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USI Launches Campaign to Promote Spiking Awareness
The USI has teamed up with Minister for Justice Helen McEntee and Minister for Higher Education Simon Harris to promote the campaign.

One Third of Young Women Have Experienced Depression Symptoms – Study
The figures were part of new research from the Growing Up in Ireland study.

Students on Childcare Courses Invited to Temporarily Work in Creches
The scheme, which will run until January, aims to curb staffing shortages in early learning and childcare providers due to the pandemic.

Calls for Trinity to Create Permanent Memorial for Eavan Boland
Over 50 writers and academics signed an open letter calling on the Provost to establish a permanent exhibition in memory of the poet.

Schols Could be Held Online if COVID Restrictions Change
A memo sent to Board members for approval says that online exams are preferable to postponing in-person sittings.

Students in Northern Ireland Living on as Little as £29.30 a Week
The average annual cost for purpose-built student accommodation is equivalent to 81 per cent of the maximum student loan available.

Social Worker and Labour Rep Eoin Barry to Contest Seanad Bye Election
Barry said he wants to create new approaches for supporting healthcare workers and the mental health crisis.

GSU Votes to Seek Extension on Student Partnership Agreement
The agreement outlines the relationship between the GSU and Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union and the College

GSU Votes to Formally Support Students4Change
The GSU has previously worked with the lobby group on the issue of in-person exams.

GSU to Lobby for No In-Person Exams
The motion cited “very serious implications” for postgraduate exam invigilators if in-person exams were to go ahead this semester.