DCU News
Kate Goodman – Candidate for VP for Academic Life
Improving INTRA, making lectures more engaging, including more options at careers fairs and the return of Shite Nite.
Month: March 2021
DCU News
Amy Bourke, Danail Tsanov and Harish Narayanan – Candidates for Engineering and Computing Faculty Rep
There are three candidates for the role of Engineering and Computing Faculty Rep representing a wide range of backgrounds and ideas.
Lead Story
Further funding needed to tackle sexual harassment in universities
The Technological Higher Education Association (THEA) has called for increased supports and training for students to tackle sexual harassment in Irish universities.
National News
Social media campaign launched to help deal with the disclosure of sexual assault or harassment
An 8-week campaign aimed to help education students and staff in higher education institutes to deal with the disclosure of sexual assault or harassment was launched last week by Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science. Read more…
DCU News
DCU researchers publish their paper on new targets for pancreatic cancer therapy
Researchers based in DCU’s School of Biotechnology and the National Institute for Cellular Biotechnology have identified new therapeutic targets for pancreatic cancer. Read more…
DCU News
DCU libraries re-open Covid-friendly study spaces
The library will be open with study spaces available from Monday, March 8 onward. Read more…
Features
“Social media companies have a massive responsibility in all of this,”: How Ireland plans to stop online female-targeted sexism in new legislation
The Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill, which was published by the government in January 2020, proposes an Online Safety Commissioner as part of a wider Media Commission to impose strict online safety codes to “tackle the availability of harmful content”. Read more…
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DCU collaborating on videos with the GAA to keep children active
DCU and the GAA team have teamed up to launch a video series aimed at keeping primary school children physically active during Covid-19. Read more…