All of the latest on and off campus news.
DCU News
All-Ireland Dance Experiment hits the Helix
DCU Dance are hosting the event next week with all proceeds going towards DCU Cancer Society. Read more…
News
DCU News
CRC to decide on SU’s water charges position
DCU’S Class Rep Council are to vote on the Students’ Unions position regarding the implementation of water charges. Finnian Curran reports. Read more…
University News
WIT President resigns over south-east IT merger
The President of Waterford IT has stepped down following a proposed merger of WIT and Carlow IT. Rebecca Lumley and Jordan Kavanagh reports. Read more…
Clubs and Socs
ESoc gear up for Beg, Borrow, Steal event
Thirty teams from DCU will race to Edinburgh next week in order to raise funds for the Donal Walsh Live Life Foundation. Read more…
Clubs and Socs
Cancer Soc to hold Movember campaign
DCU’s Cancer Society are holding their first annual Movembe campaign this November. Aidan Delaney has more. Read more…
DCU News
DCU has best return on investment among Irish universities study shows
DCU and Trinity College have the best return on money invested into them compared to other Irish universities, according to a study on Higher Education in Ireland. Read more…
National News
Students urged to be vaccinated against mumps
Students are being urged to be vaccinated against mumps, as at least six outbreaks of the disease among students have occurred this year. Read more…
DCU News
Humanities students feel ‘less prepared’ for the workplace
Humanities students feel much less prepared for the jobs market than their college peers, saying they have “never” explored how to apply their learning in the workplace. Read more…
DCU News
UStart participants demonstrate new businesses
A select number of DCU students chose to start their own businesses rather than participate in the Intra programme – these enterprises were demonstrated recently, as Elaine Carroll reports. Read more…
DCU News
Nubar owner defends €2 entrance fee on Tuesday nights
Vincent McNellis, manager of DCU’s Nubar has defended the new entrance fee charge on Tuesday nights. Laura Colgan reports. Read more…
University News
Number of Trinity’s clubs and socs accounts deemed ‘unsatisfactory’
A number of Trinity College Dublin’s clubs and societies accounts have been deemed unsatisfactory by their Central Societies Committee. Elaine Carroll reports. Read more…
DCU News
DCU students travel to Beijing in Chinese venture
DCU joins UCD, Maynooth and a number of other Irish universities in a bid to attract more international students to Irish universities. Read more…
DCU News
8×8 photography gives insight into plight for natural resources
As part of Global Campus—a three year strategy led by the educational awareness programme, Suas— a photography exhibition was erected outside the entrance of Henry Gratten on October 20th.
University News
Trinity to get new 24hr study hall
The hall has been opened following a significant donation to the university. Read more…
University News
University of Ulster forced to make significant budget cuts by Stormont
The university is expected to make savings of £17m over the next two years. Read more…
University News
Trinity College becomes owner of largest collection of Beckett letters
Trinity College Dublin has become the owner of the largest collection of letters by Samuel Beckett. Aoife Geary reports. Read more…
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NUI Galway Drug Patrols
The university has stepped up their security following reports of heroin being openly used on campus grounds. Read more…
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64 per cent of female UCD students admit being sexually harassed
64 per cent of female students have admitted being the victims of street harassment according to a survey conducted on the Bellfield campus. Aura McMenamin reports. Read more…
DCU News
€80,000 to be spent on SU events this year
Details of the Students’ Union budget for the upcoming year have been revealed. Laura Colgan reports. Read more…
DCU News
Nobel Laureate receives honorary doctorate
Nobel Peace Prize winner, Muhammed Yunnus has been awarded with an honorary Doctor of Philosophy at a ceremony in DCU last week. Read more…
DCU News
Merger of DCU, St.Pats’ and Mater Dei will see shake up of SU structure
In September 2016, DCU, St. Patrick’s College, and Mater Dei Institute of Education will merge to form a new and expanded DCU.
DCU News
DCU to host Hardware Hackathon this weekend
Organisers are keen to see more women take part in this year’s three day event. Read more…
Articles
Zuckerberg’s Live Aid
Facebook have launched a new feature that allows people to check if their loved ones are safe when they are in or near areas of natural disaster. Read more…
National News
DCU student receives Undergraduate Award
Fourth year student Diego Garailde won the award for his final year thesis entitled “Measuring the Effects of Gaming Principles on the Productivity and Motivation of College Students”. Read more…
DCU News
Thousands of students gather for USI march
Over 2,000 students took part in last week’s rally against the rise of the student contribution fee and cuts to the Student Assistance Fund. Finnian Curran and Laura Colgan report. Read more…