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Students must hear alternative views which they disagree with, new UCD president says
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The tricky late-20s: some friends are all about marriages and mortgages while others are still going to all-night ravesUCD’s first female president: ‘I kind of barged on through, not thinking that doors had ever even been closed’“All my instincts are towards academic freedom and also the ability to hear and understand and debate points of view with which you might not agree,” Prof Feely said.

The standard annual stipend – €18,500 – was cut as a result of austerity-era public spending decisions and has not been increased since, bar a “once-off” €500 increase in this year’s budget. “Ultimately, faculty members who are here in Ireland because [they] want to deliver on their research ambitions, if they can’t hire PhD students in Ireland, then they’re not going to stick around Ireland,” Prof Feely said.

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