Una Europa is an inclusive, international community of students. All UCD undergraduate, postgraduate and PhD students are invited to get involved. Una Europa opens up your university experience by giving you the chance to meet, work with and learn from students at 11 universities across Europe.
A host of student-led and student-centred activities run throughout the year, open to all interested students at UCD. Upskill and network at a summer school, explore creative expression through public engagement challenges, or learn about and influence global issues through the annual Una Challenge.
As the leaders and problem-solvers of tomorrow, students are invited to shape the University of the Future. Through Una Europa, students can co-create a student-centred European campus – one that puts individual agency, wellbeing and future skills at the core. Students are represented throughout the Una Europa alliance and invited to take on central roles in the alliance’s governing bodies. Find out more below.
UCD students are represented on the Una Europa Student Board. The Student Board comprises two student representatives from each member university of the Una Europa alliance.
The Student Board’s role is to act as a unified voice for all students across the alliance and to promote Una Europa initiatives and opportunities to their local student communities. The Board works together to tackle problems students might be facing and act as a link between students and Una Europa staff.
Meet your UCD representatives on the Una Europa Student Board below.
Ílon Wright is third-year student of Global Studies whose studies and scholarship are focused on the histories and geographies of structural inequalities caused by colonial systems. They are the Student Union Class Representative for their course, and for the past year have been representing UCD students in the Una Europa Student Board. In their free time, they are a writer, painter, and avid language learner.
Miranda Bauer is the current President of the UCD Students' Union. As chief spokesperson for the Union, Miranda's core responsibilities are to lead the political direction of the Union, advocate on behalf of students, create strong relations with faculty and staff, and ensure that the work of the Union is impactful at both local and national levels.
