Dublin City University

‘We’re not going back to a world before AI’: how technology is changing the classroom

Teachers are harnessing the power of artificial intelligence – and navigating its pitfalls – with the help of new courses

Santry site for with planning permission for a student scheme for €7.5m

Dublin 9 site has potential for a 221-bedroom purpose built student accomodation scheme

Young scientist exhibition: Twin sisters ‘mind the gap’ as they try to modernise study habits

AI brings challenges to contest but more positives than negatives, co-founder says

Academic claims DCU ‘kept her in the dark’ about permanent job while she was on maternity leave

Sociologist Dr Rebecca Murphy accused university of ‘gaslighting’ her in WRC complaint

‘There’s a girl in my course who travels from Monaghan every morning’: Housing the biggest election concern for DCU students

Housing is biggest challenge facing their generation and the number-one thing they want fixed, students say

‘I once brought my team to London and booked an apartment through a popular booking site. When we arrived, the apartment didn’t exist’

Me & My Money: Claire Tighe, chief executive of TheatreworX Productions

University open days: when they take place and what makes each university unique

Key details about 2024-2025 open days for UCC, UCD, TCD, UL, Maynooth University, University of Galway, DCU and RCSI

DCU says viral video ‘misrepresents’ graphic material shared with secondary teachers as part of SPHE course

Viral video claimed students would be exposed to inappropriate sexual material under new curriculum

‘Dealing with parents can be scary’: New teachers on life in today’s classroom

Although many young teachers are emigrating, most have chosen to stay in Ireland. Five of them share their experiences

Is free, publicly-funded childcare possible in Ireland?

Government has established a special unit to investigate what a ‘nationalised’ childcare model might look like

Israel is targeting educational infrastructure in Gaza. An academic boycott is the right response

Academics can’t just talk about freedom and the pursuit of knowledge, we must defend it too. But academic boycotts of Israel target institutions, not individual scholars

Trinity College Dublin drops five places to 139th in world university rankings

Of the nine Irish universities ranked five dropped, three remained in same position, and one, Dublin City University, improved

‘In school people are scared to be a bit strange’: Gifted students on life in mainstream schools

Exceptionally able students can often feel like outsiders - but many feel at home at the Centre for Talented Youth Ireland

Regulator expressed strong concerns with TikTok about content featuring self-harm, misogyny

Coimisiún na Meán held meeting with tech firm after RTÉ investigation and report by DCU Anti-Bullying Centre

Building blocks to a climate-just city

Policy silos, disjointed decision-making and lack of regional governance holds Dublin back from integrating housing and climate planning

Most third-level colleges increase on-campus accommodation costs for coming year

Students face sometimes ‘chaotic and claustrophobic’ shared spaces and rising prices countrywide

Can a school smartphone ban work? Here’s what principals and anti-bullying researchers think

Minister for Education Norma Foley is planning to ban mobile phones from all second-level schools. But is a ban really the best way forward?

Government ‘scrapes a B- grade’ in climate action report card

Friends of the Earth report card concludes ‘programme for Government commitments were not strong enough in first place’

Alternative access routes to Irish universities

Prospective students can avail of different pathways to university education in the State

Ireland has vowed to get tough on social media platforms - what are the options?

Taoiseach to convene meeting of State agencies and other stakeholders as concerns about online threats and inflammatory content escalate

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