Students were today issued with a letter that they are to present to Gardaí should they be stopped and questioned when travelling into College or to placement sites.
The letter must be presented alongside a valid Trinity student ID.
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Finn Purdy is the current Deputy Editor of Trinity News. He is a Junior Sophister English Studies student, and a former News Editor and Assistant News Editor.
Tied TCDSU election could be decided by coin toss under new rules
New rules for deciding tied elections were presented to the union council tonight
A coin toss could be used as a last resort to settle a tied election within Trinity College Dublin’s Students’ Union (TCDSU) under new rules set out tonight by the union’s Electoral Commission (EC).
The new procedure for what happens …
2021 must be the year to solve the higher education funding question, says Harris
The minister for further and higher education said that his personal preference was against the implementation of a student loan scheme
Simon Harris has said that “2021 has to be the year” to settle the question of higher education funding, which has plagued Irish politics since 2016 when a government report found the current model of funding to be unsustainable.
The …
Number of S2S mentors rises for first time in four years
Programme officer Orlágh Morris attributes rise to mentors wanting to help freshers face an unprecedented year
The number of students who have signed up to be mentors to incoming freshers in College’s Student2Student (S2S) programme has this year risen for the first time in four years.
619 students signed up to be mentors for the 2020/21 …
Over 300 students deferred exams under Covid-19 “safety net” measures
Students were permitted to defer exams due to be sat in the summer assessment period until August
Over 300 students availed of measures implemented for this year’s summer assessment period which allowed them to defer sitting their exams until the end of August.
According to figures released to Trinity News under the Freedom of Information Act 2014, …
Trinity “reviewing” possibility of offering refunds for unused accommodation
Minister Simon Harris has said that he expects all colleges to offer refunds
Trinity have said that they are reviewing the possibility of offering refunds to students who have paid for college owned accommodation but are not now using that accommodation due to classes being moved online.
Speaking to Trinity News, a College …
Podcast – What’s in store for this year in College?
In the first episode of the new academic year, podcast host Finn Purdy is joined by editor Lauren Boland and former editor Aisling Grace to look back at some of the big events that shaped the previous year in College, …
Revived Theological Society to have Christian-specific focus
Members have raised concerns about the conduct of the sole candidate for auditor taking unilateral decisions around elections which contradict the society’s constitution
The Theological Society, which has not been active since the 2018/19 academic year, is due to be relaunched with a renewed focus on Christian doctrine, rather than facilitating discussion on a variety of religions, as had been their modus operandi …
Trinity to give offers to students with upgraded results dependant on government funding
The CAO have said that decisions to offer places are made by individual institutions
The Provost of Trinity has said that College will “do anything in our power to find places” for students whose Leaving Cert grades are upgraded due to errors identified in the system for calculating grades this year. But added …
“Two errors” found in system to calculate Leaving Cert grades
The errors identified could impact up to 10% of candidates
Micheál Martin has told the Dail that “two errors” have been identified in the system used to calculate leaving cert grades this year.
The errors, which the Taoiseach stated were related to “coding”, could impact around 10% of …