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DCU funded millions to tackle fake news
DCU’s FuJo Institute was funded by the European Commission to tackle disinformation spread online specifically on social media. Read more…
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President MacCraith refuses to comment following heavy SOOCD criticism
DCU President Brian MacCraith maintained his silence following a recently published report that heavily criticised the DCU-backed Diageo-funded Stop-Out-Of-Control-Drinking campaign, of which he is a board member.
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We are the future; We are the ‘New DCU’
DCU President, Brian MacCraith speaks to The College View about a fundraising campaign that will dramatically change the face of the university. Read more…
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Record high for Access programme
DCU boasts the oldest and biggest access programme in the country which began with six students and now grants access to third level education for over 1,200. This year 434 students will enter DCU under the access programme. Read more…
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DCU struggling with Government cuts: DCU President
The President of DCU speaks exclusively to The College View about cuts in Government funding, Minister Ruairi Quinn, students’ mental health and the recent USI referendum. Read more…
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President wants more Northern students at DCU
DCU President Brian MacCraith wants to make access to study at DCU easier for Northern Ireland students, who are currently at a disadvantage when in competition with students from the Republic. Read more…
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DCU struggling to balance sustained budget cuts and an increase in student numbers
Many changes are expected to take place at DCU in the coming years, despite the university struggling to make ends meet. Sarah Bermingham reports. Read more…
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DCU joins leading entrepreneurship network
DCU is the first university in Ireland to be designated an ‘Ashoka U Changemaker Campus’, joining a network of colleges and universities supporting the field of social entrepreneurship in education. The ‘Changemaker Campus’ is a worldwide Read more…
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Brian MacCraith starts off Seamus Heaney Lecture Series
The seventh Seamus Heaney Lecture Series entitled “Imagining the Future” began in St Patrick’s College, Drumcondra on Monday last, with DCU President, Professor Brian MacCraith giving the first lecture. Professor MacCraith spoke on the theme Read more…