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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

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

Lauren Ormsby is a third year student at DCU studying Early Childhood Education. In this piece, Lauren describes how the...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

Originally from Dublin, Ciara Conran graduated from DCU with a BSc in Education and Training in 2010. Now, working as...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

Colm Costigan was a very active man, having ran four marathons and competing the Ring of Kerry, until he suffered...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

DCU Access students embody DCU’s mission to transform lives and societies. Chloe Fowler is just one of these students, who,...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

Hugh Smith lives in Dublin with his wife and three children. He used to enjoy a thrill-seeking lifestyle, which unfortunately...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

Gemma Treacy from Cloghran is a final year Multimedia student in DCU. After having her daughter at the age of...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

Brendan Hyland has just completed his final year in Accounting and Finance at Dublin City University. In the coming weeks,...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

Write to Read is a professional development model that supports teachers to deliver high quality literacy programmes for children. Developed...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, Access Student, Amy Nannery, outlines how the Access to the Workplace programme gave her the opportunity to...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

At just 22 years old, DCU student Diarmuid O’Connor has experienced sporting achievements of which most young GAA players could...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

Twenty-two year old Laura Brady from Drumhillock in County Monaghan was the inaugural recipient of the UrbanVolt postgraduate scholarship in...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

20-year old UStart participant James Gallagher from Ratoath in County Meath is a 3rd year Computer Applications student at DCU...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

Daniel Harvey is a final year Business Studies student in DCU who has overcome significant setbacks to completing his degree...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

Emma is an Access student in her final year studying for a BA in Law and Politics at DCU. In...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

Discover how DCU’s Access programme helped journalism student Hannah Kelly to become the second person in her family to attend...Continue 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

CitySwifter is a transport technology platform that enables commuters and event attenders to crowd-source transport. It was set up in...Continue Reading