Hello everyone! We are back!

My name is Fearghal Lynch and I am your Students' Union President.
To our new students welcome to DCU! I really hope you enjoyed Orientation as much as we did, the engagement and feedback over the last two weeks was amazing and greatly appreciated! Congratulations on joining the DCU family.
To all of our returning students, welcome back, I hope you and your families are all keeping well during these strange times and you enjoyed your (elongated) summer! The world is a crazy place at the moment but hopefully, we’ll be back to normality before too long! I’m ecstatic for the year ahead and I can promise you that the DCUSU Team of 2020/2021 has been working extremely hard all summer to guarantee you have the best University experience possible. Myself, Chloe, Lucien, Dean and Dylan are your 5 full-time Sabbatical officers, along with 11 part-time officers who are always here to help you. We may not always have all the answers straight away, but we can definitely point you in the correct direction, please feel free to contact us through our emails which can be found on dcusu.ie or through our DCUSU social media. We love to hear from you. I wish every single one of you the best of luck as we embark on this academic year. Remember to keep your distance and to keep safe. It’s really important we all remember to pick up your phone and make sure you check in with your friends. We are all in this together! Let me introduce your Vice-Presidents with a couple of helpful tips for you all heading into this year.

Feel free to contact any of your DCUSU team with any questions or queries and make sure you follow us on Instagram and Twitter for the most up to date information.

President - Fearghal@dcusu.ie
VP for Academic Affairs - Lucien@dcusu.ie
VP for Education and Placement - Chloe@dcusu.ie
VP for Engagement and Development - Dylan@dcusu.ie
VP for Welfare and Equality - Dean@dcusu.ie

Learn more about the full SU team who are here to represent you!

Head to the 'Welcome 2020' section of our website for all the information you might need!

Check out the first in our series of Connected TV. Keep an eye out for more coming soon!

As always stay safe,

Fearghal
DCUSU President

CLUBS AND SOCS

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DCU Clubs and Socs Virtual Fair will be taking place from Monday the 12th to Friday the 16th of October. This is the perfect opportunity to explore our many different Clubs and Socs, become a member, chat to the committees and learn more about each one.
Stay tuned for more information!

Join DCU Clubs & Societies - one of the best decisions you will make while in DCU! Here is a list of our 140+ Clubs and Societies. Click on each one to find out more. Make an account on our Clubs and Socs system to register so you can join as many Clubs and Socs as you'd like!

Message from DCU Clubs and Socs Events Administrator

My name is Katie Harrington and I am the Events Administrator for Clubs and Socs 2020/2021. I am a final year Gaeilge agus Iriseoireacht student and throughout my time in DCU, I have been involved in many clubs and societies. My email is clubsandsocsevents@dcu.ie. Don’t hesitate to drop me an
email regarding events, clubs/societies or any other aspects of club/society life!

FIRST YEAR CLASS REP ELECTIONS

First-Year Class Rep Nominations Open are now open!

Make sure to put yourself forward and get involved.
Nominate yourself or a friend now!
Check out our social media and website for more information. See what our current Class Reps have to say here and here.
Got any questions? Pop Dylan@dcusu.ie an email!

HELPFUL INFORMATION

To find your course code, head here. You will need this to access your timetable, which is available here. You have to add a 1 to your course code for first year. eg. Business studies= BS1 (These timetables are provisional and subject to change)
If you have any specific issues about registration or fees should be directed to registry@dcu.ie or fees@dcu.ie for those offices to handle.
Change of module will be available from Oct 5-9th.
The Student Assistance Fund, which helps students with financial stress, will open towards the beginning of October. The SAF can go towards expenses such as rent, living costs, food, books, and even childcare costs. More information can be found here.
The SU provides a bunch of free services. You can avail of free pregnancy tests via post, free condoms, free lube, and free drug testing kits. More information on the pregnancy tests, condoms, and lube are available in our sexual health section. If you'd like to avail of our drug testing kits, please fill out this Google Form here.
If you're interested in getting some of our LGBTQ+ identity, allyship, or pronoun badges, you can apply here.
Most textbooks and readings for your course will be available through the library, but if you need to buy a textbook, check out our DCU Book Fair group on Facebook where students swap and sell used textbooks.
You can book study slots in the library on their website, and they'll be expanding the available slots soon.
If you're looking to find accommodation, you can join our Accommodation Group here: If you check out our Accommodation page on our website, there's more information on short-stay options. If you have a question about on-campus accommodation, please email campus.residences@dcu.ie.