Lifestyle
“I will always swear by layers,”: How to stay stylish while dressing for the autumn weather
The key to dressing weather appropriate while maintaining your own stylish flare in Ireland’s autumn all starts with layering. Read more…
The College View
Features
Ireland’s Worsening Student Accommodation Crisis
Leaving home for the first time to study in college is simultaneously one of the most exciting and nerve-wracking things a young person can do, but with a housing market and academia still woozy from Read more…
Lifestyle
Pedal to the metal: how TikTok and cheugy culture have accelerated toxic trend cycles
“Cheugy” has not only wormed its way into the everyday vernacular of Generation Z, but added fuel to the fire of the trend cycle that is searing its way through the fashion industry. Read more…
News
No Keys No Degree: Nationwide shortage in student accommodation
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…
News
STAND Student Festival is returning to college campuses this week
The annual STAND student festival will be returning to 13 campuses this autumn, kicking off at University College Cork on the Monday and reaching DCU from the 25th of October to the 29th. Read more…
DCU News
DCU announce reopening plans as college presidents urge students to get vaccinated
This week Dublin City University announced their reopening plans to incoming and continuing undergraduate and master students. Read more…
Lead Story
Ógra Fianna Fáil call on Leo Varadkar to resign following “Merrion-gate”
Ógra Fianna Fáil has called on the Tánaiste, Leo Varadkar, to resign for “undermining the integrity of public institutions” by attending an event at the Merrion Hotel in July. Read more…
News
Irish colleges set to be included in R&D directory for businesses.
Irish third-level universities are set to play a vital role in a new research and development (R&D) directory for businesses. Read more…
Articles
Academic and non-academic life expected to resume on campus next year
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…
Lead Story
DCU to pay €27.5k due to treatment of ex-worker that complained of sexual harassment
Rene O Reilly was told that she had not passed her probationary period 2 days after complaining of sexual harassment Read more…
Articles
DCU Study to explore the issue of intimate partner violence
A new DCU study exploring the issue of intimate partner violence experienced by gay and bisexual men is underway. Read more…
Articles
DCU SU Executive voice concern that new internship “contravenes democracy” of Union
The Student Union Executive of DCU has issued a letter to DCU’s Office of Student Life expressing “severe concern” that a new paid internship position they will offer breaches the SU’s Constitution. Read more…
Music
Smother: What you need to know about the RTÉ drama
RTÉ’s new six-part series ‘Smother’ aired on the 7th of March and was met with great praise from viewers. Read more…
Opinion
Stop Asian Hate: My Observations on Racism in Ireland
Since six Asian women were killed in the Atlanta Spa shooting last month, “Stop Asian Hate Movement” have been held across the United States for several weeks. In this movement, some Asian-American celebrities, such as Read more…
Features
Daire Keogh – A year in DCU
When asked about the trials and tribulations of his first year as president of DCU during a global pandemic, Keogh jokes: “There’s the famous line in the movie Airplane!, ‘What a time to give up the cigarettes’. Read more…
News
Drop out rates in some STEM courses are as high as 80 per cent
“I didn’t think they had enough supports for students who were struggling,” one former DCU Computer Science student told the College View. Read more…
Articles
Public Consultation of Student Grant Scheme is launched
The income threshold for postgraduate students also expanded from €31,500 to €54,250 and the fee grant contribution will increase from €2,000 to €3,500. Read more…
Features
Frontline workers abandoned in the newly scheduled vaccine rollout.
Teachers, SNAs and the Gardaí will continue to lobby the government in their fight for frontline vaccination priority.
Features
The pandemic has become the Government’s scapegoat for accountability on situations in Direct Provision centres.
The publication of the White Paper acts as an ambitious diversion strategy to the ongoing, daily issues faced by asylum seekers and refugees. Read more…
Opinion
National Broadband Plan Launched in 2012 is Still Failing
Students in rural Ireland are at a disadvantage, due to slow broadband speeds. Read more…
Lifestyle
As fashion trends dwindle during Covid-19, individual style triumphs
The spring ’21 collection was more future oriented than ever as it was a prediction of who we want to be and what we want to look like when we finally come out of lockdown. Read more…
Sport
Lions Tour Predictions
Interesting look at the Irish players worthy of this years Lions tour as well as team selection and an insightful portion on the South African mindset on the upcoming tour. Read more…
Sport
What’s New in this Year’s Olympics?
A brief summary of the five new sports gracing the Olympic games in Japan 2021. Read more…
News
Decision from Dublin school not to run LCA sparks online campaign for two students with disabilities
Clonturk Community College is a school in Whitehall, Dublin 9. In late March, the board of management decided that it will not run the Leaving Certificate Applied (LCA) programme for their second senior cycle year. Read more…
DCU News
Dublin-Belfast Corridor on the Horizon
A new report by DCU and UU has led to plans for a new Dublin-Belfast Economic Corridor, the first of it’s kind in Ireland. Read more…