DCU’s award-winning Access to the Workplace programme has provided 245 professional summer internships for DCU Access students from socio- economically disadvantaged backgrounds, and for neurodiverse students, since it was first launched in 2019. Internships are hosted by leading Irish companies, who also support Access scholarships at DCU. In this video, Niall Flanagan, Associate Director of...Continue Reading
On Wednesday, 30th November, Dublin City University hosted ‘Teams that Thrive,’ a special event to mark the launch of DCU Access to the Workplace 2023. Speakers at the event included fashion designer and Founder of WorkEqual, Sonya Lennon, and Dublin senior footballer and People and Change Manager at KPMG, Jonny Cooper, together with companies and...Continue Reading
Ross Munnelly is Director of Alumni Relations at DCU. In this piece, he describes what the university means to him and over 90,000 alumni around the world. He also discusses the importance of giving alumni opportunities to stay involved with their alma mater, and why he decided to start supporting scholarships at DCU in a...Continue Reading
DCU Educational Trust is pleased to announce the creation of the new Dr Séamus McDermott Entrepreneurial Scholarship at DCU, thanks to a generous philanthropic gift from The Liffey Trust. The scholarship will be awarded annually from 2022 to 2032 to promote the concepts of job creation, entrepreneurial development and education for life in the minds...Continue Reading
For the first time since 2019, first year DCU Access students were invited on campus for an Access orientation. Over the course of three days, over 200 students took part in the orientation which assisted them in transitioning into the third-level learning environment. Students received welcome addresses from the DCU President, Prof Daire Keogh, and...Continue Reading
Ciara Furlong is a PhD candidate in DCU’s School of Biotechnology. In this piece, she explains how support from the Pierse Endowed Scholarship Fund has enabled her to pursue research that is coming up with solutions to the growing resistance of bacteria to antibiotics. I have always had a love of science and I opted...Continue Reading
Jamie is one of 1,144 students currently supported by DCU’s Access Programme in the 2021/22 academic year. In this video, Jamie describes how the DCU Access Programme enabled him to pursue his dream of third level education.Continue Reading
Declan Troy, Commercial Account Director at Arachas explains why they were inspired to support DCU’s Access to the Workplace Programme while Access Student, Faruq Raji, describes how the Access to the Workplace Programme was an invaluable opportunity for him.Continue Reading
Yongda Li is searching for life signatures on Mars through his doctoral research in DCU’s School of Biotechnology. He hopes that one day, his simple, low cost and effective tests will be deployed on a mission to Mars. In this piece, he describes how support from the Orla Benson Memorial Scholarship is helping to advance...Continue Reading
Dublin Ladies footballer Jennifer Dunne, is in her 4th and final year of studying a Bachelor of Education at DCU. Jennifer is now the recipient of the Paddy J Wright Sport Memorial Scholarship for two years running. In this piece, she describes how the scholarship has helped her to juggle her final year studies and...Continue Reading
