Student Life
Internships: Are they worth it?
With Intra coming up for many students, is an internship even worthwhile these days? Read more…
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Which Mystery Tour was the best?
Between the two DCU Mystery Tours this year, which one, GAA or Accounting and Finance, was better? Read more…
Student Life
College: expectations v reality
Now that the semester is halfway through, how are Freshers settling into life in DCU? Read more…
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Would you like a job with that?
Is it possible to have a part time job in college, or is it all work and no play? Read more…
Student Life
Excommunicado: A day without my phone
What would life be like without your phone? Amy Mulvaney tried it, read on to see how she coped… Read more…
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Why student nurses are on less than minimum wage
Student nurses are one of the worst hit by the recession, and those out of college won’t even be earning minimum wage. The College View investigates. Read more…
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Studying abroad: an experience ‘worth the pain’
What do students face when applying for Erasmus? Read more…
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Coursing through
What happens to the students who don’t find the course of their dreams? The College View finds out. Read more…
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On the brink of starvation
You may be short of money, but some students literally cannot afford food. A look at some students who are being pushed to the edge. Read more…
Student Life
Birds, bees and the age-old struggle to play it safe
An in-depth guide for every college student getting to grips with you-know-what. Read more…
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The race to rent
How students are coping as the cost of renting increases Read more…
Student Life
Remember that summer in Ireland…
A look at the various ways Irish students spent their summer. Read more…
Student Life
Surviving college: the ultimate guide
It’s that time of year. You’ve just started college. You need help. Time to bunker down and check out The College View’s comprehensive college survival guide Read more…
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A guide to picking up a fine young Irish man
The definitive guide on how to pick up that fine young Irish chap you’ve been eyeing up (Or, how to do student satire properly). Read more…
Student Life
Backstage at The Ultimate Wingman
Behind the scenes at the Ultimate Wingman, a new dating TV show produced in DCU,. Read more…
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How much money can you survive on?
A college student desperately tries to survive for 24 hours without spending any money. Will she make it? Read more…
Student Life
Student politics: do we care?
After the initial flurry of democratic enthusiasm dies down, the polling stations across DCU go quiet. From about 2 pm onwards, students manning the stations become a bit more desperate to get anyone and everyone Read more…
Student Life
Is it possible to be friends with your ex?
The same five words are uttered every time a couple break up. But just how true is the phrase “we can still be friends’? Is it just something we say to make the other – Read more…
Student Life
Making your safety your priority
In recent weeks, the issue of safety on DCU campus has never been more pressing. Following the armed robbery of the book shop ‘Hodges and Figgis’ last November, you may have thought that security in Read more…
Student Life
Loss of Hope at the Hands of SUSI
Every person has the fundamental right to an education. So what’s putting both young and older people off the idea of studying at third level these days? With the release of another harsh budget, financial Read more…
Student Life
Status Changing Strain
Remember when you and ‘the love of your life’ broke up because you’re in college and they wanted to ‘enjoy themselves’ while they could? Remember crying for days into your duvet and tub of Hagen Read more…
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The Twelve Pubs of Christmas
The Twelve Pubs of Christmas has become a staple event on most students Christmas calendar. It is both a mental and physical challenge for the even the most hardened of drinkers. The following is a Read more…
Student Life
Experiencing DCUfm
When a student is in Transition Year and is planning their work experience, they would not usually look to a college for anything other than shadowing a college professor. Many would inquire in a shop, Read more…
Student Life
Counting coppers, the cost of college
Almost everyone can remember when they first started looking for a grant. When they made those first few tentative Google searches with more hope than expectation. What did those searches turn up? SUSI. The students’ Read more…
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The search for student employment
Nobody likes having to ask mammy and daddy to fund their weekly antics. However, with over 39% of people aged between 15 and 24 unemployed, more students are struggling and have no choice but to ask their Read more…