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Global Brigades seek volunteers for a life-changing trip to Ghana

Global Brigades seek volunteers for a life-changing trip to Ghana

Global Brigades are calling for medicine and nursing students to volunteer and join their medical brigade to Ghana this August. The organisation, which is the world’s largest student-led global health and sustainable development organisation, will be sending a medical brigade to the country for 10 days. Although brigades are generally consist of 15 to 25 people, the medical one which Global Brigades aim to send will be higher due to the area’s demand for nurses and medical assistants. Volunteers interested in participating in the programme must cover their own expenses for [...]

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Are you ready? 24-hour live DCUTV

Are you ready? 24-hour live DCUTV

DCU shall take over Aer TV.ie tomorrow as they attempt to host a 24 Hour Live Broadcast, at 8pm tomorrow evening. All shows to be aired throughout the marathon have been made by DCU students and will include DCU’s own Apprentice, Babestation and The Late Late Show. Last year the 24-Hour Broadcast raised over €2000, but this year’s team are planning to at least double that figure, all in aid of Temple Street Children’s Hospital. Throughout the broadcast there will be various ways to donate via text and the internet. Spar on [...]

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Merit is underrated

Merit is underrated

Access to University is a privilege, not a right. Dublin City University (DCU) campus prides itself on the manner in which it is open to, and a part of the local community. Considerable resources are put in to opening up the campus to local children and adults. It’s an admirable sentiment that I have not seen in the two other Universities that I have studied in. Noble as the policy clearly is, it does at times seem more like a post primary after school club than a third level campus. [...]

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All-Ireland Student Takeover, DCUFM

All-Ireland Student Takeover, DCUFM

DCUFM always believe “you can’t beat good radio”. Undoubtedly this motto was amplified on Saturday with the first ever All-Ireland Student Radio Takeover. The event itself, which trended on twitter under #SRT012, hosted six of Ireland’s finest college broadcasters to make it the beginning of something special. The idea itself was born way back in the middle of August last year when Russell James, better know as R.J., had a vision of such an event. What followed was a lot of planning and e-mailing by DCUFM {Seamus Conwell (DCUFM Manger), Cian McMahon (Technological guy) and Robyn Keleghan (MPS [...]

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Coicís na Gaeilge – 100 years for Seachtain na Gaeilge

Coicís na Gaeilge – 100 years for Seachtain na Gaeilge

Gaeilgeoirí and foghlaimeoirí wag their tongues for the next two weeks in celebration of 100 years of ‘Seachtain na Gaeilge.’ The festival will be running this year from the 5 – 15 March and will see a host of events accumulate to create an explosion of Irish culture and language. Sult magazine very graciously lists all activities that will be running during the next fortnight. Bernard Dunne is taking part in raising awareness of ‘An Ghaeilge’ and its speakers with his programme ‘Bród Club’ ón RTÉ1, which, having begun last night, now airs every Monday at [...]

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Over to you, Mr President…

Over to you, Mr President…

DCU’S President told students last week what he really thinks of Ireland’s Minister for Education, his ideas on how to engage with students and the big names he hopes to bring on campus for the Constitutional Convention Campaign. At last week’s Class Representative Council meeting, Professor Mac Craith commended Mr Quinn and said he felt that ‘for the first time in a while we have a Minister who is passionate about education.’ Professor Mac Craith defended Ruairi Quinn’s changed position on many financial issues concerning third level education in Ireland. [...]

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DCU’s power packed bench crush UUJ

DCU: 0-17 UUJ: 1-05 A powerful second half performance from DCU’s star studded side ended UUJ’s chances of reaching the final for the second year running. The O’Byrne Cup winners have an unrivalled strength in depth and they were able to call on the services of inter county stars David Kelly and Michael Murphy to help them turn around their performance in the second half. The first half was evenly contested and a well taken shot by UUJ’s Antoin McFadden gave fellow Donegal start Michael Boyle no chance in the [...]

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DCU roll Poly out of Sigerson

DCU roll Poly out of Sigerson

      DCU       0-16       (0-5) UUJ        1-5          (1-3) DUBLIN City University will be seeking their third Sigerson Cup in six years tomorrow against Maynooth. They ran out rather easy winners in the finish against UUJ and will be full of confidence for the decider in less than 24 hours time. The city side showed what they can do right from the first play of the game. A great move of one-touch-football was finished by Paul Flynn. The game did not take long to get straight into top [...]

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DCU Project Young Designer 2012 takes centre stage

DCU Project Young Designer 2012 takes centre stage

Studenty’s Kim Gavin reports from last night’s fashionable affair. Last night saw the semi-final of DCU Style Society’s Project Young Designer 2012 take centre stage at The Helix. The competition aims to provide a platform for young fashion designers attending design colleges around Ireland to showcase their original and innovative work. Contestants from around Ireland submitted mood boards to the Society, from which 19 showstopping designs were selected and successfully modelled  by DCU students at the showcase. The heat saw the 19 contestants narrowed down into a top twelve instead [...]

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Are you up for DCU RAG week?

Are you up for DCU RAG week?

It’s Raise And Give (RAG) Week in DCU this week and this year, DCU’s relatively new RAG Soc set the ambitious goal of raising €10,000 for a host of charities including: Bee for battens, The Make a Wish Foundation and the DCU Hardship Fund. Each day of the week-long event will also feature a “RAG Challenge”,  something fun and different you can do to help raise funds while having the craic. Unfortunately you have missed Mondays action which included Brush boarding, a visit from FM104 and dunking  unlucky people in a vat [...]

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