In Focus
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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'.
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At the Frontlines of the On-Campus Rent Wars
In recent months, students' unions across the country have clashed with colleges over on-campus rent increases.
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Coronavirus: Has Ireland Listened To Its Academics?
A month ago, Trinity's response to the pandemic was considered proactive rather than reactive. Has that changed?
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On Ireland’s Campuses, an Overlooked Demographic: Student Farmers
Farmers don’t have it easy – with long hours and criticism from some quarters, there’s a lot to it. But what’s it like for students in the business?
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Forever Presence: Remembering Koralek, the Berkeley’s Monument Man
In 1967, the Berkeley Library opened – designed by Paul Koralek. Decades later, it stands as 'an unusual, but deserved feat in modern-day Dublin'.
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Around the World, Examining Blueprints for a Better Union
In Trinity, TCDSU has looked broadly similar for years now. Could there be a better – and fairer – way of structuring Trinity's students' union?
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How to Win a TCDSU Election – From the Designer of Hillary Clinton’s ‘H’
World-famous graphic designer Michael Bierut talks about the importance of design in elections – but why it's also 'bullshit' in a way.
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Are Colleges Doing Enough to Care for Their Student and Staff Parents?
With Ireland's early years sector at 'tipping point', a look at how colleges work to make higher education accessible to student and staff parents.
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Ahead of an Election, Research Becomes Political
Top Irish academics argue that the importance of research is being ignored, to the detriment of the future.
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Bringing a Classical Discipline Into the 21st Century
Classics, a field of study traditionally focused on the past, is having to get creative in shaping itself for the challenges of the future.