Bryan Mallon is a Senior Sophister Irish Studies student from Co. Meath. Mallon is the current chairperson of DU GAA and vice-chair of the Fianna Fáil Wolfe Tone Cumann. Mallon frames himself as the “only non-Students’ Union candidate”. Referencing the …
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The gender gap in college courses
Data from the Higher Education Authority provides insight into the gender disparity both between academic disciplines, and third-level institutions themselves
The Higher Education Authority (HEA) publishes a wealth of data about enrolment in the institutions it funds each year, including seven universities, fifteen institutes of technology and four part-funded colleges. Between them they represent the overwhelming majority of third level …
Study Abroad- what it’s really like to do an exchange far, far from Trinity
Caoimhe Gordon speaks to four students who chose to spend a year studying in far flung locations
Every year, the opportunity presents itself for students to take a leap of faith, leave the cobbled paths of Front Square behind for a semester or two in order to fulfil their academic destiny of studying in a college far, …
Education as a form of resistance: Interview with Malaka Mohammed
Activist and postgrad Malaka Mohammed discusses leaving Gaza, politicising student unions, and the growing relevance of BDS
Stable electricity, clean water, reliable wifi connection, a roof over your head. These are things that are taken for granted in the West, but that shocked Malaka Mohammed as she settled in England after leaving her home of Shijaia, Eastern …
Delving into Trinity’s Societal Past
As college resumes and society memberships are culled, Jane Purdom looks into some of the largest societies and how they contribute to the living history of the college
…“Considering this source in isolation, it is easy to imagine societies having an even more influential role on the student experience than they do today – acting as powerful driving forces of innovation and progress that integrated the student body
Analysing Ireland’s high third level dropout rates
InDepth editor Peter O’Donovan takes a look at why 1 in 6 college students drop out before the end of their first year
Introduction
“Approximately 1 in 6 students who start a college course are likely to leave the course before the end of first year”
The number of students studying at Irish third level institutions has risen dramatically in the past 50 …
Recent Advances in Climate Change
Seana Davis investigates some of the latest advances to tackle climate change
The clock is ticking on how fast we can tackle climate change. The issue has become a stark reality. In a year overshadowed by politics, climate change is something that can simply no longer be ignored. As Mary Robinson, UN …
A Divorce From Tradition: 20 years on
On 24 November 1995 Ireland voted to overturn a longstanding constitutional ban on divorce. The referendum passed with a slim margin of just 0.3%. A previous referendum in 1986 had failed to pass when the Irish electorate rejected lifting a …
Tory Island: a king of the north
The idea of a monarchy currently existing in Ireland might sound bizarre, but Sam Cox pays a visit to the people off the coast of Donegal who make it work
If you asked a Tory Islander how far from the coast their home was, you would be met with an indignant glare, and be told it is in fact Ireland that lies fifteen kilometres from their island. Such is the …
The Rise of le Front National
Mia Colleran explores the popularity of the right-wing party le Front National in the upcoming French presidential elections
The Candidates
‘..one can only imagine the upheaval that would be caused if France left the European Union, which Le Pen has compared to a “system of the oppression of peoples”’
In light of Brexit and the recent election of …