Ryan Carrick Archives – The College View

Giving Leaving Cert students predicted grades: Why it is a bad idea

April 14, 2020

Students had in their mind, for the duration of their senior cycle at least, that they would be doing the Leaving Cert and that is how they have prepared

Experts mistakenly link famous artefact to Christ’s resurrection

April 1, 2020

Scholars believed the document, known as the Nazareth Inscription, which bears a Roman emperor’s orders from 2,000 years ago, referred to early Christian claims of Jesus Christ’s resurrection from a tomb in Nazareth.

Fee-paying schools are no better than others in maximising academic abilities, study shows

March 18, 2020

Secondary school students with parents who have a university degree perform higher than those with parents who do not, according to new research.

SU Elections 2020 – DCU Business School Faculty Representative: Charlie Kinsella

March 3, 2020

Business School Faculty Rep candidate Charlie Kinsella is running for election to reduce the business faculty week to four days.

SU Elections 2020 – DCU Business School Faculty Representative: Kate Goodman

March 3, 2020

Kate Goodman is running for the position of Business School Faculty Rep to improve infrastructure in the business school building.

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.

Swipe right for data protection

February 19, 2020

Irish data regulators have launched an inquiry into Tinder and Google’s processing and managing of users’ data.

STIs on the rise by almost 16 per cent

February 19, 2020

Incidents of sexually transmitted infections (STI) increased by almost 16 per cent in one year, according to a new HSE report.

Tony Cantwell breaks out from the internet

February 17, 2020

Despite Storm Ciara battering the west coast, a crowd packed out the Town Hall Theatre in Galway braved the elements to see one of the biggest emerging Irish comedians, Tony Cantwell.The audience assembled at the bar before being called into the auditorium for the first of a line of shows titled “Pure Grá”.

Best equipment to invest in for vlogging

February 5, 2020

If you are new to the vlogging game, a simple smartphone would suffice for the more basic elements of vlogging. But if you are planning on taking things a little more serious, without the proper gear, it is difficult to provide the quality of video that people have come to expect from serious vlogging.

Reduction in Dublin policing expected in 2020

February 5, 2020

Garda Commissioner Drew Harris earmarked a €23 million reduction in policing in the Dublin region earlier this month, according to information received by TheJournal.ie.

Fee-paying schools increase prices

February 5, 2020

St. Columba’s College in Rathfarnham is the most expensive fee-paying school in the country and fees at the school increased from €8,000 in 2018/2019 to €8,654. It is still well below the pre-2016 cost of €12,264.

Public schools are closing the gap on private schools in sending students to university

December 11, 2019

A huge surge in college progression rates nationally has seen many schools around the country reach 100 per cent progression rates. A decade ago, it was only fee-paying schools and a handful of others who reached this figure while this year 50 non-fee paying schools achieved this.

The UK election: Is a labour vote the best hope for stopping Brexit

November 27, 2019

One thing has been made clear from the repeated deadline push-backs and the failed negotiations: you can have one of these things but you cannot have both.

DCU expert does not believe British military will be prosecuted for war crimes

November 27, 2019

However, Dr James Gallen, lecturer in the School of Law and Government at DCU, says that the statement by the Office of the Prosecutor is intended to have both legal and political effects but is unlikely to result in a prosecution.

Crackdown on third-level cheating and use of paid for essays

November 27, 2019

Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI) launched the National Academic Integrity Network on Thursday 14 November in response to the growing trend of students using online “essay mills” and paying for bespoke assignments, essays and, sometimes, theses which it says is a threat to the integrity of Irish higher education.