our game." Ireland has committed to protecting 30% of its waters by 2030 under the UN biodiversity framework, aimed at halting species decline and restoring marine ecosystems. @ucdsustainability.bsky.social #SDGweek

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UCD Sustainability @ucdsustainability.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

UCD is moving away from single-use coffee cups. Instead, you’ve got two great options... www.youtube.com/shorts/j-B3S...

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University College Dublin launches returnable and reusable cups campaign

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UCD Sustainability @ucdsustainability.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

UCD SDG Week 2025 takes place September 22 - 26 with 40 events across campus highlighting the Sustainable Development Goals. Eco-artmaking, a 2050 role-playing game, workshops on everything from greenwashing to upcycling your jeans - and more! Read and register: www.ucd.ie/sustainabili... #SDGsIRL

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UCD Sustainability @ucdsustainability.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

After our Ash for Future workshop and campus 'ash walk' last week, our brilliant UCD Sustainability summer intern Kendra Paleczny did this Q&A with UCD landscape architect Sophia Meeres and Teagasc tree improvement researcher Dheeraj Singh Rathore. youtu.be/hYXoxNakZUs

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UCD Sustainability summer intern in Q&A with Ash for Future speakers

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UCD Sustainability @ucdsustainability.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

The decimation of Ireland’s iconic ash trees is heartbreaking - but you can help bring them back. Ash for future workshop and 'ash walk' on UCD campus last week helps citizen scientists identify and report healthy trees. Teagasc is breeding and growing these tolerant trees. youtu.be/HdGSvTBoweY

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Help the fight against ash dieback disease - by reporting healthy trees to Teagasc

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UCD Sustainability @ucdsustainability.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

We had great fun yesterday at the eco-artmaking workshop at UCD Greenacre Sustainability Hub with UCD Innovation Academy artist-in-residence, Madeline Schmidt. We made clay stepping stones with recycled, found and organic materials from Greenacre - and these will be used to decorate the site.

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UCD Sustainability @ucdsustainability.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

What happened when UCD Services stopped mowing a patch of grass between the car park and the road behind the UCD School of Agriculture and Food Science? In this video, ecologist Dr @darastanley.bsky.social talks about her work monitoring the ensuing wild orchids. 🌸 🦋 #SDGsIRL youtu.be/0vl2cymp0Nw

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Monitoring pyramidal orchids on rewilded area of University College Dublin

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UCD Sustainability @ucdsustainability.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

🌳 Ash for Future workshop with Dheeraj Rathore (Teagasc) and Sophia Meeres (UCD), Thursday, July 31st, 10.30am - 12.30pm, UCD James Joyce Library Link 3 for presentation, followed by an ‘ash walk’ on UCD campus. 🥐 Refreshments provided 📝 Register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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UCD Sustainability @ucdsustainability.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

UCD Sustainability recently funded cycle training workshops on campus, organised by UCD Smarter Travel Group and delivered by Colm Sevastopulo, Dublin Bay Cycling. Participants said it improved their cycling confidence and general knowledge about bike maintenance. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_j8a...

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Cycling training workshops in UCD

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UCD Sustainability @ucdsustainability.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Fast fashion is the world's greatest polluter after oil and gas. Last week at NovaUCD’s annual Student Enterprise Competition, these students pitched ThreadLightly, an app to help people check how sustainable a garment is at the point of purchase. www.youtube.com/shorts/_JiHL...

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UCD students pitch ‘ThreadLightly’ app to tackle fashion waste at NovaUCD enterprise competition

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UCD Sustainability @ucdsustainability.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Global Wind Day is on Sunday - and Omega is a new tool funded by UCD Sustainability to optimise wind farm design (and to help account for turbine 'wakes' like those visible in this photo of Denmark's Horns Rev 2 offshore wind farm thanks to low-lying fog!) Full story: www.ucd.ie/sustainabili...

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Aidan O'Sullivan @aidanosullivan.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Two Irish Hares relaxing in the dawn sunshine in the west of Ireland

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UCD Sustainability @ucdsustainability.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

"Climate change is a disability justice issue.” Sinéad Burke, writer, academic and disability activist, in conversation with Roe McDermott at the UCD Festival on Saturday. Audience Q&A covered great topics like how to manage “the rage”. Heartfelt session. Read more: www.ucd.ie/sustainabili...

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UCD Sustainability @ucdsustainability.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

University College Dublin has officially joined the Race to Zero, a United Nations-backed global campaign uniting institutions across the world in a shared mission to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 50% by 2030 and achieve net zero emissions by 2050. www.ucd.ie/sustainabili...

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UCD Sustainability @ucdsustainability.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

UCD’s beautiful Upper Lake used to be a car park. Here UCD Estates Operations Manager Ciarán Bennett explains that the lake is not just a beautiful amenity teeming with wildlife, but a sustainable urban drainage system too. PS Featuring Dr Adam Kane's bird identification group youtu.be/Ph4hkFoH2xo

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Biodiversity Week 2025: Celebrating UCD’s beautiful Upper Lake - formerly a carpark.

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UCD Sustainability @ucdsustainability.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

As part of National Biodiversity Week (May 18 - 23) we spoke to Ciaran Beattie of UCD Estate Services about the remarkable work undertaken to preserve the lime tree next to UCD Village, the award-winning student education and amenity building completed in October 2021. youtube.com/shorts/ZOY7h...

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Protecting legacy trees on a busy university campus

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Dara Stanley @darastanley.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

UCD campus is looking great in the sun this week. Lots of evidence of implementation of the #pollinatorplan @ucdsustainability.bsky.social @ucd-chas.bsky.social #biodiversity

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UCD Sustainability @ucdsustainability.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

As UCD nears its digital storage limit, Laura Toby of IT Services gives easy tips for reducing your digital carbon footprint. PS Deleting just 10 unwanted emails makes a measurable difference. PPS UCD Innovation Academy students have built a helpful app called DigiFoot.eco. youtu.be/YPQ4nL8YXag

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Easy steps to reduce your digital footprint

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UCD Sustainability @ucdsustainability.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Look what has arrived in UCD just in time for Biodiversity Week next week! 😍 😍

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Dara Stanley @darastanley.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Come and join us at @ucddublin.bsky.social for some biodiversity identification workshops to mark #biodiveristyweek. Birds, bees, plants, worms, freshwater inverts... Tickets are selling fast! www.eventbrite.ie/e/ucd-biodiv... @ucdsustainability.bsky.social @ucd-chas.bsky.social

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UCD Biodiversity Week identification workshops

Join us in UCD this Biodiversity Week for a series of beginner level species identification workshops with biodiversity experts.

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UCD Sustainability @ucdsustainability.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

The UCD Sustainability Dashboard was nominated in both the Cartographic Design and Community Choice categories at recent Esri Ireland Customer Success Awards. Pictured: project lead Ainhoa Gonzalez Del Campo, UCD VP Sustainability Tasman Crowe and students involved. www.ucd.ie/sustainabili...

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UCD Sustainability @ucdsustainability.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

To celebrate #EarthDay today, we went on a field trip with the River Detectives, a group of citizen scientists committed to monitoring and protecting Wicklow streams, led by Prof Mary Kelly-Quinn of @ucddublin.bsky.social youtu.be/P2IB6_8oLBI

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The River Detectives, Wicklow, Ireland

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UCD Sustainability @ucdsustainability.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Yesterday we launched the UCD Sustainability Plan to 2030 and in her opening remarks, UCD president Professor Orla Feely commended it for being “very action-oriented”. Read the full story - and learn how you can get involved - here: www.ucd.ie/sustainabili...

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UCD Sustainability @ucdsustainability.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Yesterday we launched the UCD Sustainability Plan to 2030, a bold roadmap for embedding sustainability across every dimension of university life. You can take a look at the plan here: www.ucd.ie/sustainabili... youtu.be/0m500a60hwU

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UCD Sustainability Plan to 2030 launch

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UCD Sustainability @ucdsustainability.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Fabiola Schneider describes the new Sustainability Reporting & Analytics elective module (ACC20050) in UCD which equips students to critically assess green data to drive responsible decisions in finance, audit, strategy and beyond. PS No prior knowledge required! youtube.com/shorts/VhMJZ...

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Sustainability Reporting & Analysis elective module in UCD

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UCD Sustainability @ucdsustainability.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Five asks for the Irish government in advance of COP30. Have your say! Please join UCDVO for an Intergenerational Climate Café with Concern Worldwide on 23 April 3-5 in the UCD Global Lounge. Info gathered will inform a declaration for gov. All welcome; register: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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UCD Sustainability @ucdsustainability.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Next Monday the Sustainability Fashion Fair takes place in UCD. 📍 Astra Hall (UCD Student Centre) 📆 31st March ⏰ 11am-3pm 👠 Fashion Show: 1pm–2pm 👗 Vintage Market: 11am–3pm ✂️ Repair Workshop: 2pm–3pm (Bring something that needs a little love!) PS Swap shop now open in Newman youtu.be/O7b024Wex_4

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2025 Sustainability Fashion Show at UCD

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UCD Sustainability @ucdsustainability.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Congratulations to the UCD Nutribot team for winning second place at the Tri-continental Sustainability Competition in the University of Notre Dame this afternoon! Lovely trophy with colours of the three participating countries intertwined - Ireland, US, Kenya. Well done to all 6 teams! #SDGsIRL

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UCD Sustainability @ucdsustainability.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

They've landed! The UCD team has arrived at the University of Notre Dame for the Tri-Continental Student Innovation for Sustainability Comp on Fri 26. Livestreamed 12pm - 2pm Irish time in UCD Global Lounge or on Zoom. notredame.zoom.us/j/9597005592... Meeting ID: 959 7005 5928 Passcode: 530629

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UCD Sustainability @ucdsustainability.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Sincere thanks to everyone who came along to any of our 24 UCD Green Week events last week - we were thrilled with the high turnout and great feedback. Here’s a little montage to give a flavour of it… youtu.be/lk3zufJe1Ns

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UCD Green Week 2025

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UCD Sustainability @ucdsustainability.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

What happened? Register for former Green Party spokesman Aiden Corkery’s talk, ‘Turf, TDs and Twitter tantrums - media messaging in a Green Party government’. Mon, 3 March, 1pm - 2pm, UCD Village MR5, followed by Q&A with Young Greens auditor Manus Mac Gearailt. www.eventbrite.com/e/turf-tds-a...

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UCD Sustainability @ucdsustainability.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Among 18 events scheduled, UCD Green Week (March 3rd to 6th) features two opportunities to plant trees on campus. Register: www.ucd.ie/estates/gree... PLUS talks by Prof Jennie Stephens, journalist Sally Hayden, former Green Party spokesman Aiden Corkery and more. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRWE...

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How to plant a tree for UCD Green Week 2025

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UCD Sustainability @ucdsustainability.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

First global, carbon neutral conference in Information and Communication Technology for Sustainability (ICT4S) takes place in June in University College Dublin. Read more: www.ucd.ie/sustainabili...

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UCD Sustainability @ucdsustainability.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Can geoscience save humankind? Just one of the keynote questions at a day-long event in UCD's O’Reilly Hall tomorrow, February 13th, marking the tenth anniversary of iCRAG Research Ireland Centre for Applied Geosciences. Register: www.ucd.ie/sustainabili...

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UCD Sustainability @ucdsustainability.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Made by students for students, the UCD Sustainability Toolkit is launched. It addresses #climateanxiety, promotes #sustainability and supports behavioural change on and off campus. Here SATLE funded project lead Kirsten Southard gives more information. www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8eK... #SDGsIRL

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UCD launches Sustainability Toolkit for students

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UCD Sustainability @ucdsustainability.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

UCD Estate Services recently launched a carpooling app for students and staff in partnership with Kinto Join. A 30-minute online information session about Kinto Join takes place next Tuesday, February 4th, 1pm - 1.30pm: www.eventbrite.ie/e/ucd-carpoo... #SDGsIRL www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKrs...

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University College Dublin launches new carpooling app

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UCD Sustainability @ucdsustainability.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Today is Day 2 of the 8th Sustainable and Impact Investments International Conference at UCD Lochlann Quinn School of Business. Here organising partner Dr Fabiola Schneider gives a flavour of what happens at the conference and what it hopes to achieve. www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7YU... #SIIIC2025

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Sustainable and Impact Investments International Conference, UCD Lochlann Quinn School of Business.

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UCD Sustainability @ucdsustainability.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

Nine @ucddublin.bsky.social students have graduated from the Millennium Fellowship, a global leadership programme jointly organised by the Millennium Campus Network (MCN) and the United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI). Read about their voter empowerment project here: www.ucd.ie/sustainabili...

UCD directors of the Millennium Fellowship class of 2024, Aisling Maloney and Katie O'Sullivan

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University College Dublin @ucddublin.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

🌍 It is the only Irish university to make it into the top 100 of the global ranking. It is also ranked 28th in Europe among the 556 European institutions featured. @ucdsustainability.bsky.social @ucdscience.bsky.social www.ucd.ie/newsandopini...

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UCD 49th in the world and No 1 in Ireland for sustainability, reports QS ranking

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