“Yeah we’ve got a grand old group. You make good friends while you’re there.” These are the words of Trinity student Alex, under pseudonym, who works through the summer as a Trinity Trails tour guide. Alex isn’t the only student …
Features
Russia’s Student Diaspora: A Forgotten Side of Putin’s War
Trinity News speaks to Russian students about their experience of studying in Europe in the context of the war in Ukraine
One Spring day in 2022, Mark was sitting in a classroom in Trinity watching a pair of classmates from his degree in management science and information studies make a presentation which touched on a number of major current affairs. “When …
Tattoos and Ties: The Intersection of Self-Expression and Workplace Etiquette
With the recent dismissal of three Garda trainees on the basis of their tattoos, the place of tattoos in a professional environment has once again come into the spotlight as body art grows seemingly more popular than ever
Following last month’s decision to send home three Garda trainees due to their tattoos, the conversation about the place of tattoos in the workplace has exploded once more across Irish headlines. The Garda handbook states that “Body art [tattoos] on …
Schols: Ireland’s most prestigious (and most feared) academic honour
Trinity News speaks with students and faculty about this one-of-a-kind, life changing examination imbued with prestige and intimidation
Every year, on the first Monday in April, the lives of around sixty Trinity students change in an instant. During a tension-filled half hour, hundreds of people gather in Front Square to discover whether they were one of the few …
State of the Union
Understanding your 2023/24 TCD Student Union: how to take an active role in your education this year
Whether you are starting College or deeply embroiled in the rigours of your degree, it can often feel as though you have no direct input in the administration of your own education. In a large institution such as Trinity, it …
An Inside Look at the Personal Costs of Climate Change
Trinity News speaks to Trinity Students from California and Italy about the effects that climate change has had on their lives.
Recently, there has been a surge in consumer and aesthetic interest in climate change. With Instagram reels telling people the trendiest charity shops they can go to and popular fast food chains offering vegan burgers, it can be hard to …
“It’s a fundamentally exploitative system here”: Inside the ongoing struggle for postgraduate rights
An in-depth look into the testing postgraduate experience in Ireland
“We are all hurt by the system, not everyone in the same way.” This is the harsh reality of postgraduate study according to Seathrún (Jeffrey) Sardina, chair of Trinity College Dublin’s branch of the Postgraduate Workers’ Organisation (PWO). Speaking to …
The Slow Death: Azerbaijan’s Armenian Genocide
Through interviews with people on the ground and world experts of the region, Trinity News gets an inside look at what a 7+ month Azerbaijani blockade has done to the lives of the Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh with their home now an open-air prison.
For the four years of his existence, Ruben Akopyan* has only called one place his home: a picturesque, mountain-lined region of the Caucuses called Nagorno-Karabakh (or Artsakh to Armenians). Geographically nestled within the predominantly Muslim nation of Azerbaijan, Nagorno-Karabakh’s population …
“War Is War but Classes Are Classes”
The experience of Ukrainian students after the Russian invasion
In February 2022, a year and a half into her degree in political science and philosophy at the University of Kiev, Paulina’s classes took an unscheduled break. Two weeks later, teaching resumed in hybrid format. She told Trinity News that …
“I came in because I thought I had something ready to give, and I feel like I’ve given it”: Gabi Fullam reflects on her year as TCDSU President
The outgoing TCDSU President sits down with Trinity News to discuss her time in the role
Next to the desk of the outgoing President of Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union (TCDSU), hangs a copy of her manifesto dotted with a column of check marks. “I keep my manifesto up here, and I’ve been ticking things off …