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
DCU Educational Trust and DCU Sport are pleased to announce the creation of a new DCU Golf Scholarship commencing in September 2024. The scholarship will support a talented student golfer to progress their academic and sporting goals while enrolled as an undergraduate student at DCU over the course of a four-year degree programme, or on...Continue Reading
A workplace readiness day hosted by LinkedIn kicked off an exciting summer for DCU Access students and neurodivergent students taking part in philanthropically-supported internships. This summer, DCU Access to the Workplace is partnering with leading Irish companies to provide 78 professional summer internships for student groups who are known to experience disadvantage in the workplace...Continue Reading
Dublin City University has announced a significant new programme of philanthropically funded research on autism education and neurodiversity at DCU Institute of Education. Four PhD scholarships are to be created, as well as a six-month postdoctoral position. Bank of Ireland and Accenture have partnered with DCU to conduct a six-month study that will identify barriers...Continue Reading
On Thursday, 16th May, four inspiring teachers from across Ireland received the prestigious Teachers Inspire Ireland Desmond Award at a special ceremony in Dublin City University, hosted by RTÉ broadcaster Miriam O’Callaghan. Jill Farrell (teacher at St. Nessan’s National School, Mungret, Co. Limerick), Joe O’Driscoll (retired teacher from Carrigboy National School, West Cork), Meg Offiah...Continue Reading
