Three further cases of TB have been confirmed amongst DCU students, with some parents expressing concern over the lack of information being issue on screenings, as Finnian Curran reports. Read more…
Freshers Week 2013 proved a hit with incoming and continuing DCU students, with Grammy Award-winning 90s star Coolio headlining the Freshers’ Ball and Neil Delamere returning to his old alma mater to create some comical mischief with a favourable audience. Sharron Lynskey reports. Read more…
More than 1,000 jobs were on offer at the recent DCU Careers Service Accounting, Finance and Law Fair, where students had the opportunity to meet with employers and recent university graduates now employed by the big firms. Read more…
Students are urged to get home safely after socialising at night, following an alleged sex attack on a student travelling alone back to DCU last week, as Ciara Moore and Ruth Marnell report. Read more…
A DCU-based start-up has recently launched a new Fantasy Football App to coincide with the start of the UK Premiership season. Darragh McGrath spoke to the brains behind the invention, Dr. Padraig Doolan. Read more…
President Michael D Higgins delivered an ‘Ethics for all’ lecture at DCU last month, in which he commented on the nature of Ireland’s education system and the need for social good to be at the core of political decision-making. His speech has sparked debate amongst those who feel he is crossing the lines out of a President’s brief. Read more…
CAO entry points for DCU Business School and STEM programmes have increased this year, with DCU’s highest points programme at 545 points. Read more…
DCU SU has said that they will be organising a student discount card this coming academic year. Companies involved are yet to be confirmed. Read more…
DCU’s Community Garden was officially opened by DCU President Professor Brian MacCraith last week.
Over €2,500 was raised by the DCU St Vincent De Paul society from their second ever 24-hour sleepout last week. The “homeless camp” housed twenty people for the night with the numbers varying over the Read more…
DCU SU had partnered with the festival – promoting the event in exchange for free tickets. But now it has had to be cancelled due to poor ticket sales. Read more…
The SU will recieve money and four tickets, which will be given away to students via Facebook. Read more…
Just five universities from Great Britain rank ahead of DCU on the Top 50 Under 50 table. Read more…
Fancy doing your bit for society while buying a coffee or lunch at your favourite cafe? Thanks to the work of DCU student Aoife Ryan in bringing Suspended Coffee to Ireland now you can. Read more…
DCU LGBTA society held their first ever Trans Week this week, Aoife Bennett reports. Read more…
A scholarship will be awarded to an aspiring journalist who wishes to study towards a Masters in Journalism at DCU, in honour of the late Veronica Guerin Read more…
Four youths who attacked a student on the DCU campus have had their sentencing adjourned until 2014 so they can be assessed by probation officers. Read more…
After his year in the role, outgoing Business Convenor Neil Mulhern believes convenor’s should be paid a fee in order to maintain accountability, the College View has learned. Read more…
The entire HUB is set to open this week for DCU SU’s 2013 Summer Ball. Read more…
DCU’s School of Health and Social Sciences held the inaugural DCU 5km fun-run in Albert College Park on Wednesday 17th April. Read more…
DCUtv, sponsored by Bank of Ireland, presented their annual 24-hour broadcast in aid of the Make a Wish Foundation between April 19th and April 20th 2013 Read more…
Talented DCU media students were honoured at the 2013 National Student Media Awards in the Ballsbridge Hotel last week. Read more…
Four DCU Multimedia students have reached the finals of a national Dare to be Drink Aware video competition which seeks to promote healthier attitudes towards alcohol consumption. Read more…
DCU Drama Society impressed audiences with their production of Rent musical in the Helix from April 10th to 12th. Read more…
DCU SU’s Science and Health Convenor Sarah Flanagan on the secrets to being a successful student representative. Read more…