TeamDCU Podcast Series: Recent Episodes
TeamDCU Podcast Series
The TeamDCU Podcast - from Dublin City University - gives secondary school students an authentic sense of what it’s like to study a wide range of DCU courses, as well as life at the university.
The ‘TeamDCU’ podcast series was launched in April 2020, and has 14 episodes
The podcast series features interviews between DCU’s student ambassadors and Spin 103 broadcaster and recent DCU Communications graduate Leanne Hanafin.
The wide range of courses featured are from across DCU’s five faculties: DCU Institute of Education, the DCU Faculty of Science & Health, DCU Faculty of Computing & Engineering, DCU Business School, and the Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences.
The series features interviews with current DCU students from Business Studies, Accounting & Finance, Aviation Management, Business Studies International with Spanish, Business Studies Global German, Analytical Science, Science Education, PE with Maths, Psychology, Enterprise Computing, Early Childhood Education, International Relations, Economics, Politics and Law, and Communication Studies.
In the interviews, students explain why they chose DCU; what to expect year by year; what supports are in place if students are struggling to cope; the importance of work placements; exams and assessments; campus life outside of the course; and life after DCU.
On TeamDCU Podcast Ep 22, we're talking to Alice Jack. Alice Jacks chats about pursing both her interests in Law and French through the Bachelor of Arts: Joint Honours in DCU.
She tells us about her exciting journey in DCU, her involvement and dedication to the many Clubs and Socs and her final year plans of doing an INTRA.
You can watch the fully subtitled video podcast HERE
Learn more about the BAJH Law and French course HERE
On this episode of TeamDCU Podcast, Sinead McCrohan chats to Thomas Bird, a final year MiNT student about the subjects he has studied over the past four years in DCU and his fantastic experience with INTRA working in the Marketing Department at Volkswagen DCU has helped shape his career in many ways.
You can also watch the full subtitled video HERE
Learn about the MiNT course HERE
Eve McSweeney chats with our host, Sinead McCrohan about her course Social Sciences and Cultural Innovation and the broad range of modules she's studying. Eve tells us about her dissertation, her involvement with the DCU Drama Society as a director and her career plans after graduating this year.
You can watch the full subtitled video podcast HERE
Learn more about the course HERE
On this episode of the TeamDCU podcast, our host, Sinead McCrohan, chats with Enda Owens who is a third year, Sport Science and Health student at DCU.
Enda talks about the reason why he chose to pursue Sport Science and Health and the crucial role of INTRA in this career field.
"Make an informed choice in your CAO. Do the research. Talk to a student and talk to a lecturer. Find and email the people you need to talk to. And the last big thing would be, before any course you do, consider yourself wrong. Be open to new ideas and think of how you're going to develop on this course and go from there."
You can watch the full subtitled video podcast here: https://youtu.be/7ZrU_CgVVyE
More details about the course can be found here: https://www.dcu.ie/courses/undergraduate/school-health-and-human-performance/sport-science-and-health
Host Sinead McCrohan chats to Harrison Moloney from BCL (Law and Society) in DCU. Harrison explains the modules he's studying in his courses as well as the opportunities and facilities available to a student studying BCL. He also talks about his passion and his involvement in FLAC and OUTLaw Network.
You can watch the subtitled video podcast here: https://youtu.be/m6bGRUNklHA
To visit the BCL (Law and Society) course page, see: https://www.dcu.ie/courses/undergraduate/school-law-and-government/bcl-law-and-society
TeamDCU podcast host Sinead McCrohan chats to Laura Ileogben from Multimedia in DCU.
Laura tells Sinead about all the skills she's been learning in class, what she wishes to achieve in her career and all the fun experiences she has had with DCU Clubs and Socs.
'I'd like to produce and direct creative projects that would impact other people. I want to be the best and make the best of what I have and what I have learned at DCU.'
You can watch the video of our chat with Laura here
Host Sinead McCrohan talks to John Kirwan, a third year student in Applied Language and Translation Studies.
'I chose this course specifically because I really wanted to just give all of my attention to language studies in their essence, and not do something like business with the language, or maybe journalism with the language. 'They're great options as well. But I knew this was the one for me in that sense.
'The processes of translating and even interpreting and learning about those things really interested me as well,' he said.
John is also very involved in clubs and societies in DCU, and discusses life on campus.
You can watch of this podcast here
Host Sinead McCrohan speaks to Emma Kilcawley Hemani, who is studying for a BA in Journalism. Emma tells Sinead how she was interested in journalism from an early age, and made up her mind when she attended an Open Day at DCU.
'The lecturers are all so nice and encouraging. You can go to them with any questions, they don't have to be about your course,' says Emma
You can watch subtitled video of this podcast here
Kate Goodman, a third year Aviation Management student in Dublin City University, chats with broadcaster Leanne Hanafin about why she chose the course. The first three years of the course provide students with a general introduction to business analysis, the aviation sector, technical aspects of piloting and industry relevant work experience.
In final year, one can opt to enter flight training to qualify as a commercial pilot or choose to follow more specialist studies in aviation management
Intro
00.20 -Why Kate chose the BSc Aviation Management at DCU.
01.30 -Think the BSc Aviation Management could be for you? -The mix of business and aviation
2.00 -Busting some mis-conceptions- -The career paths in this huge and growing industry.
3.00 -What to expect in first year. -modules that are covered
3.50 -Getting a good grounding and knowledge in the first year -some points to know for second year.
5.50-Third year and the Intra placement. -How the placement really helps to bring everything together.
9.20 Looking ahead to final year -Three streams in your final year Pilot studies Air Traffic Control Business of Aviation.
11.40-Want to study Aviation Management? -what you need points wise -what entry paths are available if you need extra support.
13.20-The sky's the limit! -Career options in the aviation industry
Closing:
- Contact studenthelp@dcu.ie with your questions
Mary Walsh, a third year Science Education student in Dublin City University, joins broadcaster Leanne Hanafin to discuss how she ended up choosing Science Education, what to expect and and options are available to graduates
Intro
0- 2.00-What to expect in First Year Science Education at DCU -The difference between the BSc Science Education and Common Entry Science.
3.00 - Love maths, but you find the subject challenging? Learn about the supports at DCU
4.00:- What to expect during year 1 & 2 on the BSc Science Education
5.50-What is it like in 3rd year
6.50-The STEM Teacher Internship programme at DCU
8.00-What to expect in your final year
9.40-Graduated with flying colours? Where to next
10.50-Down to the nitty-gritty- how many hours per week will the course involve
Closing:
- Contact studenthelp@dcu.ie with your questions
Dublin City University student Dylan Mangan joins broadcaster Leanne Hanafin to discuss Communication Studies. Dylan talks about what students can expect in their first year, course requirements, course modules, production, the Uaneen Module and his involvement in in the University's Media Production Society (DCU FM)
Intro: 0 - 24 seconds * Why did you choose Dublin City University?
1:10 - Why did you choose Communication Studies?
3:09 - What the course involves: * Core modules * Production modules * Theory modules * Course hours
6:30 - Involvement in Clubs and Societies * DCU Media Production Society (DCU FM)
8:30 - Career Opportunities
9:30 - Course Requirements * Leaving Certificate entry requirements
10:30 - Uaneen module (Recognises extra-curricular activities )
Closing: * Contact studenthelp@dcu.ie with your questions about Communication Studies
Dublin City University Business Studies student Sinead McCrohan chats to broadcaster Leanne Hanafin about what new students can expect in first year, her paid work experience, exams and continuous assessments and career opportunities. Plus she talks about her involvement with DCU's Dance and Drama societies!
Intro: 0 - 23 seconds * Why did you choose Dublin City University
1:24 - Why did you choose Business Studies?
2:38 - Course Requirements * Leaving Certificate entry requirements
3:15 - What to expect * First Year modules * DCU Maths Learning Centre * Tutorial Classes * Second Year
5:40 - INTRA Programme * 11 - 13 months of paid work experience * Sinead’s INTRA experience with Science Foundation Ireland
9:18 - Final Year * Picking an area to specialise in
10:00 - Course Assessment * Mixing exams and continuous assessment
11:37 - Career Opportunities
13:00 - Society Involvement * DCU Dance and DCU Drama
Closing: * Contact studenthelp@dcu.ie with your questions about DCU Business Studies
Mature student Gary is a second year PE & Maths student in Dublin City University, while Gavin Doyle is in his final year. They discuss their course and what new students can expect with broadcaster Leanne Hanafin
0.35: Why Gary and Gavin chose DCU
3.19: Did Gary and Gavin have much of a ‘sports and maths background’ before doing the course, and the Maths Support Centres available in DCU
5.00: The Maths and Science Requirements for the course – as well as how experience counts
6.12: What do you do when you begin first year in the course and what is your typical week? Opportunities to get teaching experience in First Year
8.30: Placements in schools during second, third and fourth year
Email studenthelp@dcu.ie for more information about this course
Dublin City University student Seana McGrade McKeever chats to broadcaster Leanne Hanafin about her experience on DCU's Early Childhood Education course
This course prepares students on how best to support the wellbeing and learning of children, in partnership with their families, during the crucial early years
Intro
00-01-Pathway to starting the course
1.45 -What to expect in first year
3.10 -The placement modules as part of the Early Childhood Education degree
4.40 -How placement works and where you can go
5.20 -What to expect in your second year
6.20 -What is the focus on in the third year?
7.00 -Assessment -projects, placements, exams and continuous assessment
9.00 -Final year -what to expect in your final year -balancing it all
10.00- Career paths and who is this course for
Closing:
- Contact studenthelp@dcu.ie with your questions
The BSc in Analytical Science in Dublin City University employs an interdisciplinary approach, educating students in both theoretical and practical aspects of chemical, biochemical and microbiological analysis.
Third year student Jenny O’Connell chats to broadcaster Leanne Hanafin about what attracted her to the course and gives advice to those students who want to pursue the BSc in Analytical Science.
Intro
00-1.00 -Choosing the BSc in Analytical Science -What is involved in it -Combining lectures and labs
1.50 -The science bit -what subjects will I study -to what levels?
2.45 -What is involved in year one
3.00 -Moving into second year and what to expect?
4.20 -How many hours between lectures and labs?
5.00 -The Intra Placement
7.30 -What options are available to you with this degree?
8.30 -Considering teaching with this degree?
9.10 -The many sectors that are looking for BSc Analytical Science graduates
10.00-Wrap up- a degree that provides theory and practice
Closing:
- Contact studenthelp@dcu.ie with your questions
Sarah Moorehead, a mature third year student studying pscyhology in Dublin City University, talks to broadcaster Leanne Hanafin about the course which is now run by the recently established DCU School of Psychology.
This course aims to show students how to apply science to the study of the human mind and behaviour: how we think, act, react and interact
Intro - 0 - 24 seconds * Why did you choose Dublin City University
2:00 - Being a mature student * Mature student Open night * Application process - CAO, Interview
3:40 - Why did you choose Psychology?
6:30 - First and Second Year * Core modules
8:00 - Third Year * INTRA Placement
8:45 - Career Opportunities
10:08 - Course Contact hours
11:12 - The best thing about the course * Course Community * Study Sessions programme
12:20 - Assessment * Exams * Continuous Assessment
12:40 - Course Requirements * Leaving Certificate requirements * Mature student requirements
Closing:
- Contact studenthelp@dcu.ie with your questions about Psychology
Aisha Siwar, a second year studying Economics, Politics & Law in Dublin City University, joins broadcaster Leanne Hanafin to discuss the course which looks at the political, legal and economic institutions that shape the current global environment
Intro: 0 - 26 seconds * Why did you choose Dublin City University? * Open Day
0:52 - Why did you choose Economics, Politics and Law?
2:30 - First and Second Year * Modules * Contact hours * Academic Competitions * Exams and Continuous Assessment
6:32 - Third Year * Integrated Work Placement * Erasmus (year abroad)
8:50 - Final Year * Core modules * Optional dissertation * Uaneen module (recognises extra-curricular activity)
10:40 - Career Opportunities * Postgraduate courses
13:40 - How much Maths is involved? * Modules * Leaving Certificate requirement * Maths Learning Centre
Closing:
- Contact studenthelp@dcu.ie with your questions about Economics, Politics and Law
Dublin City University student Jeanne Englert chats to broadcaster Leanne Hanafin about Global Business in DCU Business School
This degree is unique in that students have the chance to gain proficiency in a second language, participate in two work placements, and earn two business degrees in two countries.
Students spend their first two years in DCU (including a work placement in Ireland), and then the final two years in the European School of Business (Reutlingen), DCU’s partner in Germany, where students study in the local language and university system.
Intro
00.30- Jan, who comes from Germany explains how she ended up choosing DCU.
1.55 -The application process
2.40 -Never studied Business? - modules that are on the course.
3.00 -Want to understand what happens over the four years?
4.30 -What you study in the first two years
5.40 -How many hours should I expect per week
7.20 -Advice for navigating the year (s) abroad as part of the BA Global Business
8.00 -One course- but two degrees! -The great things about the BA Global Business with German
8.20 -Don’t want to go abroad? -What options are open to you
9.00 -Finished- now what next -career paths that are open to you
11.00 -Is this for me? -Some things to consider if you are choosing the BA Global Business with German
Closing:
- Contact studenthelp@dcu.ie with your questions
Dublin City University student Laura Foody chats to broadcaster Leanne Hanafin about her course, International Business with Spanish
The BA Business Studies International degree is designed to create dynamic and resourceful business people in answer to the local and international skills gaps.
Students study a range of business, language and cultural topics, and develop essential business skills in communication, information technology, teamwork and problem solving.
Students also acquire proficiency in a foreign language of their choice (French, German, Spanish, Chinese or Japanese).
Intro
00-02-What to expect when you study for a BA International Business with Spanish
03.00 -No background in business related topics?- Don’t worry!
03.50 -Getting to grips with the language and what to expect
04.30 -What way does the course break down between language and business.
05.00 -The language part and what to expect
06.30 -Your second year in the course
08.40 -Getting ready for Erasmus and the year abroad
10.00 -Making arrangements for study abroad
11.00 -Returning to DCU and what to expect in final year
11.50 -DCU Business School and what studying there brings
12.30 -Getting ready to graduate - what career paths are available to you
Closing:
- Contact studenthelp@dcu.ie with your questions
Tara Dromgoole, a third year student studying Enterprise Computing in Dublin City University, chats with broadcaster Leanne Hanafin about what life is like studying both the business and computing world
Intro
00.50secs - What the course is about- a mix of both the business and computing.
2.00 -The choice of industries that Enterprise Computing crosses into.
2.50 -The core modules of the course
3.40 -What to expect in second year.
4.00 -Moving into third year -Combining lectures placement
6.20 -The Intra option and what this entails -the work placement module that is available in third year -how you go about organising this.
7.40 -Getting ready for final year -Studying modules -Final year project
9.00-What to expect in terms of hours per week? -Hours, lab work and assignments.
10.00 -Life after the course and where to next -
Closing:
- Contact studenthelp@dcu.ie with your questions
Dublin City University student Thomas Ward talks to broadcaster Leanne Hanafin about studying International Relations at DCU.
The International Relations degree provides an insight into the major world issues that challenge and fascinate us today.
Students will examine the forces that shape contemporary societies, such as globalisation, international law, third-world debt and American foreign policy, as well as examining key institutions like the European Union and the United Nations.
Thomas talks about the course and gives his top tips and recommendations
Intro
00.50 -Introduction to International Relations
1.50 -What are the requirements for International Relations
2.10 -What to expect in First Year
3.10 -Lectures, assignments and exams for the course.
4.15 -Moving into second year? -What to expect in terms of course content, modules, assignments.
6.10 -Third year- the option of study abroad and internship- -Taking this additional year
7.00 -Final year -Completing your final year in the BA International Relations -Course content of this year.
7.30 -What next once you have completed your final year -career options open to you.
7.50 -Other items to consider -class sizes, clubs and societies -campus life
8.00 -Who is this course for?
Closing:
- Contact studenthelp@dcu.ie with your questions
Rory Keenan - a second year Accounting & Finance student in Dublin City University - chats to broadcaster Leanne Hanafin about the course, modules, opportunities for summer internships and DCU Business School
0.30: Why did you choose DCU?
1.20: What does a First Year Accounting student experience when coming to DCU? What do you study in First Year?
2.20: Requirements for course – and the Maths Learning Centre in DCU and how it helps you make that ‘step up’ from Leaving Cert Maths
3.50: What is your week like?
4.10: The modules that students study
4.40: The language option available with this course – but if you don’t have a language, there are other alternatives available
6.40: Summer internships
8.40: DCU Business School and links to companies, particularly for internships
9.30: Exemptions
11.00: Email studenthelp@dcu.ie for further queries