Changeability is a core tenet of science. Anyone who loves it, committed to a full four years of it in college or even just bumped up against a module or two would recognise the struggle to keep abreast of the …
Natalie Duda
‘Awareness is important, almost more so than funding’
Dylan Lynch talks to Dr. Shaun Boomfield, the Trinity physicist leading a novel space forecasting project that was awarded €2.5m in European Commission funding last week.
For Trinity research fellow Dr. Shaun Bloomfield, the European Commission’s commitment to fund FLARECAST, a project aimed at forecasting solar flares, to the tune of €2.5m is about more than money.
“Awareness is important, almost more so than funding,” he …
One-size-fits-all education fails students
Going to college to do an undergraduate degree costs twelve thousand euro and three or four years of your life. So why are you here? “To get a job”; “to learn”; “to have a good time”; all answers you will …
Why the war on drugs has failed
The harms associated with so-called soft drugs are possible to avoid through careful use.
A recent survey by the Observer magazine found that a staggering 84% of Britons view the “War on drugs”, the now decades long campaign by law enforcement worldwide to reduce sale and use of illegal narcotics, as unwinnable and that …
Postcard from Aragón
Spanish banks, supermarkets and nightlife take one Erasmus student by surprise.
Like all JS European Studies students, I have the good fortune to spend this year on exchange at a European university, in order to have a proper stab at learning a foreign language before graduating. In my case, home is …
Chinese students seek edge at Irish universities
Irish higher education provides new opportunities for a growing number of Chinese students.
Wang Can, a final-year PhD student, and I are sitting in a cafe in UCD’s Conway Institute. Like hundreds of other Chinese students, the Beijing University of Chemical Technology graduate came to the university through its pre-masters programme. In China, …
Dealing with obsessive-compulsive disorder
Kevin Flynn and Laura Philpott from TCD’s OCD support group give advice on dealing with obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Picture this… your mind is a record player stuck on track A. Now imagine that track A is a specific image or thought …
Reflections on Iranian student life
When one thinks of Iranian students, the first thing that springs to mind is 1979, the year of the “student-driven” Islamic Revolution. The US embassy in Tehran was invaded, and 55 American consulate staff were held as hostages for 444 …