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University College Dublin (UCD) is seeking to strengthen its ties to Chinese funds, despite ongoing allegations that the Chinese government has influence over academic output by the university. The Business Post reported last Sunday that UCD tendered Read more…
Over 1,000 teenage girls will be supported in progressing into STEM courses thanks to a MicrosoftIreland and Maynooth University collaboration to address digital inequality in education. The collaboration between Microsoft and Maynooth University is taking Read more…
Students may notice that stores, including Londis on DCU Glasnevin Campus, have begun to display disposable e-cigarettes behind their counters. The popularity these devices have risen since the beginning of this academic year. Read more…
It has been confirmed that The College View, DCU’s student newspaper, will become a new part of the Media Production Society. The amalgamation was signed off during an EGM of the Society in late January. Read more…
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he cost of living crisis has been in the news cycle for many weeks now, as the rate of inflation continues to increase. That is having a negative effect on many aspects of life in Ireland, Read more…
The electric bike hiring company Moby Move, based in DCU, has joined Dublin City Council’s pilot to get businesses to begin using bikes. The scheme is available for businesses based in Dublin, and they must Read more…
The Glasnevin native hopes to bring a better sense of belonging to DCU students and “greater awareness of the amazing things the SU does behind the scenes.” Read more…
I feel like there’s a disconnect between people who haven’t come through the services and people like me who use them”. Sarah Behan is a final year English and Philosophy student in St Pats. Her Read more…
The overarching theme to Thomas O’Dowd’s campaign is bringing back a sense of community to DCU. O’Dowd, who normally just goes by his initials – TOD, is the first Student Union Presidential candidate to run Read more…
Glasnevin native Burke hopes to bring a better sense of belonging to DCU students and “greater awareness of the amazing things the SU does behind the scenes.” Ronan Burke is a class rep for his Read more…
If he’s elected, Nathan Murphy hopes to be an “open mind that will listen to everyone’s issues and help as many people as possible.” Read more…
“I think there’s a bit of a stigma behind it… it’s like ‘What are you doing?! Wake up!” Read more…
Last Semester, Christine O’Mahony organised a Black Lives Matter protest for students. Of Jamaican descent herself, and chair of the DCU Black students and Student of Colour Advisory Group, social justice is always an issue Read more…
This Student Union election season is turning out to be quite the interesting one, with four of the five full-time positions seeing only one candidate running for the role. The only exception is VP for Read more…
Out of the five full-time positions, VP for Wellbeing is the only contest that actually has some proper competition. With four candidates for the job, it will be a more difficult choice for the student Read more…
“Change starts with education, and by giving our young people the right opportunities. That’s why we developed this award”. Read more…
The Teachers Union of Ireland (TUI) are calling for written exams in place of the hybridmodel for this year’s Leaving Cert, in a statement released today. TUI proposed further changes should be made to this Read more…
The pandemic has accelerated the demand for tech-savvy students in the language, business, health, science and engineering sectors. The Expert Group on Future Skills Needs (EGFSN) outlined how young people with competent technology skills in Read more…
Family businesses have been disproportionately impacted by Covid-19, according to a new DCU study. Eighty-three per cent of family businesses in Ireland reported Covid harming their business, well above the national average of 60 per Read more…
After the easing of restrictions last Saturday, restaurants, pubs and nightclubs nationwide welcomed customers back with no restrictions for the first time in almost two years. Taoiseach Micheal Martin announced an immediate end to almost Read more…
Leo Varadkar announced, towards the end of last month, that all frontline health and ambulance workers are eligible for the tax-free €1000 payment. Student nurses and midwives are included in the cohort who are eligible Read more…
Dr. Maria McEvoy from DCU’s School of Nursing has introduced a new study on vaginismus. Vaginismus is the experience of being unable to have penetrative sex and manifests as an involuntarily tightening of a woman’s Read more…
The backlog of passport processing has built up to over 30,000 applicants, according to Joe Hackett, the Secretary-General at the Department of Foreign Affairs. Only emergency passports were being processed for the last 18 months. Read more…
One-third of students reported drug use in the last year and one-fifth reported drug use in the last month. Read more…
