The possible increase of student fees and imposition of a loan scheme has become a more publicly contested debate in recent months. In Trinity, the Students Against Fees group was formed to challenge this. It’s a debate whose outcome will …
economy
The language of recovery
Eóin Ó Murchú examines the problems with framing the national economy in the medical terminology of recovery.
The government response to the housing crisis
William Foley dissects the most recent statistics to examine the current government’s record and proposals for tackling the housing crisis.
TTIP of the Iceberg?
Feidhlim McGowan talks through the secrecy and doubt surrounding the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
Uproar at JobBridge scheme escalates
- Weekend protests over exploitative practice at car repair company
- Minister for Social Welfare defends advertisement for PhD candidates
- JobBridge “broken beyond repair” – USI
Controversy over the latest JobBridge scandal culminated in protests in Dublin and Cork on Saturday, two …
Sharp increase in student demand for financial assistance
Aonghus Ó Cochláin
- Financial support funds depleted as early as October
- Lower grant threshold leaving students vulnerable
There has been a significant increase in the number of students applying for some form of financial assistance from College, according
Editorial: Student services being cut by board without student representation
Elaine McCahill and Tommy Gavin address the massive cuts to student services announced recently.
Editor
The news in recent weeks that student services, through the form of the Capitated bodies, are due to be cut again is …
Irish youth organise against government targeting
Tommy Gavin
Deputy Editor
Approximately 170 young people were in attendance for the Young People’s Assembly in Liberty Hall last Saturday. The assembly was the first event of its kind, as a broad assembly of Irish youth in response to …
Nobel-winning economist: Austerity will never work
Why university rankings are a false measures of success
Ben Lennon examines the criteria university rankings are based on and how this may not be a true measure of an institution’s success.
Every year when the three major international university league tables get published there is a misguided reaction. …