News

Naked charity run raises €3,000

November 29, 2011

By Emma Jane Hade Underwear draped on a line from the Terence Larkin, while over a 100 students casually stood around in their underwear… Just another day in DCU! Last Wednesday, the DCU Raising and Read more…

News

HEA pressure to repay €6 million

November 16, 2011

By Frances Mulraney The Higher Education Authority is to request €6 million in compensation from Irish universities for “unauthorized” allowances given to senior academics. UCD is the worst offender with an estimated total of €4 Read more…

News

Staff member injured in WIT explosion

November 16, 2011

By Catriona Hughes A man was injured following a gas explosion at a Waterford Institute of Technology facility, on Friday November 4. The man is said to be in his 60s and is recovering in Read more…

News

Hopes for Technological University in Dublin.

November 16, 2011

By Emma Jane Hade Three Dublin based institutes of technology are together hoping to create a ground breaking new “technological university”. Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT), Institute of Technology Blanchardstown (ITB) and Institute of Technology Read more…

News

First Darren Sutherland award presented

November 16, 2011

By Sorcha Jowitt The first DCU Darren Sutherland Memorial Award was given to former Dublin player and manager, Micky Whelan, last week. The award was presented to Mr Whelan, who also received his PhD last Read more…

News

English universities apply for cut in fees

November 16, 2011

By Frances Mulraney Around a fifth of all higher education institutes in England have applied to the Office for Fair Access (Offa) for a reduction in their tuition fees. Twenty-four universities and three further education Read more…

News

NUI Maynooth to extend Campus Residences.

November 16, 2011

By Suzanne Cooper An Bord Pleanala recently granted permission to NUI Maynooth to extend their campus residences. They decided that the proposed development “would be in accordance with the proper planning and sustainable development of Read more…

News

Student Protest

November 15, 2011

By Aishling Phelan   The Union of Students in Ireland hopes that violent groups will not ‘hijack’ tomorrow’s student protest and does not want a repeat of last year’s chaos. Speaking to The College View Read more…

News

RCSI

October 29, 2011

Frances Mulraney The Royal College of Surgeons last week defended it’s actions over the summer, when six Irish-trained doctors were jailed in Bahrain. The College claims that it’s use of a more “low-key below the Read more…

News

Facebook use linked to higher grades

October 29, 2011

 By Frances Mulraney A study published in Computers in Human Behaviour last week, claims that certain types of Facebook may actually be corelated to higher grades. Reynol Juncom, a professor in Lock Haven University in Read more…