I think the univ club is a good idea but should not replace but rather coexist with the common room
They serve different functions
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Bairbre Ní Fhloinn
7 years ago
No reason why there shouldn't be room on campus for both the Common Room and the new facility.
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Lucy Collins
7 years ago
The Common Room is a relaxed place where everyone who works in UCD can meet on an equal footing. No other venue on campus offers this sense of community.
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gerald mills
7 years ago
It is a disgrace that the common room which provides so much for so little should be closed to allow a vanity project.
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Natasha Sumner
7 years ago
Informal spaces like the UCD Common Room are important to the intellectual life of the institution. As a visitor to the Common Room, I've made connections there that I would not otherwise have made and witnessed beneficial exchanges of ideas taking place. In my experience, such interactions rarely take place in the formal atmosphere of a university club, which serves a very different purpose.
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Anonymous
7 years ago
As a former undergrad, postgrad and teaching fellow, I was shocked to hear the common room might go. It should 100% stay.
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Rory Blount
7 years ago
Save the common room....
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Franc Myles
7 years ago
As a regular visiting lectuter from the private sector, the Common Room is a vital place to meet and chat with colleagues from the university. I won't be visiting any other proposed facility on campus.
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Ross keegan
7 years ago
Yes
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Rena Maguire
7 years ago
The best collaborations in academia take place in relaxed and informal surroundings. Seems to be folly to remove a successful and much loved common room which has already become known as a hub for generating good will and.colegiality ,leading to successful multi disciplinary activity in Irish research .
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Mary Haggan
7 years ago
Save It.
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David Stone
7 years ago
I fully support the #savethecommonroom campaign and will not join the new university club or use the faculty if the common room is closed
I think the univ club is a good idea but should not replace but rather coexist with the common room They serve different functions
No reason why there shouldn't be room on campus for both the Common Room and the new facility.
The Common Room is a relaxed place where everyone who works in UCD can meet on an equal footing. No other venue on campus offers this sense of community.
It is a disgrace that the common room which provides so much for so little should be closed to allow a vanity project.
Informal spaces like the UCD Common Room are important to the intellectual life of the institution. As a visitor to the Common Room, I've made connections there that I would not otherwise have made and witnessed beneficial exchanges of ideas taking place. In my experience, such interactions rarely take place in the formal atmosphere of a university club, which serves a very different purpose.
As a former undergrad, postgrad and teaching fellow, I was shocked to hear the common room might go. It should 100% stay.
Save the common room....
As a regular visiting lectuter from the private sector, the Common Room is a vital place to meet and chat with colleagues from the university. I won't be visiting any other proposed facility on campus.
Yes
The best collaborations in academia take place in relaxed and informal surroundings. Seems to be folly to remove a successful and much loved common room which has already become known as a hub for generating good will and.colegiality ,leading to successful multi disciplinary activity in Irish research .
Save It.
I fully support the #savethecommonroom campaign and will not join the new university club or use the faculty if the common room is closed