Last week saw DCU hold a TEDx conference on the principle of Imagining the Next Century where speakers, including DCU academic staff and alumni, gave talks on how we should use innovation and today’s technological advancements in order to secure a healthy and revitalised future.
Following last week’s US presidential election, Bríon Hoban believes that if more young Americans had voted, the outcome would have been different. Read more…
[dropcap]O[/dropcap]n Thursday, September 8th Greta Streimikyte sent shockwaves throughout Ireland when she set a new personal best and national record for the 1,500m long-distance sprint at the event final in this year’s Paralympic Games in Read more…
The rate of suicides in this country is higher than the rate of road deaths yet mental health still remains a low priority for the Government, writes Bríon Hoban. Read more…
New York Times investigative reporter Dr. Sheri Fink graduated from Stanford University 26 years ago with a Bachelor’s Degree in psychology. The module descriptor for the course reads: excellent training in how to understand human Read more…
Recent Dublin Bus strikes caused outrage amongst students and the general populace, but is it so wrong to fight for a fair wage? Bríon Hoban discusses the matter.
DCU was one of seven Irish third-level institutions to fall in the QS World University Ranking published this month. Despite the rankings, Brion Hoban believes that DCU is thriving and improving in various aspects with every passing year. Read more…
[dropcap]D[/dropcap]CU President Professor Brian MacCraith has said the Incorporation Programme, which has seen St. Patrick’s College Drumcondra, Mater Dei Institute and CICE amalgamate into Dublin City University this year, will mark a progressive step in Read more…
[dropcap]A[/dropcap] new DCU is slowly being born following years of hope, vision, innovation and hard work. The crop has come in to harvest and, DCU President Brian MacCraith admits, we are now beginning to reap Read more…
The newly formed DCU Faculty of Education caused controversy on just its third day of existence. Read more…
DCU will offer two alternative pathways to students wishing to enter a primary school teaching course this year, with a determining factor in the review process being whether or not an applicant is of a Catholic, Protestant or other religious background. Read more…
[dropcap]The[/dropcap] Union of Students in Ireland (USI) has called for Ireland’s political parties to band together in order to honour pledges made in their General Election manifestos to reinstate grants for postgraduate students. The call Read more…
Featured on The Irish Times. “Fees have been steadily rising since 2008, yet it took eight years for a report to consider that expecting more money of people who have less and less every year Read more…
[dropcap]Dublin[/dropcap] City University has launched a new programme aimed at engaging the talents of retired and soon-to-be retired professionals who are seeking new challenges into the latter stages of their careers. The Advanced Transitions Programme Read more…
The College View 10 DCUfm 4 Bill O’Herlihy always harboured a deep-rooted desire for print journalism, confessing numerous times throughout his career a Read more…
DCU students are preparing to take this year’s Census, which will attempt to document who is where in Ireland for the first time since 2011. Census 2016 will take place on the night of Sunday, Read more…
A packed NuBar waited in anticipation for the results of the DCUSU 16/17 to be revealed. The eager crowd was soon to learn that Dylan Kehoe would be the next DCU Students’ Union President. The Read more…
Sport is a competitive battle of endurance and desire for victory. Individual battles add up to make a war, and a war curtails an underlying conflict of political, economic or religious tension. Sport combines athleticism Read more…
Lisa O’Donnell looks into the new positions within the SU and what it means for us here in Glasnevin. Read more…
The Old Bar is set to have one last session to mark the start of construction for the new hub and to pay tribute to the history of DCU. Read more…
Good things come to those who wait. At least that was the case for DCU ladies Gaelic football manager Stephen Maxwell. After waiting three years to get the call up to manage the college he Read more…
The new sabbaticals for USI 2016/2017 have been announced. Read more…
A gambling addiction awareness campaign was the most emotive topic on the agenda at the Union of Students’ Ireland (USI) National Congress this morning. Delegates took to the podium in a string of emotionally-charged pleas to Read more…
Our Editors, Catherine Devine and Katie O’Neill are at the USI Congress in Clare, reporting back on the events of the week. Read more…
Many European countries are allowing refugee child brides to be re-united with their older husbands when they reach our shores, but this is a violation of the most basic rights of children. Catherine Devine discusses the epidemic that is child marriages. Read more…