Comment & Analysis

Editorial
Students Should Demand Better Protection for their Data
The extent of the information that colleges and students’ unions store about students should raise red flags.

Editorial
This Week is the Dawn of the Trinity Education Project, But Hurdles Remain
Nearly three years after the project entered its consultation phase, Trinity’s overhaul of its undergraduate curriculum becomes a reality.

Trinity’s Early Move-In Fee Exploits Student Residents
Students already pay €7,000 to live on campus for the year. Kathleen McNamee asks why they should pay more.

Editorial
The Certain Irony to the HEA Chief’s Resignation
Love resigned amid growing unease about the autonomy of the HEA.

Editorial
Trinity’s Starting to Make Better Use of Space. But It Could Do More
Trinity has been notoriously slow to modernise its on-campus buildings – but it’s starting to use space more creatively.

It’s Time to Stand up Against Exploitative Internships
Ciannait Khan writes that it's not unreasonable to expect compensation for labour.

Analysis
College-Wide Points Drop is a Cause For Concern
After a tumble down the rankings and a further blow today, Trinity will need to act fast to get back on its feet, writes Donal MacNamee.

Editorial
The Provost’s Speech in Israel is Divorced from the Reality of Campus Opinion
Thanks in part to support won in March’s TCDSU referendum, Students for Justice in Palestine is no longer a fringe group.

Editorial
Trinity’s CAO Decline Shows it Needs to Focus More on the Here and Now
Despite lofty long-term ambitions, shifting perceptions suggest Trinity needs to step up and show what it has to offer.

The Provost is Betraying Trinity’s Anti-Apartheid Legacy
Provost Patrick Prendergast’s lofty goal of defending freedom of speech is an attempt to justify the unjustifiable, writes Seán Egan.