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UCDSU Smurfit Community Survey

What's on your mind?

UCD Students' Union wants to hear about your experience of studying at Smurfit—from campus facilities and food to transport, student life and Union services. Your feedback will help shape our priorities and advocate for improvements on your behalf. The survey should take around 5–7 minutes to complete, and all responses are anonymous. Thank you for taking the time to share your views.

We are also raffling 3x €50 vouchers for all fully completed entries. Please enter your email address at the end of the survye in order to enter.
Section 1 – About You
1.What programme are you currently studying?
2.Where do you currently live during term?
3.Which best describes your living situation?
4.If you would like to provide more information about your living situation, please do so here
5.What age group are you in?
6.What is your gender?
7.Which best describes you?
Section 2 – Campus Attendance & Travel
8.How often are you on the Smurfit campus?
9.How often do you travel to the Belfield campus?
10.How do you usually travel between Smurfit and Belfield?
11.Overall, how would you rate your commute between Smurfit and Belfield?
Very Poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Excellent
12.How would you rate the shuttle bus service between Smurfit and Belfield?
Very Poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Excellent
13.What improvements would most improve the shuttle bus service?
Section 3 – Student Experience
14.Please rate the following facilities and services.
Very Poor
Poor
Average
Good
Excellent
Social spaces
Food options
UCD Restaurant
Gym / fitness facilities
15.Please indicate how strongly you agree with the following statements.
Strongly disagree},{
Disagree
Neither agree nor disagree
Agree
Strongly agree
I feel like I belong at Smurfit.
I feel connected to the wider UCD community.
I know where to access student supports if I need them.
16.How aware are you of the following services?
Not aware at all
Slightly aware
Moderately aware
Very aware
Extremely aware
UCD Students' Union
Student Advisers
Student Health Service
Careers Network
Chaplaincy
Library Supports
Section 4 – Food & Facilities
17.What are the biggest issues with food provision on the Smurfit campus?
18.If a self-service coffee machine (e.g. Costa Express/Franke-style) were available on campus, how likely would you be to use it?
19.Would you like additional food options on campus?
20.If yes, what additional food options would you like?
21.What improvements would you most like to see in the UCD Restaurant?
Section 5 – Student Life & UCDSU
22.How visible was UCD Students' Union in Smurfit this academic year?
Not at all visible
Slightly visible
Moderately visible
Very visible
Extremely visible
23.Which UCD Students' Union events or initiatives did you attend this year?
24.When are you most likely to attend events?
25.What types of events would you like to see more of?
26.Did your Class Representative communicate with your class during the academic year?
Section 6 – Final Comments
27.If you could make three changes to improve the Smurfit student experience over the next six months, what would they be?
28.Can you name any UCD Students' Union initiatives or positive impacts in Smurfit over the past 12 months?
29.If you would like to be entered into a raffle to win a prize, please enter your email address here.