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Students frustrated with the hidden fees of J-1 agencies
[dropcap]H[/dropcap]idden fees and strict rules are making working in America on a J-1 increasingly difficult for Irish students.
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Arts graduates lowest earners according to HEA
[dropcap]N[/dropcap]ew arts graduates may earn as little as €13,000 a year, according to a HEA report. But most CAO applicants opt for arts and humanities degrees at 22 per cent, while 16 per cent choose Read more…
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50% of Arts graduates feel their degree is irrelevant
[dropcap]Half [/dropcap]of Arts graduates feel their course is relevant to their current employment according to the Higher Education Authority. A new report published by the HEA surveying graduates of the class of 2016 revealed that Read more…
DCU News
DCU sports scholarships falls by 62 per cent
[dropcap]Numbers[/dropcap] of students entering DCU through an Elite Athletic Scholarship have dropped by 62 per cent since last year, according to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request obtained by The College View. Only thirty five Read more…
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Survey finds high satisfaction among Irish students
[dropcap]The recent Eurostudent survey will help the government to make decisions that will benefit Irish students, according to Minister for Higher Education. [/dropcap]
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Springboard+ 2018 scheme to fund more courses than ever before
[dropcap]E[/dropcap]ducation ministers called on Higher Education institutions to draft new proposals for new ‘Springboard+’ courses. Education ministers Richard Bruton and John Halligan want to widen Springboard’s net, with Bruton emphasising a “welcome move towards full Read more…
News
Conservative paper comes to DCU
[dropcap]A [/dropcap] conservative publication based out of Trinity College has expanded to DCU in what its editor called an attempt to provide a diversity of opinion in student-related matters. The Burkean Journal, which was funded Read more…
University News
Workshops at USI LGBT event cancelled over allegation
[dropcap]A[/dropcap] speaker at Pink Training 2017 was asked to leave the event after coming into contact with a delegate who had previously made allegations against them to the Union of Students Ireland (USI).
University News
Taoiseach supports plan for ‘European University’
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]aoiseach Leo Varadkar called for an Irish third-level institution to join the new network of European universities currently being proposed by French President Emmanuel Macron.
News
UCDSU passes new motion on abortion information
[dropcap]U[/dropcap]CD Student Council passed motions on handing out free pregnancy tests and abortion information on campus on Tuesday, the 14th of November.
University News
Wellness Wednesday kicks off in DCU
[dropcap]Wellness[/dropcap] Wednesdays continued this week with talks on assertiveness and lifestyle coaching on the Glasnevin campus and Katie Gallagher performing on St Patrick’s campus.
University News
Making an Impact winner to be announced today
[dropcap]A[/dropcap]n annual contest will be held in the Helix today to celebrate some of Ireland’s elite postgraduate research communicators as five finalists vie for two top prizes.
News
DIT academics lodge complaint over amalgamation process
[dropcap]E[/dropcap]ighteen academics at Dublin Institute of Technology have written to the chairman of the institute’s governing body to express their discontent with the amalgamation process with Tallaght and Blanchardstown ITs.
News
USI launch ‘Get RegD’ Campaign
[dropcap]The[/dropcap] USI launched their ‘Get RegD’ campaign to encourage students to register to vote. Back in 2014, over 120,000 people under the age of 25 were not registered to vote according to a survey published Read more…
University News
Rail strikes stops students getting to college
[dropcap]Students[/dropcap] who rely on Irish rail and DART to get to University will find themselves struggling to get to college throughout November and December due to the Irish Rail strikes.
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€47.5m increase in funding for higher education in Budget 2018
[dropcap]M[/dropcap]inister Paschal Donohoe announced a €47.5million increase in funding for education in this year’s budget.
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Women in NUIG gender discrimination case pressured to settle
[dropcap]F[/dropcap]our female lecturers in NUI Galway are supposedly under pressure to accept a settlement after a gender discrimination dispute.
University News
Trinity launch Ireland’s first major Oscar Wilde exhibition
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]rinity College’s Long Room library is one of the most iconic literary venues in Ireland, but it will receive a fresh injection of cultural prestige with the arrival of ‘From Decadence to Despair’: a new Read more…
University News
Youth Employment Scheme announced for 2018
[dropcap]A[/dropcap] new internship programme aimed at young people who find it difficult to enter employment will be launched next year, announced Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection, Regina Doherty.
Articles
Universities need to invest more time to entrepreneurship in Arts & Humanities
Universities are urged to increase the entrepreneurship taught in the department of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, according to a recent report by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Several of the Higher Read more…
University News
Students flock to graduate fair in the RDS
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]housands of students attended the annual Gradireland Graduate Careers Fair, which took place in the RDS last Wednesday. The annual event is an opportunity for undergraduate and postgraduate students to engage with different employers from Read more…
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DCU offers Lego workshops for variety of ages
[dropcap]D[/dropcap]ublin City University are now offering Lego workshops for all ages in their newly built Lego Innovation studio situated on St. Patricks Campus, Drumcondra. The ‘Learnit’ Academy will use this interactive learning hub to carry out Read more…
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DCU age-friendly university initiative spreads to Trinity
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Age-Friendly University initiative has started up in Trinity College Dublin, introducing the 10 principles founded originally at Dublin City University.
Clubs and Socs
Minister for Health makes an appearance at Clubs and Socs
[dropcap]P[/dropcap]oliticians inspected the future of their parties as they visited DCU’s ‘Clubs and Socs’ signups on Monday. Among the familiar faces was Fine Gael Minister for Health Simon Harris who made his way around to Read more…
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Plans to address Postgraduate Representation at 2018 Congress
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Union for Students in Ireland (USI) aims to increase the representation of postgraduate students in 2018.
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