National News
Former DCU student reveals life as a prostitute
A former prostitute and DCU BA Journalism graduate has written a book about her experiences called ‘Paid For: My Journey through Prostitution’. Read more…
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DCU News
DCU Drama wow with Rent
DCU Drama Society impressed audiences with their production of Rent musical in the Helix from April 10th to 12th. Read more…
DCU News
Science and Health Convenor 2012/2013: Sarah Flanagan
DCU SU’s Science and Health Convenor Sarah Flanagan on the secrets to being a successful student representative. Read more…
National News
Ireland has highest graduate levels in EU
Ireland has the highest number of graduates across EU countries, according to new Eurostat figures. Read more…
DCU News
Cloud computing conference points to the future
The large crowd in attendance at the 2nd annual Conference for Cloud Computing and Commerce held in DCU on Tuesday 16th April heard why Cloud Computing is the way of the future. Read more…
DCU News
Computing and Engineering Convenor 2012/2013: David Cordial
Engineering and Computing Convenor David Cordial advises his incoming successor to interact more with class reps and reflects on his year in the role. Read more…
DCU News
Clogher looking forward to taking president’s role
Outgoing DCU SU Education Officer Aaron Clogher is looking forward to taking on the role of President for the coming year and welcoming new first years to the university. Read more…
DCU News
Niteline funding may be cut due to problems with the service
DCU SU look likely to cut funding to student listening centre ‘Niteline’ due to a lack of co-operation by the service with them. Could the subscription fee be put to better use on campus? Read more…
News
UCC first college to retain Green Flag
UCC have just made history being the first college in the world to retain their Green Flag, but can DCU do enough to secure their own Flag? Read more…
News
Political careers for female DCU students?
Several factors have turned women off a career in politics in the past. Would DCU’s politically-involved female students put themselves forward? Read more…
DCU News
Doherty looks back on year of highs and lows
Outgoing DCU SU President reveals has has confirmed sufficient finance to begin work on the DCU Student Centre and talks about how he found the role of SU president ‘horribly brilliant’. Read more…
News
Fire in Shanowen Square
Fire services were called to Shanowen Square this afternoon to deal with a small fire. Read more…
DCU News
Business and Humanities Schools perform strongest in first semester exams
DCU’s Business School and the School of Humanities achieved the highest overall pass rates of all faculties in final exams in semester one. Almost 93 per cent of final exams taken in modules delivered by Read more…
DCU News
USI Affiliation Referendum: Timeline of events
An overview of the timeline of events which led to the USI re-affiliation referendum being made null and void last night. Read more…
DCU News
Dispute over USI presence on campus during campaign continues
The Union of Students’ in Ireland may have been allowed to campaign on campus for the recent re-affiliation referendum based on misinformation. In a Class Representative Council meeting at the beginning of last semester, regulations Read more…
DCU News
DCU student just missed out on ‘Trinity Jailbreak’ victory
The DCU student who travelled to Sydney as part of the recent ‘Trinity Jailbreak’ fundraiser was offered a flight to anywhere in the world, he has revealed. The flight’s sponsor first met 21-year-old International Relations Read more…
DCU News
Furlong murder accused won’t get death penalty
The family of murdered DCU student Nicola Furlong criticised the sentence handed down to Richard Hinds who was found guilty of the murder of the 21 year old Wexford woman by a Tokyo court on Read more…
National News
USI President rejects criticism of graduates
USI President John Logue has hit out at comments made by the Irish boss of the world’s biggest payment firm, PayPal, who stated graduate employees carry a sense of entitlement and are not hungry enough Read more…
Clubs and Socs
Surf n Sail raise money for Lifeboats
DCU’s ‘Surf n Sail’ club have presented a cheque for over €800 to the Howth Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI). Over 30 students from the club braved the frosty waters of Balscadden Bay near Howth Read more…
National News
Australian company seeking Irish graduates for internships
The Australian Internships company has set up its first Irish office, giving hundreds of students around the country new opportunities for work placements abroad. The new establishment will offer six-month work placements to students from Read more…
University News
NUIG students vote pro-choice
The students of NUI Galway have decided that their college will take a pro-choice stance on abortion. This comes after 2,478 of the 3,454 students that voted in the referendum supported NUI Galway adopting a pro-choice Read more…
DCU News
DCU Graduation days move to the weekend
DCU graduation ceremonies will now take place on the Friday and Saturday of November’s reading week. The registry made the decision to change the days from Monday and Tuesday to Friday and Saturday because of Read more…
Opinion
Oscar Pistorious: Guilty or Guilty?
Social media is a wonderful thing. It has broken down so many communication barriers that it can be seen as a purely positive invention. However, problems caused by social media have come under the spotlight in recent times. These Read more…
National News
DCU graduate could become youngest member of Dail
DCU graduate, Helen McEntee, feels she shouldn’t be penalised because of her family name as she prepares to run in the Meath East by-election for Fine Gael. Speaking to The College View, McEntee says that Read more…
DCU News
SU criticised for lack of RAG Week collaboration
A greater collaboration from DCU Students’ Union could have made the DCU SU RAG week an even bigger success, according to co-chairperson of RAG Soc SallyAnn Downes. The week, which ran from Monday March 11th, Read more…