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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.
By Aoife Kearins

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’.
By Cormac Watson

Trinity Students Receive Degrees In Zoom Commencement Ceremony

Chancellor Mary McAleese conferred 532 degrees in the traditional Latin in an unprecedented online ceremony.
By Emer Moreau

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.
By Emer Moreau

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.
By Sárán Fogarty

The Trinity Graduate Helping in a 450km Run for Hospitals

Trinity graduate Paul Allan and five of his friends are running a collective 450km to raise funds for Tallaght Hospital amid the coronavirus pandemic.
By Emma Taggart

Eoin Ó Broin Blasts Government As Students Fight for Housing Refunds

Ó Broin said the response from Minister for Higher Eduction Mary Mitchell O'Connor 'will do little to allay' the fears of students chasing refunds.
By Danielle Varley
Editorial

No Detriment Isn’t a Perfect Policy – But It’s the Best Proposal We’ve Seen

Thousands of students have this week demanded the implementation of a policy that will safeguard their grades.

Ní Bheadh Polasaí Gan Díobháil Foirfe – Ach Is É An Moladh Is Fearr Atá Cloistithe Againn

I rith na seachtaine, d’éiligh na mílte mic léinn go gcuirfear polasaí i bhfeidhm a thabharfadh cosaint dá ghráid.

Trinity Taking No-Detriment Calls ‘Very Seriously’, Vice-Provost Tells Campaigners

Jurgen Barkhoff responded to students who participated in a ‘bombardment campaign’, with an email that greeted them by name.
By Donal MacNamee