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In November 2025, fourth-year Aviation Management student Chloe Smith became the first ever recipient of the daa Aviation Scholarship. She was presented with the bursary for achieving the highest marks in her third year assignments. Here, she shares how the support of the daa has inspired her to forge ahead with her dream of becoming...

For their final year project, Computing for Business students Zeynep Altintas and Lizel Sulaj created an app for monitoring crowd control at outdoor events. This promising business idea won them the Mallin Entrepreneurship Award. Here, they share their excitement about the win and their ambitions for their product. DCU’s four-year Computing for Business degree combines...

The Hannah and Paula Delves PhD Scholarship has enabled Órla Cremen to further her ambitions for a career in research. Her PhD work focusing on understanding the immune-related side effects of Antibody Drug Conjugates (ADCs) is already showing promise. “I’m originally from Cork, where I did an undergrad in medical science. I majored in cancer...

Aaron’s path to higher education wasn’t always straightforward – but a school guidance counsellor gave him the confidence he needed to follow a Post-Leaving Certificate (PLC) entry route to university. Here, the Maureen O’Farrell Scholarship recipient shares how the right teachers and the DCU Access Programme are supporting his journey to become a teacher and...

PhD student Hannan Galeb hopes her pioneering research on sustainability in accounting will help companies mitigate their environmental impact. A recipient of the Susan and Harry Hartford Access PhD Scholarship, Hannan was recently awarded competitive funding from Research Ireland to further her work.  “This is a very interesting time for sustainability in accounting. As of...

Since graduating from DCU with a BA in Jazz and Contemporary Music Performance, Kaelan Zipoli is living his dream of performing and recording music. Here, the Ray Comiskey Memorial Scholarship recipient shares what he loves about jazz and how his time in DCU led to exciting collaborations. “My mam loves old-school jazz so there was...

An inspirational mother and a keen in interest in helping others inspired Ketsia Matondo to pursue a degree in Health and Society at DCU. As she explains, the DCU Access Programme has provided invaluable support as she works towards her goal. “I was born in Galway, but I grew up in in Blanchardstown as the...

The DCU Access Programme is helping Heather Campbell pursue her dream of becoming a teacher. The first in her family to go to university, Heather has overcome personal challenges and made brave decisions that led her to embark on a Bachelor of Education degree at DCU. Now in her second year of study, the Access...

Niall Ashfield’s doctoral research in DCU School of Biotechnology explores targeted treatments for HER2+ breast cancer. Thanks to support from the Orla Benson Memorial Scholarship, he’s collaborating with researchers in Norway to take his research one step closer to patients. “I was always interested in science – that was what first drew me to the...