DCU News
Irish teenage emigrant living in Australia faces large fees to study back in Ireland
An Irish girl living in Perth is facing fees of €7,000 if she plans to start studying in DCU next year.
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News
LEGO Education Innovation Studio opens in DCU
The newly completed LEGO Education Innovation Studio (LEIS) has been officially opened on DCU’s St Patrick’s Campus.
Students' Union
New SU Centre opens on St. Patrick’s Campus
[dropcap]A[/dropcap] new permanent Students’ Union Centre opened up on St. Patrick’s Campus DCU in block D as a result of the Incorporation Programme, which included an integration of DCU’s Glasnevin and St. Patrick’s Student Unions. Read more…
University News
DIT lobbies for new attitude on drug addiction
DIT VP for Welfare Tara O’Brien organised an “Addiction Awareness” campaign this month to change the way students think about addiction. Read more…
Opinion
Opinion: Is RAG week damaging our reputation as students?
Emer Handly discusses the purpose of RAG week and argues that, perhaps, students are embracing the incorrect meaning of ‘raising and giving’ week. Read more…
News
TCD employees to ballot for industrial action
[dropcap]R[/dropcap]oughly 700 SIPTU members working in Trinity College Dublin are set to ballot for industrial and strike action in a dispute over the failure of being granted permanent contracts from management. Among the 700 non-academic Read more…
Opinion
Opinion: Students say ‘no’ to consent classes
Consent classes in University College Dublin (UCD) have been cancelled due to a lack of interest but this does not mean that the classes are not absolutely vital for students. Emily Crowley discusses. Read more…
National News
New student accommodation to create 650 jobs
650 new jobs are predicted as new student accommodation construction begins on Brunswick St, Dublin 7. Read more…
National News
Dublin ranked 31st among best student cities
[dropcap]D[/dropcap]ublin has ranked 31st out of 125 cities in the fifth edition of the QS Best Student Cities ranking. This ranking is a jump upwards of six places from the previous year. Dublin is the Read more…
DCU News
Honorary degree awarded to DCU Professor Luiz Moutinho
DCU Business School Professor Luiz Moutinho was awarded an honourary degree at a University in Macedonia this week, calling it the “highest accolade an academic can receive”. Read more…
Opinion
Opinion: Limited mental health services leaves students suffering
Lucy Mangan looks into mental health services provided by primary and secondary schools, arguing that there are not enough resources available for those seeking help. Read more…
Opinion
Opinion: College identity is a self-defeating concept
Following the incorporation of St Patrick’s College, Mater Dei Institute of Education and Church of Ireland College of Education with DCU, Bríon Hoban discusses the aftermath of the incorporation from a St. Pat’s perspective. Read more…
GAA
DCU ladies dominate Pats to reach O’Connor Cup semi-final
DCU Dóchas Éireann 0-16 St. Patrick’s College 1-04 O’Connor Cup quarter-final The DCU Senior ladies’ Gaelic football team has qualified for O’Connor Cup weekend after a strong display saw them overcome local rivals St. Patrick’s Read more…
DCU News
DCU Chaplain: Chaplaincy and counselling sometimes interchanges
DCU Chaplain Philip McKinley admits the role he holds has shifted in recent years for various reasons. Read more…
GAA
DCU claim All-Ireland fresher glory in both codes
[dropcap]D[/dropcap]ublin City University’s freshers teams in both Gaelic football and hurling tasted All-Ireland glory this past week. On Thursday, March 2nd, Eoin Roche’s hurlers lifted the John Corcoran Cup for the first time in the Read more…
GAA
Fresher hurlers come from behind in extra time to win All-Ireland
DCU Dóchas Éireann 1-15 University of Limerick 1-13 John Corcoran Cup final DCU’s freshers hurling team tasted All-Ireland success for the first time in its history on Thursday, March 2nd, with a 1-15 to 1-13 Read more…
News
Former CICE lecturer reveals mistreatment of staff following Incorporation
A former Church of Ireland College of Further Education (CICE) lecturer has spoken in detail to The College View about the difficult circumstances they and colleagues have endured over the last year, following the closure of the college’s premises in Rathmines and its subsequent amalgamation into DCU.
DCU News
DCU students develop coding teaching robot
Three DCU students have developed an innovative robot that teaches you how to code.
Opinion
Opinion: Nurses strike exposes HSE incompetence
The nurses and midwives of Ireland plan industrial action on the seventh of March after the HSE failed to agree terms with the INMO regarding a dispute over working conditions Read more…
National News
Brexit’s hard border may double travel time for Donegal-DCU journey
The long journey for Donegal students travelling to DCU could become even more painful, if a hard border is placed between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland Read more…
DCU News
DCU Research Scientist Opens New Study On Pancreatic Cancer
Dr Naomi Walsh from DCU has begun a study in the university to try and improve early detection in pancreatic cancer cases. Read more…
National News
I Wish initiative encourages woman in STEM
I WISH initiative encourages young woman to get involved in Stem courses Read more…
GAA
DCU suffer unexpected Sigerson exit against St. Mary’s
DCU Dóchas Éireann 2-13 St. Mary’s 2-14 AET Sigerson Cup quarter-final Despite Enda Smith’s two second half goals for DCU, St. Mary’s fought back to force extra time, eventually winning by the narrowest of margins Read more…
Athletics
Irish Pole Vaulting in need of more support
A lack of support is stunting the development of pole vaulting as a sport in Ireland, claims DCU student and athlete Brian Flynn. “Although the sport is growing in popularity the whole time, there’s simply Read more…
GAA
UCD end DCU’s Ashbourne Cup hopes with stunning second half performance
DCU Dóchas Éireann 2-5 University College Dublin 1-14 Ashbourne Cup quarter-final University College Dublin overcame DCU Dóchas Éireann with a strong second half performance in the quarter-final of the Ashbourne Cup on Tuesday evening, February Read more…