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Explainer: No ‘No Detriment’, But Several Mitigating Measures

Council will be asked to approve a set of proposals, in place of no detriment, to mitigate the issues students face in summer assessments.
By Emer Moreau
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Biochemistry School ‘Strongly Against’ No-Detriment Policy

Final-year biochemistry students were told that the school was opposing the policy ‘in order to protect the reputation of your degree programme’.
By Cormac Watson
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Trinity Students Receive Degrees In Zoom Commencement Ceremony

Chancellor Mary McAleese conferred 532 degrees in the traditional Latin in an unprecedented online ceremony.
By Emer Moreau
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NUIG Medicine Students Graduate Early to Join Healthcare Frontline

Some 190 medicine students attended a fast-tracked graduation ceremony – held on a Facebook live stream – before they start work.
By Emer Moreau
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UCD to Take Student Exam Concerns ‘Into Account’, But Skirts No Detriment

An email to UCD students promised the college would take circumstances ‘into account’, but did not reference a no-detriment policy.
By Sárán Fogarty
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Eoin Ó Broin Blasts Government As Students Fight for Housing Refunds

Ó Broin said the response from Minister for Higher Eduction Mary Mitchell O'Connor 'will do little to allay' the fears of students chasing refunds.
By Danielle Varley
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Students to Get Trinity Ball Refunds by April 16th, Says Organising Committee

The Trinity Ball Committee told ticket-holders they'll get refunds in the coming weeks.
By Ella Connolly
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GSU President Could Lose Union Forum Vote, in Proposed Constitutional Change

Students will vote on a change to TCDSU'S constitution that could strip the GSU president of a vote on an important union body.
By Cormac Watson
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Trinity Taking No-Detriment Calls ‘Very Seriously’, Vice-Provost Tells Campaigners

Jurgen Barkhoff responded to students who participated in a ‘bombardment campaign’, with an email that greeted them by name.
By Donal MacNamee
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TCDSU to Create Irish Language Policy

TCDSU's council voted in favour of a motion that will allow the union to 'justly serve our members who speak Irish as their first language'.
By Emer Moreau