All of the latest on and off campus news.
Important beginning of year emails failed to sent to the undergraduate email list of over 10,000 students due to a technical glitch in the updated email network. Read more…
USI figures show cost of college causing anxiety Read more…
The DCU Office of Student life is giving students the opportunity to receive financial aid for their artistic pursuits Read more…
Anti-corruption group seeks to have closed college investigated after it left with €500,000 of students’ fees. Read more…
A receiver in NAMA has proposed Dublin’s largest ever off-campus student accommodation development. Read more…
DCU Alumni Sam Pearson was awarded Best New Idea award in Tipperary’s Best Young Entrepreneur for his start-up Doodledale, last week.
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Communicating with Students’ Union presidents and young people is the way to build a hard policy for education, according to Social Democrat TD for Wicklow/East Carlow, Stephen Donnelly. Read more…
The target of registering 10,000 student voters was surpassed on the National Day of Voter Registration, according to the Union of Students in Ireland (USI) President Kevin Donoghue.
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Irish officials will decide whether to have student pay back loans based on their income at the end of this year. Read more…
UL will appoint an external investigator following accusations of trying to pay-off whistleblower employees Read more…
Three DCU start-up businesses win prestigious titles from Ryan Academy Read more…
The week began with Eve Kerton, last years Welfare Officer, raising the Amber Flag in The Hub on Monday. The Amber Flag is an initiative organised by suicide aware who’s main goal is to promote a culture of positive mental health in the education system and among other organisations. Read more…
NUI Galway are recruiting a vice president for equality and diversity amidst a string of controversies over the past few months.
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An estimated 2500 students joined DCU’s Enterprise Society this year, an increase of 56 per cent from last year, according to the society chair, Shane Carter. Read more…
An EU-funded, DCU-led dementia research and deterrence project aim to raise awareness on how people can prevent the onset of dementia later in life.
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Over 500 DCU students have signed a petition calling on the Students’ Union to hold a referendum on their stance on the legalisation of cannabis. For the SU to hold a referendum, a petition must Read more…
New figures show that male students are receiving the majority of sports scholarship programmes at third level institutions throughout Ireland for GAA and Rugby. Read more…
Over 350 attend blood donation clinic in DCU over three days. Read more…
Abortion should never be considered a viable option in any circumstance, even if the cause of an unplanned pregnancy is rape, according to the chairperson of the Pro-Life Campaign, Cora Sherlock. Read more…
A referendum will be held in November asking students to vote on a proposed change to the DCU constitution that will allow for the creation of a new Students’ Union Read more…
The number of Irish people claiming social welfare is now 332,801 according to the Live Register on October 2nd 2015. Of this figure 45,173 claimants are under 25 years of age.
Graduate unemployment was highlighted again in recent weeks, when former DCU Welfare Officer Eve Kerton published an article in The Irish Times documenting her struggle with joblessness. Read more…
The Metro North plan with connect Dublin airport to the city centre and will cost approximately €2.4bn Read more…
DCU has ranked within the top 500 best universities in the world in the new Times Higher Education (THE) world university rankings published recently. Read more…
No accommodation leading to long commutes Read more…
Two employees claim they were offered nearly€60,000 to resign from their jobs at the University of Limerick after they raised concerns about inappropriate money spending and financial mismanagement. Read more…