Month: March 2014
The six reasons why students vote
Some students go to hustings during the election period, but smart students make decisions based on free sweets. Read more…
Your 2014/2015 DCU Students’ Union: Kenneth, Gary and Eve
The results of the 2014 SU elections: Your new DCU SU Executive for 2014/2015 Read more…
In Pictures: DCU SU ’14 Day 2
Today was the final day for voting in the DCU SU ’14 elections. All candidates were hitting the campaign trail hard looking for those last minute votes.
In Pictures: DCU SU’14 Voting Day 1
The first Day of Voting in DCU SU ’14 got underway today. Candidates and students were out in force with queues for many of the polling stations.
President: Kenneth on referenda promotion and student pride
Kenneth Browne is running for President of the Students’ Union in this week’s elections. Read his interview here. Read more…
President: Dave on campaigning for student rights
Dave Whittle is running for President of the Students’ Union in this week’s elections. Read his interview here. Read more…
President: Allan on DCU Alumni and student engagement
Allan Stevenson is running for President of the Students’ Union in this week’s elections. Read his interview here. Read more…
Opinion poll: Clear leaders in 2014 elections race
The results of our opinion poll are in and it indicates clear leaders in the sabbatical races… Read more…
As it happened: SU Election Hustings at Class Rep Council
Hustings for the 2014 Students’ Union elections are about to take place at today’s Class Rep Council.
Education: Sean on library hours and programme cutbacks
Education Officer candidate Sean Rooney on why you should vote for him in the SU elections. Read more…
Education: Gary on programme cuts and the student experience
Education Officer candidate Gary Gillick on why you should vote for him in this week’s elections. Read more…
Education: Fionnuala on the Access Service and Erasmus
Education candidate Fionnuala Moran on why she’s the best candidate to get your vote in this week’s elections. Read more…
In Pictures: DCU SU ’14 hustings
All the action in pictures from today’s hustings for the 2014 Students’ Union elections. Read more…
SU ask students to vote yes for new student centre
A referendum to extend and reduce the student centre levy to fund a new four-storey student centre is taking place this week. Read more…
As it happened: SU Elections ’14 Hustings
Hustings for the 2014 DCU Students’ Union elections are about to get underway in the Old Bar. Candidates will set out their manifestos and outline why they’re running for sabbatical and part-time positions in the Read more…
Welfare: Catherine Conneely on student support and doctor’s fees
Final year Irish and Journalism student, Catherine Conneely is campaigning to be DCU SU Welfare Officer 2014/2015. Aisling Kett has the story. Read more…
Welfare: Eve Kerton on Access Service cuts and sexual health
Final year Communications student, Eve Kerton is running for Welfare Officer for DCU SU 2014/2015. Aisling Kett interviews. Read more…
Welfare: Ciaran Martin on mental health and RAG week
Third year Mechatronic Engineering student, Ciaran Martin is running for Welfare Officer in the DCU SU elections 2014. Aisling Kett interviews. Read more…
No make up selfie trend raises over €440k
By Aisling Kett Donations to the Irish Cancer Society have more than doubled to over €440,000 in the last 24 hours as a result of The No Make Up Selfie for Cancer Awareness campaign. Irish Read more…
The St Patrick’s Day Parade from the Inside Out
Mater Dei Student Anna Culleton talked to The College View about how it feels to be part of the parade which is the centre of the St Patrick’s day Festival each year. The Wexford native Read more…
What you REALLY do during Reading Week
By Janine Kavanagh Reading week. The bi-annual reprieve from lectures, assignments and the stress of college has arrived. For those of us in faculties that support it anyway. A whole week when we should be Read more…
DCU’s Newest Star
By Eimear Phelan The newest face of the Voice of Ireland announced DCU student David Atkinson as its new Backstage reporter. The 20 year old Wexford Native has snagged the ‘break of a lifetime’ when Read more…
Seven extremely valid reasons to go to NuBar
By Jade O’Leary 1. To celebrate/drown your sorrows after receiving exam results What better way to celebrate the fact that you’re officially a genius (you got over 50% in two whole modules after all) than Read more…
Foxes @ The Academy 2
Pop melodies anchored by melancholia: Rachel McLaughlin has the lowdown on Foxes’ recent gig @ Academy 2. Read more…