DCU Students’ Union have been invited to the Union of Students’ in Ireland’s national congress meeting due to take place next week. USI President John Logue said he has been in contact with DCU SU Read more…
DCU student Sineád Foy finished in an impressive second place in the gradireland National Student Challenge last week. Foy was one of over 5,600 students who entered the competition, which began last October, by completing a 40-minute Read more…
The Electoral Committee would have failed to reach quorum in the USI referendum if it wasn’t for the USI’s presence on campus during the campaign, according to the President of the Union of Students in Read more…
A new ‘moodle’ platform will be launched for DCU students in September. New designs put forward by Mark Glynn of the Learning Innovation Unit are set to revitalise the online resource. Speaking at a workshop Read more…
DCU students are set to face another referendum next year. A committee has been put in place to assess and amend the current Students’ Union constitution. The constitutional review committee was put in place after Read more…
There has been a large increase in the demand for science courses in DCU, according to recent CAO figures. As many as eight courses in the faculty of science have received an increased number of Read more…
Claims that Larkfield on campus accommodation is illegal or sub standard have been slammed by DCU Students’ Union President, Paul Doherty. Speaking to the College View, Doherty said: “I have great confidence in the University, Read more…
The family of murdered DCU student Nicola Furlong have traveled to Japan to attend the trial of the man accused of killing her. A Business and Japanese student at DCU, 21-year-old Nicola was studying on Read more…
The campaign for the USI referendum was unfair, according to DCU Students’ Union President Paul Doherty. Responding to the results of the referendum, Doherty told The College View “you can’t compete with an organisation the Read more…
Music week in DCU is one of the highlights of the academic year. Events officer, Jessica Dowdall said, “Music Week has been our busiest, most wonderfully packed week so far this year. We offered something Read more…
There is no way that we can ever understand what Marie Fleming and her family are going through. We can never know what it is like, unless, heaven forbid, we are thrust into such a Read more…
Something I hear all the time is that DCU is special because of its sense of community. There’s a subtle energy about the place, as if anything could happen and everything is possible. Feeling like Read more…
DCU Raising and Giving week will focus on fundraising in a move away from the traditional drinking associated with the event. Organised in conjunction with the DCU Students’ Union, RAG week will run in Week Read more…
The Labour DCU Chairperson and USI representative on campus has defended the USI’s controversial presence on campus during the re-affiliation referendum campaign. Sean Rooney told The College View a lot was made of the fact Read more…
DCU is the first university in Ireland to be designated an ‘Ashoka U Changemaker Campus’, joining a network of colleges and universities supporting the field of social entrepreneurship in education. The ‘Changemaker Campus’ is a worldwide Read more…
University College Dublin students have decided to split from the Union of Students in Ireland (USI) with a 63% majority from 2700 votes. The university now has one year to notify USI of its intentions Read more…
Postgraduate degrees available in Ireland are of a weak standard compared to those offered elsewhere, a top Irish professor has said. Delivering an address as part of the Seamus Heaney Lecture Series in St. Patrick’s Read more…
Hundreds of engineers, scientists and artists flocked to DCU’s hub last Saturday and Sunday to take part in Science hack day. Science hack day is a 36 hour event that brings together people from all Read more…
More than 800 scientists will benefit from a €300 million investment in seven world-class research facilities across the country. The money which will be invested over a six year period, has been hailed as a Read more…
Young unemployed people have been guaranteed a new job, training or education in a new commitment laid down by EU ministers last week. EU Commission president José Manuel Barroso said it will give people who Read more…
Over 50% of students voted for DCU to take a pro-choice stance on the issue of abortion. 719 of the 1,428 voters in last week’s referendum opted for a full pro-choice stance;where it will be Read more…
Both NUI Galway and Galway-Mayo IT have confirmed they will not take any disciplinary action against students following last month’s unofficial RAG Week. Thousands of students flooded the city’s centre last month for the week, many Read more…
Faith in the future and in yourself was the message George Hook gave to DCU students last Tuesday as part of Enterprise Society’s Enterprise Week. “You are all lucky” said the Rugby Commentator and Newstalk Read more…
Almost 1,000 people have signed a petition aimed at getting level 8 degree courses in Ballyfermot College recognized by the Irish grant system. Ballyfermot’s BA in Media Production Management is awarded through DCU and so Read more…
DCU students have voted to re-join the Union of Students in Ireland after a decade outside the organisation. 55% of students voted in favour of DCU re-affiliating with the USI, with 786 students voting yes Read more…
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