College View Archives – Page 2 of 2

New app to help students get home safely

April 19, 2017

A new student service, Dash (Driving All Students Home), is making its way across the country by allowing students to get taxis even when they have no cash, bank card or phone on them while

Number of applications for Mentorship Programme Increases

April 19, 2017

The DCU structured mentorship programme received nearly twice as many applicants this year than in 2016 says Head of DCU careers services, Yvonne McLoughlin. The programme, which aims to pair second-year students with alumni mentors

Gnó na Síoige Fiacla

March 22, 2017

Thosaigh an tsraith smaointe seo ag an deireadh seachtaine. Bhí mé féin agus mo Mham ag cur caoi éigin ar an gcistin nuair a thit rud éigin ar an urlár. ‘Céard é sin?’ arsa Mam.

Laochra Spóirt Inár Measc

March 22, 2017

Is athfhoilsiú é an t-alt seo ó Scáthán 2017 Brú, brú, brú de shíor. Léachtaí, staidéar, tionscadail, scrúduithe—agus fós tá mic léinn inár measc a bhfuil cáil orthu as éachtaí iontacha spóirt, ceoil nó imeachtaí

New SU Centre opens on St. Patrick’s Campus

March 8, 2017

A new permanent Students’ Union Centre opened up on St. Patrick’s Campus DCU in block D as a result of the Incorporation Programme, which included an integration of DCU’s Glasnevin and St. Patrick’s Student Unions.

Sraicfhéachaint ar Éifeacht Donald Trump i nDiaidh Míosa

March 8, 2017

Tar éis mí mar Uachtarán ar Stáit Aontaithe Meiriceá, tá sé soiléir go bhfuil Donald Trump dáiríre faoi na gealúintí tugtha aige nuair a bhí sé ag rith don ról i rith an tSamhraidh an

New INIS registration causes problems for students

October 26, 2016

The new INIS Registration process poses problems for international students with waiting times up to six weeks.

Anti-Islamisation group Pegida barred from rallying by protesters

February 10, 2016

The anti Islamic group Pegida was launched in Dublin last Saturday and it lead to many clashes between protestors and Gardai.

LIVE: Budget 2015

October 14, 2014

Join us today for Budget 2015 coverage, where we will have up-to-the-minute details on everything from Leinster House, both here and on our Twitter (@thecollegeview).

‘Labyrinth, come in’

April 22, 2014

Prior to the referendum initiated in 2012 by DCU Sinn Fein, the word ‘Labyrinth’ would have evoked an image of a 25-year-old U.K rapper responsible for hits such as Earthquake and Beneath Your Beautiful among

The seven people who do assignments

April 18, 2014

Regardless of your hatred for assignments, the time to do them will always come. How do YOU deal with them?

The six reasons why students vote

March 31, 2014

Some students go to hustings during the election period, but smart students make decisions based on free sweets.

Mock wedding sees DCU SU meet charity goal

March 7, 2014

DCU SU raised over €7,000 for charity when Welfare Officer Lorna Finnegan took NUI Maynooth’s Mal Callan’s hand in marriage.

30 Thoughts For 30 Days

October 23, 2013

It takes three weeks of relentless routine for something to become a habit. Take a look at our 30 thoughts for 30 days for a new outlook on life.

This year’s Isle of Man Festival cancelled

June 27, 2013

DCU SU had partnered with the festival – promoting the event in exchange for free tickets. But now it has had to be cancelled due to poor ticket sales.

The truth behind the story – an interview with Roddy Doyle

March 20, 2013

The taxi pulls up outside number 31. My driver points to the green door, that’s the one. Red brick house, typically Dublin. A calm, cold morning. The doorbell echoes. Inside he throws on a jumper

Sink or Swim? A man survives.

March 20, 2013

Sean O’Donoghue was 27 when he nearly drowned. Over 100 feet below the surface of the water, in the black of the North Sea, water began to stream into Sean’s diving helmet, slowly filling it

Student politics: do we care?

March 20, 2013

After the initial flurry of democratic enthusiasm dies down, the polling stations across DCU go quiet. From about 2 pm onwards, students manning the stations become a bit more desperate to get anyone and everyone

Fianna Fáil: The fall and rise

March 6, 2013

Dead and buried. Fianna Fáil were written off by many after their crash in the 2011 election, their support plummeting from 41% to a historic low of 17%. Now though, almost exactly two years since

The Science Behind: Genius

March 6, 2013

Imagine having your brain stolen. It happened once before. Einstein was his name. You know the guy with the mad hair and the brilliant mind. He died in 1955 from an aneurysm. And then Thomas

USI launch Don’t be that Guy campaign

February 6, 2013

The Union of Students in Ireland (USI) have launched the “Don’t be that Guy” campaign, a sexual assault awareness campaign targeting potential offenders. The campaign uses strong images with the taglines “It’s not sex when