We all know how daunting it can be when moving to a new city; we have many questions and queries that sometimes Google just doesn’t have the answer for. Through talking to Trinity students who are part of a variety …
Student Living
Therapy: We’re thinking about it all wrong
An insight into the positive experience of counselling from the perspective of a student
A picture came up on my newsfeed recently: two people were sitting opposite each other and each had a speech bubble above them. One bubble contained a tangle of different coloured threads. The threads reached across into the other bubble, …
Haunting realities of house hunting in Dublin
Sakshi Arya provides an insight into her unsettling first encounters with the city
The beginning of every new term brings not just the excitement of meeting new people and taking courses one is passionate about, but also a bevy of international students. Several of these, like me, are South Asians. Once we’re abroad, …
Surviving Dublin: how to navigate your way financially in the Big Smoke
Emma Lueders shares some essential advice for budgeting as a college student
During my first year in Dublin, coming from a small village where the only shop for 20km doubled as the post office, I haemorrhaged money the second I walked out of Heuston. Being financially independent in a college that has …
The power of pedalling
Seán Holland discusses how to navigate your way around Dublin the eco-friendly way
As Trinity welcomes students back to campus, there will also be the return of the dozens of bikes locked near the gym. People commute every day from across the city. Cycling is probably the most affordable and environmentally friendly way …
The declassified guide to Halls
Ella Sloane breaks down the basics of living in Trinity’s Dartry Accommodation
Walking along the well trodden, leaf-littered paths of Dartry road and through the gates of Trinity Hall for the second September in a row, I am hit with a sudden wave of nostalgia. The memories held within the familiar walls …
Celebrating and promoting Literacy in the age of distance learning
Emma Lueders discusses what to expect from the 55th UNESCO International Literacy Day
UNESCO International Literacy Day — not to be confused with World Book Day, which entailed book tokens and cheap Roald Dahl paperbacks in primary school — is tomorrow, September 8. The theme for this year is “Literacy for a human-centred …
A graduation like no other
Mary O’Harte talks to the class of 2020 on finally celebrating their long-awaited graduation
Recently something strange happened on campus. The Front Square, which had been a virtual wasteland for almost a year, started to fill up with students in caps and gowns. While many had chosen to be conferred in absentia, over the …
How to handle homesickness
Leanne Healy shares some advice on how to assuage the pangs of homesickness that accompany moving to a new city
Typically, leaving for college is an exciting time for many students. There is a newfound sense of freedom that one acquires when moving away for the first time — no rules, no parents and a fresh start. On paper, it …
Advice from a senior freshman to incoming first years
Lara Monahan gives guidance to students new to Trinity
Even in the best of times, making the transition from secondary school to college is a daunting enough experience without the added stress that some students have of moving to a new city, or even country, and being away from …