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…
More than 3,000 students are still waiting for their grant application to be processed by Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI). With less than three months left before the end of the academic year, the centralised Read more…
The Hybrid Awards, DCU’s very own student media awards, are now taking applications from DCU students. The Hybrids have been run by the Media Production Society since 2008 and celebrate student achievements in a variety Read more…
Ireland now has its own Campus France, a public institution assisting students who wish to study in France. Campus France Ireland will inform Irish students about university degrees, exchange partnerships and scholarships available to them. Read more…
The candidates for the Union of Students in Ireland (USI) officer board for the 2013/14 academic year have been announced. The positions to be filled are: President, Vice President for Academic Affairs & Quality Assurance, Vice President Read more…
Irish students are being warned to act more responsibly on J1 working summer holidays after a well-known advocate of the programme raised concerns about its future following several instances of anti-social behaviour among students in Read more…
There are fears a Tuberculosis (TB) outbreak in DCU could be much worse than originally reported. On Friday, college authorities confirmed that two students had tested positive for non-contagious strands of the disease. However, The Read more…
Voting in the USI and Reproductive Rights referendums have been provisionally suspended until tomorrow due to technical issues with ISS. At an emergency Class Rep Council held this afternoon, class reps voted to allow the Read more…
DCU would be tarnished by association with the Union of Students in Ireland, according to Chairperson of DCU Young Fine Gael Ryan Hunt. Hunt was speaking at the hustings for the referendum on affiliation with Read more…
UCD Students’ Union will hold a referendum regarding its affiliation with the Union of Students in Ireland (USI). UCD students will be given the option as to whether the college should pay over €100,000 to Read more…
Over three quarters of DCU students are satisfied with DCU Students’ Union so far this year. 350 students were asked how they would rate the performance of the Students’ Union so far this year. 11% Read more…
Dublin City University is one of four Irish universities which engage with debt collecting agencies to pursue outstanding fees from students. Grainne Mooney, a public relations officer for DCU said: “The university uses a third Read more…
Many of DCU’s clubs and societies will switch their bank accounts from AIB after the bank’s decision to leave DCU campus. The general feeling among many club and society chairpersons is that they will switch Read more…
DCU students will face disciplinary proceedings if they send any offensive emails from their DCU email accounts. DCU staff members have growing concerns about the problem; some female staff members have been sent sexually offensive Read more…
Seven out of ten DCU students don’t know who their their faculty convenor is, our survey revealed. Eight out of ten students said they have never gone to a member of the SU with a Read more…
Farm and business assets may be included in means testing for the student grant. Minister for Education Ruairi Quinn has put forward proposals that would change the way students from farming backgrounds or those with Read more…
Fianna Fáil Ógra remains the biggest political party in DCU, moving up to 60 members after last week’s Refreshers’ Day. It has recruited 15 new members this semester including 8 at its stand in the Read more…
Both Labour DCU and the Union of Students in Ireland are to campaign for a yes vote in the upcoming USI re-affiliation referendum. The referendum will be held in conjunction with the Reproductive Rights referendum Read more…
Three students who attempted to egg Taoiseach Enda Kenny during his visit to UCD have avoided expulsion from the college. Suzanne Lee (23), from Belfast, Ben McCormack (24), from Chichester, England and Aidan Rowe (22), from Read more…
The 12th of October was a cold and windy autumn day in Dublin. It was the day when I and my Irish and German friends headed to the Aviva Stadium to watch a football match Read more…
A national student survey will roll out throughout all universities and Institutes of Technology next month. As part of the higher education strategy, it will be the first time colleges will be measured and analysed Read more…
DCU Ryan Academy has set up a programme to tackle the gap between the rate of female and male start-ups in Ireland. The High Fliers Programme aims to help women start-up businesses. The Academy identified Read more…
University of Limerick has announced that it will offer another €88,000 worth of scholarships to high performing students who will begin their studies in the 2013/14 academic year. The scheme will award scholarships of €2,000 Read more…
DCU President Professor Brian MacCraith has called for the implementation of a digital learning strategy to ensure Ireland is not left behind in the “online education revolution”. Speaking in a keynote address as part of Read more…
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