Comment & Analysis

The Best is Yet to Come: Why My College Years Shouldn’t Be the Best of My Life
While we might look back on them with rose-tinted glasses, our years at college shouldn’t be the best of our life, writes Hosanna Boulter

Contribution
Trinity’s Societies and Student Organisations Must Become Accessible to All
With almost 10 per cent of Trinity’s student population registered with the disability service, student spaces, movements, and societies must make strides to prioritise accessibility, writes Evan Cryan.

What Trinity Taught me About Education – Both Formal and Informal
I am a different person to the one I was a year ago, because of my education – both the one I receive in university and the rich, informal education that I receive every day, writes Cormac Watson.

Analysis
The Top Three Takeaways from Harris’ New ‘Impact 2030’ Strategy
Minister for Higher Education Simon Harris launched the new research and innovation strategy yesterday.

No, Social Media can Never BeReal
Our goal should not be to make social media more ‘real’, but to accept its lack of reality and enjoy it for what it is, writes Phoebe Pascoe.

A Degree in English Literature is a Sorry Match for my Love of Reading
I had a completely different, idealistic picture of what it would look like to be an English major long before I actually became one, writes Abby Cleaver.

Analysis
The Top Five Takeaways From Harris’ New Funding Framework
The government’s “Funding the Future” framework details its plans for the future of higher education in Ireland.

Contribution
Will Smith’s Oscars Slap Proves Every Bad Thing We Think About Hollywood
In the first of a series of opinion articles from transition-year students, Colin Smith reflects on what the Oscars really represent now.

Editorial
USI Congress is Stale and Unproductive. A New Format is Badly Needed
The national union's annual decision-making convention took place for the first time in person since 2019 last week.

Analysis
Editor Candidates Put Through Their Paces at Hustings
Mairead Maguire and Ailbhe Noonan faced tough lines of questioning on accessibility and inclusion.