Podcast receives university-wide SPARC funding

Our student-led sociology podcast "Dublin Calling" (Soundcloud, iTunes, RSS), where students and staff from our faculty talk with famous sociologists about their work, but also about the life and struggles of PhD students and early career researchers, just received university-wide SPARC funding. Huge congrats to our PhD student Mark Doyle who played a crucial role in this application! The funding will be used to develop the podcast more and secure its funding for the next two years.

The aim of the SPARC programme at UCD is to help students and staff bring to life ideas for improving the university experience or the wider community. It gives students and staff a unique opportunity to work as equal partners and to stand-out amongst their peers as innovative thinkers and leaders. By working in partnership staff and students will not only achieve meaningful project results, they will also have the opportunity to develop and enhance their working relationship and come to a greater understanding of each other’s roles within the university.