All of the latest on and off campus news.
By Sarah Bermingham DCU Students’ Union joined forces with Drinkaware.ie recently to stage Alcohol Awareness Week, which aimed to encourage students to ‘rethink their drinking’. Events intended to challenge students’ knowledge of responsible Read more…
By Aisling Kett Members of DCUFM took part in the All-Ireland Student Radio Takeover last Saturday at the station’s headquarters in the Hub. The radio station teamed up with students from universities such Read more…
By Sam Griffin The construction of the proposed €50,000 Labyrinth looks set to go ahead after Students’ Union president Ed Leamy acknowledged the project would most likely proceed with or without the support of the Read more…
By Tom Rooney The DCU Force senior and second sides both travel to Carlow this afternoon with an identical modus operandi; scalp the heavily favored opposition and secure a place in an All Read more…
By Will Slattery After the postponed French clash a few weeks ago there was a joke going around that the tied score line meant that Ireland came away with the best result they had gotten Read more…
By Suzanne Cooper Five new UCD spin out companies aim to employ more than 50 people between them by the end of 2013. They are among 19 spin-out companies that completed the Nova UCD Campus Read more…
By Aisling Kett One cardboard camp. Roughly 20 students. A jumble of sleeping bags and handmade signs. It could only be the DCU SVP 24 hour sleep out. From 2pm on Wednesday February 22nd Read more…
By Gillian Fitzsimons DCU Students’ Union passed a mandate for future SU elections to hold a hustings at Class Rep Council (CRC), meaning candidates for sabbatical positions must now take part in a debate in Read more…
By Gillian Fitzsimons Discussions about banning Facebook on campus and in particular the library are ongoing between the DCU Students’ Union executive and Information Systems and Services (ISS). Delivering the Executive Report at last Wednesday’s Read more…
By Aoife Mullen DCU Students’ Union achieved its goal of raising €10,000 for charity during Raise and Give (RAG) Week. The SU did not disclose the exact figure raised, but President Ed Leamy told Read more…
A group attack on campus left a female DCU student injured and her male friend with a broken nose, broken teeth and a fractured eye socket.
By Frances Mulraney Coders, designers, scientists, hackers, statisticians and enthusiasts flocked to DCU to express their interest in science and technology during the 36 hours of Science Hack Day Dublin 2012, which took place in Read more…
By Frances Mulraney Enterprise Week, Know Your Rights Week, Seachtain na Gaeilge and Tech Week are all coming to campus in a busy week five. The DCU Alumni Entrepreneur Network takes place in the Gallery Read more…
By Adam Higgins A DCU lecturer has shown that Irish teenagers are among the fittest in Europe using the controversial bleep test. Over 8,600 twelve to thirteen year olds from 125 schools across the Read more…
By Catríona Hughes At Leinster House Chancellor of DCU, Senator Martin McAleese, believes a means-testing system for third level fees could help prevent feelings of resentment in society. Speaking to The College View after his Read more…
By Catríona Hughes A high number of students were refused entry to Toxic Tuesday recently to prevent overcrowding in the Hub. DCU Events Manager, Shea McNeils, told The College View that an estimated 500 students Read more…
By Lisa Gorry Reading through the existing and proposed constitutions, I was struck by one particular addition. That is the article which reads “any person holding an elected position shall not use that position for Read more…
By Catríona Hughes UCD Students’ Union spent over €3,000 on their first Emergency General Meeting in 24 years, despite being €1 million in debt. The meeting regarding staff members Jacqueline Carey and Anne Dunne, made Read more…
By Aoife Mullen Qualifier rounds for the Red Bull Paper Wings 2012 World Championships will be coming to DCU next Tuesday, February 28th. Nine third level institutions in Ireland will hold qualifiers and the winners Read more…
By Suzanne Cooper Trinity College Dublin (TCD) held a debate last week regarding the college’s affiliation with the Union of Students in Ireland. Philosophical Society speaker David Byrne proposed the motion, “that this house would disaffiliate Read more…
By Aishling Kett The DCU RAG Challenge continues today with a pyjama day, in which students spend the day in their pyjamas to try raise €15 for RAG charities. The RAG Challenge is a set Read more…
The Students’ Union are to campaign for a reduction in the voting age from 18 years of age to 16. A motion supporting this was put forward at a Class Rep Council meeting and passed Read more…
By Róisín Treacy UCC saw arrests treble during their annual Raise and Give week this year. Gardaí made 50 arrests for public order offences in the first four days of the week-long event. The Read more…
By Frances Mulraney A proposed UCD Students’ Union constitution will see the abolition of the Entertainment Officer as a sabbatical position, the suggested establishment of College Councils and a new rule requiring a referendum Read more…
By Brendan White Students have been urged to get involved in Engineers Week 2012, which takes place throughout Ireland later this month. Minister for Education and Skills, Ruairi Quinn, joined Engineers Ireland as they launched Read more…