Comment & Analysis

Contribution
A Foreigner’s Perspective on Abortion in Ireland
Julie Irigaray discusses what it's like to experience Ireland as student coming from a country where abortion has been legal for decades.

Contribution
I Learned About Consent in School Aged Nine. We Need a Greater Dialogue in Ireland
Terms like rape and consent were introduced into the class discussion in a matter-of-fact way that allowed the topic to be normalised and understood.

The Political Science Professor Leading Research and The Next Generation to A Bright Future
Prof Raj Chari on bringing science into politics, why Trinity students are the smartest and why he starts every lecture with a political song.

This Referendum is Chance for Students to Claim Their Own Space in Trinity
With students voting this week, TCDSU President, Kieran McNulty, outlines the case for a student centre and new student spaces in Trinity.

Colleges Fighting a Sexual Assault Epidemic
Ellen Orchard explores where strategies to prevent sexual harassment in college currently stand, examining the effectiveness of both preventative and post-assault strategies.

Our Attitudes Towards Gender Inequality in Education are Excluding the Issues of Men and Boys
The under-representation of men in certain fields at third-level, and the gender imbalance in education as a whole, is a cause for concern.

Corraitheach go Teoiriciúil, Tá Baol go mBainfidh Scoileanna an Bonn ó Thionscnamh Oideachais na Tríonóide
Agus muid ag tabhairt airde d’iompar an Choláiste ar leibhéal na Scoileanna agus na Roinnte, is dócha go mbeidh deacrachtaí in athnuachan TEP.

Editorial
Exciting in Theory, Trinity Education Project May be Let Down by Individual Schools
Trinity’s organisational track record on the level of schools and departments would suggest that curriculum innovation may be easier said than done.

Díograis Feachtasaíochta Mac Léinn Choláiste na Tríonóide mar Chúis le Dobartaíola faoi Neodrachas ar Athaontú na hÉireann
Tugann mic léinn Choláiste na Tríonóide a lán aird do sheasamh agus do reifrinn, agus is dá bhrí sin gur cheap siad go cúramach faoin vótáil maidir le haontacht na hÉireann.

Editorial
Trinity’s Students’ Commitment to Campaigning Explains Caution on Irish Unity
Trinity students take referendums and stances seriously, which is why they thought carefully about this week’s vote on Irish unity.