Educational Issues
Students Slam College Over Exam Timetabling Errors, Assessment Pile-Ups
Students in several courses have hit out over a convergence of exams and a number of scheduling errors for this year’s exam period.
Casual Staff Will be Paid for Rostered Hours During College Closure
Casual staff, many of whom are postgraduate students, can make a wage claim for teaching classes that cannot be held online.
Ní Féidir Talamh Slán a Dhéanamh de Shaoirse Acadúil – Is Fianaise É UCD
Rinne UCD iarracht athruithe a dhéanamh a aithin “baol teannais” idir saoirse acadúil agus idirnaisiúnú.
Maidir le Polasaí Gan Díobháil, Thug an Coláiste Tús Áite do Mhic Léinn
Níor tugadh an polasaí a bhí á lorg ag mic léinn dóibh, ach rinne an Coláiste tréaniarracht spiorad an pholasaí a léiriú.
Editorial
Students Didn’t Get No Detriment – They Got a College Unusually Ready to Compromise
Students didn’t get no detriment in the way they’d hoped, but Trinity worked hard to capture the spirit of the policy.
Final-Year Medicine Students to Face Oral Exam If Suspected of Cheating
Final-year medicine students sat their exams on Zoom this week, with invigilators able to ask them to show their screen at any time.
Students to Get Exam Results Three Weeks Later than Normal, in New Timeline
Students' results will start coming out on Monday, June 15th, according to a confidential document approved by University Council yesterday.
Likelihood Grows of Delay to Leaving Certificate Exams
The government believes it's unlikely that social distancing measures will be lifted by the time the exams are due to start in June.
Explainer: No ‘No Detriment’, But Several Mitigating Measures
Council will be asked to approve a set of proposals, in place of no detriment, to mitigate the issues students face in summer assessments.
Analysis
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.