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College Has Said No to No Detriment – But Obeyed the Spirit of the Policy
Trinity hasn't adopted no detriment – but it has put a lot of work into minimising detriment to students this exam period, writes Aoife Kearins.
Trinity to Reject ‘Unworkable’ No Detriment, But Offer Backup Options
Council will today be asked to approve six alternative measures that Trinity says will ‘substantially mitigate the difficulties faced by students’.
Trinity Will Use Turnitin to Combat Cheating in Real-Time Exams
College will only run real-time online exams when they're ‘academically indispensable’, students were told today.
Findings by Trinity Ageing Researchers to Help National Coronavirus Response
TILDA researchers have published a slew of new data that will help formulate policy on limiting the spread of the virus among older people.
In 1904, the ‘Steamboat Ladies’ Kicked Off a Trinity Equality Battle. It’s Still Going
From 1904 to 1907, 700 women came to Trinity from the UK to collect their degrees. Experts say they started a conversation that continues today.
Student Asks on No Detriment ‘Not Fulfilled’ by Exam Proposals, Says TCDSU
Niamh McCay wrote to members of Council yesterday before it discussed a document that said a no-detriment policy is 'unworkable' in Trinity.
Biochemistry School ‘Strongly Against’ No-Detriment Policy
Final-year biochemistry students were told that the school was opposing the policy ‘in order to protect the reputation of your degree programme’.
Trinity Students Receive Degrees In Zoom Commencement Ceremony
Chancellor Mary McAleese conferred 532 degrees in the traditional Latin in an unprecedented online ceremony.
NUIG Medicine Students Graduate Early to Join Healthcare Frontline
Some 190 medicine students attended a fast-tracked graduation ceremony – held on a Facebook live stream – before they start work.
UCD to Take Student Exam Concerns ‘Into Account’, But Skirts No Detriment
An email to UCD students promised the college would take circumstances ‘into account’, but did not reference a no-detriment policy.