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Meet TOD: Your Future Student Union President

February 15, 2022

The overarching theme to Thomas O’Dowd’s campaign is bringing back a sense of community to DCU. O’Dowd, who normally just goes by his initials – TOD, is the first Student Union Presidential candidate to run

Face-to-face counselling, healthy living and trans-rights: Ronan Burke’s wellbeing campaign

February 15, 2022

Glasnevin native Burke hopes to bring a better sense of belonging to DCU students and “greater awareness of the amazing things the SU does behind the scenes.” Ronan Burke is a class rep for his

Nathan Murphy runs for VP for Community and Citizenship unopposed

February 15, 2022

If he’s elected, Nathan Murphy hopes to be an “open mind that will listen to everyone’s issues and help as many people as possible.”

Ryan Doyle’s wellbeing campaign – Power naps, kickboxing & relationship clinics

February 15, 2022

“I think there’s a bit of a stigma behind it… it’s like ‘What are you doing?! Wake up!”

Meet Christine O’Mahony – Candidate for VP of Diversity and Inclusion

February 15, 2022

Last Semester, Christine O’Mahony organised a Black Lives Matter protest for students. Of Jamaican descent herself, and chair of the DCU Black students and Student of Colour Advisory Group, social justice is always an issue

“I’m confident that I’m a strong candidate for the role” – Eoin Crossen, Candidate for VP Academic Life

February 15, 2022

This Student Union election season is turning out to be quite the interesting one, with four of the five full-time positions seeing only one candidate running for the role. The only exception is VP for

Colette Murphy -“I understand the issues students face and I want to help solve them”

February 15, 2022

Out of the five full-time positions, VP for Wellbeing is the only contest that actually has some proper competition. With four candidates for the job, it will be a more difficult choice for the student

DCU study says family businesses harder done by Covid

February 2, 2022

Family businesses have been disproportionately impacted by Covid-19, according to a new DCU study. Eighty-three per cent of family businesses in Ireland reported Covid harming their business, well above the national average of 60 per

Normality for Nubar with easing of restrictions

February 2, 2022

After the easing of restrictions last Saturday, restaurants, pubs and nightclubs nationwide welcomed customers back with no restrictions for the first time in almost two years. Taoiseach Micheal Martin announced an immediate end to almost

What new Covid regulations have been introduced on campus?

January 21, 2022

After a full academic year, DCU returned to on campus teaching. In Semester one, there was a cap on how many could stay in a room, there was limited amount of night time events,windows had

25% increase in apprenticeship registrations in 2021 compared to 2019

November 24, 2021

Apprenticeship registrations have increased by 25% in Ireland, as announced by Minister Simon Harris and the department of Further and Higher Education. The Minister addressed this positive increase by stating “so far, this year we

DCU ranked sixth in The Sunday Times Good University Guide

November 24, 2021

The Sunday Times published recently their Good University Guide 2022, where National University of Ireland Galway (NUIG) was named their University of the Year 2022. Dublin City University (DCU) ranked sixth on the list this

DCU distances itself from lecturer who called George Floyd “useless criminal who dug his own grave.”

November 23, 2021

Dr Mark Humphrys says site where he criticised Black Lives Matter movement is separate to his teaching

DCU research will examine the impact of ‘sextortion’ on entrepeneurship

November 10, 2021

DCU’s Anti-Corruption Research centre has €319,258 by the Irish Research Council to examine how sextortion harms sustainable development and innovation.

New DCU students invited to take part in ‘First Year Check In’ survey

October 13, 2021

“Do you feel confident in your ability to complete your course?” “Do you feel at home here in DCU?” These are just some of the questions being posed to the first year class of 2021

Covid-19 testing research is being carried out at four Irish universities

September 29, 2021

A clinical study named UniCoV will explore rapid testing in students and staff across four Irish universities to monitor and develop early warning systems of Covid-19 cases.

DCU has ranked first in Ireland for graduate employment rate

September 29, 2021

Dublin City University has been ranked first in Ireland for it’s graduate employment rate, and 23rd in the world, according to the QS Graduate Employability Rankings 2022 released last week.

Meath DCU students deprived of direct bus to DCU

September 29, 2021

Bus Éireann discontinued the 109A bus that previously travelled from Kells to Dublin Airport via DCU in December 2020 due to a lack of traffic from online learning.

DCU launch Ireland’s first course on ‘Long Covid’

September 29, 2021

A new ‘Post Covid Syndrome Rehabiliation’ course is being launched in DCU with the aim of helping medical professionals identify and treat ‘long Covid’ symptoms. It is the first course of its kind in Ireland

Taxi app Free Now to help drive e-scooter trial on DCU campuses

September 19, 2021

DCU has linked up with ride hailing app Free Now to help carry out the trial in the use of e-scooters around campuses. This latest collaboration with the transport service company will allow DCU students

DCU announce reopening plans as college presidents urge students to get vaccinated

August 29, 2021

This week Dublin City University announced their reopening plans to incoming and continuing undergraduate and master students.

DCU Study to explore the issue of intimate partner violence

June 4, 2021

A new DCU study exploring the issue of intimate partner violence experienced by gay and bisexual men is underway.

“It is our lifeline,” says charity being supported by virtual 24-Hour Broadcast

May 14, 2021

For the past 11 years, the DCU Media Production Society (MPS) has been known to do the impossible, by keeping their members awake, willingly or otherwise, for an entire twenty-four hours to simply create content

DCU SU Executive voice concern that new internship “contravenes democracy” of Union

May 10, 2021

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.

Dublin-Belfast Corridor on the Horizon

April 14, 2021

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.