All of the latest on and off campus news.
DCU students have been learning the techniques of mindfulness meditation, which can provide relief from stress and anxiety, as Nicole O’Connor reports. Read more…
DCU’s Education Officer is proposing a student volunteer initiative based on American colleges in the hope of extending library opening hours, as writes Ciara Moore. Read more…
Up to 50,000 Irish students will benefit from new EU funding for the Erasmus Study Abroad Programme. Read more…
UCD campus accommodation rules have caused students to complain that their rights are not being respected, reports Suzanne Cooper. Read more…
DCU’s Intergenerational Learning Programme told “age shouldn’t be a barrier to looking good” as reports Nicole Balmaine. Read more…
Clubs and Societies battled it out on the dance-floor at DCU’s Best Dance Crew last week, as reports Shannon O’Sullivan. Read more…
High Court judge grants stay on costs awarded against a student who was falsely accused of dodging a taxi fare. Read more…
The local community of Ballymun has featured in a photographic exhibit to honour its regeneration project coming to an end. Read more…
Grant awarding authority SUSI has claimed that a rejection letter sent to a student was the result of a typo, as Bryan Grogan reports. Read more…
Successful DCU alumni shared their ‘ideas worth spreading’ at DCU’s first TEDx event, which took place on campus on November 30th, as Gianluca Avagnina reports. Read more…
DCU students have complained about the cost of healthy food served on campus in comparison to fat-laden foods such as goujons and chips. Read more…
The founder of Headstrong has urged DCU students struggling with mental health issues to confront their problems and speak out, as Suzanne Cooper reports. Read more…
A record number of students attended the annual blood donation clinic held in DCU last week, Finnian Curran reports. Read more…
Employers are meeting with students in the Faculty of Engineering and Computing and filling them in on the skills and attributes most sought after, as Sharron Lynskey reports. Read more…
The confidential listening service Niteline is hoping to connect with students by launching a new public faces campaign, as Ciara Moore reports. Read more…
With a number of sustainable and environmental campaigns, such as ‘Switch Off’, on the go, DCU look set to be awarded Green Flag status in 2014. Sarah Curran reports. Read more…
Nobel Physics Prize winner Professor Serge Haroche gave DCU students an insight into the world of quantum physics. Finnian Curran reports. Read more…
UCD lecturer Dr Eleanor O’Higgins has lost her High Court action, in a case where she alleged that failure to promote her to the rank of professor amounted to gender discrimination by the university, as Bryan Grogan reports. Read more…
The Movember campaign, which sees males grow moustaches for November, is raising awareness amongst members of the DCU community who may not otherwise think about their health. Megan Roantree reports. Read more…
A number of students recently received emails from the fees office over not paying their registration fee, despite the students being up-to-date with the payments. Read more…
DCU have partnered with Special Olympics Ireland for a new research project aimed at increasing knowledge about the health and welfare of people with intellectual disabilities, as Darragh McGrath reports. Read more…
Few students attended the fourth public meeting of the Constitutional Convention held on campus last week, as staff omitted to notify students it was being held, as Sarah Bermingham reports. Read more…
UCD undergraduate students organised a recent forum which saw area experts give their views on some of the biggest challenges facing the world in the 21st century, as Jordan Kavanagh reports. Read more…
The 8×8 Documentary Film Festival, run by educational development charity SUAS, will return to DCU in December with a screening of a powerful documentary about a photojournalist killed while working in Libya, as Rachel McLaughlin reports. Read more…
Students’ Unions in several third-level institutes are calling upon Facebook to remove controversial profiles which are feared to be impacting on students mental health, as Mark Hogan reports. Read more…