OPINION

Finger on the Pulse

Daniel Scott discusses his experiences with panic attacks and anxiety, and how they have helped shape him today.

A Mature Education

Marcella Caruso argues for a reevaluation of the role mature students play within the student population

Here’s To Never Growing Up

Aisling Curtis observes our struggle to achieve traditional markers of maturity and fears the implications of that trend

The Provost’s Manifesto

Sinéad Baker critically examines Provost Patrick Prendergast's 2011 election manifesto, looking at four critical areas.

“Should intellectuals tweet?”

Cormac Shine weighs this question and others in light of a forthcoming general paper for the Scholarship exams

The Dangers of Gossip

John Larkin criticises our carefree attitude toward sharing other people's problems

Do Strategic Plans Result in Tangible Realities?

Daniel O'Brien on why strategic plans are far less important and meaningful than they claim to be.

Agóidí: an bhfuil ciall ag baint leo sa lá atá inniu ann?

Is í cosaint ár gcearta daonlathais an rud is tábhachtaí, dar le Benn Ó hÓgáin

A New Plan: A New Outlook?

Colm O’Donnell argues that the new strategic plan contains both positive content and other commitments that should get alarm bells ringing.

Inflated Out Of Proportion

Olly Donnelly argues that, as the science of teaching and learning advances, it is natural for grades to follow