Campaign News

Programme successfully bridges the critical gap between academic learning and professional employment A study carried out by Dublin City University’s Access to the Workplace to evaluate its effectiveness in creating meaningful opportunities for underrepresented students while advancing organisational diversity and inclusion objectives has found that ATTW is delivering for both students and employers. The study...Continue Reading

Research currently shows that women make up less than 25% of STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) professionals in Ireland. In an effort to better understand the challenge and generate actionable insights, Dublin City University and Fidelity Investments Ireland have announced a new research project to tackle the persistent gender gap in STEM education and...Continue Reading

Applications open for the 2025 Fidelity Investments Women in STEM Student Scholarship. A collaboration between financial services leader Fidelity Investments Ireland and Dublin City University is providing a programme of scholarships to address the persistent underrepresentation of women in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics, both in the workplace and in university. Scholarship...Continue Reading

A newly commissioned work by Glasnevin-based artist John Nolan, Blurred Perceptions, was unveiled at an event this week in Dublin City University. The artwork hangs in a bright event space on the third floor of DCU Business School on the university’s Glasnevin campus. Blurred Perceptions is a celebration of colour, exploring how vivid yellows, reds...Continue Reading

The relationship between Dublin City University and AIB was celebrated at an event held in AIB Headquarters in Molesworth Street. AIB has been a key partner with DCU for three decades, supporting the University to develop talented graduates, advance our research, and enhance enterprise. AIB’s partnership with DCU’s National Centre for Family Business (DCU NCFB)...Continue Reading

This summer, St Patrick’s College Class of 1975 returned to campus to celebrate their 50th Anniversary. With over 100 in attendance, classmates travelled from all over Ireland to reunite once again as a class. Classmates recreated photos from their time in the college, reminisced, and caught up with old friends.  In a moving gesture, the...Continue Reading

The support of the Sunflower Charitable Foundation will accelerate the growth and development of DCU LifeLab, advance associated research and enable the programme’s move to a purpose-built laboratory in the new DCU Polaris building. DCU LifeLab is a health literacy intervention co-designed with teachers, young people, and health professionals to improve the health knowledge, choices...Continue Reading

The Dr Séamus McDermott Entrepreneurial Scholarship for 2024/2025 was awarded to first-year student Eoin Quinn at a hackathon event in DCU Business School on Wednesday, 26th March. The Business student was selected as part of a competitive application process for the scholarship, worth €9,000 over the course of his studies. The Liffey Trust was founded...Continue Reading

Today, DCU Educational Trust launched a new call to alumni to support the DCU Excellence and Opportunity fund. DCU graduate Ultan Doyle joined students on campus to show his support for the fundraising campaign. This spring, the appeal will ask DCU graduates around the world to donate to the university’s Excellence and Opportunity fund. It...Continue Reading

Dublin City University (DCU) and Deloitte have announced a new strategic alliance to elevate educational opportunities and drive innovation. It includes a commitment of €1 million of funding over the next five years. This collaboration builds on a long-standing relationship between the two organisations. The substantial investment will benefit all DCU Business School students. It...Continue Reading

DCU Institute of Education launched a new Centre for Literacy Research, Policy and Practice at an event on DCU St Patrick’s Campus on Tuesday, 19 November. The event was attended by educators, policy-makers, researchers and authors, who heard from expert speakers and panellists in the field of literacy. This innovative Centre was established to shape...Continue Reading

Dublin City University launched Access to the Workplace 2025 at an event in Chartered Accountants House on Pearse Street today. Now in its sixth year, this award-winning programme provides professional summer internships for DCU Access students from socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds, and for neurodivergent students. The launch event, Beyond Bias: Unlocking Future Talent, explored how organisations...Continue Reading

On Wednesday 6th November, 51 students received scholarship awards at an event on DCU’s Glasnevin Campus. This annual event in the DCU calendar honours past students, staff and friends of DCU who are remembered through memorial scholarships, as well as celebrating those who support future generations of DCU students through endowed scholarships. 31 students received...Continue Reading

A new four-year collaboration between financial services leader Fidelity Investments Ireland and Dublin City University will provide a programme of scholarships to tackle the persistent underrepresentation of women in the fields of science, technology, engineering and maths, both in the workplace and in education. This collaboration with DCU Faculty of Engineering and Computing, DCU Sport...Continue Reading

Professional services firm Azets Ireland has today been announced as the new sponsor of DCU Sport. Azets Ireland will be the main shirt sponsor across DCU sport teams, and will also be the named sponsors of the DCU Sport Scholarships Awards. This sponsorship funding will support the overall DCU Sport programme, including the sport scholarship...Continue Reading