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“Life-changing” is how Iranian couple Merhdad Lashgari and Elham Mohammadi describe their experience at DCU as part of its University of Sanctuary programme.
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Jenny Earley’s career path had taken some unexpected turns before she found herself taking on DCU’s MSc in Health and Social Inclusion.
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From a young age, Erin, from Co. Sligo, wanted to be a journalist. She was diagnosed with hearing loss at the age of nine and used hearing aids, but Erin didn’t see this as an obstacle.
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The MSc In Natural Language Processing course at DCU is designed to equip students with the skills needed to develop computer programs that can understand and produce natural language the
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