DCU Business School Updates

Hack4Change From March 27th- 30th 2023, the DCU Social Innovation Hackathon, Hack4Change, took place in the U building. Over 700 first year business school students and first years from the Climate and Environmental Sustainability Futures programme took part in one of the 6 sessions run over these 4 days.  We also welcomed 13 speakers, approximately 50 mentors and several key sponsors.DCU Hack4Change Read More >

Dr Seamus McDermott Entrepreneurial Scholarship As part of the Hack4Change prize-giving ceremony, the inaugural Dr Séamus McDermott Entrepreneurial Scholarship was awarded to first-year Business student Oscar Bourke.  The Scholarship was created to promote the concepts of job creation, entrepreneurial development, and education for life in the minds of undergraduate students.

Oscar is a student of DCU’s BSc in Marketing, Innovation and Technology (MINT) who has already set up two businesses. He was selected following a competitive process and the judges were very impressed with his submission. Find out more about the DCU Business School Scholarships

DCU Dragons' Den DCU Business School final year business students entered the Dragons’ Den to pitch their New Enterprise Development ideas to 35 industry experts from across the country. Dragons including Eamonn Quinn, Tommy Kelly from eShopWorld, Stephen Nolan, CEO of Nutritics, Eithne McShane from Enterprise Ireland, Catherine Cusack from ByrneWallace, Dan Ryan, Investor and Mentor, and Entrepreneur Liavan Mallen were on campus for the event to help our NED students hone their pitching skills. The Dragons were full of praise for the quality of our students’ presentations with one of the teams already being introduced to a potential investor! DCU Dragon’s Den, Read More >

Young Academy of Ireland Announces first members Congratulations to Dr Lisa Van der Werff who has been named in the The Royal Irish Academy's new Young Academy Ireland (YAI) – a network of early career researchers and innovators (ECRIs). The YAI has been established to promote greater engagement and opportunities for ECRIs, supporting ECRIs in leadership roles, contributing to equality, diversity and inclusion, and developing networks and skills. In addition, Young Academy members are encouraged to utilise their expertise and potential to tackle important issues and challenges in society and promote meaningful change. Young Academy of Ireland Announces First Members, Read More >

QS World University Rankings by Subject 2023: Business & Management Studies The QS World University Rankings by Subject 2023 cover a total of 54 disciplines, grouped into five broad subject areas and are compiled annually to help prospective students identify the leading universities in a particular subject. Research citations, along with the results of major global surveys of employers and academics, are used to rank universities. We are delighted to see DCU is placed 3rd in Ireland, Read More >

Deloitte Student Awards

Students Alimat Balogun, Daragh Fitzpatrick, Aoibhe Lennon and Alex Byrne (BSc Accounting and Finance) were presented with an award from Deloitte for Best Student Projects on analysing a company's financial statements and performance.

Inaugural DCU Applegreen Innovation Challenge Award

Applegreen executives came to DCU Business School last week to present the inaugural DCU Applegreen Innovations Challenge Award to a group of first year students in the Learning Innovation for Enterprise (LIFE) module. Using design-thinking techniques, students were tasked with dveloping a service innovation focused on enhancing Applegreen's customer service. Students worked in groups and visited Applegreen stores across Ireland to gain first-hand market research insights to assist them in developing innovative solutions. Inaugural DCU Applegreen Innovation Challenge Award, Read More >