Commencements 2014
Congratulations to the hundreds of graduates conferred this past week.
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UCCSU scraps five years of policies after passing of ‘wipe the slate’ vote
A motion passed at a UCC Students’ Union (UCCSU) council meeting last night has invalidated all motions passed by the union in the last five years. The motion was proposed after union officers claimed that the drafting of a new …
College launches new Chinese language website
College has unveiled a Chinese language website – and new profiles on popular Chinese social media platforms including YouKu, Tencent Weibo and Renren – as part of its efforts to increase international student numbers.
The new website, intended to …
Rebranding plan postponed pending further consultation
College has postponed its controversial rebranding plan after months of criticism. The so-called “identity initiative”– which included plans for introduce a new Trinity crest and rebrand the institution as “Trinity College, University of Dublin” – was due to be unveiled …
Campaign calls for end to TCD “complicity” in apartheid
A new student campaign is calling on College to cut its links with institutions and companies that support the Israeli occupation of Gaza and the West Bank. In an online petition created today, the ‘TCD Apartheid-Free Campus Campaign’ says it …
Postgraduate go-slow brought to an end
A go-slow protest by PhD students in the School of Chemistry has been brought to an end this week after a proposed cut to their hourly demonstrating rate was shelved on Friday. Students resumed full teaching responsibility on Monday after …
Return of student solidarity with staff is to be welcomed
The Irish student movement has come a long way since December 2010, when the leadership of the Union of Students in Ireland (USI) first called for the renegotiation of the Croke Park deal. The union’s signing of a new agreement …
Provost defends cuts to student services
Provost Patrick Prendergast this afternoon defended cuts to the capitated bodies in his first public address to students since 2011. Speaking at a question and answer session organised by Trinity College Students Union (TCDSU) and the University Philosophical Society (Phil)…
Queen’s Feminist Society denied permission to hold consent workshops
Members of Queen’s University’s Feminist Society have learned that their application to host a pilot sexual consent programme was rejected after failing to be endorsed by Queen’s University Students’ Union (QUBSU). The National Union of Students (NUS), the national representative …
Provost expresses support for student fees, defends industry links
Provost Patrick Prendergast this morning defended student fees and backed Irish universities’ industry links at the Irish Universities Association (IUA) symposium in the Royal College of Physicians. In the opening speech of the day-long event, he spoke about the importance …