The government plan to double the number of Indian students coming to Ireland next year, however there are no plans to increase the number of scholarships awarded at DCU. Read more…
DCU Students’ Union was represented at the recent meeting of the Union of Students in Ireland’s National Council, at which plans and decisions were made, as Cormac O’Shea reports. Read more…
Young people in Ireland are at risk of causing severe damage to their hearing as a result of listening to music at high levels, studies by an Irish hearing organisation reveal. Garrett Lavin reports. Read more…
National University of Ireland Galway has suspended the actions of the Legion of Mary society, after they were involved with a campaign distributing homophobic material around campus. Suzanne Cooper reports. Read more…
A huge expansion of the University of Limerick to transform the city has been made possible by funding from the European Investment Bank, of which Limerick deputy Micheal Noonan is Governor. Kate Coscoran reports. Read more…
Figures revealed by government show the taxpayer is funding government employees to study at third-level, with over €650,000 spent on educating Department of Justice employees since 2011. Katie O’Neill reports. Read more…
DrinkAware.ie have hit back at the Union of Students in Ireland after the body cut ties with the organisation due to credibility issues, as Aoife Mullen reports. Read more…
Grant awarding authority SUSI has claimed that a rejection letter sent to a student was the result of a typo, as Bryan Grogan reports. Read more…
The confidential listening service Niteline is hoping to connect with students by launching a new public faces campaign, as Ciara Moore reports. Read more…
Students’ Unions in several third-level institutes are calling upon Facebook to remove controversial profiles which are feared to be impacting on students mental health, as Mark Hogan reports. Read more…
The USI President has played down the significance of low turnouts at recent demonstrations against harsh Budget 2014 cuts to supports for those aged under 25, as Ruth Marnell reports. Read more…
DCU’s SU have introduced a number of initiatives to help those that commute to campus, who have been hit with another hike in fares across all public transport outlets, as Sarah Curran reports. Read more…
Budget 2014 brought in harsh cuts to the Jobseeker’s Benefit social welfare allowance for those under-26 and young people and their represenatatives are kicking up a fuss, report Theresa Newman and Finnian Curran. Read more…
A 10c excise was placed on the price of alcohol in Budget 2014, but those who called for a minimum price to be placed on alcohol believe this won’t go far enough, as Ruth Marnell reports. Read more…
Budget 2014 announced changes to the Medical Card system and a hike in the cost of Medical Card prescriptions – DCU’s health services are not in a position to cater for Medical Card students however, as Theresa Newman reports. Read more…
With just one week to go until we decide whether or not to keep one of our Houses of the Oireachtas, The College View looks at what exactly it is the Seanad does. Read more…
Student nurses and midwives are to be paid less than minimum wage by the HSE as the government looks to abolish their pay altogether. Read more…
A former prostitute and DCU BA Journalism graduate has written a book about her experiences called ‘Paid For: My Journey through Prostitution’. Read more…
Ireland has the highest number of graduates across EU countries, according to new Eurostat figures. Read more…
USI President John Logue has hit out at comments made by the Irish boss of the world’s biggest payment firm, PayPal, who stated graduate employees carry a sense of entitlement and are not hungry enough Read more…
The Australian Internships company has set up its first Irish office, giving hundreds of students around the country new opportunities for work placements abroad. The new establishment will offer six-month work placements to students from Read more…
DCU graduate, Helen McEntee, feels she shouldn’t be penalised because of her family name as she prepares to run in the Meath East by-election for Fine Gael. Speaking to The College View, McEntee says that Read more…
Young unemployed people have been guaranteed a new job, training or education in a new commitment laid down by EU ministers last week. EU Commission president José Manuel Barroso said it will give people who Read more…
President of DCU, Professor Brian MacCraith believes the recent decision by DCU Students to campaign for a free education system is “not a practicable one”. In an interview with The College View, Prof MacCraith said Read more…
Labour Party TD, John Lyons, hopes the recent increase in the student contribution charge won’t prevent students in his constituency from accessing third-level education. Speaking to The College View, the TD for Dublin North-West and Read more…