Comment & Analysis

Editorial
USI Has Stepped Off the Anti-Fees Pedal, and May End Up Regretting It
Despite signs that the tide has turned away from a student loan scheme, universities are still starved of funding.

Editorial
Ireland’s Newest University Might Need External Help to Form its Union
To focus on timing is to relegate the importance of creating a high-quality, best-in-class union.

Editorial
The Logic Behind the IUA’s U-Turn on Student Loans is Not So Sound
The association's agnosticism is not some shift in a master plan, but rather a response to vague government statements.

Editorial Notebook
Trinity Education Project Exams, Summer Series, TCDSU Academic Senate

When it Comes to Harassment, Silence is Often Complicity
Standing up against sexual harassment is never easy, but we must find ways to break the silence, writes Athene Donald.

Contribution
How the Schrodinger Conference Reignited My Passion for Research
Cillian Gartlan reflects on this historic conference impacted him and reignited his commitment to a career in science.

The Superhero Leading Trinity’s Science Charge
Trinity’s only speaker at the prestigious Schrodinger conference this week, Lydia Lynch is striving to cure obesity and cancer through immunology.

Students Are in the Future of Sustainability
Provost Patrick Prendergast writes that universities have a vital role to play in finding the big solutions to environmental issues.

Schrodinger 75 is a Historic Gathering of Great Minds
Trinity's commemoration of Erwin Schrodinger's 1943 lecture series will honour Schrodinger's greatest legacy, writes Prof Luke O'Neill.

Contribution
Freshers’ Week is Wasted on Freshers
The constant hype around freshers' week makes disappointment for new students hard to avoid, writes Aoife Kearins.