All of the latest on and off campus news.
[dropcap]D[/dropcap]ublin City Council are planning to bring free Wi-Fi back to Dublin, almost two years after a similar initiative fell through. The previous initiative was first rolled out at the beginning of 2013 at various Read more…
The new VP for Education and Placement Mathew Davey spoke to The College View about his plans for the upcoming year.
[dropcap]F[/dropcap]our physicists from DCU were chosen to captain a bus tour around Europe over the summer to make science more accessible to citizens. The European initiative ‘Doing It Together Science’ was set up in order Read more…
[dropcap]DCU sports complex have issued a ban on all camera devices including mobile phones within their facilities.[/dropcap] The complex released the statement earlier this month in a post on their Facebook page. The gym said: Read more…
[dropcap]D[/dropcap]CU’s Vice President for Engagement and Development Siobhán Nic Thaidhg has said that she is very excited to be part of DCU’s Students’ Union this coming academic year.
[dropcap] Organisations should develop a strategy which embraces the LGBTA community, revealed the Chief of Staff of the Defence Forces on campus last Tuesday.[/dropcap] Vice Admiral Mark Mellett gave a keynote lecture in honor of Read more…
[dropcap]F[/dropcap]ormer DCU journalism student Zainab Boladale has been named as a new presenter on RTÉ’s news2day program.
[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…
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]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…
[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…