June 2012 – The College View

DCU part of new collaborative college partnership

June 27, 2012

By Aoife Mullen News Editor Taoiseach Enda Kenny and Minister for Education and Skills, Ruairi Quinn have launched a collaborative partnership between DCU, NUI Maynooth and the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. The 3U

DCU receives €5m to head international research into online political extremism

June 26, 2012

By Aoife Mullen News Editor DCU is to lead an international research project into violent online political extremism. The project, called VOX-Pol, received €5.1 million in European grant funding and will explore the affects of

DCU deputy-president voted in Ireland’s Top 25 most powerful women

June 23, 2012

By Aisling Kett Deputy News Editor DCU’s Deputy President (Registrar), Anne Scott, was recently named one of Ireland’s Top 25 Most Powerful Women at an awards ceremony in the Convention Centre Dublin. Professor Scott was

DCU mourn passing of Nicola Furlong

June 16, 2012

By Jenny Darmody Deputy Editor The DCU community has been left shocked with the news of the tragic death of student Nicola Furlong while studying in Japan. The 21-year-old Business and Japanese student was studying

In Brief: DCU bailed out subsidiaries at a cost of €9.8 million in 2010

June 15, 2012

By Aoife Mullen News Editor A recent report on audits carried out in third level institutions in Ireland has revealed DCU bailed out two if it’s loss-making subsidiaries in 2010. Three of DCU’s subsidiaries, The

Could you be the next James Joyce?

June 15, 2012

By Brendan White Editor-in-Chief DCU are set to launch a new project to develop young writers and give them a change to get their work published. The project, called Under Thirty, is a non-profit start-up venture

DCU 46th in top 50 universities under 50

June 14, 2012

Aoife Mullen News Editor Dublin City University has ranked 46th in a list of the top Universities less than 50 years old. DCU is the only Irish higher education institution to feature in the QS

RAG Soc win national SIFE competition

June 14, 2012

By Aoife Mullen News Editor DCU’s Raise and Give (RAG) Society has won the inaugural Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) Ireland competition. RAG Soc beat teams from NUI Galway, Trinity College Dublin and University College