In March 2017, a team led by Dr Roddy Flynn of the Institute for Future Journalism and Media (FuJo) and DCU School of Communications made a successful bid to the HSE’s National Office for Suicide Prevention (NOSP) to survey and analyse the operations of Headline, which monitors mental health and suicide reporting in Irish media. The...Continue Reading
Fiona Kelly is a DCU graduate and donor to the DCU Access Programme. In this video, she explains how she was inspired to support the programme after speaking with a student caller during a recent Access Telethon.Continue Reading
For many DCU Access students coming to university can be a challenge. Access Post-Entry Support Officer, Colette Keogh, explains why and how the Access Programme helps students to overcome personal, financial and academic challenges to fulfil their potential.Continue Reading
The ten start-up teams supported by this year’s UStart student accelerator programme recently gathered at DCU’s Alpha Campus for the UStart Demo Day where the winners of the Best Start-up Opportunity and Best Pitch awards for 2017 were selected following a competitive pitching process. Demo Day marks the culmination of UStart, DCU’s accelerator programme which supports...Continue Reading
Katherine Zappone, Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, joined Dublin City University last night to launch a DCU-led report published by the European Commission on the development of a new tool to analyse the inclusiveness of education systems. International research indicates that school systems need to change in order to tackle early school leaving and...Continue Reading
DCU Water Institute has been nominated in two categories in this year’s prestigious Marine Industry Awards. The Awards recognise the most significant achievement of organisations and individuals involved Ireland’s marine industry. MESTECH @ The Water Institute is shortlisted in the category of Digital Oceans Award and Laboratory Award for its outstanding research in the area of...Continue Reading
On 24th March, DCU’s Institute for International Conflict Resolution and Reconstruction (IICRR) hosted a conference on the topic of Turkey and the Middle East Crisis: What’s the Price of Stability? The conference was organised in the context of the Irish Research Council-funded New Horizons Grant scheme. The central question of this conference was: While stability is needed for...Continue Reading
Construction of DCU’s new €14m Student Centre has commenced, a development which will significantly enhance the on-campus student experience at DCU. The new four-storey space in the centre of the Glasnevin campus will house: An Entrepreneurship and Innovation hub; a Student Leadership and Life-skills Centre; an Arts and Culture hub; office space for DCU’s clubs...Continue Reading
