The 8×8 Documentary Film Festival, run by educational development charity SUAS, will return to DCU in December with a screening of a powerful documentary about a photojournalist killed while working in Libya, as Rachel McLaughlin reports. Read more…
Students’ Unions in several third-level institutes are calling upon Facebook to remove controversial profiles which are feared to be impacting on students mental health, as Mark Hogan reports. Read more…
The number of Irish students travelling to the US to study has risen significantly, as more scholarships are made available and students look to add to their CVs, as Laura Colgan reports. Read more…
Students are keen to assist on DCU Global Brigade’s medical brigade to Ghana next year, where they will participate in workshops and consultations with local people. Shane Houlihan reports. Read more…
Brian O’Driscoll, Sean Kelly and Katie Taylor were all awarded honorary Doctorates of Philosophy at a ceremony in The Helix this morning. Read more…
DCU’s senior football team lost out to DIT at a rainy St Clare’s last week in what was their first defeat of the season. Read more…
DCU’s fresher football team recorded another victory as they overcame Queen’s University on Monday night. Read more…
Three sporting greats are set to be honoured by DCU soon when they are conferred with honorary doctorates by the university, as Ian Coyne reports. Read more…
The USI President has played down the significance of low turnouts at recent demonstrations against harsh Budget 2014 cuts to supports for those aged under 25, as Ruth Marnell reports. Read more…
The difference between life and death? Potentially three minutes. A look at blood donation, and how it saved the life of one lucky student. Read more…
Timing is said to have been a factor in the cancellation of a planned attemp at a record-breaking zombie march, which failed to attract a sufficient number of participants for the event to go ahead. Read more…
Campaigners have controversially called for a monument to be erected in honour of Trinity students who fought and died for the British forces in World War Two, as Megan Roantree reports. Read more…
Funding has been raised which will enable the controversial planned on-campus labyrinth to be installed next spring, as Sarah Bermingham reports. Read more…
DCU is due to host a sitting of the Constitutional Convention in November where they will look for ideas from the public regarding constitutional matters. Finnian Curran reports. Read more…
Will 100 crunches a day give you a 6 pack? What weights bulk up your body? Rachel McLaughlin takes a look at the most common fitness myths and delivers some home truths. Read more…
What would life be like without your phone? Amy Mulvaney tried it, read on to see how she coped… Read more…
Is all publicity good publicity? Do music stars who mouth off make it big? Emily Bodkin fills us in. Read more…
A look at the different ways Halloween is celebrated around the world Read more…
Deadlines panics? Boredom? Over exposure to bad TV? Invest some time and energy into your fitness instead and discover why exercise is nature’s therapy. By Sharon McGowan Read more…
With Ming Flanagan’s cannabis bill re-igniting the question of legalising cannabis, we look at both sides of the story. Read more…
With the EU cracking down on cigarette advertising and more countries introducing smoking bans, could cigarettes be a thing of the past? Read more…
Student nurses are one of the worst hit by the recession, and those out of college won’t even be earning minimum wage. The College View investigates. Read more…
Oh. My God. One of our southsoide comrades who was marooned in DCU tells all of their harrowing experience. Read more…
DCU’s Fitzgibbon hurling team were unlucky not to get anything out of their recent contest against UCD. Read more…
Chairperson of the DCU Boxing Club, Robert Egan recently won gold at Leinster Championships. Read more…