Trinity College Dublin is launching a new admissions policy, with less reliance on CAO points for students who wish to apply. Under the new scheme, which will be brought in in September 2014, students will Read more…
Minister for Education and Skills, Ruairí Quinn recently announced the allocation of an extra €3 million to the Student Assistant Fund, which is available to students suffering from financial difficulty. The injection will bring the Read more…
University College Cork has paid $1 million (€752,000) to acquire the Great Book of Ireland. The book was scripted in Dublin between 1989 and 1991. It contains the handwritten work of nine composers, 121 artists Read more…
A new Dublin-based programme aims to help young people beat unemployment and start their own enterprises. Occupation Transformation, an 18-week, FETAC-accredited course, is being run in conjunction with non-profit organisation PARTAS. Chief Executive of PARTAS, Read more…
University College Dublin plans to end the practice of students passing modules by compensation from September 2013. At present, UCD students who fail a module with an E grade but have achieved an overall grade Read more…
Researchers in NUI Maynooth’s biology department have joined forces with the University of Chicago in producing breakthrough research in the search for a cancer cure. Dr Gary Jones and Dr Naushaba Hasin of NUIM’s Yeast Read more…
Eggs were thrown at Taoiseach Enda Kenny when he was in UCD to open the new Centre and Sports Complex on November 29th. Two eggs were thrown in protest at his invitation to the event Read more…
A report published by a leading group of international experts claims Ireland is not capable of withstanding more than one leading university. The ranking of Irish Universities has continued to decline over the last number Read more…
Over 45,000 students are still waiting for their grants to be processed by the new centralised student grant authority, Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI). Ten weeks into the college term, only 16% of students who Read more…
President of the Union of Students in Ireland (USI), John Logue has criticised the Minister for Education over his handling of the SUSI grant delays. In an interview with The College View, Logue said: “Minister Read more…
Minister for Social Protection, Joan Burton told DCU students the grant application system should be open earlier to avoid delays in grant payments to students. The Minister addressed a branch meeting of Labour DCU last Read more…
Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT) is under inquiry by order of the Minister for Education, Ruairi Quinn over the relationship between WIT and the companies providing on-campus services. This decision comes after the June report Read more…
RTÉ broadcaster Bryan Dobson said he hopes “nothing is done which diminishes accessibility to third level education to any young person in Ireland”. In an interview with The College View following his talk as part Read more…
Over 500 students took to the streets last Monday in an attempt to persuade government officials to keep their promise and not increase third-level fees. The protest took place in Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore’s constituency, with Read more…
DCU Students’ Union President, Paul Doherty, says that the proposed amendment to the University Act needs more discussion before they take a stance on it. Speaking to The College View, Doherty said: “Because there’s a Read more…
Musician Emeli Sandé has joined a star-studded list as she has been presented with the James Joyce Award from the Literary and Historical Society at University College Dublin. The Scottish singer-songwriter has been honoured for 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…
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…
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…
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…
Over 5,500 Brazilian students are expected to be studying in Ireland by 2016, bringing a €136 million boost to the economy. DCU is a partner university of the programme. It will offer Brazilian students doctorate Read more…
A security levy for University College Cork (UCC) and Cork IT students has been proposed by local residents angry over unruly student behaviour in the area. Residents have complained about antisocial behaviour that has caused Read more…
Several hundred people attended the first public transgender rights rally, The Rally for Recognition, which took place outside Dáil Éireann on Saturday October 20th. Activists gathered to mark the International Day of Struggle for the Read more…
A student at NUI Galway is currently living in a tent in a secret location off campus to save money and finish his degree. Thirty-year-old Dubliner, Frank Cronin, is living out his final year of Read more…