The current pandemic situation has brought us all to a standstill. It is at times like this that we truly realise the value of our frontline staff: the various nurses, doctors and other healthcare workers who are going out to …
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How the Covid-19 epidemic puts students with EDs at risk of relapse
The habits of everyone throughout the pandemic can have a huge effect on those with EDs
Note: this article contains references to body image, mental health and eating disorders.
Issues of stockpiling, the collection of food provisionally and how to manage meals going forward are normal enough conversations at this stage of the Covid-19 pandemic. Students …
Housing cuts make women bleed: #MeToo and the fight for economic justice
In the face of the growing de-politicisation of International Women’s Day, feminism must be firmly re-framed along class lines
Note: this article contains references to sexual violence and harassment which some readers may find upsetting
Falling on the 8th of March each year, International Women’s Day often brings panel discussions on Women in Business, shops filled with bunches of …
Trinity needs better sexual health services
Trinity’s continued development of its sexual health and education services is vital in a sex-positive age.
It’s no secret that the sexual education students receive in secondary school is far from complete. Comprehensive instruction about sex and the prevention of STIs, as well as teaching about signs and responses to potential dating abuse, are scarcely found …
Tuition fees should be refunded
Online teaching doesn’t amount to the same learning experience as in class
It was surreal for the college community when Trinity closed its doors in March, leaving a lot of people unsure as to what to do in both a personal and an academic sense. Without strong contingency plans in place for …
College’s latest provisional results system proved successful
Easy access to grades helped to reduce stress for students during the tense results period
It’s widely-acknowledged that Trinity’s release of Michaelmas provisional results last year was a disaster. Most students were refused access to their Christmas results report when the mytcd site crashing as a result of “too much activity.” Many students experienced a …
The coronavirus pandemic has exposed the pitfalls of capitalism
This health crisis has laid bare the necessity of recalibrating politics outside of the interests of profit and the stock market
The outbreak of Covid-19 is of course natural but its spread and impact is undoubtedly political, exposing the failure of the capitalist market to protect public well-being. The pandemic has exposed the need for tenant’s rights, universal healthcare, and to …
Trinity is letting down its international students
The international student experience in Trinity is characterised by confusion, broken promises, and profit-based exploitation
In March, when Trinity announced the requirement for its students to vacate accommodation on campus, Trinity Hall, Binary Hub, and Kavanagh Court, anger and frustration was expressed across all reaches of the student body. For international students, these feelings of …
Trinity should not have a monopoly on its tours
Trinity tours should be used to benefit students and TCDSU
Following a recent report in The Sunday Times, the College community is now aware that the contract to provide guided tours of Trinity College was awarded to Authenticity Tours without ever issuing an invitation to tender being put out. According …
Trinity’s safety net policy is not enough
A safety net policy should acknowledge the effects coronavirus has on students right now
The talk of future employers devaluing grades awarded during the Covid-19 crisis has felt surreal. It is a sensation comparable to when you are listening to someone speak your second language, and you believe your interpretation to be at fault, …