OPINION

For Quality and Equality, Public Funding is Higher Education’s Best Option

Loans are not the answer – Ireland needs investment in higher education, argues Laura Harmon.
By Laura Harmon

After Rankings Slump, Trinity Must Focus on Its Education – Not Its Brand

Yesterday's rankings fall was a blow to Trinity. In response, the College needs to focus on improving the fundamentals, writes Aoife Kearins.
By Aoife Kearins

The Quest for the Perfect Summer isn’t Just Overrated – It’s Exhausting

Summer shouldn't be about outdoing each other – you don't need to travel the world in style to be normal, writes Faye Curran.
By Faye Curran
Contribution

Irish Students Must Learn From Hong Kong Protests

In Hong Kong, pro-democracy protestors have been campaigning for 13 weeks. Ireland's students must pay heed, writes Katy Amos.
By Katy Amos

The Leaving Cert Is a Brutal System – But It’s Fair

The leaving certificate is tough – but it's fair, and it's only getting fairer, writes Aisling Marren.
By Aisling Marren

TCDSU Must Organise a Campus Rent Strike Within the Year

If an on-campus rent strike succeeded in Trinity, it would set an extraordinary precedent, writes Cormac Watson.
By Cormac Watson
Analysis

After a Torrid Year, Trinity Steadies the Ship on CAO Points

The College has emerged from this year's CAO points ordeal without much further damage to its reputation.
By Cormac Watson
Analysis

Housing Hikes Make Universities Complicit in Closing off Education

When 4 in 10 parents are left in debt by higher education, you know the system is in desperate need of changing, writes Orla Murnaghan.
By Orla Murnaghan

For LGBT Students, Rainbow Housing Offers a Place They Can Call Home

For LGBT students, rainbow housing offers accommodation free from fear of discrimination, writes Nathan O'Regan.
By Nathan O'Regan

Loan Schemes May Be Third-Level’s Best – and Most Equitable – Option

Abolishing fees sounds great, but in reality it would force the most vulnerable fund the education of the middle classes, writes Jack Synnott.
By Jack Synnott