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DRAFT TU Dublin part of European initiative to create an ethics-based AI masters program
Ireland is part of a four-nation collaboration to create an ethics-based master’s degree in artificial intelligence (AI). Read more…
The College View
Articles
UCD course ranks in top three of world’s best masters in management programs
UCD’s Masters in International Management has placed third in the Financial Times’ top 100 masters in management programmes in the world. Read more…
Opinion
What’s Happening with Pandemic Puppies?
The need to interview dog owners before they purchase. Read more…
News
English language teaching schools warn of severe job losses due to restrictions
English language teaching schools have called on the government to loosen restrictions on the recruitment of students or risk the loss of 8,000 teaching jobs in the sector. Read more…
News
Brid Horan appointed as new DCU Chancellor
DCU has appointed former NGO advocate and current chair of the Irish Cancer Society Brid Horan as the new Chancellor of the university. The appointment was made at the first meeting of DCU’s new Governing Read more…
Features
Abstinence is Not Sex Education
The way in which Irish school’s talk about sex is in great need of reform after a study from NUI Galway showed that 20% of men and just 15% of women admitted to being content Read more…
DCU News
DCU launch Ireland’s first course on ‘Long Covid’
A new ‘Post Covid Syndrome Rehabiliation’ course is being launched in DCU with the aim of helping medical professionals identify and treat ‘long Covid’ symptoms. It is the first course of its kind in Ireland Read more…
Lifestyle
Adjusting back to the ‘old normal’ might be easy for some, but not for all
While we craved all the hallmarks of our normal lives with its foreign holidays and weekend getaways for 18 months, now that we can gradually reintroduce those aspects to our lives, many will experience what has been termed as post-pandemic anxiety. Read more…
Features
Human rights organisations express fear for Afghan women’s rights under the Taliban-run government.
Since the end of the Taliban’s rule in Afghanistan in 2001, women had begun to regain their rights. Since they resumed their position of power in 2021, women’s basic human rights are at stake. Under Read more…
Features
There are many barriers preventing women accessing abortion in Ireland in 2021
On May 25th, 2018, Ireland repealed the 8th Amendment with a progressive landslide victory, with 66.4% of the electorate voting for the legislation of safe medical abortions. 64.5% of the electorate voted, which was one of the Read more…
Lifestyle
“I will always swear by layers,”: How to stay stylish while dressing for the autumn weather
The key to dressing weather appropriate while maintaining your own stylish flare in Ireland’s autumn all starts with layering. Read more…
Features
Ireland’s Worsening Student Accommodation Crisis
Leaving home for the first time to study in college is simultaneously one of the most exciting and nerve-wracking things a young person can do, but with a housing market and academia still woozy from Read more…
Lifestyle
Pedal to the metal: how TikTok and cheugy culture have accelerated toxic trend cycles
“Cheugy” has not only wormed its way into the everyday vernacular of Generation Z, but added fuel to the fire of the trend cycle that is searing its way through the fashion industry. Read more…
Lifestyle
Women in STEM: Patching up the ‘leaky pipeline’
Known as STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics), disciplines in this field have traditionally been male-dominated, with women comprising just 25 per cent of STEM-related roles in Ireland, according to the Central Statistics Office. Read more…
News
No Keys No Degree: Nationwide shortage in student accommodation
A major shortage in student accommodation is quickly turning into a nationwide crisis, as many students have still yet to find a place to stay near their desired college. Read more…
News
STAND Student Festival is returning to college campuses this week
The annual STAND student festival will be returning to 13 campuses this autumn, kicking off at University College Cork on the Monday and reaching DCU from the 25th of October to the 29th. Read more…
Articles
Taxi app Free Now to help drive e-scooter trial on DCU campuses
DCU has linked up with ride hailing app Free Now to help carry out the trial in the use of e-scooters around campuses. This latest collaboration with the transport service company will allow DCU students Read more…
National News
‘Winter of Discontent’ Housing and Homelessness rally held outside Dáil
Representatives of student’s unions, the travelling community, renter’s groups and political parties spoke at a rally held outside the Dail yesterday. Read more…
DCU News
DCU announce reopening plans as college presidents urge students to get vaccinated
This week Dublin City University announced their reopening plans to incoming and continuing undergraduate and master students. Read more…
Lead Story
Ógra Fianna Fáil call on Leo Varadkar to resign following “Merrion-gate”
Ógra Fianna Fáil has called on the Tánaiste, Leo Varadkar, to resign for “undermining the integrity of public institutions” by attending an event at the Merrion Hotel in July. Read more…
Athletics
Four DCU AC Members off to the Olympics!
Current DCU students Nadia Power, Andrew Coscoran, Sophie Becker and Cillin Greene are off to the Olympics in Tokyo. Read more…
National News
Mixed emotions in political youth wings and hospitality following turbulent week of Covid announcements
This past week has undoubtedly been one of the most hectic weeks in this Covid-19 pandemic, following announcements about indoor hospitality and vaccinating younger people. First, on Monday, speaking in a lunch-time address to the Read more…
News
Irish colleges set to be included in R&D directory for businesses.
Irish third-level universities are set to play a vital role in a new research and development (R&D) directory for businesses. Read more…
Articles
DCU slumps heavily in Global University Rankings
Dublin City University has taken a strong hit in the worldwide leaderboard of the best universities. Data from the QS World University Rankings 2022 showed that DCU has suffered a steep fall of 51 places, Read more…
Articles
Academic and non-academic life expected to resume on campus next year
Simon Harris, Minister for Further and Higher Education, said last week that he expects that both staff and students will be back on campus for the next academic year. Read more…