Political
DCU honours Arab world’s first female politician
Amal Al Qubaisi, the Arab world’s most senior politician, received an honorary doctorate from DCU last Thursday.
Briain MacCraith
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Postponement of Beg, Borrow, Steal will not affect other trips
President of DCU Brian McCrath and Chief Operations Officer Declan Raftery made the final decision to postpone Esoc’s ‘Beg, Borrow, Steal’ trip to Europe last week, Shane Carter, chairperson of Esoc said.
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Nobel Laureate receives honorary doctorate
Nobel Peace Prize winner, Muhammed Yunnus has been awarded with an honorary Doctor of Philosophy at a ceremony in DCU last week. Read more…
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Universities want higher fees if there’s no more funding
Irish universities have called on Education Minister Ruairi Quinn to hike student fees if he won’t allocate further exchequer funding to third-level. Read more…
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CRC vote to support Defend the University Charter
CRC agrees to sign charter against corporations dictating learning at universities. Read more…
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CRC seeks removal of banner advertising Bank of Ireland
DCU’s Class Rep Council seek to remove large banner advertising Bank of Ireland as the new branch is officially launched on campus. Read more…
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Education Minister launches DCU’s National Insitute for Digital Learning
New technological advancements will be soon realised at DCU, as the National Institute for Digital Learning was recently launched at DCU by the Education Minister. Rachel McLaughlin reports. Read more…
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Ballymun community honoured in photographic exhibit
The local community of Ballymun has featured in a photographic exhibit to honour its regeneration project coming to an end. Read more…
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Nobel Prize winner gives lecture to DCU students
Nobel Physics Prize winner Professor Serge Haroche gave DCU students an insight into the world of quantum physics. Finnian Curran reports. Read more…
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Students weren’t intentionally excluded from Convention forum – MacCraith
Few students attended the fourth public meeting of the Constitutional Convention held on campus last week, as staff omitted to notify students it was being held, as Sarah Bermingham reports. Read more…