The last month has brought about a surge of Covid-19 cases in what many are referring to as the “fourth wave” of the pandemic. With this has come significant uncertainty about what the next few months will look like in …
Bonnie Gill is current News Analysis Editor for Trinity News and previously served as the College Correspondent. She is a Senior Sophister Film Studies and English Literature student.
TCDSU Council passes motions on accessibility and opposing the “cultural death” of Dublin
Students will be able to make “accessibility requests” in advance of future council meetings
Trinity College Dublin Student Union (TCDSU) has passed a motion at council mandating that they fulfil any accessibility requests from students for council meetings.
The officer for students with disabilities (OSD) will create and circulate the necessary accessibility request forms …
Student team LikeIt announced as the Provost’s Innovation Challenge winner
The theme of this years ‘three day hackathon’ was ‘Fast Fashion’
The student tens behind LikeIt have been announced as the Provost’s Innovation Challenge winner.
In a press release earlier today, it was announced that the Provost’s 2021 innovation challenge was won by the LikeIt team led by Jonas Hellberg, Emilie …
Analysis: Budget 2022 fails to address cost of higher level education
Despite some wins for the education sector, higher level education remains largely inaccessible due to high costs of entry
On 12 October, the announcement of Budget 2022 evoked mixed reactions from third-level stakeholders. It was announced that €3.7bn would be allocated to students, universities and young people in next year’s Budget. While last year’s budget set out to fund …
TCDSU Council passes motions on House 6 accessibility and lobbying against conversion therapy
The final Council of the year took place over Zoom this evening
Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union (TCDSU) has passed motions at Council this evening on taking steps towards an accessible House 6 and lobbying against conversion therapy.
Chemistry Convener Thomas O’Neill proposed the motion against conversion therapy at tonight’s council.
Speaking …
Analysis: On-campus rapid testing next year
Rapid antigen testing could help get students back on-site says provost-elect
Provost-elect Linda Doyle, in an interview on RTE Radio 1 earlier in the week pointed towards the possible introduction of rapid Covid-19 testing on campus next year. In the interview, Doyle expressed that she was “hopeful” about students returning to …
Trinity launches the Brendan Kennelly literary archive in Library
The archive will include the life’s work of the poet and novelist
Earlier today, Trinity launched the Brendan Kennelly Literary Archive at Trinity’s library.
The launch was made over a Zoom webinar, by a collection of speakers including Provost Patrick Prendergast, Librarian Helen Shelton and niece of Brendan Kennelly, Mary McAuliff.
The …
Three of Trinity’s schools receive Athena SWAN bronze awards for commitment to gender equality
Trinity’s Schools of History and Humanities, Computer Science and Statistics and the School of Engineering have all received the award, bringing the university’s total to 10
Three of Trinity’s schools received Athena Scientific Women’s Academic Network (SWAN) bronze awards for their commitment to the promotion of gender equality.
Schools in receipt of the award include the School of History and Humanities, the School of Computer Science …
Provost candidates agree on necessity to analyse staff contracts at IFUT hustings
In a hustings hosted by IFUT, the three candidates for provost were questioned on issues regarding precarious contracts, the representation of women and whether the process of electing a new provost is “democratic”
The three candidates for provost were questioned this evening by Irish Federation of University Teachers (IFUT) Chairperson John Walsh, in a hustings hosted by the IFUT. This hustings allowed each candidate to speak more specifically about their policies regarding Trinity …
Bev Genockey elected as next Education Officer of TCDSU
Genockey received 57.8% of the final vote
Third Year Zoology student Bev Genockey has been elected Education Officer after receiving 57.8% of the vote on the first count and surpassing her fellow candidate Daniel O’Reilly.
O’Reilly received 39.5% of the vote, with the option to re-open nominations …