Educational Issues

The School Where Students Make the Rules

In Wicklow, one school thinks direct democracy delivers the best results.
By Bridget Maloney
Editorial

There Are Weeks Until a Referendum. Keep Repeal the Priority

If an imminent repeal referendum isn’t TCDSU’s priority, what should be?

Proposed Investigative Powers Have Been Dropped

The powers, which would have increased governmental oversight, have been for dropped for ‘technical’ reasons.
By Róisín Power

TCDSU Survey Shows Students Want Repeal

Student spaces and third-level fees were also top of students' concerns.
By Ciaran Molloy

Trinity Needs to get TSM Right

The long-awaited overhaul of the Two-Subject Moderatorship must lead to a more unified joint-honours programme.
By Ciannait Khan

New Review Spells End of TSM

A College-commissioned report recommended that TSM should be discontinued.
By Kathleen McNamee

Carton House Debacle, Iveagh Grounds Purchase, Staff Engagement

Joan Donegan is Standing Firm for Ireland’s Academics

The new head of the Irish Federation of University Teachers talks gender quotas, diplomacy and a life spent in union politics.
By Dominic McGrath

Students Want More Engagement With Lecturers, Says New Report

The Irish Survey of Student Engagement reveals that students want more interaction with staff.
By Ciaran Molloy

UK Universities Must Adapt to Brexit’s Uncertainty

Vice-Chancellor of Anglia Ruskin University Iain Martin says universities want greater clarity over the next steps as the UK leaves the EU.
By Iain Martin