All of the latest on and off campus news.
[dropcap]DCU[/dropcap] are launching the first safety app in Ireland, for round the clock connection to the campus’ security team on Wednesday the 15th of November.
[dropcap]Facebook[/dropcap] was “behaving in an irresponsible and value-free way” during the 2016 US presidential election, according to the European editor of The Atlantic magazine.
[dropcap]DCUSU[/dropcap] President Niall Behan was attacked while walking home from DCU to Glasnevin two weeks ago.
[dropcap]I[/dropcap]reland ranks above the EU average in gender equality according to a report published earlier this month. The Gender Equality Index revealed that Ireland scored 69.5 out of a potential 100 while the EU average Read more…
[dropcap]W[/dropcap]ellness Wednesday events are in full swing in the Glasnevin Campus of DCU to encourage students to be in touch with their physical and mental health in college. Sorcha Murphy, the Chairperson of DCU’s Mental Read more…
[dropcap]N[/dropcap]o first year students were enrolled in a DCU Irish and Journalism course for 2017/18 due to a lack of applicants achieving the CAO points required.
[dropcap]U[/dropcap]CD students have voted overwhelmingly in favour of removing their Students’ Union president Katie Ascough from office after she blocked the publication of abortion information in a freshers’ magazine. The results showed that more than Read more…
[dropcap]I[/dropcap]deas of festivals, studios, glass buildings, and murals flew during the first meeting of the Visual Arts Initiative on Wednesday.
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he minister of State for Community Development, Natural Resources and Digital Development has launched an investment of €6.7 million into a climate change research project called Acclimatize.
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]here was minor damage to a building and two trees down across the three campuses in DCU after hurricane Ophelia passed through Dublin on Monday.
[dropcap]P[/dropcap]rotests against the Church of Scientology opening up a new centre in Firhouse, South Dublin took place last Saturday afternoon.
[dropcap]D[/dropcap]CU become a twitter sensation during storm Ophelia, after tweeting the Taoiseach to ask if they were a college.
[dropcap]D[/dropcap]espite two “Murderous Maths” workshops being called off due to hurricane Ophelia, host and acclaimed author Kjartan Poskitt went to St. Patrick’s DCU on Tuesday the 17th to talk to students and faculty for Maths Read more…
[dropcap]N[/dropcap]early 20 percent of HIV positive people living in Ireland have felt suicidal in the last year, five times the national average of four per cent.
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]rócaire has created an animated video which tells the migration stories of an Irish girl and a Syrian boy.
[dropcap]U[/dropcap]niversities in Northern Ireland are considering creating joint academic posts with institutions in the south, including DCU, to combat implications imposed by Brexit.
[dropcap]M[/dropcap]inister Paschal Donohoe announced a €47.5million increase in funding for education in this year’s budget.
[dropcap]F[/dropcap]our female lecturers in NUI Galway are supposedly under pressure to accept a settlement after a gender discrimination dispute.
[dropcap]I[/dropcap]t can take up to six weeks for students to access the one on one counselling services offered by DCU according to Podge Henry, Student Union VP for Welfare and Equality.
[dropcap]D[/dropcap]CU’s Sinn Féin youth does not have the same stance on abortion as Sinn Féin, according to the society’s chairperson.
[dropcap]I[/dropcap]reland plans to resettle an additional 330 refugees in 2018, Minister for Justice and Equality Charlie Flanagan announced on Friday.
[dropcap]D[/dropcap]CU’s STEAM Hackathon is first of it’s kind in Ireland and took place in St Patrick’s College’s main auditorium.
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]rinity College’s Long Room library is one of the most iconic literary venues in Ireland, but it will receive a fresh injection of cultural prestige with the arrival of ‘From Decadence to Despair’: a new Read more…
[dropcap]D[/dropcap]CU Students’ Union announced extended TEFL services across DCU campuses and to the larger student population earlier this week.
[dropcap]A[/dropcap] new internship programme aimed at young people who find it difficult to enter employment will be launched next year, announced Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection, Regina Doherty.