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[dropcap]S[/dropcap]tudents in Trinity College Dublin are finally experiencing a reopening of facilities, and a return to full capacity lectures, labs and tutorials. Since November 1st, the city-centre campus has been welcoming back students for the Read more…
[dropcap]U[/dropcap]niversity College Cork have assembled a delegate of eight members, including students and climate professors, to attend the COP26 summit in Glasgow which kicked off on Sunday. COP26 will run from October 31st to November 12th, and Read more…
A serious shortage of substitute primary teachers has emerged in national schools across the country as a result of current public health guidance for the education sector that advises staff not to attend work if they feel unwell. Read more…
Government officials met with Trinity College on Tuesday in an attempt to stop the closure of the university’s popular Science Gallery on Pearse Street. Read more…
[dropcap]S[/dropcap]tudent nurses and Midwives from across the country travelled to the Dáil yesterday for a protest organised by the Irish Nurses & Midwives Organisation (INMO).
Dublin’s North inner city ranked the worst out of a national litter survey, while Portlaoise was deemed the cleanest area, according to Irish Businesses Against Litter. Read more…
[dropcap]A[/dropcap] single, streamlined portal of Level 6, 7 and 8 courses, along with Post Leaving Certificate Courses (PLCs), is to open to prospective students on November 5th, it has been announced. This will allow students Read more…
[dropcap]T[/dropcap] he Irish Universities Association (IUA) said that the governments investment in higher education in Budget 2022 is a welcome change, but “is not sufficient to address the core funding deficit in the sector.” Read more…
Galway’s University Hospital is now the most overcrowded hospital in the country after several internal Covid-19 outbreaks. Read more…
Android phones transmit “significant” personal data to third-party apps like Google, Facebook, and Microsoft without user permission, a Trinity College study now reveals. Read more…
[dropcap]F[/dropcap] ollowing a week of alterations to the Government’s reopening plan, and disappointments to some of the continuation of social distancing and mask wearing in most areas, some changes to the DCU experience will bring Read more…
A new study by the Health Education Authority ( HEA) has found that an ethnic pay gap exists amongst staff in third level education in Ireland. Staff from minority ethnic groups are also more likely Read more…
Discovered by researchers from Dublin City University (DCU) and Chalmers University of Technology (CUT), Sweden, the new method known as ‘click and cut’ or ‘click chemistry’ is a new way to prepare DNA drug molecules. Read more…
UCD Student Union organised a protest outside Dublin City Council Offices last Wednesday and were joined by Student Union representatives and protestors from Dublin’s other universities. Read more…
The College View’s Jessica Woodlock interviews DCU Ladies Rugby Club players, Aoife Guinan and Louise McCleery on their first game of the 2021/22 season as well as their aims for the rest of the season. Read more…
Trinity College Student Union hosted an Anti-Apartheid week (4th-8th October), with many pro-Palestinian discussions and talks on the ‘Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions’ (BDS) movement. Read more…
[dropcap]L[/dropcap]ast week saw the election of Professor Eeva Leinonen, who took up office at Maynooth University, making her the fourth female president of an Irish university. The appointment of Leinonen as President of MU is Read more…
Trinity College Dublin, followed by DCU and then UCD were revealed to produce graduates with the highest wages in their initial years after university according to a HEA study. Read more…
[dropcap]A[/dropcap]s universities open once more and college life returns to normal, An Garda Síochána have launched their “Rise above the influence” campaign. The campaign is aimed at raising awareness, particularly among first year students, Read more…
PBP TD Richard Boyd Barrett and American activist Harry Browne spoke to DCU students about pro-Palestinian activism at a DCU People before Profit event. Read more…
Chinese tech giant Huawei is offering 50 Irish STEM students €5,000 as part of a programme to learn about technology and Chinese culture. Read more…
Former US Secretary of State and presidential candidate Hilary Clinton was in Belfast on Friday to be sworn in as chancellor of Queens University. Read more…
The conference hoped to “illuminate the challenges facing the Treaty negotiations and the ways in which the negotiators sought to resolve them”. Read more…
“Do you feel confident in your ability to complete your course?” “Do you feel at home here in DCU?” These are just some of the questions being posed to the first year class of 2021 Read more…
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he number of confirmed Covid-19 outbreaks in schools has seen a significant drop this week. According to the Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HSPC) bulletin, there were a total of 10 outbreaks and 45 confirmed cases Read more…