OPINION
“Blue Monday” has Come and Gone, Yet Concerns about Mental Health Remain
Trinity's low dropout rates are emblematic of good quality mental health support services, and the rest of the country should take note.
Contribution
LGBT Hustings Shouldn’t Be the Hunger Games
Sarah Scales argues that LGBT hustings has become a forum for meanness, jeopardising students’ perceptions of the LGBT community as a whole.
In Identifying Ways to Determine Potential in the Leaving Cert, Debate and Scrutiny are Welcome
Professor Patrick Geoghegan, project sponsor of the Trinity Admissions Feasibility Study, defends the need for alternative measures of potential.
Students Need to “Rock the Vote” Again
Senator Gerard Craughwell argues that students have proved that a single vote makes a difference and must maintain this momentum for general election 2016.
Contribution
In a Digital World, Plans Don’t Mean Commitment
Elizabeth Quinn contends that technology gives us more flexibility but less responsibility.
Failing to Offer Promised Modules Jeopardises Student Degrees
James Shaw argues that failures in the provision of funding for higher education means College can’t pay for the degrees students signed up for.
It May Come as a Surprise, but Trinity Needs to do More to Support Students Beyond Academics
Addressing the findings of a recent survey, in which College fares poorly at helping students with non-academic needs.
Anti-social Behaviour
Looming regulations, “not about blame or punishment”, are completely about blame and punishment
Contribution
Students are Organised and Angry in the UK. What Can we Learn?
Denis Ryan compares student responses to fee increases and funding cuts in Ireland and the UK, and contends that Irish students can do more.
The Transgender Community Deserves to Tell its Own Stories
Although awareness of trans rights is improving on campus and worldwide, Paige Reynolds argues that failure to feature trans actors on screen must be addressed.