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Distance runner, and DCU Accounting and Finance graduate, Aoife O’Cuill is currently completing a Masters in Accounting with DCU Business...Continue Reading

Ciara Furlong is a PhD candidate in DCU’s School of Biotechnology. In this piece, she explains how support from the...Continue Reading

Wexford senior hurler, and DCU Business Studies graduate Rory O’Connor has just completed a MSc in Finance with DCU Business...Continue Reading

Declan Troy, Commercial Account Director at Arachas explains why they were inspired to support DCU’s Access to the Workplace Programme...Continue Reading

Yongda Li is searching for life signatures on Mars through his doctoral research in DCU’s School of Biotechnology. He hopes...Continue Reading

Dublin Ladies footballer Jennifer Dunne, is in her 4th and final year of studying a Bachelor of Education at DCU....Continue Reading

DCU Access to the Workplace provides DCU Access students with a high quality internship during their summer break, hosted by...Continue Reading

DCU Access to the Workplace provides DCU Access students with a high quality internship during their summer break, hosted by...Continue Reading

In 2019, four students began their journey at DCU to become the first Deaf primary school teachers using Irish Sign...Continue Reading

Steven Colgan graduated from DCU with a degree in Economics, Politics and Law in 2013. During his time in university,...Continue Reading

DCU Access students embody DCU’s mission to transform lives and societies. In this video, final year Analytical Science student Chantel...Continue Reading

Francis Street CBS first got involved with the Write to Read Programme in 2019 to improve student’s writing and reading...Continue Reading

The DCU Access Programme gives students the opportunity to fulfil their potential in life, no matter who they are or...Continue Reading

Martin Lynch graduated from DCU with a Bachelor in Business Studies in 2009. Since then, Martin has completed a MSc...Continue Reading

Victoria O’Toole is a final year Law and Society student at DCU from Co. Wicklow. In this piece, Victoria explains...Continue Reading

Blayne Walsh graduated with a BSc in Chemical and Pharmaceutical Science from DCU in 2011. Since then, he has gone...Continue Reading

The meaning of FUSE is to join or blend to form a single entity. Through Irish and international best research...Continue Reading

Chloe Ward is a third year student from Coolock, Dublin, studying Computer Applications at DCU. In this piece, she describes...Continue Reading

In 2019, four students began their journey to becoming the first Deaf primary school teachers using Irish Sign Language (ISL)...Continue Reading

Eromonsele Clements is a third year Mechatronic Engineering student at DCU. In this piece, he describes how the DCU UFirst...Continue Reading

Playing with Dublin’s minor team, u21 team and senior football team over the last seven years, DCU student, Evan Comerford,...Continue Reading

Sarah Torrans is a third year General Nursing student at DCU from Knocklyon, Dublin. Sarah manages a busy schedule of...Continue Reading

CitySwift is just one of the successful businesses that has passed through DCU’s UStart programme. Brian O’Rourke, founder and Chief...Continue Reading

Launched in 2018, GiveBack.ie is a passive way to raise funds to end street homelessness in Dublin. By downloading the...Continue Reading

Originally from Cavan, Amy is currently studying a Masters in Climate Change: Policy, Media and Society in DCU after graduating...Continue Reading

Datascan is a second generation Irish family business that specialises in document and information processing. In this piece, Orla Cafferty,...Continue Reading

Sarah is currently studying a Masters in Social Media Communications after graduating with a BA in Communications Studies at DCU....Continue Reading

Anne came to Ireland from Nigeria to seek asylum in 2016. She has lived in the direct provision system since...Continue Reading

After several family bereavements, Kim wasn’t sure if she would make it to university. In this piece, Kim explains how...Continue Reading

Nadia Power is a third year Marketing, Innovation and Technology student at DCU, who recently won bronze at the European...Continue Reading

Professor Deirdre Butler of DCU’s Institute of Education is an internationally recognised leader in the creative use of digital technologies...Continue Reading

Jason is a second year student, completing a BA in Religious Education and History at DCU. In this piece, he...Continue Reading

Deirdre Heffernan, originally from Co. Mayo, lived a normal life in Dublin until she experienced a rare life-changing illness which...Continue Reading

Head of Talent at Vodafone, Claudine McMahon, explains why Vodafone were inspired to support DCU’s Access to the Workplace programme...Continue Reading

Sisa Bhebhe came to Ireland from Zimbabwe in 2013 as an asylum seeker. In September 2018, Sisa was able to...Continue Reading

Digicel and DCU Educational Trust have collaborated for a number of years to provide unique work experience for final year...Continue Reading

James McDonald grew up in Ballymun and from an early age hoped to attend the university that he could see...Continue Reading

Casey McHugh is in her second year studying the BA in Communications Studies at DCU. She is from a small...Continue Reading

Claire Joyce is in her third year studying Irish and Geography at the DCU Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences....Continue Reading

Sean Trimble comes from a north Dublin community where just 15% of students progress to third level education. With the...Continue Reading

Joy Newton from Co. Sligo, a graduate of DCU’s BA in Communications Studies, is one of the two NTR Foundation...Continue Reading

In this video, PwC People Partner, Emma Scott, explains how supporting the Access to the Workplace programme allows the company...Continue Reading

In this video, DCU Access student, Maitiu MacUaid, explains how the Access to the Workplace programme gave him the opportunity...Continue Reading

Emma is an Access student who recently graduated with a BA in Law and Politics at DCU and is now...Continue Reading

Time spent at DCU has a special place in the hearts of many students, staff and alumni. Through a memorial...Continue Reading

Sophie Becker from Wexford is a promising young Irish athlete, who has represented Ireland in international competition at the U23...Continue Reading

Diana Oprea moved from Romania to Ireland in 2011 and settled in Rush, Co. Dublin with her family. She is...Continue Reading

Professor Mathias Urban was appointed as the Desmond Chair in Early Childhood Education at DCU in 2017. The Chair was...Continue Reading

Shepherd moved to Ireland in 2007 from Zimbabwe, fleeing political persecution and violence under the regime of Robert Mugabe and...Continue Reading

Rachel O’Connor is Head of Sales with Colourtrend, one of Ireland’s leading decorative paint brands. In this interview, she explains...Continue Reading

Access graduate Raymond Moran grew up in an area where it wasn’t the norm to progress to higher education. Today...Continue Reading

US-based testing company Prometric committed almost €1 million to support assessment research at DCU which led to the appointment of...Continue Reading

In September 2017, DCU PE and Biology student Sarah Rowe took to the field with Mayo to contest the LGFA...Continue Reading

Patrick Buckley is Managing Director of family business EPS Group, a leading provider of water and wastewater treatment and pumping...Continue Reading

Sheelagh Brady is a former Garda who left the force in 2012 to work with the UN as a Senior...Continue Reading

For many DCU Access students coming to university can be a challenge. Access Post-Entry Support Officer, Colette Keogh, explains why...Continue Reading

With the DCU Access Programme – the world is always full of possibility for talented young people – no matter...Continue Reading

Jamie completed his BCL in Law and Society at DCU in 2017. His story represents the journey of many of...Continue Reading

Michael is a 3rd year Marketing, Innovation and Technology student at DCU. In this piece, he explains the opportunities which...Continue Reading

Cathal is a Marketing, Innovation and Technology student at DCU. The eldest of three children from Athlone, he is now...Continue Reading

In 2012, DCU became the world’s first Age-Friendly UniversityContinue Reading

With seed funding from DCU Educational Trust, the Ireland India Institute established a presence in 2016 and won a €3.8...Continue Reading

George Mihailescu is a third year Physics with Biomedical Science student at DCU. After moving to Ireland, George’s parents settled...Continue Reading

DCU Access students past and present describe how higher education is changing their lives.Continue Reading