All of the latest on and off campus news.
Almost 2,500 students graduated from DCU last week with the ceremonies being held in the Helix. 14% of undergraduates were awarded a first-class honours degree with 15% of postgraduates leaving with a top level degree. Read more…
The UCDSU and student body were left angered after the decision to reopen the UCD James Joyce library on Sundays was postponed in the last few weeks The Students’ Union announced the decision on their Read more…
UCD Students’ Union have been granted loans of over €1million from Bank of Ireland to help sort financial difficulties. Loans totalling €1.075m were taken out by two separate legal entities, UCDSU Ltd and UCDSU Commercial Read more…
This year’s Equality Week campaign aims to celebrate our differences but acknowledge our equality. The campaign was launched by the Students’ Union in The Hub on Monday with this year’s theme as “Fingerprints All of Read more…
DCU ÓOgra Fianna Fáil helped launch the Fianna Fáil national policy document on youth mental health, a document that consists of proposals to promote positive mental health in the education system and reduce the rate Read more…
The upcoming DCU open days are ‘hugely important’ to the university, according to DCU President Brian MacCraith. The dates have been set for this Friday and Saturday and prospective students are expected to turn out Read more…
Movember was launched in DCU on the 1st November with a ‘slave auction’ in The NuBar. DCU RAG Soc, Style Soc, MPS, Esoc, A&F society and DCU Rugby club were all involved in the auction Read more…
DCU Students’ Union have unveiled ambitious plans for a community garden to be located in DCU. The plans for the garden, which is to be located on the east side of the DCU campus, will Read more…
DCU Students’ Union were forced to change the wording on their online advert for the Halloween Ball after students complained it was sexist. Last week DCUSU.ie, the SU’s website, had an image advertising tonight’s Halloween Read more…
A new student campaign highlighting the consequences of embarrassing nights out has launched in DCU. The campaign is being run by drinkaware.ie, and it features images of students passed-out drunk on the toilet floor. On Read more…
Students are more likely to graduate with a first-class honours degree from Dublin City University than from any other Irish university, a survey has found. The news comes as a survey of employers published by Read more…
DCUfm are staging a 24-hour charity broadcast this Wednesday, October 31st, in aid of the charity ‘Headstrong’, a non-profit organisation supporting young people’s mental health in Ireland, which is supported by DCU Students’ Union. Third-year Read more…
Sinn Féin leader and TD, Gerry Adams, has called on DCU students to “stand up” and call for a “different type of Ireland”. Adams was speaking at the Union of Students in Ireland public talk Read more…
DCU postgraduate student Barry Cannon has been selected as the first recipient of a new postgraduate scholarship and exchange programme. The programme, which was announced by Dublin City Lord Mayor, Naoise Ó Muirí, will offer Read more…
DCU Drama Society held their 24-hour musical on Thursday last in The Venue in aid of the Bee for Battens foundation. The musical, Doctor Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog, was adapted from the YouTube sensation of the Read more…
The Road Safety Authority and Setanta Insurance are calling on budding young filmmakers to submit an original concept for a short film, with €3,000 prize money on offer as well as the chance to work Read more…
Union of Students in Ireland (USI) President, John Logue has admitted the student rally to Leinster House last year was a failure. Going forward, he believes students need to become proactive and loud in targeting Read more…
Over 115 people took part in this year’s Human vs. Zombie event on campus last week. The event was run mainly by the Game society but the Strange Things and Paranormal societies also took part Read more…
DCU’s Class Rep Council has elected Rob O’Connor as chair for the 2012/13 academic year. The council held their first meeting last week in The Venue with the SU sabbatical officers, which O’Connor elected to Read more…
Minister for Education, Ruairi Quinn, has confirmed that of more than 60,000 applications made to the new central student grant processing authority over the summer, decisions have been made on just over 12,000 applications while Read more…
The group who want to build the controversial Labyrinth in DCU have already raised €14,000 towards its construction. The Committee set up to promote the Labyrinth and create awareness of it will be meeting this Read more…
“The state should not have to wait for a near death situation before it can intervene” when it comes to the safety of a child, according to constitutional law lecturer and Green Party member, Roderic Read more…
David Rudisha, 800m world record-holder and 2012 Olympic gold medallist, was in DCU recently to witness the presentation of an honorary doctorate to his coach, Brother Colm O’Connell. Known as “the godfather of Kenyan running”, Read more…
Men are more romantic than women. Or at least according to Dr Liz McLoughlin, a DCU staff member, who gave a talk on the psychology behind sexuality during SHAG week. She said that it is Read more…
DCU’s largest society, the Enterprise Society (E-Soc), which promotes innovation and entrepreneurship among the student population, has launched an exciting Dragons’ Den style competition. Representatives from Irish Distillers and drinkaware.ie joined members of the society Read more…