DCU in the Community

"Higher education institutions need to deepen the quality and intensity of their relationships with the communities and regions they serve, and ensure that the emergence of new ideas can better inform community and regional development. A renewal of engaged scholarship in the mission of higher education can help to unlock the transformative potential of education at community, regional and national level"

(National Strategy for Higher Education to 2030)

DCU in the Community is a life-long learning centre established in the heart of Ballymun to give concrete expression to the university’s Civic Engagement Strategy . A more recent initiative is Sustainable DCU aimed at the greening of the campus and the involvement of staff and students around sustainability practices.  The Office of Civic and Global Engagement also coordinates the Irish African Partnership for Research Capacity Building  www.irishafricanpartnership.ie  an inter-university partnership dedicated to capacity building in African universities and publishes an inter-university research journal on the new migration in Ireland and its social impact www.translocations.ie.