2021 – The College View

Fashion is “no exception” to the circular economy

December 15, 2021

In June, Remake Our World, a non-profit organisation promoting conscious and ethical fashion consumption, created a pledge for people to sign, which would commit them to buying no new clothes for 90 days. By the petition’s end, 1, 297 people had successfully completed it, with the benefits extending far beyond the individual; over 26,000 pounds of garment waste was prevented from reaching landfill, while over 18 million gallons of water was saved. Read more…

Gold for Kilrehill and Battle as DCU athletes shine at Euro Cross!

December 13, 2021

Keelan Kilrehill and Jamie Battle delivered the performances of their lives at yesterday’s Spar European Cross-Country Championships at the National Sports Campus in Abbottstown, Dublin. Both men lined up in the U23 Men’s race Read more…

New online tool to report sexual assault in colleges

December 6, 2021

A new method for reporting sexual assaults in colleges has been launched. Entitled the ‘Speak Out’ project the new online tool allows staff, students and visitors to anonymously report incidents of sexual assault. Data collected Read more…

Direct Provision residents at higher risk of Covid

December 4, 2021

Cases of the virus were 49% more common in Direct Provision than the general public during some stages of the pandemic. Read more…

DCU duo fool nation with Roger Federer prank

December 1, 2021

When DCU students Ollie White and Jamie Duff posted a photoshopped screenshot of a conversation that they had supposedly had with Roger Federer to their Instagram stories, they were not expecting their followers, let alone Read more…

DCU graduates prepare to cycle across America

December 1, 2021

As Covid-19 brought the world to its knees in Spring 2020, one man refused to have his goals and dreams suppressed. On his personal social media pages, the former DCU student, Cormac Ryan, penned a Read more…

Scrúdú na Nollaig agus cónas a déileáil leo

November 24, 2021

[dropcap]T[/dropcap]á deireadh an bhliain acadúil tághta tar éis deich seachtaine, ní amhain seo ach tá deireadh an bhliain tágtha le mí amhain fághtha ann! Caithfidh sé bheith ráite, bí sí thart comh-luaith is a thosaigh Read more…

Léirmheas ar cheolchoirm Joy Crookes san Academy

November 24, 2021

Tar éis dhá bhliain, tháinig Joy Crookes air ais go Baile Átha Cliath d’oíche amháin san Academy, ach an uair seo, tá a céad albam aici.

25% increase in apprenticeship registrations in 2021 compared to 2019

November 24, 2021

Apprenticeship registrations have increased by 25% in Ireland, as announced by Minister Simon Harris and the department of Further and Higher Education. The Minister addressed this positive increase by stating “so far, this year we Read more…

All Too Well-A True Display of Taylor Swifts Talent

November 24, 2021

Taylor Swift is taking back what’s hers. It started with rerecording Fearless and she’s showing no sign of slowing down. Read more…

Stress of the pandemic linked with changes in women’s reproductive health, new study finds

November 24, 2021

The 56 per cent of women who experienced such changes, included reports of heavier and more painful periods and missed periods, compared to pre-pandemic, the authors said, while 64 per cent of women reported worsening premenstrual symptoms (PMS). Read more…

What Are Your Favorite Christmas Films?

November 24, 2021

Christmas is approaching, which means it is time to put on your pajamas, make yourself a hot chocolate, turn on Netflix and watch some iconic Christmas films. Read more…

My Therapist Ghosted Me – Ireland’s Podcast Obsession

November 24, 2021

Beyond the obsession with Pret a Manger, Vogue’s family and Joanne’s sex life, the ‘My Therapist Ghosted Me’ podcast is really a tale of two best friends and their tendency to make their audience (and themselves) gasp for air laughing while ripping each other to shreds. Read more…

The importance of sleep for heart health and student’s lives

November 24, 2021

Students, often prone to overlooking the matter when it comes to crunch time during the semester, “really can’t cheat sleep” according to Professor Anna Donnla O’Hagan of the School of Health & Human Performance at DCU. Read more…

New study finds 80 per cent of young girls feel under pressure to send sexual images

November 24, 2021

The pressure young girls are experiencing in sending sexual photographs online is contributing to a wider culture of sexual harassment. Read more…

Eternals- An Ambitious Yet Flawed MCU Epic

November 24, 2021

Eternals is the riskiest MCU movie in years, but also one of the most ambitious. It is Disney’s latest attempt to recreate their past successes at bringing long-forgotten comic book characters to mainstream audiences, much like they did with the once unknown Guardians Of The Galaxy. Read more…

“I felt reset by being in a changed environment”; Dragana Jurišić on creating Daithí Sleeps

November 24, 2021

Dragana Jurišić discusses the impact of Covid-19 and moving out of Dublin on the themes explored in her work. Read more…

Trinity revealed using year-old, pre-recorded lectures to teach some modules

November 24, 2021

Trinity College has found itself in some hot water this week. After enduring scrutiny throughout the fall for delaying the return of in-person learning against the grain of most universities across the country, Trinity is Read more…

DCU ranked sixth in The Sunday Times Good University Guide

November 24, 2021

[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Sunday Times published recently their Good University Guide 2022, where National University of Ireland Galway (NUIG) was named their University of the Year 2022. Dublin City University (DCU) ranked sixth on the list this Read more…

COP26 is not Listening to Irish Farmers.

November 24, 2021

Why Irish farmers feel as though they have been treated unfairly by COP26. Read more…

Can we trust landlord TDs to vote for the people and not the paycheck?

November 24, 2021

How can the public trust TD’s to make the right decisions on the housing crisis when many TD’s are landlords themselves? Read more…

Fully Charged Host, Graham O’Toole Talks Matt Damon and Virtual Game Nights During a Pandemic

November 24, 2021

[dropcap]S[/dropcap]pin’s Fully charged saw a decline in their listenership at the beginning of the pandemic when schools and offices shut. The hosts, Graham and Nathan had once built their popular breakfast show from phone calls Read more…

The Importance of Movember

November 24, 2021

[dropcap]E[/dropcap]ach November, awareness toward men’s health is raised with the Movember campaign, a campaign in which people grow out their facial hair to raise money for various charities

Since the Beginning of the Pandemic, Misinformation Has Spread Like Wildfire

November 24, 2021

[dropcap]S[/dropcap]ince the pandemic began, misinformation has been spreading like wildfire. There were posts on social media claiming that the Covid19 variant was actually made in a lab in Wuhan and that the Chinese government ‘deliberately’ Read more…

An impressive end to Qualifying leaves the FAI with much to ponder

November 24, 2021

The curtain closes on another unsuccessful qualifying campaign as the boys in green finish third, eight points adrift of a playoff spot. Despite the disappointment, there’s reason for optimism after a positive week for Stephen Read more…