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…
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…
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…
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…
The Labyrinth Committee have raised almost half the funds required to build the controversial €50,000 development in DCU. Fr Joe Jones told The College View the group has raised just under €23,000 after what he Read more…
DCU Students’ Union are to hold their own Constitutional Convention over a number of weeks this semester. DCU SU President, Paul Doherty confirmed to The College View the SU plan to hold their own in Read more…
DCU Educational Trust accidentally released personal details of 2,500 of their supporters on December 3rd 2012. 97 people were sent the names and contact details of the supporters. Teresa Murray, Head of Marketing at DCU Read more…
DCU Students’ Union President, Paul Doherty has joined other SU Presidents in opposing Minister for Education, Ruairi Quinn’s plans to amend the Universities Act. In a joint statement Doherty, along with the Presidents of Trinity Read more…
The seventh Seamus Heaney Lecture Series entitled “Imagining the Future” began in St Patrick’s College, Drumcondra on Monday last, with DCU President, Professor Brian MacCraith giving the first lecture. Professor MacCraith spoke on the theme Read more…
A proposed referendum on re-affiliating DCU with the Union of Students in Ireland (USI) may no longer take place this semester after the student who originally drafted a petition calling for a referendum on the Read more…
UK Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, Vince Cable visited Dublin City University’s Innovation and Enterprise Centre, Invent last month. The Liberal Democrat MP for Twickenham came to learn more about the university’s Read more…
DCU Students’ Union are transforming The Mezz into an area where students can relax and eat their lunch. The Mezz, which is currently closed to allow for changes to the interior, will be a specific Read more…
The Students’ Union is developing a new online system where students can buy tickets for events held on campus through the DCU SU website. In their bi-annual activity report, published in December, it said: “We Read more…
A number of DCU students believe that the Students’ Union should have no position on the issue of abortion in Ireland. As a result a no-stance option will be included on the ballot paper for Read more…
Early stages of planning have begun on the expansion and upgrade of the student centre in DCU. DCU Students’ Union President, Paul Doherty told The College View that they are in the extremely early phase Read more…
It has emerged that Ireland’s biggest escort agency is using the DCU brand as a marketing strategy. Students around the country who are struggling financially are turning to escort agencies to pay their way through Read more…