DCU News
DCU recieves seven bullying and harassment complaints over past five years
DCU has received seven bullying and harassment complaints involving staff members over the past five years. Read more…
The College View
Articles
Safe Skating
The ice-skating rinks in Dundrum, Blanchardstown, and the RDS are officially open for business, and with student discounts and safety equipment provided, it could not be easier to walk (or skate) in a Winter Wonderland Read more…
Opinion
The college that cried ‘fire’
The excessive use of fire drills in universities is making students less reactive to actual fires, writes Laura Horan. Read more…
News
Centenarian honoured at alma-mater for her contribution to music
NUIG honoured 101-year-old Anne Byrne for her contribution to traditional Irish music. Read more…
DCU News
Rugby player Ian McKinley delivers speech to DCU students
Benetton Treviso rugby player Ian McKinley praised his family for their support during a time he felt his “world was over”, as part of a speech given to DCU staff and students last Thursday. The Read more…
Articles
Helping the Homeless
Christmas is a time for giving and receiving, however, not all of us are fortunate enough to be in a position to celebrate the festivities of the season. With winter weather a reminder of shorter Read more…
DCU News
DCU Master’s degree has been shortlisted for an Aviation Award.
[dropcap]A[/dropcap] DCU Master’s degree has been shortlisted for an Aviation Award.
Music
Scenery – Japan’s greatest contribution to Jazz
Grandiose statements require grandiose substantiation, and as such it’s a rare day that I would take such a concept to task. Though it is of little debate as to whether Mr. Ryo Fukui’s 1976 debut Read more…
Opinion
Enda Kenny vs porn
In a year so focused on repealing the Eighth Amendment, Bronwyn O’Neill believes that Fine Gael leader, Enda Kenny, is prioritising the issue of porn instead. Read more…
News Features
Minority groups and modern media: a war of its own
[dropcap]The[/dropcap] political turmoil between Western society and Islamic culture has fundamentally – and permanently – redefined modern journalistic practices, with every one of our well-favoured news outlets equally responsible for contributing to the European epidemic Read more…
News
UCD President in favour of third-level loan scheme
[dropcap]U[/dropcap]CD President Andrew Deeks said that he would be in favour of a loan-scheme system solution to the existing problem of third level funding in Ireland.
University News
MacCraith led delegation to enhance ties with Asia
DCU President Brian MacCraith headed of a delegation that travel to Asia to expand engagement with third-level institutions in the region. Read more…
Features
Bullying is more than just temporary pain
[dropcap]It[/dropcap] is estimated that 30 percent of young people in Ireland will experience bullying in their lives, which unfortunately often continues into the workplace as an adult.
Articles
Institutes of Technology under pressure due to funding short fall
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]here are major concerns over the future of up to 10 of the country’s 14 institutes of technology due to financial deficits and dwindling cash reserves, according to a major review of the sector.
News Features
Teachers say they need better pay
[dropcap]As[/dropcap] two further days of strike action took place in secondary schools across the country last week, teachers and students returned to school on Wednesday as the strike by the Association of Secondary School Teachers Read more…
Student Life
Many students face the crude nude feud
[dropcap]Revenge[/dropcap] porn has become an epidemic in Ireland and affects mainly the student population resulting in depression and in some cases suicide, yet it is still to be decriminalised. The exact definition of the term Read more…
Student Life
The daunting dangers of dating online
[dropcap]Last[/dropcap] month, a woman fell to her death in Australia while trying to escape from a man she met on Tinder. Warriena Wright fell from her date, Gable Tostee’s, 14th floor apartment balcony after an Read more…
Features
Alan Smeaton and the wonders of data analytics
[dropcap]Professor[/dropcap]Alan Smeaton was not expected to be an innovator, or an academic. As a young man, he did well in school but his family background didn’t indicate that a university education would be his path. Read more…
Articles
Joshua Homme – 25 Bliain ag cruthú Ceoil
[dropcap]Palm[/dropcap] Desert, California 1973 cuireadh Joshua Homme ar an saol. Ní fios ansin go mbeadh sé mar dhuine de na hamhránaithe is tábhachtaí i seánra rac-cheoil “stoner” le linn na nóchaidí agus as sin ar Read more…
Articles
KENZO x H&M
A jungle inspired collection with bright vivid colours and elaborate animal prints molded into motifs and ruffles is something most people would find peculiar to wear in November. However, this wasn’t the case for the Read more…
Political
Mental health spending to increase despite rumours
Mental Health spending is set to increase in 2017 by €24.7m, despite popular belief that spending is to be cut from the sector in the 2017 budget. Read more…
Articles
Men’s Health, Mental Health, and Movember
After almost two years with a beard, last Monday night I decided to root out the old razorblade and reveal the baby face hidden beneath the rugged and manly exterior that so many people have Read more…
Articles
Black Friday Bargains
Black Friday is almost upon us, and although primarily an American tradition, it remains one of the biggest dates on the calendar for Irish shoppers. Rachel Farrell takes us through some of this year’s best Read more…
Articles
Khloe Kardashian meets Good American Denim
Reality star Khloe Kardashian and fashion executive Emma Grede launched their new denim collaboration ‘Good American Denim’ last month, alongside their Good American (GA) squad. Good American is a designer jean line created to fit Read more…
News
New system sees a rise in SUSI grants
SUSI has awarded 14,000 extra grants to students compared to last year Read more…