All of the latest on and off campus news.
By Jenny Darmody Only four mainstream lenders are offering loans to cash-strapped students. A recent survey in the Irish Independent revealed that only AIB, Bank of Ireland, Ulster Bank and Credit Unions offer loans to Read more…
By Sorcha Jowitt On August 23 DCU learned of the death of former student Kate Fitzgerald. Kate graduated in 2006 with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in International Relations and was well known in the Read more…
By Paul Brady Ninety new mature students began their university life in DCU this year. The number of mature students is down compared to last year with DCU having made 160 offers to people who Read more…
By Sorcha Jowitt The Hyland report, released earlier this month, has recommended a CAO lottery for college places. Former UCD vice-president Professor Aine Hyland also said that the Leaving Certificate no longer examines what it Read more…
By Michelle Storey What better way for DCU to kick off another academic year than with a party, and a bloody good one at that. DCU students flocked to campus last Wednesday night, eager to see DJing legend Calvin Read more…
By Ciara Moore First year students entering DCU through the HEAR scheme will not have their Access scholarship grant cut despite a large rise in the intake of students to the programme this year. A Read more…
By Aoife Reilly A new website set up by DCUSU is offering discounts to students and promoting entertainment and events around the DCU campus. Greatcraic.ie is a commercially driven website providing DCU students with a Read more…
By Steve Conlon The Helix, the arts and performance centre of DCU, continues to struggle financially according to a confidential document seen by the College View. In a report to the DCU Executive Committee in Read more…
By Aishling Phelan Aishling Phelan speaks to the President of DCU, Brian MacCraith about future tuition fees, how the recession has impacted on learning and how having a good degree is no longer enough in Read more…
By Sam Griffin A private Limerick business school, which had recently been forced to shut down, may now reopen with a Dublin college expressing interest in purchasing it. Management at HSI Limerick Business School informed Read more…
By Adam Higgins Trinity College Dublin (TCD) lost one of its leading history minds on August 28 as R.B McDowell passed away aged 97. Robert Brendan McDowell was the country’s leading historian on Irish modern Read more…
By Caitriona Hughes The ‘SlutWalk’ will grace Irish pavements for the first time this year after Galway students decided to embrace this global movement. The walk, a demonstration for women’s rights, began in Toronto earlier Read more…
By Frances Mulraney Taoiseach Enda Kenny officially opened the new UCD Centre for Molecular Innovation and Drug Discovery on Friday 9th September. The new centre is the first phase of the UCD Science Centre. Upon Read more…
By Frances Mulraney Libyan students in the country’s main university are preparing for a new term free from the rule of Colonel Gaddafi. Tripoli University will open its doors to start an academic year having Read more…
By Roisin Treacy Education employees are in the highest-paid sector in the country according to The National Employment Survey, released earlier this month. The National Employment Survey for 2008 and 2009 found that those working Read more…
By Ciara Moore First year students entering DCU through the HEAR scheme will not have their Access scholarship grant cut despite a large rise in the intake of students to the programme this year. A Read more…
By Claire Corrigan Almost €70,000 was spent on renovations in the Hub this year which included the purchase of two flat screen televisions. Two revolving doors and two wheelchair accessible automated side doors came to Read more…