This Student Union election season is turning out to be quite the interesting one, with four of the five full-time positions seeing only one candidate running for the role. The only exception is VP for Read more…
“Change starts with education, and by giving our young people the right opportunities. That’s why we developed this award”. Read more…
The Teachers Union of Ireland (TUI) are calling for written exams in place of the hybridmodel for this year’s Leaving Cert, in a statement released today. TUI proposed further changes should be made to this Read more…
The backlog of passport processing has built up to over 30,000 applicants, according to Joe Hackett, the Secretary-General at the Department of Foreign Affairs. Only emergency passports were being processed for the last 18 months. Read more…
Dr. Maria McEvoy from DCU’s School of Nursing has introduced a new study on vaginismus. Vaginismus is the experience of being unable to have penetrative sex and manifests as an involuntarily tightening of a woman’s Read more…
Universities across Ireland have launched a series of workshops to highlight the danger of abusive behaviour and “inform and empower students to better understand their capacity to safely intervene”. The ‘Bystander Intervention’ course can be Read more…
55.9% of subsidised households are currently living under the poverty line after housing costs, a new report by Social Justice Ireland (SJI) confirms. The report by SJI, entitled Housing and Poverty 2022 was published on Read more…
[dropcap]S[/dropcap]tudents in Trinity College Dublin are finally experiencing a reopening of facilities, and a return to full capacity lectures, labs and tutorials. Since November 1st, the city-centre campus has been welcoming back students for the Read more…
A new study by the Health Education Authority ( HEA) has found that an ethnic pay gap exists amongst staff in third level education in Ireland. Staff from minority ethnic groups are also more likely Read more…
Discovered by researchers from Dublin City University (DCU) and Chalmers University of Technology (CUT), Sweden, the new method known as ‘click and cut’ or ‘click chemistry’ is a new way to prepare DNA drug molecules. Read more…
“Do you feel confident in your ability to complete your course?” “Do you feel at home here in DCU?” These are just some of the questions being posed to the first year class of 2021 Read more…
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Health Service Executive (HSE) has confirmed to The College View that 3500 people availed of Covid-19 vaccines as part of a week-long campaign to boost youth vaccination rates. ‘Vaccination Week’ was a campaign Read more…
The Irish Universities Association (IUA) are calling on the government to “substantially increase” funding following the release of a new report. The report, by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Recovery (OECD), revealed that Ireland Read more…
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…
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…
In March, it was announced that Athlone IT and Limerick IT would merge to form the country’s third technological university. In the past week it has been revealed that the new TU, based in Munster, Read more…
[dropcap]Y[/dropcap]outh Organisations in Ireland have been encouraged to apply for financial support under a fund centred on climate change by Minister O’Gorman. Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration, and Youth, Roderic O’Gorman has encouraged funding Read more…
[dropcap]F[/dropcap]inal preparations are underway for DCUfm’s first “out of studio” 12 Hour Broadcast, which takes place from 10am to 10pm this Friday, 16th April. The twelve-hour broadcast has taken place since 2012, however it will Read more…
The HSE has made the decision that students who refuse to be vaccinated will not be allowed to take up clinical placement. Read more…
The University of Limerick (UL) has partnered up with a number of tech companies to design a software engineering course aimed at changing the way computer science is taught. Read more…
[dropcap]H[/dropcap]omeschooling during lockdown is putting a strain on relationships between parents and children, a survey has found.
New regulations have been signed into law that will remove a barrier facing PhD students with disabilities however, some students are frustrated that barriers for people with disabilities still exist. Read more…
DCU launched its Hack4Change campaign virtually last week, hosted by the business school, with over 630 DCU student participants. Read more…
Over two-thirds of college students surveyed by the Union of Students in Ireland believe that Irish should remain a compulsory subject for the Leaving Certificate. Read more…
Campus events, hybrid learning and support for student nurses and teachers. The points made by candidates for DCU Students’ Union (SU) 2021/22 mostly focused on supporting students through Covid-19 and beyond, and the hopeful return Read more…