All of the latest on and off campus news.
[dropcap]Karl[/dropcap] McGovern is a final year business studies student hoping to represent DCU as their Engagement and Development officer for 2018/2019. McGovern is running against Aaron Harper, and hopes his involvement in extra circular activities Read more…
Sarah Moore is a second year English & Media student hoping to represent DCU as Societies Officer in 2018/2019. She faces opposition from one other candidate, Catherine Kane. Sarah plans to have more interaction among Read more…
[dropcap]C[/dropcap]atherine ‘Cat’ Kane, a Religious Education and Music student in St. Patrick’s college, decided to run for the position of Societies Officer during 2018’s Student Union Elections in an effort to unify all three DCU Read more…
[dropcap]Sorcha Ní Chonghaile[/dropcap] is a first year B.Ed student and one of only two candidates running for the position of Oifigeach na Gaeilge on next year’s DCUSU.
T[dropcap][/dropcap]he NUIG SU President has called the actions of students who sell drugs “wrong and unjustified”, after a court was told students in Galway are selling drugs to fund college.
[dropcap]A [/dropcap]pilot scheme based on a successful Icelandic project aimed at targeting teen substance abuse may soon be introduced to the West of Ireland. Jón Sigfusson, Director of the Planet Youth project in Iceland, spoke Read more…
[dropcap]DCU[/dropcap] has said that only women will be considered for three positions offered in Saudi Arabia due to the fact that it is a women’s only school.
[dropcap]A[/dropcap]nother Irish third-level institution has announced a smoke-free campus, with DCU yet to join a number of other Irish colleges who have banned campus smoking. Several universities including UCD, Trinity, and UL have all begun Read more…
[dropcap]A[/dropcap]n academic publishing group has reversed their decision to charge Irish universities additional fees to access older research papers following an open letter condemning the proposal, despite claiming that the current system is “unsustainable”.
[dropcap]A[/dropcap] Sinn Féin MEP encouraged DCU students to support a united Ireland at a unity forum in DCU on February 22nd.
[dropcap]Student[/dropcap] nurses and midwives still consider moving abroad upon graduation a better option for finding work. This comes after Minister for Health Simon Harris announced that for the second year in a row nursing and Read more…
[dropcap]D[/dropcap]CU Sustainable Living Society’s successful campaign for a single-use plastic-free campus has borne a DCUSU referendum, aimed at the University’s Board of Directors.
[dropcap]Napping[/dropcap] pods have been introduced in Maynooth University library allowing students to recharge during the day. As part of the #ifstudentsdidlibraries campaign, the university is the first in Ireland to introduce Energy Pods in their Read more…
[dropcap]Primary[/dropcap] teaching students on St. Patrick’s Campus are seeking financial aid for placement from DCU.
[dropcap]PE[/dropcap] will be implemented as a Leaving Cert exam subject in 80 schools across Ireland from September.
[dropcap]Over[/dropcap] 5,000 students attended two workshops in Dublin and in Cork hosted by the I Wish initiative to encourage female secondary school students to choose careers in fields of science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM). Read more…
[dropcap]DCU[/dropcap] and Bank of Ireland (BOI) are working together to support Ballymun Kickhams GAA club by offering study support to leaving cert students. The student volunteers offer free tuition to the Ballymun leaving cert students Read more…
[dropcap]DCU[/dropcap] will benefit from a new multi-million fund which will encourage underrepresented students to access higher education.
[dropcap]An[/dropcap] equal amount of men and women enroll for postgraduate research in Ireland, according to the Higher Education Authority. The HEA recently published a Factsheet on Postgraduate Research in Ireland, which looks at the many Read more…
[dropcap]J[/dropcap]ason Nesbitt would like to see a designated space in the new student hub to give students a chance to take time out from their stressful college day and look after their mental well-being.
[dropcap]Young[/dropcap] women are more likely to have a third-level qualification than young men, new figures show.
[dropcap]S[/dropcap]econd Level students in Ireland are given the opportunity to officially ‘opt-out’ of religion classes, after a circular was issued to schools by the Department of Education on the 19th of February 2018.
[dropcap]S[/dropcap]hifts towards digitising the PAYE tax system in Ireland have been described as “futile” and “counterproductive” by DCU students.
[dropcap]Vito[/dropcap] Moloney Burke is a third year business student, the current Chairperson for the DCU Society Life Committee, and is the only candidate in the running to be the next DCU SU President.
[dropcap]A [/dropcap]new lecturer will be provided for Trinity students offended by their lecturer’s remarks on Female Genital Mutiliation (FGM).