DCU News Archives – Page 2 of 39

Scholarship and 20k bursary for DCU’s newest masters programme

March 4, 2020

DCU’s Business School has announced a new masters programme in association with Bord Bia for the next academic year

Coronavirus protocols released by DCU

February 26, 2020

DCU have released information regarding the coronavirus, including protocol if a case was confirmed on campus

DCU and NCI investigating destroyed consent display

February 19, 2020

DCU and the National College of Ireland (NCI) are investigating Monday night’s destruction of a consent display in DCU’s student centre.

DCU Access marks 30 years

February 19, 2020

DCU Access released it’s yearly review of the Access programme, noting that 2020 marked 30 years of the programme in DCU.

DCU launches new online FinTech course

February 19, 2020

DCU has launched a new online accredited short course on Fintech in response to the rapidly growing sector of financial technology in Ireland.

DCU becomes first Irish university to recognise the JAM card

February 19, 2020

DCU has become the first Irish university to introduce the JAM card, a card that helps people with disabilities to let someone know they need ‘just a minute’ without needing to explain why.

DCU to increase cost of campus accommodation by four per cent

February 19, 2020

A recent decision by DCU management to increase the cost of on-campus accommodation by four per cent has left students outraged.

DCUSU rock the boat for Barretstown

February 19, 2020

DCUSU will attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the Largest “Rock the Boat” on Tuesday 25 February on the Glasnevin campus, all in aid of Barretstown.

Consent display destroyed in DCU

February 18, 2020

A display in DCU’S Student Centre highlighting the topic of consent was destroyed on Monday evening.

DCU campus accommodation rent set to increase next year

February 12, 2020

DCU campus accommodation is set to increase the cost of rent by four per cent for the academic year 2020/2021.

Quarter of kids can’t run

February 5, 2020

Around 25 per cent of primary school aged child haven’t mastered running according to a new DCU study

DCU President appointed chair of new broadcasting commission

February 5, 2020

The President of Dublin City University, Professor Brian MacCraith, has been appointed as Chair of the new Commission on the Future of Irish Public Service Broadcasting.

Performing the role of a lifetime

February 5, 2020

Previous involvement in drama groups aid in “public speaking skills; building confidence and self-esteem”.

Students pepper sprayed on DCU Snowsports trip

February 5, 2020

Students on the trip were pepper sprayed after an alleged altercation with a group of men at a Mark Blair performance in Les Arcs, France.

Voters fail to turn out for DCUSU’s referendums

December 17, 2019

Three referendums which were held by DCU Students’ Union were deemed to be invalid due to them not reaching quorum.

CTYI in DCU launches new programme to help gifted kids

December 11, 2019

A new online programme was launched to help parents and teachers of gifted children on November 23rd in DCU.

Broken Business School seats to be fixed

December 11, 2019

Broken chairs in the Business School are set to be fixed before semester two after a student-led petition.

New postgraduate representative elected

December 11, 2019

The DCU Postgrad officer bye-election will be taking place from 7am on the 3rd December to 10pm on the 4th December via loop. Two candidates are running for the part-time voluntary position on the Students’ Union executive.

DCUSU run three referendums before end of semester one

December 11, 2019

A referendum to decide whether or not DCU Students’ Union remains affiliated with the USI is set to be run on December 11th to 13th, alongside two others.

The law and politics of single-use plastic

December 11, 2019

A seminar on plastic reduction policies was held in the U on Wednesday last.

DCU double the number of placements on its Access to the Workplace Programme

December 11, 2019

DCU will double the number of summer workplacements on offer to students from disadvantaged backgrounds through its Access to the Workplace Programme in 2020.

Lack of support for people suffering from a dual diagnosis of substance abuse and mental health difficulties

December 11, 2019

DCU researchers have conducted a study on the community impact of Dual Diagnosis, a combination of substance abuse and mental health difficulties.

Older people need to use it or lose it according to DCU research

November 27, 2019

Older adults must continue to do strength training exercises in order to maintain any gains according to a new study led by researchers at the School of Health and Human Performance at DCU.

New revenge porn legislation will cover deepfake technology

November 27, 2019

Deeptrace, an Amsterdam-based cybersecurity company, published a report this year which found 96 per cent of the deepfake videos on the internet are pornographic videos. And 100 per cent of the deepfake content on pornography websites contain female subjects.

Demand for places in DCU MSc of Psychology and Wellbeing expected to grow

November 27, 2019

The programme is the first of its kind being offered in Ireland and according to DCU’s Dr. Sinead Smyth the MSc will offer “student’s an opportunity to benefit from the strong track record of wellbeing research in the school of Psychology at DCU.”