News

New library gates cost DCU over €77,000

November 15, 2017

[dropcap]Some[/dropcap] €77,461 was spent on the installation of the new turnstiles in the library on the Glasnevin campus, according to information obtained under the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act.

Articles

DCU launches safety app

November 14, 2017

[dropcap]DCU[/dropcap] are launching the first safety app in Ireland, for round the clock connection to the campus’ security team on Wednesday the 15th of November.

Blogs

DCUSU President assaulted

November 8, 2017

[dropcap]DCUSU[/dropcap] President Niall Behan was attacked while walking home from DCU to Glasnevin two weeks ago.

News Features

Online gambling can negatively affect students

November 2, 2017

[dropcap]There[/dropcap] was a pungent stench of weed, cigarettes and stale alcohol that clouded the air of the small room. Excited chatter and electronic music pulsated throughout the empty space while the gyrating bodies were getting Read more…

DCU News

Postgrads dissatisfied with accommodation changes

September 27, 2017

[dropcap]P[/dropcap]ostgraduate students are unhappy with the increase in rent and change in lease length that occurred over the summer, according to Student’s Union postgraduate officer, Allan Stevenson.

Features

Lifting the limits for the ladies in law

April 5, 2017

[dropcap]As[/dropcap] you opened the large wooden doors into lecture room CG86 in the Henry Grattan building on Monday March 6th, you were met with a deluge of students. It was 6pm and classes were completed Read more…

Features

The benefit of STEM courses

March 22, 2017

[dropcap]It[/dropcap] was November 2016 and the graduation ceremonies in DCU were well underway. One graduate, Sarah Gilgunn, had to fly back from London in order to attend. Despite graduating from her PhD in April 2016, Read more…

Features

The legal and ethical poles of The Eighth Amendment

March 8, 2017

[dropcap]The[/dropcap] subject of the Eighth Amendment has been one which has gained mass amount of attention over the last year especially. It has been discussed and then discussed again as everyone passionately exclaims their postulations, Read more…

News Features

Cost of campus accommodation hits the roof

September 28, 2016

[dropcap]Students[/dropcap] lining the pathways, queues for the delicatessen in Spar and the endless cups of caffeine. The smell of new books, the vibrancy of new stationary, the heavy backpacks slumped on the shoulders of hungover Read more…

Features

Literature has not lost its allure

May 11, 2016

Featured on The Irish Times. [dropcap]With[/dropcap] the recession still a prevalent memory in students’ minds, arts degrees are receiving less applicants while science, business and IT soar in numbers. People have an innate love for Read more…