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
Anne Rush is Chief People Officer at Linesight, the global construction consultancy firm. In this piece, she describes how DCU Access to the Workplace is furthering their strategy for diversity, equity and inclusion. What first inspired Linesight to support the DCU Access Programme? Linesight is committed to promoting diversity, equity and inclusion and, as a...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
Electronic Engineering student Alyssa always knew women and girls who loved to code. In this piece, she shares how her Qualcomm Student Scholarship gives her the support and encouragement to achieve her ambitions. “I have always been surrounded by intelligent women. I grew up with a sister, and went to all-girls primary and secondary schools,...Continue Reading
After winning the Dr Séamus McDermott Entrepreneurial Scholarship for 2024, first-year Global Business (Canada) student Giada Mazzini can’t wait to see what the future holds. In this piece, she shares how the scholarship has given her the motivation and the network to achieve her potential. “I had ten years’ experience in the workplace before I...Continue Reading
Through the research of DCU Institute of Education, our supporters are driving inclusion in schools and communities. In this video, Kerley Autism Education PhD Scholarship recipients Christina O’Keefe and Finbar Horgan share how their research in autism education is advancing our understanding of neuro-affirmative practices in schools. Thanks to their scholarships, both PhD candidates are...Continue Reading
For English and History student Nathan Croft, studying in DCU opened up a whole world of possibilities. In this piece, he shares how support from the DCU Access Programme helped him make the most of his time in university. “I grew up in Finglas, just down the road from DCU. I didn’t think I’d be...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
Dr Gemma Moore is an Associate Research Scientist in Yale Medical School, and a proud alumna of the DCU Access Programme. Here, she shares her journey from doctoral studies in DCU to researching cancer in Yale. Tell us about your connection to DCU and the DCU Access Programme. My connection to DCU was there...Continue Reading
