The Trinity Inclusive Curriculum Project (INC) is no longer to receive top slice funding from the Access fund, according to the minutes of an advisory board meeting in August 2024.
The INC Project, established in October 2020, operates within the …
László Molnárfi is an Investigative Reporter with Trinity News. He is a fourth-year Politics, Philosophy, Economics and Sociology (PPES) student
Trinity lecturer’s union endorses academic boycott of Israel in BDS win
The motion mandates union members to end academic partnerships with Israel including exchange agreements
Trinity’s lecturers union has passed a motion endorsing an academic boycott of Israel in a significant win for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign.
At its EGM on September 26, the Trinity branch of the Irish Federation of University …
Carlow College management appoints unelected students’ union, sparking concerns
It remains unclear why elections were not rerun following a reported RON result in seven races
Carlow College management has set up a College-appointed student team to replace the students’ union following the latter’s failure to elect a sabbatical team, sparking concerns about the independence of student representation at the institution.
In an email sent to …
Trinity made over €100k from Circuit Laundry over three years
The data was revealed in an FOI request from TCD Renters’ Solidarity Network
College made over €107k from rent paid by Circuit Laundry between 2020 and 2023, data released under Freedom of Information (FOI) has revealed.
At first refused, the FOI request made by TCD Renters’ Solidarity Network was appealed to the Office …
Dartry student accommodation sitting empty after state funding runs dry
The building has been earmarked for demolition since 2018 but sits empty as it awaits redevelopment
The construction of 358 new beds in Trinity Hall (Halls) has been delayed indefinitely after promised government funding did not materialise, leaving the project around €40 million short.
The new development is planned to replace Cunningham House on the Halls …
College will try to increase masters’ tuition fees – we must be ready
If you are interested in applying for a masters’ degree after finishing your bachelors, I urge you to read this and get involved in the campaign.
Each year, there are around 4,000 students enrolled in masters programmes at Trinity. Many have just finished undergraduate degrees and have opted to continue their education at Trinity, pursuing their lifelong dreams and passions. These courses already cost us a …
Op-Ed: The student movement must organise radical demands beyond electoralism
TCDSU President-Elect László Molnárfi writes on how “voting alone will not make society better in the long-run”
The passing of our emergency motion at the recent Union of Students Ireland (USI) Congress to take a position of no-confidence in the government has been met with applause from all corners of the third-level sector. This is certainly a …
Corporate encroachment on academia must be stopped in its tracks-and students and staff must not be afraid to play their part
Senior management are deeply complicit in the plight of our universities, not least by creating a culture of silence amongst staff, writes László Molnárfi, SSP Convenor of the TCDSU
If we were to blame senior management for the problems that plague College, we would be sorely misguided. Government starvation of the third-level sector is to blame for the ills that plague our universities, including high student-staff ratios, insufficient infrastructure …