Comment & Analysis

Editorial
Library Booking Needed Changing – but the Changes Need Not Have Been So Disruptive
The library announced the changes to its booking system last week.

€250 Makes a Dent in Students’ Expenses, But the Impact is Somewhat Hollow
While the €250 grant may have been a move towards greater attentiveness to higher education, students grow ever more disillusioned by short-term solutions, writes Faye Curran.

Joe Biden’s Election Will Yield Slow But Positive Results for Students
A Biden presidency will bring some normalcy back to life, and possibly substantial relief for students, writes Samuel O’Brient.

Holding the Schols Exams Online Will be Difficult, But Not Impossible
Creativity – both in how the exams are run and the questions asked – will be essential in running Schols exams online, writes Jane Cook.

Ní Raibh Gá Leis an Achrann Iarchéime Seo
Dhiúltaigh an GSU chun torthaí suirbhé a d’fhorbair Grúpa Cearta Oibrithe PhD TCD, muna nglacann an grúpa le coinníollacha áirithe.

Bhí Easpa Trédhearcachta sa Reifreann – B’fhearr Gan Ligint dó Tárlú Arís
Reáchtáil an TCDSU reifreann an tseachtain seo chun go leor leasúchán a dhéanamh ar a bhunreacht.

Editorial
A Postgraduate Row that Should Have Been Avoided
The GSU has refused to release the results of a survey developed by TCD PhD Workers’ Rights Group, unless the group agrees to certain conditions.

Editorial
This Week’s Referendum Lacked Transparency – Best Not Let It Set a Precedent
TCDSU held a referendum this week to make a ream of amendments to its constitution.

Will Higher Education Learn from the Lessons of the Pandemic?
The move to innovative forms of learning and classroom-based assessments came as a shock to higher education institutions – but now they should be incorporated into the norm, writes Tom Boland.

Ní Mór Do Ollscoileanna a Bheith Cinniúnach Faoi Athoscailt – Ach Ní Róluath
Bheartaigh DCU, Ollscoil Mhá Nuad agus Ollscoil Luimnigh an tseachtain seo chun fanacht ar líne an téarma seo chugainn.