All of the latest on and off campus news.
NuBar is staying optimistic despite recent announcements that pubs and restaurants are to remain closed for several more months.
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Covid-19 cases have spike among the Irish student population, with a total of 135 cases confirmed in NUIG and GMIT earlier this month. Read more…
[dropcap]D[/dropcap]CU Redbrick along with computing societies from nine other Irish universities ran Student’s Inter-Society Tech & Enterprise Meetup (SISTEM) 2021, an online tech conference for students, on Saturday, February 20th.
Over the past few weeks, some of the biggest stories in Irish media have centered around the country remaining in level 5 lockdown, the roll-out of the Covid-19 vaccine, or rather the pace of vaccinations. Along with education, as second-level students have pleaded with the Department for Education for clarity on the position of the Leaving Certificate 2021. Read more…
DCUSU hopes to have the library open study spaces to students by next week, says president Fearghal Lynch. Read more…
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Helix venue opened as a Covid-19 vaccination hub and began vaccinating over-70s on Wednesday February 10th.
The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) has called on the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) to take action against anyone who threatens violence against a journalist or member of the media. Read more…
Third-level students are struggling to complete practical courses and modules online, as access to equipment and laboratories is restricted by universities. Read more…
DCU Clubs and Societies have advised any club’s or society’s official social media accounts against interacting with gossip accounts. Read more…
[dropcap]D[/dropcap]CU has announced the introduction of six new undergraduate courses and four new specialisms for September 2021.
[dropcap]D[/dropcap]CU Students’ Union (DCUSU) held the first two of three Zoom workshops in partnership with Women for Election, a not-for-profit organisation supporting women in politics.
[dropcap]O[/dropcap]ne in four family owned Irish businesses are worried about losing control over their business within the next six months because of Covid-19, according to a recent study.
[dropcap]R[/dropcap]esearch from the National Anti-Bullying Centre in DCU found that almost half of surveyed secondary students have been frequently asked to send sexually explicit messages (sexts).
[dropcap]U[/dropcap]CD Dr. Denis Shield was part of a global team of scientists responsible for a possible breakthrough in the development of a Covid-treating drug.
[dropcap]W[/dropcap]e Can be Zero is a campaign launched by a group of Irish scientists on Monday February 1st.
The Disability Access Route to Education (DARE) and Higher Education Access Route (HEAR) Annual Report 2020 published on the 11th of December shows a 22 per cent increase in offer acceptance for students with disabilities and 15 per cent increase for those experiencing socioeconomic disadvantage. Read more…
Changing Irish legislation to allow survivors of the Mother and Baby Homes access to adoption records “should be the first and central pillar in a human rights-based response to the Commission’s report” according to DCU Professor James Gallan. Read more…
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Minister of Further and Higher Education, Simon Harris has announced the formation of a working group dedicated to enhancing the wellbeing of third-level students.
[dropcap]U[/dropcap]ptake of Erasmus or study abroad programmes in Trinity College (TCD) dropped by 70 per cent in the first semester of this year according to Provost Patrick Prendergast, as reported by the University Times.
A Health Action Project to inform adolescents about their ethnic identity and enhance self-esteem, Ethnic Pride Ireland, has been created by final year Health and Society student, Asiya Mu’azzam. Read more…
A study by Trinity College (TCD) has found that even those with mild Covid-19 symptoms can develop “Long Covid”. Liam Townsend, a research fellow in TCD and specialist registrar at St James’s Hospital was the study’s Read more…
[dropcap]A[/dropcap] quarter of North-East Dubliners have experienced drug related intimidation according to a report published on January 26th.
[dropcap]R[/dropcap]otunda Hospital and the Coombe Hospital have confirmed that they gave unused Covid-19 vaccines to relatives of their staff and to members of their local communities.
Dublin City University has raised almost €21,000 throughout November by growing out their moustaches as part of the Movember initiative. Read more…
[dropcap]I[/dropcap]n a statement, the Irish Universities Association (IUA) said that universities are conscious of the uncertainty students are facing and have therefore planned to begin semester two of the academic year predominantly online.