College
Explainer: What We Know About Trinity’s Plans for a New Normal on Campus
This week, this newspaper published a slew of details about the options Trinity is considering for getting back to teaching next year.
UCD Considers Saturday Classes and Reduced Number of Modules Next Year
UCD is considering a raft of provisional changes for teaching next year, the College Tribune has reported.
Undergraduates Set to Return End of September, Exams in January 2021
Postgraduate students will ‘possibly’ start at the end of October, as College plans for a combination of online and in-person teaching next year.
Students Have Long Opposed Direct Provision. Jane McNamara Wants Them to Understand It
The journalist has just released a podcast – edited by Trinity student Ellie O'Neill – that explains every aspect of direct provision in Ireland.
Ahead of a College Directive, Students Sweat On the Fate of a Year Abroad
Students will find out the fate of next year's Erasmus and Study Abroad programme tomorrow. For many, there's a lot riding on the decision.
Trinity Graduate Naoise Dolan to Have Debut Novel Adapted for TV
Exciting Times will be produced in the US by Black Bear Pictures, the company that produced Alan Turing biopic The Imitation Game.
Analysis
Battling the Odds, Can Gisèle Scanlon’s ‘Caring’ GSU Protect Fretful Postgrads?
After a turbulent year for the GSU, incumbent vice-president Gisèle Scanlon is bidding to lead postgraduates through an uncertain future.
Two-Metre Rule Could Mean Only 20% of Students on Campus for Lectures
Vice-Provost Jurgen Barkhoff told a meeting of University Council that an online learning experience for incoming freshers ‘was not ideal’.
Classes of Up to 25 Students Could be Taught In Person Next Year
Internal minutes show College is considering holding classes of up to 25 students in person, with groups bigger than that held online.
USI to Campaign for Better Placement Conditions for Nurses, Midwives
The union will work with the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation to demand better pay for nurses and midwives on placement.