All of the latest on and off campus news.
News
Carbon neutral campus a “huge stretch”
[dropcap]D[/dropcap]CU’s strategic plan to become a carbon neutral campus by 2022 is a huge stretch according to its sustainability officer.
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News
364 new student bedrooms planned for Ballymun
[dropcap]A[/dropcap] Lidl, four other retailers, and 364 student bedrooms will be built as a part of Ballymun’s new development project.
University News
DCU age-friendly university initiative spreads to Trinity
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Age-Friendly University initiative has started up in Trinity College Dublin, introducing the 10 principles founded originally at Dublin City University.
DCU News
DCU Speech to Text business wins best start-up award
[dropcap][/dropcap][dropcap]A[/dropcap] new tech business which aids in transcribing audio files into text was crowned with Best Start-up Opportunity award at an event in Dublin City University (DCU) Alpha on Tuesday. Happy Scribe is a software Read more…
News
DCU enrol record number of online students
[dropcap]D[/dropcap]CU Connected has welcomed a record number of 400 students this year, meaning over 1,000 are now being educated by DCU online. Around 280 new students attended the annual Welcome Day which provides online students Read more…
Clubs and Socs
Predicted increase in Clubs and Socs signups
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]his year’s clubs and societies signups are expected to rise above last year’s combined number of 17,500 students, a senior DCU clubs and societies figure stated.
National News
Will plain packaging deter student smokers?
[dropcap]D[/dropcap]CU students don’t believe the change to cigarette packaging will make much of a difference to Irish smoking habits. Ireland isn’t the first country to implement unbranded cigarette packaging in order to deter people from smoking, following Australia, France and Read more…
Clubs and Socs
Minister for Health makes an appearance at Clubs and Socs
[dropcap]P[/dropcap]oliticians inspected the future of their parties as they visited DCU’s ‘Clubs and Socs’ signups on Monday. Among the familiar faces was Fine Gael Minister for Health Simon Harris who made his way around to Read more…
National News
USI announce demonstration against student loans
[dropcap]R[/dropcap]epresentatives from The Union of Students in Ireland met outside Leinster House last Monday to announce a national demonstration will be held in Dublin on October 4th.
National News
Strong student representation at March for Repeal
“We must stop shipping our shame across the Irish Sea,” USI president Michael Kerrigan exclaimed as he addressed over a thousand students gathered at the front square of TCD to campaign to repeal the Eighth Read more…
University News
Plans to address Postgraduate Representation at 2018 Congress
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Union for Students in Ireland (USI) aims to increase the representation of postgraduate students in 2018.
University News
USI Call for financial support for trainee teacher placement
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Union of Students in Ireland (USI) has launched a campaign with teachers’ unions to eliminate the costs for student teachers on class placements which is a mandatory aspect of their course.
Students' Union
Niall Behan SU Spread
[dropcap]D[/dropcap]CU Student Union President Niall Behan hopes to cater to all DCU campuses and students equally during the second year since the amalgamation of the student unions from St. Patrick’s College and Mater Dei Institute Read more…
News
UCD ranks best of Irish universities for graduate employablility
[dropcap]U[/dropcap]niversity College Dublin (UCD) was the only Irish university to be placed in the top 100 universities for graduate employability, according to QS World University Rankings 2018.
DCU News
Postgrads dissatisfied with accommodation changes
[dropcap]P[/dropcap]ostgraduate students are unhappy with the increase in rent and change in lease length that occurred over the summer, according to Student’s Union postgraduate officer, Allan Stevenson.
DCU News
Shanowen Square targeted by overseas hackers
[dropcap]S[/dropcap]tudent accommodation Shanowen Square was targeted by a cyber attack from an overseas account which contacted residents on their behalf looking for payment.
DCU News
Hub construction target completion date moved to March
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he target date for completion of the new Student Hub building has been pushed from February to March, according to DCU SU president Niall Behan.
National News
Double digit rent increases continue in Dublin
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he cost of renting nationally is 11.8 percent higher than this time last year, and rents in Dublin have risen an average of 12.3 percent annually according to a report released by Daft.ie. This is the Read more…
DCU News
DCU ranks in top 250 universities globally in Arts and Humanities
[dropcap]D[/dropcap]ublin City University (DCU) has been ranked within the top 250 universities globally in the area of Arts and Humanities by one of the most widely recognised third level ranking bodies. The Times Higher Education Read more…
National News
Pay gap for Irish Graduates wider than in Europe
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he pay gap of Irish graduate students is much wider than that of European students, it has been found. The Education at a Glance report 2017 shows benefits for Irish graduate students as the Oireachtas Read more…
National News
Taoiseach Launches Four New World-Class Research Centres
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Taoiseach has announced the launch of four new Science Foundation Ireland Research Centres which will have close collaborations with Dublin City University. The new research centres will receive an investment of €74 million from Read more…
Students' Union
Brendan Power SU Spread
[dropcap]A[/dropcap]s the new academic year begins and students throng the campus grounds, Brendan Power, the new VP for Academic Affairs spoke to The College View about his plans for the months ahead.
Students' Union
Podge Henry SU Spread
[dropcap]H[/dropcap]elping with the vast numbers of students seeking accommodation has been his “most stressful time by far” according to New VP for Welfare and Equality Podge Henry.
DCU News
DCU set to lead Gender Identity Project
[dropcap]D[/dropcap]CU is launching a project to reshape children’s attitudes to gender identity through an overhaul of prescribed children’s literature. DCU’s Centre for Children’s Literature and Culture is spearheading the Creative Europe project ‘Gender Identity: Child Read more…
Other Sports
Taiwan crowd the inspiration for Brendan Hyland at World University Games
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]aiwan played host to the 28th World University Games in August, an atmospheric event that won’t be forgotten anytime soon, according to Brendan Hyland. The Games, which is the second largest multi-sport event behind the Read more…