By Janine Kavanagh Reading week. The bi-annual reprieve from lectures, assignments and the stress of college has arrived. For those of us in faculties that support it anyway. A whole week when we should be Read more…
By Jade O’Leary 1. To celebrate/drown your sorrows after receiving exam results What better way to celebrate the fact that you’re officially a genius (you got over 50% in two whole modules after all) than Read more…
Suzanne Cooper weighs up the value of unpaid internships and if they’re a necessary evil to get your foot in the door. Read more…
You thought you’d never get the magical experience that Hogwarts has to offer. That is, until you accepted a place in Dublin City University. Read more…
With Intra coming up for many students, is an internship even worthwhile these days? Read more…
Between the two DCU Mystery Tours this year, which one, GAA or Accounting and Finance, was better? Read more…
Now that the semester is halfway through, how are Freshers settling into life in DCU? Read more…
Is it possible to have a part time job in college, or is it all work and no play? Read more…
What would life be like without your phone? Amy Mulvaney tried it, read on to see how she coped… Read more…
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…
What do students face when applying for Erasmus? Read more…
What happens to the students who don’t find the course of their dreams? The College View finds out. Read more…
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…
An in-depth guide for every college student getting to grips with you-know-what. Read more…
How students are coping as the cost of renting increases Read more…
A look at the various ways Irish students spent their summer. Read more…
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…
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…
Behind the scenes at the Ultimate Wingman, a new dating TV show produced in DCU,. Read more…
A college student desperately tries to survive for 24 hours without spending any money. Will she make it? Read more…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…