"Connection - Fotosoc's first published magazine is now available for order on our website dcu-fotosoc-store.myshopify.com and soon to be available in certain book stores around Ireland with all proceeds going to Jigsaw Youth Mental Health Charity. The zine includes work from our own fotogang as well as some talented poetry soc members. Big shout out to Peter O'Neill from the college view for covering an article on connection which you can read here. We are so excited for all of you to get your hands on this to see the work we've put into it. Many thanks to DCU Alumni for sponsoring this project !!"

"Are you stuck writing your thesis? Or need to finish a paper or article but just can't seem to focus? Join the peer-driven writer's retreat on the 14th of April to get your focus on. This retreat is organized as part of the IPRC Research Week conference and will take place from 10:00-12:00 UTC+1. Register via https://comsys.io/c/iprc-research-week/ for free to get the virtual location."

"Leslie - 9 pointsEmma - 7 PointsLiam - 7 PointsÓisin: - 3 Points Thank you to all who participated and house points will be distributed soon"

"Hi everyone, we hope you’re all excited for the Intersociety Quiz organised by @science_and_health_dcu in partnership with @galstem.dcu, @dcuneurosoc and @sparc_dcu this Friday the 26th of February at 7:00pm via zoom! Remember, this is a science-based quiz, with physics, chemistry, biology and maths and neuroscience rounds so get your STEM hats on!This is a team quiz, so you can sign up alongside your friends following the link below (5 per team)- there are plenty of amazing prizes to be won so don’t miss out! Not only are there prizes up for grabs, but the top 4 teams will all qualify for an inter-university quiz with other universities from around Ireland!Don’t fret if you don’t have a team to sign up with - as we can form teams from any individuals that sign up using the link. It’s not too late to sign your teams up ?Sign up here! : https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1DnWXvTQ5yfyJjy4GBzGoXLMPdSXhf28f3KEdVqc7hps/viewform?ts=602c1daa&gxids=7628&edit_requested=trueSwipe to see the quiz regulations! Don’t worry, this is all fun and games so if you’d like to take part just for the fun of it please do! ?Join us this friday for a bit of craic using this zoom link: https://dcu-ie.zoom.us/j/97541425214?pwd=d1VvdVpWdUcvSHNXa20rcFVpV29FUT09"

"Hey everyone,If you want to join the DCU Marchaton but don't have a fun team yet - the Dublin Law and Politics Review is joining as a team! Only 2 places left for those wanting to join in the walking :)For those who have missed the email on marchaton here is the info below:Welcome to Marchathon 2021 – the all-Ireland Step Challenge !!  This year, Sustainability DCU together with DCU Healthy and DCU Sports and Wellbeing have organised an engaging and exciting set of weekly challenges to motivate and encourage you to get those walking shoes on!  Each week you and your team will be eligible to win prizes in both the internal DCU and overarching NTA challenges.For 4 weeks from Monday 1st March to Friday 28th March, Staff and Students from campuses all over the country will be aiming to get moving this March.  Everyone is welcome to get involved.To take part you need to :1.    Get into a team of 3 – 6 people2.    Sign up online at www.activetravellogger.ie (If you have participated before you can just login or if this is your first time you will need to register your details with your DCU email address)a)   Team captain: choose a team name and set your team up on the Active Travel Loggerb)  Team members: sign up online at Active Travel Logger, find a team and join it.Here is a quick video guide to help youc) We will be running some team creation session’s in the last week in Feb - so don’t worry if you can’t fill your team we can help identify suitable membersd) If you sign up by 19th Feb then you will be in the hat for a small prize from the NTA.3.   Step Counter — any step counter will work - you can download an app (e.g. Free Smarter Travel Step Counter), buy a pedometer, use a Fit Bit, or other step tracking device -  you will need to log your steps on the  www.activetravellogger.ie before 14.00 on the Monday of each week – if you can’t logon for any reason your captain can also log your steps for you.4.    From 1st March to 28th March get walking where possible, try lunchtime walks, try walking meetings….aiming to increase your steps throughout the challenge and log your steps each week.5.       Have Fun !Here is a link to the  Participants Guide.There are lots more prizes to be won throughout the challenge so keep an eye on your emails.If you have any questions please contact me at or you can email the experts at info@smartertravelcampus.ie. Please note due to high volumes it may take up to 48 hours to respond to queries sent to this email address. Kind regards from the Sustainable Healthy Sporty Team !!!!!"

"DCU students Nadia Power, Sophie Becker and Andrew Coscoran have been selected for the Irish Athletics Team competing in the upcoming European Indoor Athletics Championship in Torun, Poland, March 5-7. Power, a final year MINT (Marketing, Innovation and Technology) student has enjoyed a fantastic indoor season so far and will be aiming for a place in this year’s 800 metres Indoor final after a string of personal bests and national record performances at the recent World Athletics Indoor Tour. The Dublin City Harrier club woman has posted a 2:00.98 finish this season and is ranked 7th in Europe, 10th in the world and is currently inside the World Athletics Quota ranking system for Olympic Qualification. Andrew Coscoran ran a lifetime best over 1500m at the World Indoor Tour meeting in Lievin in France this month; finishing fifth in a world class field. The final year Education and Training Student ran 3:37.20 which placed him fifth on the Irish all-time list behind Marcus O’Sullivan and Eamon Coughlan. The Dubliner is also inside the quota for Olympic qualification.Sophie Becker is also in superb form breaking her own personal best at the recent Athletics Ireland Elite Micro meeting on February 21st. She clocked 53.20 in the 400 metres and is currently the third fastest Irishwoman over this distance indoors. The Wexford athlete is the current National women’s 400m indoors and outdoors champion. Paul Byrne, Head of Athletics at DCU said, "I'm delighted for Nadia, Andrew and Sophie on their selections for European Indoors next week. All the hard work and dedication over the difficult number of months is coming to fruition. All three are sport scholarship athletes combining their academic and athletics ambitions to the highest levels. It has given everyone in DCU and DCU Athletics Club a huge boost to see them qualify and everyone is looking forward to watching them in action next week."James Galvin, Director of DCU Sports and Wellbeing commented, "I want to congratulate Nadia, Sophie and Andrew on their wonderful accomplishment of qualifying for the forthcoming European Indoor Athletics Championships. We know the commitment to hard work and long hours, largely unseen, that is required to achieve their athletic goals. We are especially proud of the academic success of these DCU student-athletes and they are to be commended for their ambition and achievements.A special mention to DCU Athletics coaches Joe Ryan and Daniel Kilgallon who coach athletes Cian McPhillips (800m), John Fitzsimons (800m) and Israel Olatunde (60m) who will also compete in Torun. DCU alumnus Paul Robinson (1500m) was also selected on the team. Pictured (l-r) Becker, Coscoran and Power in action"

"Join Rob Lauder to discuss the forgotten history around LGBT. He will be joined with the following people:Margaret Watts who will be giving a personal view on the impact of the self-imposed Hollywood morality code, (the Hays code) on the entertainment industry, and its impact on freedom of expression and the representation of members of the LGBT+ community, on and off the screen; Bioarchaeologist Tom Booth talking about how looking at aDNA and archaeology sites is creating an open space for new interpretations of LGBT+ history  Representatives from the National Trust will talk about its 2017 Prejudice and Pride programming, lessons learned, its successes and what comes next.The link to this amazing event is as followshttps://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/celebrate-our-lgbt-history-tickets-136415595719?aff=ebdssbonlinesearch&keep_tld=1"

"ELSA DCU is hosting our Pathways from Law event on Wednesday the 24th of February @ 6:30pm. We are hosting a panel discussion about the possible uses for your law degree. If you wish to join this event you can join ELSA DCU through the link in our Instagram bio."

"Hey guys, Volunteer Overseas Chairperson, Rachel Kenny, is doing 50km paddling in a kayak during the month of March to raise money for education programs for people in direct provision and also refugees living in Iraq. We have previously done an event with SCOOP Foundation where they spoke about the Generation Change program along with their other important projects on both a national and international level. All donations are greatly appreciated as we know it has been a very touch year for everyone. Link it donate is also provided on the poster, https://generationchange.ie/campaigns/rachel-kenny/  We will keep you update on how the fundraiser is going as we progress through the Month of March. We would love if you could support in any way that you can and keep up with Rachels progress in her training and preparation before the event kicks off on 1st of March. Wishing you all the best, Volunteers Overseas Committee "

"As you can see we are currently third but with one more event we can still come first. All we need is bravery, loyalty, wit and ambition"

"(IM)MIGRATION LAW & POLICY Are you researching migration law or policies? Would you like to present your research?  Call for Abstracts An estimated 258 million people, approximately 3 per cent of the world's population, currently live outside their country of origin. Many of whose migration is characterized by varying degrees of compulsion, or because of free movement within the EU. While migration is a positive and empowering experience for many, it is becoming increasingly evident that there is a lack of human rights-based migration governance at the global, regional and national levels. This situation leads to the routine violation of migrants' rights in transit, at international borders, and in the countries, they migrate.The colloquium will provide a platform for researchers and research students to present and share their research and how it contributes to or impacts society. The researchers will also have an opportunity to receive feedback from academic mentors. There will be a prize of 100€ for the best abstract and the best presentation.Abstract selection will consider how well the research goal is explained research and how it will impact the society. Contributions can cover any area of migration law and policy. The conference aims to offer researchers, experts, scholars, and policymakers an opportunity to engage in a constructive debate on migration law and policy. The call for abstracts is open to all disciplines.Abstracts should be limited to 500 words, written in English and must include the author's name and institution e-mail address. Submissions can be made HERE by 28th February 2021. Successfully applicants will be informed in early March. Questions can be submitted through: contact@dublinlpr.ie. This colloquium is a part of the IPRC research week and is organized by the Dublin Law and Politics Review and the DCU School of Law and Government.Colloquium Date: Colloquium Time: UTC+1 time zone"

"We are delighted to publicly announce a partnership with Ronald McDonald House Charities Ireland.The Ronald McDonald House, situated on the grounds of Children's Health Ireland in Crumlin, provides accommodation, care, and support for families of seriously ill children. The program enables families to face the weight of illness together, providing a "home-away-from-home". ??Since 2004, RMHC Ireland has helped in excess of 4,274 families from all over Ireland. Now, they are focused on building a new Ronald McDonald House alongside the New Children's Hospital in Dublin 8.iDonate page: www.idonate.ie/DCUDrama RMHC Ireland website: https://rmhc.ie Stay up to date on our partnership here on social media as we fundraise for and support this amazing organisation this semester! ?"

"Hello poets and poetry lovers!This month we are highlighting the work of Eve Ewing. She is a sociologist, author, visual artist and poet from Chicago. She is also the author of the Ironheart comic book series for Marvel. Over the course of the month we'll be highlighting her poems and work so keep an eye out for on social media to see more about her.-Fay"

"Does gender provide justice?Caoimhe Kiernan talks to Prof. Sally J. Kenney from Tulane University on the role of women in the European and U.S. judiciary and the impact they make."

"On Friday the 5th of February, DCU trad society will be joining forces with Trinity trad society for a virtual event. Together we will learn tunes, chat about traditional music and have some craic. The zoom link will be shared on our instagram page on Friday. "

"2021 cast lists are COMPLETE! ? Rehearsals begin this week for this semester's exciting line-up of shows! ? Check out our website to see the amazingly talented bunch taking to the stage in a couple of weeks! ? https://dcudrama.ie/?p=1590"

"School's back in session! ??? Go loosen up those vocal chords because DCU Drama is BACK with a longing for some silly sing-songs! ? This week, to launch the semester, we will be hosting a "back to school" open mic - so exciting! Starting at 7pm this Drama Wednesday, this is sure to be a super fun evening of singing and dancing! ?"

"Hola a todos!  We're looking forward to bringing you guys some great regular events! This Semester we've a lot of great virtual events on the way!All of our Virtual Events can be accessed via our Discord Server - Link to our Discord ServerCoffee Mornings - Tuesdays at 11amOur Coffee Mornings return! This semester come along for a chat in Spanish or English on our Discord server! A great opportunity to get some practice in and meet people in the society!Monthly Quiz - last week of every month!Our quizzes last semester were such a success we've decided to do them every month! They'll be on Wednesday evenings at 7 pm, come along and test your knowledge of Spanish Trivia!Monthly Film NightOur Monthly Film nights continue! We're looking forward to some solid greats of Spanish and Latin American cinema monthly, also on a Wednesday evening at 7!Flamenco and Classical Guitar Workshops with DCU AIMSWe're looking forward to continuing our Guitar workshops with AIMS this semester! We'll be mixing it up with both a Flamenco and a Classical Guitar workshop a month!You can find when all our events are happening on our Instagram @Dcuspanish or in the announcements text channel of our Discord Server!(We are also hoping to run bi-monthly Spanish Classes this year! More info on those to come)"

"Welcome back to Semester two folks! We hope you're all keeping well,Last semester brought us into a lot of interesting firsts, taking on some major inter-versity co-operation with TCD and UCD Hispanic, getting involved in a brand new society charity drive, our very own Discord server and teaming up with DCU AIMS for guitar classes! We're all really excited to get back into some more Spanish events with you all, hoping to introduce both a weekly Spanish Coffee Morning as well as some bi-monthly Spanish lessons! More info on these events to follow soon!Hasta Pronto!-Pauric Leech, Chairperson"

"Hi everyone! We're back and kicking off semester two with a little mixer event for all members including some of our lovely alumni members! It will be a nice chance for everyone to catch up and have a chat about what we have planned for the weeks ahead. Hope to see you all there! Meeting ID: 965 4250 7994 Passcode: alumni"

"Hey everyone, I hope you are all having a great start to semester 2!If you haven't heard already in addition to our normal online classes we have now added a homeschooling section for children with intellectual disabilities who are currently out of school. We are delighted that we have gained some new members and that so many of you want to get involved with creating these videos. All of the videos that we have received so far have been incredible and we are so thankful for everyone's help!If you would like to get involved send us a message on Instagram, or email headstartsdcu@gmail.com. Don't forget to join our volunteer Whatsapp group to stay up to date! Click here to join!"

"Welcome back guys to semester 2! How was your Christmas? Hope you had a great holiday and the exams went in your favour!! Redbrick is back full swing, and we hope you're ready for a brilliant semester full of cool new events every week! Our Friday Games Night is also back now, so make sure to come on down for that! Keep watching our events section for updates!Have a great week!Remus-PRO"

"Hello poets and poetry lovers!Our December poet of the month was Ocean Vuong, a Vietnamese poet (and one of Ella's favourites). This month our poet is Sabrina Benaim, a slam poet who writes about mental health (she was Sam's choice). We will be ending the month with an evening dedicated to both of them, since we couldn't have one only for Vuong. You can also find the first prompt of 2021 on our social media accounts as well as in the photo gallery here. Remember to send the poems to us if you write anything!! We also have a little competition/challenge running at the moment that you will already have seen if you read our emails. We are challenging our members to write a poem to the theme of mental health, including the word "delinquent" and using assonance. I personally am very excited to see which of you partake and what you come up with. We are planning loads of fun events for this semester and we look forward to seeing you there.-Fay"

"Interested in being a part of a production this semester? Auditions take place on Monday and Tuesday - so exciting! ? In the meantime, do you have questions about auditions, becoming a member, the shows, and so on? Go check out our Instagram where you can ask us anything and everything about DCU Drama auditions! ? We can't wait to hear from you! ? https://www.instagram.com/dcudrama/ "

"More about "Little Shop of Horrors": It has been said that people will do anything for love, but what exactly does "anything" mean? "Little Shop of Horrors" follows the story of Seymour Krelborn, a meek flower shop assistant who pines for his co-worker, Audrey. ? After discovering that the florist’s main attraction - a "strange and interesting plant" - feeds solely on human blood, Seymour must battle with his morals and ultimately decide if fame and fortune are worth the havoc that is wreaked in the seemingly most innocent and unlikely of places. ? "Little Shop of Horrors" auditions take place next week! ? Event here: https://www.facebook.com/events/861349041286306"

"More about "Tina's Idea of Fun": Tina is struggling to get through to her son. She is haunted by her past, stuck on the drink, and it seems her connection with her son is only becoming weaker - she will do nearly anything to get his attention. Paddy is a quiet lad just looking for a friend. He is a strong Republican and, along with Tina’s son, heads to the protest against Queen Elizabeth II's arrival. Tina hosts a post protest party that only leads to disaster. ? "Tina's Idea of Fun" auditions take place next week! ? Event here: https://www.facebook.com/events/861349041286306"

"More about "Derry Girls": "Derry Girls: The Musical", adapted from the hit TV series, captures all of your favourite moments, accompanied by the iconic soundtrack. ? The show follows Erin, Orla, Clare, Michelle, and James as they navigate the delicate inner workings of teenhood during The Troubles. From landing themselves in the principal's office with Sister Michael to back-up dancing in Orla's aerobics routine, the chaotic five get up to all kinds of mischief as they discover the true meaning of friendship - acceptance. However, acceptance is far from being understood during The Troubles as the group face a tragic and pinnacle moment in Irish history. "Derry Girls" auditions take place next week! ? Click here for more details: https://www.facebook.com/events/861349041286306"

"More about "Man's Best Friend": Many people would go quite far in order to be reunited with their favourite pooch. But how far would you go for the reward…? Colin and Lewis push their own limits in pursuit of a high reward, nights on the town, and being able to pay rent. Things quickly get out of hand in this farcical comedy, filled with dastardly schemes and cover-ups. ? "Man's Best Friend" auditions take place next week! ? Click here for more details: https://www.facebook.com/events/861349041286306"

"Semester 2 kicks off with DCU Drama auditions! With 4 exciting shows lined up, there is something for everyone! ?Click here for more details: https://www.facebook.com/events/861349041286306"

"Well, here we are, folks! When we began the year, I think every role player thought "Yeah! 2020! 2 Criticals! We got this!" and in the end, we all rolled a big fat 1! But we're here, and things are starting to have just a glimmer of hope for 2021. To everyone who showed up at our virtual events this semester, I want to give a huge thank you because, without the enthusiasm of our players, the amount of effort everyone pours into making their characters unique and having them play together in Westmarches, none of this would have been possible. I want to hand out another unbelievably huge thank you to the DM's this semester, we knew that this year would mean we could accommodate less players due to the nature of discord games, but I think we can all agree the DM's knocked it outta the fuckin' park with their levels of dedication and storytelling culminating into a nail-biting mid-season finale! I can't wait to find out what lies in store for Brinehold in semester 2! I want to thank our sponsors this year for sticking with us, now more than ever it's important to give as much business as possible to small hobby shops so thank you to Dakota Irish, Gamersworld and The Clockwork Door, if anyone is still looking for nerdy gifts this close to Christmas, or if you're just looking to burn through all the fivers you got in your xmas cards, check these lads out you will not regret it! And finally, thank you to everyone who contributed to the charity dice raffle this year! Thanks to your help over €120 was raised for ICHH and will go towards helping those most at need this Christmas. We have lived through history in the last year, and I know it's been rough for so many of us between the virus, the lockdowns, the isolation and just generally getting assignments in on time! But I hope that as many of you as possible were able to find comfort and a little bit of respite at our virtual tables. So, here's looking forward to a much better next year, Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and we'll see you next semester! I'll leave you with this wonderful D&D themed Christmas Song, enjoy folks!"

"Hello Everyone! Hope you're all doing well! Join us on Friday night in taking a well deserved study break and having a little game of cards against humanity and a bit of a festive party over zoom. Hope to see you there!"