For me, Reading Week could not have come at a more perfect time. Essays and assignments were piling up, but my energy was being consumed by thoughts of other things. I’ve been feeling disheartened about trying to achieve the future …
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Extinction Rebellion suffers from its white middle class image
The Extinction Rebellion climate activist group has a good cause, but is not inclusive of all socio-economic backgrounds
The Extinction Rebellion movement is occurring all over the world. It’s making big waves in the news and is attempting to pave the way for big social changes. However, recent events have led people to consider whether the primarily white, …
Student library monitors shouldn’t be necessary
Desk monitors will help to prevent desk-reserving, but long-term problems of overcrowding and inadequate opening hours are the root of the library’s space issues
The news that college intends to recruit a team of students as “desk monitors” in the library during exam time has been met with a mixed reaction across campus. It has become increasingly clear that the practice of “desk hogging” …
Accessibility issues are excluding students from society life
Trinity’s poor accessibility is preventing students with access requirements from being active in College society life
Trinity’s societies often face criticism for being “cliquey” or “exclusive”, and that statement is taken even further in the case of students with mobility issues and access requirements. For many, societies are a very important part of college life, often …
Trinity must do more to stop student exploitation
In a catastrophic rental market, exploitation of students is rife
A recent scandal wherein a young female tenant was offered an exchange of sexual favours in lieu of paying rent represents the exploitative, opportunistic and dangerous reality of Dublin’s current rental market. Students in the latter years of their degree …
The North is now
Despite Northern Ireland’s historic progress coming straight from Westminster, the work of activists cannot be underestimated
In 2016, a woman from Belfast was prosecuted for taking an abortion pill after her flatmates reported her to the police. In January of this year, we learned that a 12-year-old victim of sexual assault had to travel to England …
Are students at the heart of the new business building?
The school’s design suggests the primary motivation was creating new revenue streams, not giving undergraduates a place to learn
In 2013, planning permission was placed for the new six-story Trinity Business Building. On the May 23, 2019, it was proudly opened by An Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar. This was a momentous occasion, but as the weeks have progressed it has …
Lack of vegetarian options in Forum is a missed opportunity for College
The new restaurant was College’s opportunity to deliver on its sustainability promises – but it missed it
Before the end of this year, Trinity is set to launch a new strategic plan, outlining the goals and vision which will, at least in principle, guide the college through the next five years to 2024. One goal it will …
Op-Ed: Budget Day has become Groundhog Day for third level funding
Jim Miley, Director General of the Irish Universities Association, calls on students to join their struggle for Third Level Funding
For anyone interested in the sustained funding of third level education in Ireland, Budget Day has become more like Groundhog Day.
1,183 days before last week’s Budget, the Cassells Report identified the funding challenges facing our higher education system and …
There’s no shame in taking extra time to reach the finish line
College isn’t always a linear path
Coming to college for the first time in 2015, I imagined that by now I’d be buying my graduation robe and preparing for the big day, but instead, I’m only heading into my third year. For many college students this …