TCDSU Mental Health Week 2017 begins today, Monday 20 March, marking the final welfare campaign week of the year. The week aims “raise awareness of the different mental health issues that affect us”, highlighting issues such as spotting the signs …
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Dissecting the dissertation process
SS English and History student Megan Thompson outlines some advice for incoming fourth year students considering a dissertation
With the time to choose your modules for next year fast approaching, most of those rising to their final year will have the choice to do a dissertation, and some of those in lower years may make choices which will …
Choosing the traits of your children: a genetic testing panel discussion
Trinity’s Genetics Society host its final event of the year yesterday, March 15. A panel discussion entitled Ethics, Genetics & Preimplantation Genetic Testing, this event was led by speakers from four disciplines concerning the area of genetic testing and screening. …
Panel Discussion on Political Activism
The Burke Sessions, in association with TCDSU Lobby Group, host a panel discussion on political activism in Ireland today
On Monday evening, the College Historical Society, in association with the newly founded TCDSU Lobby Group, hosted a panel discussion on Political activism. The event was a part The Burke Sessions a series of panel discussions run by a subcommittee …
A Student Filmmaker’s Paradise: DU Film Festival
Trinity’s very first DU Film Festival ran a range of events throughout the week, fostering relationships between young Irish filmmakers.
This week saw Trinity’s inaugural student film festival, DU Film Festival (DUFF), fully embracing their slogan of ‘by students, for students’. Ran in and around Trinity campus by DU Film Society, it was the first festival of it’s kind and …
Women in the workplace
Una Power, Nadia Reeves Long and Vickey Curtis discuss gender quotas, female participation and gender bias in the workplace at an event co-hosted by two Trinity students
International Women’s Week continued with its slogan #BeBoldForChange with an event co-hosted by two individual students, Aislinn Brennan and Estelle Reeves Long, breaking the trend of a society-dominated week. More of an informal panel discussion in comparison to other events, …
What is Direct Provision and why must it end?
Trinity PBP and TCDSU came together to host founding member of United Against Racism, Memet Uludag, to speak about why the Direct Provision scheme in Ireland must be abolished.
This Thursday, March 9, saw a discussion entitled “Direct Provision- Why It Must End” being held in a spacious seminar room in Áras an Phiarsaigh. The event was a collaborative one between Trinity People Before Profit and TCDSU. The sole …
A letter to… slow walkers
The biggest frustration for any student walking to College? Idle strollers in the city centre
Dear Slow Walkers,
It is a lovely thing to walk down Grafton Street on a sunny day, chatting with a friend or two and enjoying yourself. It is equally lovely to take a leisurely stroll around St Stephen’s Green park. …
This Woman’s Work: a panel discussion on women in the music industry
On Tuesday evening, March 7, DU Alternative Music Society (DUAMS) hosted an all-female panel of musicians and music industry professionals to discuss the role of women is the music industry. The panelists included Faye O’Rourke (Little Green Cars), MayKay (Fight …
Experimental and traditional mix at annual VisArts exhibition
TCD Visual Arts Society End of Year Exhibition showcases a wide variety of work from students and staff
TCD Visual Arts Society launched their End of Year Exhibition on Monday March 6th, in the modern and artistically active Temple Bar Gallery + Studios. This year’s opening night featured a performance from the Trinity Belles and an afterparty in …