News Archives – The College View

DCUSU don’t believe consent classes should be mandatory

November 14, 2018

DCU SU Vice President for welfare and equality does not believe in making consent workshops mandatory as it goes against the meaning of consent.

DCU rolls out all the stops on the new Monopoly board

November 14, 2018

DCU has made it onto the Dublin Edition of the Monopoly board, the only university in Dublin to do so.

DCUSU announce new student activist group

November 14, 2018

DCUSU VP for Education and Placement has announced a student activist group will be set up within the college to fight for various causes.

Over 1,600 children waiting over a year for a psychologist appointment

November 14, 2018

The figures show that 6,340 children were waiting to receive an appointment with a psychologist by the end of August this year, and that 1,607 children had been on the waiting list for over a year. 109 of these particular children were under the age of four.

NUIG and NEPHSTROM granted funding for coordinated project

November 14, 2018

NUIG have announced that their coordinated project with NEPHSTROM has been granted the funding to begin clinical trials.

Trinity Sport leak scholarship applicants’ personal information

November 14, 2018

The breached data is undergoing deletion, and according to Head of Trinity Sport Michelle Tanner, a report will be sent to the Data Protection Commission – a mandatory action as of May 25th this year, when the EU GDPR came into effect.

DCUSU held a Nurses Appreciation Day during reading week

November 14, 2018

DCUSU held a Nurses Appreciation Day on the Thursday of reading week as part of their aims to make reading week easier on those who don’t get one.

Four DIT students win ESB Inter College Challenge

November 14, 2018

Four students from DIT have won the ESB Inter College Challenge and are heading to Montreal next year.

DCU to introduce MA in Choral Studies

November 14, 2018

“Ireland is absolutely buzzing with choirs at the moment, and we hope to provide a great course for conductors and composers to upskill and get all the expertise and background knowledge to give them confidence in their art,” said Blunnie.

Dr Nicky Bertollo wins innovation award for drug and vaccine patches

October 31, 2018

Dr Nicky Bertollo has won the 2018 University College Dublin (UCD) Allergan Innovation Award for the innovative potential within his research to develop a new microneedle patch design to improve drug and vaccine delivery of the skin, giving him a research bursary of €7,000 to allow him to bring his novel microneedle patch design to the next stage of development.

Technological University Dublin to be fully established by the new year

October 31, 2018

Oireachtas have approved the draft order for the establishment of the technological university, the first in Ireland. The three IT’s, Dublin, Tallaght and Blanch will be dissolved officially on Jan 1st 2019 and become united as a university.

DCU student awarded with Hamilton Award for mathematics

October 31, 2018

DCU student Eanna Reilly has won a Hamilton prize in Mathematics, one of nine Irish students to receive this ever.

Universities across Ireland call on the government to tackle funding crisis

October 31, 2018

Seven universities in Ireland are turning to the public to put pressure on the government for more funding, Ireland have the second highest fees in Europe and are looking to the government for a way to tackle the funding crisis in fear of a serious drop in university quality.

EU and Singapore strengthen ties

October 31, 2018

The EU and Singapore have signed three Agreements: the EU-Singapore Trade Agreement, the EU-Singapore Investment Protection Agreement and the Framework Agreement on Partnership and Cooperation, according to a press release by the European Commission.

Millennials pave the way for cashless payments

October 31, 2018

Irish millennials could lead the way in making cashless payments between 60-70 per cent of all payments in the country within five years, according to the lead author of a new report into the technology.

Macedonia votes to change their name

October 31, 2018

The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia’s (FYROM) parliament voted to begin the process to rename their country to North Macedonia on October 20.

DCU granted €330,000 by Facebook for anti-bullying programme

October 31, 2018

Facebook and the National Anti-Bullying Research and Resource Centre (ABC) at DCU are launching a three-year partnership to implement an anti-bullying campaign to be placed in post primary education.

Up to 30 schools close in Dublin over structural problems

October 31, 2018

Schools across the country have been subject to closures due to structural problems after safety checks were conducted since 2015.

Campaign launched against deportation of DCU student

October 19, 2018

A campaign has been launched to prevent the deportation of a DCU student who fears for his life should he have to return to Zimbabwe.

Project to help people shopping with dementia launched in Raheny

October 17, 2018

Getting the Messages, a project that aims to make a supermarket more accessible to people with dementia, has been launched in the Raheny area.

Vodafone apologises after “sinister” marketing campaign

October 17, 2018

Vodafone Ireland’s latest marketing campaign has been referred to as “creepy” and “sinister” after journalists were sent framed pictures of themselves that appear to be smashed on October 3rd.

Michael D Higgins: Presidential Candidate

October 17, 2018

A dive into the presidential campaign led by Michael D. Higgins.

Protesters are refusing to vacate an unsafe and unoccupied Dublin property

October 17, 2018

The illegal occupation of a vacant Dublin property, that first started on September 8th as part of a protest to highlight Ireland’s housing crisis, is still in progress.

DCU and the Irish Heart Foundation team up to introduce a new physical activity programme

October 17, 2018

DCU and the Irish Heart Foundation team up to move 200,000 teens to the right path.

Families pay up to €28,000 for private autism care

October 17, 2018

Families are paying €28,000 per child on private autism care services, some of these being lone parent families.