All of the latest on and off campus news.
Trinity researchers are trialling ketamine as a treatment for recurrent episodes of depression. Read more…
Nurses who completed work placement between 2011 and 2015 are to have their incremental credits restored to the tune of €1,500. Read more…
A total of 45 students have enrolled in an 8-week Bystander Intervention program that Welfare Officer Cody Byrne says will teach participants how to safely intervene in situations which may escalate into sexual assaults.
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[dropcap]Mental [/dropcap]Health Reform have criticised the Government as it has emerged that they plan to invest just €15 million into mental health services, as opposed to the Budget-day announcement of €35 million. During last week’s Read more…
Thousands of students marched in protest of student fees last Wednesday in Dublin Read more…
DCU clubs and societies registered over 15,500 sign ups during the Clubs and Societies Fair 26th-29th September, according to DCU clubs and society office.
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Planning permission has been granted for the construction of over 900 student bed spaces beside the Point Village as part of the ongoing regeneration of the docklands.
The European Commission has granted €105m towards Erasmus+ in Irish colleges, including UCC, DIT, UCD and Maynooth.
Robbie Lawlor (25), who is a former MA Sexuality Studies student, spoke to a group of DCU students during Shift Week, about his HIV diagnosis and the impact that has had on his life.
Students looking to work in Australia next summer will be taxed more on their income, but the percentage is not as high as first feared Read more…
The EU is set to debate giving free month long Interrail passes to EU citizens on their 18th birthday. Read more…
[dropcap]Budding[/dropcap] student activists from all across the country gathered last weekend in Belvedere Court for The All Ireland Student Activist Weekend.
The Dublin North East “Recovery College” was launched in DCU, in celebration of World Mental Health Day, last Monday, October 10th.
Ireland’s second ever Nobel Prize winner William C Campbell was honoured at TCD, his Alma Mater, last month. Read more…
2016 property prices are up by five per cent since last year according to two newly published reports. Read more…
Increasing insurance premiums are the main cause for augmented motoring costs, cancelling out savings made on low fuel prices, according to the AA. Read more…
[dropcap]As[/dropcap] college resumes for another year, students old and new engage in their new modules and prepare themselves for the work ahead. However there is one fundamental part of college life that at other stages Read more…
Dublin City University has announced the re-appointment of Dr Martin McAleese as Chancellor of the University for a second 5-year term.
Dr Patricia Barker of the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre spoke to DCU students about rape and consent Read more…
DCU saw it’s first ever SHIFT week, aimed at promoting sexual health and awareness and organised by Cody Byrne Read more…
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he CAO point system is set to change for Leaving Cert students sitting their exams in 2017.
DCU hosted a series of talks by renowned lecturers last week as part of Ireland’s first Space Week Read more…
DCU is now offering a level B2 diploma in Irish, which will take place on St Patricks campus over 20 weeks Read more…
[dropcap]A[/dropcap]n information meeting was held by the Students Against Fees organisation in the Arts block of Trinity College last Thursday evening, ahead of the upcoming Union of Students in Ireland protest against third level fees Read more…
The details of the budget package for 2017 were announced by Minister for Finance Michael Noonan and Minister for Public Expenditure Paschal Donohoe in the Dáil this afternoon.