Comment & Analysis

Contribution
Assessing the Use of Prescriptive Medication as a Study Aid
Prescriptive medication can be enticing as a study aid, and there are a multitude of opinions as to whether or not they are acceptable.

Contribution
What College Degrees Mean for Millennials, and How Colleges Can Respond Better
In a world that’s changing so rapidly – growing, morphing and expanding at an incomprehensible speed – how can college degrees keep up?

Ní Feidir Freagracht do Chomhionannas Inscne a Ligint ar Leataobh Sráide
Tá sé ráite ag Coláiste na Tríonóide nár dócha go gceapfaí iad leas-uachtarán do chomhionannas inscne, ach b’fhéidir nach ndéanfar faic má thabharfar an fhreagracht do oifigigh gnóthacha.

Editorial
Trinity Needs to Ensure that Gender Equality is Given the Focus it Requires
If there is to be no vice-president for gender equality, Trinity needs to ensure that the issue is still properly addressed.

Tá Cinneadh ar Mhaoiniú Tar Éis na Géarchéime Buntáisteach do Mhic Léinn
Agus mic léinn as láthair sna hinstitiúidí, is beag comhghuaillithe a bheadh ann ag teacht na deise deireanaí córas iasachtai a bhacadh.

Editorial
For Students, a Decision on Funding Coming After the Summer is an Advantage
With students gone from institutions, there would be few allies around for the last chance to stop a loan-based system being introduced.

Analysis
The Timely Reform of Irish Arts Degrees
UCD and Maynooth University are planning to reform their arts degree programmes. The aim? To give arts students the skills they're often mocked for not having.

Our Approach to Obesity Needs to be More Compassionate
Dr Francis Finucane, a consultant endocrinologist in Galway University Hospitals and honorary senior lecturer in NUI Galway, argues for a different treatment of obesity.

Extending Voting Rights to 16 and 17-Year-Olds Should Not be Swept Under the Carpet
A system whereby an individual is considered to be mature enough to pay tax but too immature to vote on issues that influence taxation seems contradictory.

Contribution
Smaoineamh Fiúntach atá i dTréimhse a Chaitheamh sa Ghaeltacht um tSamhraidh
Ní hamháin do dhaltaí atá ag staidéar don Ardteistiméireacht atá inti, a áitíonn Philip McGuinness.