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[dropcap]T[/dropcap]hree projects from DCU were awarded funding this month from the Science Foundation Ireland for research projects in the areas of sciences, technology, engineering and maths. (STEM) Each project is currently being led by Read more…
[dropcap]L[/dropcap]etter writing is a concept often idealised and romanticised. Once a useful way of talking to people, does it serve a purpose in the modern world of social media? While there is definitely space for Read more…
A[dropcap][/dropcap]n overwhelmingly uncrowded lecture hall on an overcast afternoon, is the location for the deceptively explosive talk by Dr Claire Hamilton of NUI Maynooth on Counter Terrorism in Europe. As a stream of students pool in and out Read more…
[dropcap]P[/dropcap]aris, Westminster, Brussels, Stockholm, Nice, Berlin – all cities that have suffered in the past few years at the hands of terrorists. Many major European cities have seen horrific incidents – knife attacks, bombings, vehicles Read more…
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair.” So says the great author JRR Tolkien. As Ibrahim Halawa spends yet another Read more…
[dropcap]Last[/dropcap] month, the High Court overruled a decision for the National Parks and Wildlife Service to pay out €40,000 of damages to hillwalker Teresa Wall after she injured herself on a wooden boardwalk on the Read more…
[dropcap]As [/dropcap]University College Dublin (UCD) announce a huge overhaul of all of their arts courses, in an effort to make their graduates more employable, the question is posed whether this improvement is enough.
[dropcap]As[/dropcap] you opened the large wooden doors into lecture room CG86 in the Henry Grattan building on Monday March 6th, you were met with a deluge of students. It was 6pm and classes were completed Read more…
[dropcap]The[/dropcap] sun setting over the Lake District of Varkaus, an industrial town in Eastern Finland, Panu Höglund ponders the state of the Irish language, how he could improve other’s experiences of learning it. Beside him Read more…
[dropcap]It[/dropcap] was November 2016 and the graduation ceremonies in DCU were well underway. One graduate, Sarah Gilgunn, had to fly back from London in order to attend. Despite graduating from her PhD in April 2016, Read more…
[dropcap]I[/dropcap]n the Mezz, on couches worn out by students of DCU past and present, an informal talk was held about female engagement in politics. Its attendance counted twice as many men as women.
[dropcap]Many[/dropcap] students are exempt from studying Irish in school due to a disability. In 2015, 3,592 students had an exemption from sitting Irish for the Leaving Cert because of their disability. Out of these students Read more…
For by Michael O Scannáil: Students are bombarded with free food from the friends of Students’ Union election candidates. We once again must decide who we want to make up the new SU, who we Read more…
[dropcap]According[/dropcap] to Union of Students in Ireland (USI) the students’ union is an organised body of ‘willing would-be activists’ whose primary focus is defending the rights of the student, as well as enabling and furthering Read more…
[dropcap]The[/dropcap] forty days of Lent have begun, marking yet another religious date on the calendar that is readily accepted as something that happens every year without fail, because it always has in our homes in Read more…
[dropcap]A[/dropcap]ccording to Aristotle; At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice, he is the worst. In the mire, which carpets the underbelly of the sex trade, in the Read more…
[dropcap]The[/dropcap] subject of the Eighth Amendment has been one which has gained mass amount of attention over the last year especially. It has been discussed and then discussed again as everyone passionately exclaims their postulations, Read more…
[dropcap]On [/dropcap]Wednesday the 22nd of February, the Trump administration made the decision to withdraw the guidance that permitted transgender students to use the bathroom of the gender they identify with. The decision was met with Read more…
[dropcap]Just[/dropcap] a few weeks ago, DCU saw the establishment of an over the phone counselling service. An exclusive for DCU students, the helpline will operate for three hours, two nights a week – every Tuesday Read more…
[dropcap]Increased[/dropcap] industrialisation and production is linked to higher levels of pollution, and still society continues its industrial and urban growth, producing more greenhouse gases and hazardous waste year after year.
[dropcap]Sexually[/dropcap] active students are advised to avail of DCU’s free testing for sexually transmitted infections (STI’s) due to an increase of Chlamydia sufferers, according to the HSE.
[dropcap]S[/dropcap]ticks and stones may break my bones, but names can never hurt me; perhaps that used to be true. Or, perhaps it applied to a time before technology invaded safe spaces, before the insidious nature Read more…
[dropcap]A[/dropcap]nn, who felt hard done by due to the lack of a family dog in her own childhood, had a yearning for a puppy of her own. Browsing through Done Deal, she found an adorable litter Read more…
[dropcap]A[/dropcap]s a society we tend to have a very dismissive attitude towards sexual harassment. Many people consider it to be ‘just a catcall’, so what exactly is sexual harassment? Sexual harassment is unwelcome sexual advances, Read more…
[dropcap]On[/dropcap] the ninth of March 2016, an applied psychology master’s degree student called Elaine rang up Liveline to talk to Joe Duffy. During their conversation, the twenty-three-year-old student informed Joe that she was nearing the Read more…