Students are keen to assist on DCU Global Brigade’s medical brigade to Ghana next year, where they will participate in workshops and consultations with local people. Shane Houlihan reports. Read more…
Hi and you’re very welcome to The College View’s liveblog of the fourth public meeting of the Constitutional Convention. Finnian Curran, Eimear Phelan and Sarah Bermingham here to give you a blow-by-blow account of the Read more…
Three sporting greats are set to be honoured by DCU soon when they are conferred with honorary doctorates by the university, as Ian Coyne reports. Read more…
DCU SU has renewed its affiliation with the Niteline student listening service, following a reduction in cost and the promise of increased levels of visibility. Read more…
The USI President has played down the significance of low turnouts at recent demonstrations against harsh Budget 2014 cuts to supports for those aged under 25, as Ruth Marnell reports. Read more…
“The stance puts me in a position whereby when I say it to people they laugh at me and that’s the reality. It was an idealistic vote but it’s what we voted and it’s what stance I have to bring to people when asked”, he revealed. Ciara Moore reports. Read more…
Timing is said to have been a factor in the cancellation of a planned attemp at a record-breaking zombie march, which failed to attract a sufficient number of participants for the event to go ahead. Read more…
Campaigners have controversially called for a monument to be erected in honour of Trinity students who fought and died for the British forces in World War Two, as Megan Roantree reports. Read more…
Funding has been raised which will enable the controversial planned on-campus labyrinth to be installed next spring, as Sarah Bermingham reports. Read more…
DCU is due to host a sitting of the Constitutional Convention in November where they will look for ideas from the public regarding constitutional matters. Finnian Curran reports. Read more…
DCU’s SU have introduced a number of initiatives to help those that commute to campus, who have been hit with another hike in fares across all public transport outlets, as Sarah Curran reports. Read more…
The ‘Defend the University’ campaign held a forum at DCU recently, calling on the government to back-track before the Irish university system becomes tied to economic or political interests, as Darragh McGrath reports. Read more…
DCU’s SU President has defended the planned spending of fifty per cent of the Students’ Union budget for this academic year on loss-making entertainment events, as Sarah Bermingham reports. Read more…
Tom Lenihan has resumed his post after a referendum proposing his impeachment was defeated, as Karla Chubb reports. Read more…
Upset residents have vented their frustration with the anti-social behaviour of some students, which will lead to the tightening of security and puts the campus bar licence in jeoporady, as Ciara Moore and Garrett Lavin report. Read more…
DCU Associate Lecturer Stephen Conlon has been the recipient of anonymous homophobic mail of late, as Sean Cassidy reports. Read more…
DCUfm have resumed broadcasting after a PC virus meant expensive hand-built equipment had to be flown in from central Europe, as Martina Brophy reports. Read more…
Trinity College Dublin’s health centre may be forced to follow DCU’s lead and introduce a consultation fee, as it suffers from underfunding and staff shortages. Mark Hogan reports. Read more…
Waterford Institute of Technology and Carlow IT are soon to submit plans to the Higher Education Authority, bringing the establishment of the South-East’s new Technical University another step closer, as Elaine Carroll reports. Read more…
The attacker of UCD postgraduate student Natasha McShane has finally been convicted of her attempted murder in an incident which left her barely able to walk or talk, Karla Chubb reports. Read more…
MPS have issued a statement about their hoax video which was not intended to promote violence after their sponsor Domino’s Pizza requested it to be taken down. Read more…
SUSI has shown a large improvement on last year, with 39.000 students having received grant payments on time Read more…
Some forty brave DCU students took part in the recent RAG Underwear Mile, which saw them run around campus clad in boxers and briefs in aid of RAG’s social projects. Read more…
Budget 2014 brought in harsh cuts to the Jobseeker’s Benefit social welfare allowance for those under-26 and young people and their represenatatives are kicking up a fuss, report Theresa Newman and Finnian Curran. Read more…
An Taoiseach Enda Kenny was on campus recently to launch the new Family Business Centre. While at DCU, he also visited the Volunteer Expo and commented on the benefits of volunteering. Read more…