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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.

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’.

Trinity Students Receive Degrees In Zoom Commencement Ceremony
Chancellor Mary McAleese conferred 532 degrees in the traditional Latin in an unprecedented online ceremony.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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'.