All of the latest on and off campus news.
By Michael Hurley Thousands took to the streets of London on November 9th to protest against the increase in tuition fees from £3,000 to £9,000. The Metropolitan police deployed almost 4,000 officers, fearing a repeat Read more…
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…
By Aisling Kett The blog for DCU’s fashion magazine, The Look, is now up and running and supplying students with their latest fashion fix. The magazine team shot their first fashion shoot for the magazine Read more…
By Aishling Phelan Students will have to wait until Budget Day on the 6th of December to find out the government’s final decision on the increase it will impose on student fees. As 20,000 students Read more…
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…
By Gillian Fitzsimons An Innovation Dublin event, Cool Research That Can Help Your Business, took place in the Invent building last Wednesday, explaining various new technologies developed in DCU and how they can work with Read more…
By Ruth Ní Mhaonghaile Applications to the DCU Ryan Academy’s Propeller Venture Accelerator programme closed last week. Accepted companies obtain an office space at the academy along with €30,000 investment and mentoring from experienced entrepreneurs. Read more…
By Timmy Kelleher DCU has seen a growing number of online gambling companies, financial institutions and multinational management consultancies actively seeking talented graduates for their IT divisions. DCU management are aware of the growing opportunities Read more…
By Emma Jane Hade The annual “CIT Christmas Day”, which was traditionally held on the last Thursday of November every year, has been cancelled this year, after local publicans have vowed not to support it. Read more…
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…
By Ruth Ní Mhaonghaile The Students’ Union in NUI Galway recently cancelled the infamous “RAG Week”, in a move that costs the university an extra €60,000 a year. This is due to an agreement between Read more…
By Jenny Darmody British National Party (BNP) chairman, Nick Griffin, has complained to the Gardai about protests that led to the cancellation of his scheduled appearance at Trinity College Dublin. Speaking to DCUfm, Griffin said Read more…
By Teresa Gallagher Limerick Institute of Technology’s (LIT) President, Dr Maria Hinfelaar, has revealed that the college aims to develop into a technological university over the next few years. LIT’s student population is now over Read more…
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…
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…
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…
By Grainne Coyne A calendar is to be unveiled by DCU’s Style Society and DCU Force, the men’s rugby society, in order to raise money for the charity Movember. The Style Society completed shooting of Read more…
By Sorcha Jowitt DCU’s Information Systems and Services (ISS) department has encountered some major problems since September. ISS has had to deal with virus infections, slow login processes and the Wi-Fi networks and research support Read more…
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…
By Sarah Bermingham It was Toxic Tuesday with a twist on the 1st of ‘Movember’ as DCU Style Soc, DCU Force Rugby and DCU ESoc launched their fundraising with a slave auction. Students enjoyed an Read more…
By Sorcha Jowitt and Frances Mulraney Some students are still without their maintenance grants almost three months after the closing date for applications. Although the exact number of students without grants is still unknown, the Read more…
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…
By Sorcha Jowitt DCU Access celebrated its 21 year anniversary last week with a ceremony held in the Helix boasting a number of famous faces in the audience. DCU President Brian MacCraith opened the ceremony Read more…
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…
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…