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…
DCU’s LGBTA has celebrated its ally members with Ally Fortnight, encouraging students to support issues affecting LGBT people, such as gay marriage, and to identify why they are an ally. An ally is someone who Read more…
Over two thousand students attended the ‘Postgrad Ireland: Further Study Fair’ in the RDS, Dublin, last Wednesday. The postgrad fair offered students a variety of information and resources on further education opportunities. There were over Read more…
DCU Students’ Union is presenting a range of inspiring, educating and entertaining events this week in an effort to make students more attentive of their mental fitness. Building on the success of last semester’s Mental Read more…
While the results of the survey indicate the majority of students are happy with the SU’s performance this year, some students described the Students’ Union as an intimidating clique and criticised Class Rep Council (CRC) meetings. In Read more…
The Union of Students in Ireland will be campaigning on the upcoming reproductive rights referendum in DCU. USI are able to campaign on campus as student Sean Rooney registered with DCU returning officer Aideen Holden on their Read more…
More often than I care to admit, people claim secularism has negative connotations. Many misunderstand the term and see it as a concept for the eradication of religion or as an anti-religious tool. However, if Read more…
A Hub sustainability project is being implemented by the Estates Office at DCU in a bid to reduce energy consumption in the Hub and make DCU a greener campus. The initiative aims to cut down Read more…
DCU’s Music Society was one of the big recruiters this Refreshers’ Day, adding 40 members. Public Relations Officer of the Music Soc, Sarah Jordan said some of the new members “showed up to our Open Read more…
More than half of Dublin City University students are from outside of Dublin. Just under 6,000 of DCU’s 11,923 students are from counties outside of the capital, with just under 10% of the DCU student Read more…
Ever since the Food Safety Authority Ireland revealed on January 15th that certain frozen beef products contained pork or equine meat, the scandal has exploded internationally. In my opinion, I don’t think the general public Read more…
The University Times has apologised to the founder of the Iona Institute, David Quinn in relation to defamatory remarks printed in articles in the paper last month. The Trinity student newspaper had been threatened with legal Read more…
DCU Students’ Union Education Officer Aaron Clogher has hit back at criticism the SU don’t interact enough with students. Responding to the results of The College View SU survey, Clogher said the Students’ Union do Read more…
Class Rep Council have voted to hold a referendum on re-affiliating with the Union of Students in Ireland (USI). The referendum will be held in conjunction with the Reproductive Rights referendum on February 26th and 27th. DCU Read more…
Allied Irish Bank (AIB) has decided to up and leave DCU campus and relocate services to their Santry branch. After more than 20 years on Campus grounds the bank is due to cease it’s operations Read more…
DCU could be designated a leading institution in social entrepreneurship education. The accreditation would be part of the “Changemaker Campus” initiative, a worldwide partnership of leaders in social innovation. The initiative was started by Ashoka, Read more…
As a second year nursing student, I felt it is in my best interests and also in the interests of my colleagues to voice my opinions on the recent appalling proposition from the HSE to Read more…
A new DCU Innovation Campus is set to support over 200 jobs in the next 18 months. The centre will be a national hub for clean technology companies and is expected to boost Ireland’s green Read more…
The 2013 All-Ireland Linguistics Olympiad (AILO) was launched by Minister for Research and Innovation, Séan Sherlock last month. The competition is run by the DCU led centre for Next Generation Localisation (CNGL). The AILO will Read more…
“Taking a scalpel to newly qualified nurse’s pay” As a first year nursing student and active Fianna Fail member, I must admit that upon hearing the details of the government’s new ‘nursing graduate scheme’ I Read more…