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[dropcap]D[/dropcap]CU is one of two universities in Dublin involved in the city’s new stationless bike sharing programme. A new company called “Bleeperbike” is Ireland’s first dockless bike sharing service. Students and staff looking to avail of Read more…
[dropcap]The[/dropcap] Students’ Union offices were broken into and ransacked on Sunday night, according to the SU president Niall Behan.
There were no injuries when a fire broke out in the DCU pharmacy Pharmahealth on Tuesday at 11:12am.
[dropcap]D[/dropcap]CU have jumped 5 places in the Times Higher Education (THE) world university rankings for 2017. DCU had been in 79th place last year but has since moved up to 74th in the world after Read more…
[dropcap]W[/dropcap]ith the year coming to an end, Manus McLoughlin, the first ever Vice President for Education and Placement in DCU spoke to The College View about his highs and lows of the year. McLoughlin said that Read more…
Members of the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors are calling for new legislation that would make it “obligatory” for cyclists and to wear reflective clothing. Read more…
[dropcap]G[/dropcap]ardaí fear that ecstasy use among second and third level students has reached an all-time high. Last week, a 22-year-old college student was left in critical condition in Sligo University Hospital following a night out Read more…
[dropcap]A[/dropcap] number of DCU students have said that the 90 year-old ban on the sale of alcohol on Good Friday is archaic and illogical. The Government is currently moving to lift the ban with the change Read more…
[dropcap]L[/dropcap]ast Thursday saw the end of a slew of April student award ceremonies with the Board of Irish College Societies Awards in the Sheraton Hotel, Athlone. DCU’s own Hybrid Student Media Awards, run by the Read more…
[dropcap]D[/dropcap]CU staff and students recently travelled to Eindhoven in The Netherlands to take part in a project led by the Glasgow Caledonian University called the Strategy for Change social innovation training programme. DCU’s Office of Read more…
[dropcap]A[/dropcap] Leap Card app update will allow users to top up their cards by mobile rather than in a shop, according to the National Transport Authority. This new development will benefit commuters who previously had Read more…
DCU has lent official support for the It Stops Now campaign which aims to prevent sexual harassment and violence in third level education. Read more…
From organising protests against rising college fees to battling Hazelwood student apartments over rent and deposits, Byrne says that he has had a very busy term. Read more…
[dropcap]A[/dropcap]s the college year comes to an end, former Education Officer and current Academic Affairs Officer, James Donoghue, spoke to The College View about his experience working with the Student Union over the past year. Read more…
[dropcap]A[/dropcap] new student service, Dash (Driving All Students Home), is making its way across the country by allowing students to get taxis even when they have no cash, bank card or phone on them while Read more…
The department of education have announced new changes for postgraduate and mature students being implemented in the 2017/2018 academic year on the 3rd of April. Read more…
[dropcap]W[/dropcap]ith the academic year drawing to a close, outgoing Vice President for Engagement and Development Eimear Maguire reflected on her biggest challenges; the incorporation and finding her feet in the newly created position. “It was always Read more…
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he daily use of the Irish language in the Gaeltacht has dropped eleven per cent in the last five years, and Irish people are less religious, according to the latest census results published by the Read more…
[dropcap]D[/dropcap]CU Students’ Union President Dylan Kehoe said Wednesday that he is leaving his SU office with high hopes for his successor Niall Behan after the “tough year” the Union has dealt with in relation to Read more…
[dropcap]D[/dropcap]CU professor Michael Cronin looks at the effect of humans on the global environment in his new book, ‘Eco-Translation: Translation and Ecology in the Age of the Anthropocene’. Translation studies is the examination of how language Read more…
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he gym on St. Patrick’s campus was made completely free for the final three weeks of this semester in a bid to alleviate the stress of exams for students. Initially, a number of requests had been Read more…
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he DCU structured mentorship programme received nearly twice as many applicants this year than in 2016 says Head of DCU careers services, Yvonne McLoughlin. The programme, which aims to pair second-year students with alumni mentors Read more…
[dropcap]D[/dropcap]CU are bringing together Europe’s leading experts and key-policy makers to discuss the law and politics of Brexit at an international conference on Thursday. Prof. Federico Fabbrini, in the Department of Law and Read more…
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]hree projects from DCU were awarded funding this month from the Science Foundation Ireland for research projects in the areas of sciences, technology, engineering and maths. (STEM) Each project is currently being led by Read more…
The Union of Students in Ireland (USI) launched the second of its drug awareness campaigns on Monday, 20th March, addressing the widespread use of synthetic drugs and its prominent status among young adults.
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