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UCD students awarded travel bursaries for Universitas 21 Summer Schools

15 Jun 2022

UCD Global recently ran a call for travel bursaries to allow outstanding UCD students of all levels to participate in summer schools at our Universitas 21 (U21) partner institutions.

Over 50 students from a range of academic disciplines applied for travel bursaries to enable them to partake in the U21 summer schools. Following a competitive selection process, the following students have been selected to represent UCD at the University of Amsterdam, the summer school of their choice:

  • Bianca Munteanu (2nd year undergraduate, Midwifery);
  • Fergal McGinley (1st year postgraduate, Geospatial Data Analysis);
  • Jordan Gaffney (2nd year undergraduate, Sociology and Social Policy);
  • Phoebe O’Leary (1st year PhD, English, Drama and Film);
  • Rain Cleary (2nd year undergraduate, Psychology);
  • Sarah Jones (2nd year undergraduate, Law);
  • Zhihui Ren (2nd year PhD, Architecture, Planning and Environmental Policy).

The students will be travelling to Amsterdam to participate in a range of inspiring and academically challenging courses in the heart of the city during the month of July. The students will take part in courses such as The Circular City: Towards a Sustainable Urban Ecosystem, Summer Institute on Sexuality, Culture and Power to the People: Activism and Grassroots Organising which are designed to introduce students to a new academic discipline or build on their existing studies.


For all the selected students the opportunity to attend the summer school courses presents them with a chance to learn and immerse themselves in a culture that is different from their own. For some, this is their first opportunity to take part in an international study programme, while for others it is a chance to further expand their global perspective. We wish every one of them the best with their summer school and we congratulate them on their success.

Image from left to right: Bianca Munteanu, Fergal McGinley, Jordan Gaffney, Phoebe O’Leary, Rain Cleary, Sarah Jones and Zhihui Ren