DCU’s Excellence and Opportunity Fund provides transformative student scholarships and enables talented students to pursue doctoral research that makes an impact. In this video, PhD student Rhys Doyle shares how the DCU Access Programme gave him the emotional and financial support he needed to excel in university, even when faced with difficult choices. Now in...Continue Reading
Federica Fazio developed an interest in international relations at an early age. In light of the war in Ukraine, her doctoral research into European mutual defence commitments is both timely and essential. In this piece, she describes how the Paddy Moriarty Memorial Scholarship is helping her to excel as a PhD candidate in DCU’s School...Continue Reading
Dublin City University’s Anti-Bullying Centre has been allocated €100,000 in funding under the Ireland Against Racism Fund 2023. The Minister of State for Community Development, Integration and Charities, Joe O’Brien, made the announcement on 21 September, and confirmed 24 non-government organisations (NGOs) and community organisations will receive €1.3 million to combat racism and foster racial...Continue Reading
This year saw the creation of DCU’s first Access PhD Scholarship, thanks to support from Susan and Harry Hartford. Originally from north county Dublin, Harry Hartford now lives in Los Angeles, where he is the President and Head of Fundamental Research at Causeway Capital, an investment management firm which he co-founded in June 2001. In...Continue Reading
DCU’s Excellence and Opportunity Fund enables talented students to pursue doctoral research that makes an impact. In this video, final-year PhD students Lauren Kearney and Katie O’Rourke share how that support is helping them to take on some of our world’s most pressing challenges: tackling global warming and protecting biodiversity. Through the Excellence and Opportunity...Continue Reading
Finbar Horgan is in the final year of his PhD with Dr Neil Kenny in the School of Inclusive and Special Education at DCU’s Institute of Education. With support from the Kerley Autism Education Scholarship, Finbar is examining how student voice approaches can support the inclusion of pupils with autism in mainstream secondary schools in...Continue Reading
Jim O’Keefe is Managing Director of Retail Banking at AIB, a longstanding partner in our mission to transform lives and societies. In this piece, Jim explains why AIB is proud to support DCU’s National Centre for Family Business. Tell us about AIB’s partnership with DCU. AIB is a longstanding partner of DCU’s National Centre for...Continue Reading
Dr Éadaoin Slattery is a postdoctoral researcher in game-based learning and assessment at the Centre for Assessment Research, Policy and Practice in Education at DCU. Her research into digital game-based learning with Prof. Deirdre Butler is made possible by the collaboration and support of Dream Space at Microsoft Ireland. How did you first develop an...Continue Reading
Lauren Kearney is a PhD candidate in DCU’s School of Chemical Sciences. She explains how support from DCU’s Access Programme as an undergraduate student, and today from the Sinéad Strain STEM Scholarship have enabled her to pursue her passion for science, and research for a cleaner, greener world. “Growing up, it was just me and...Continue Reading
Professor Hamsa Venkat was appointed as the Naughton Family Chair in STEM Education at DCU in 2022. The Chair was created thanks to the generosity and vision of the Naughton Family Foundation. Professor Venkat holds the first chair in STEM education in Ireland to focus on primary and early childhood education, and one of only...Continue Reading
