Educational Issues

Students Urge Trinity to Adopt ‘No Detriment’ Policy for Summer Exams

A petition calls on Trinity to put in place a system that would mean students' grades can't drop as a result of their summer exams.
By Donal MacNamee and Emer Moreau

With Little Research, and Less Data, Women’s Health Remains Overlooked

Despite the efforts of many academics, data on women's illnesses is acutely limited. It's hard to understand why so little research exists.
By Eithne Duffy

Dear Leaving Cert Commentariat: We’re in a Pandemic. It’s Not About You

Compelled to comment on the leaving certificate, despite sitting the exams years ago? You’re betraying a lot about yourself, writes Faye Curran.
By Faye Curran

Leaving Certificate Students May Have College Start Delayed Until November

Under government proposals, leaving certificate students may sit their exams in the summer, and start college as late as November.
By Alex Connolly

Challenging the Common Conception of Sex Work

Trinity and NUIG lecturers, Gillian Wylie and Eilis Ward, on fighting the perception of sex workers as exploited women.
By Kathleen McNamee

Around the World, Universities Are Speaking Up on Manning Up

Toxic masculinity is a phrase loaded with meaning, and sometimes deeply divisive. But in universities, substantive conversations are starting about it.
By Emma Taggart

In Universities, Academics and Activists Fight for Ireland’s Deaf Community

It hasn't always had much recognition, but at third-level, there's a sense that the Deaf Community is finally being 'listened to'.
By Rachel O'Leary
Editorial

On Coronavirus, Trinity Has Done Well in New Waters – But Huge Hurdles Lie Ahead

Few of the certainties associated with College hold true in the present circumstances.

Éacht Déanta ag an gColáiste le Ceist an Choróinvíris – Ach Dúshláin Le Sárú

Is beag cinnteacht atá bainteach leis an gColáiste sa ré seo.

The Trinity–NCAD Elective Teaching Students How to ‘Fail Marvellously’

Philip Napier, an NCAD professor heading up a new College elective, wants Trinity students to 'step into that unknown experimental place'.
By Emma Taggart