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Students with Disabilities Have Long Sought Online Learning. It Must Continue and Improve

The coronavirus has brought online and remote learning to Trinity. Now they must be built upon, writes Niamh Ní Hoireabhaird.
By Niamh Ní Hoireabhaird
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Níl Aon Mheas ag an Rialtas Seo ar an nGaeilge sa Chóras Oideachais

Is údar díomá, seachas iontas, é an chaoi a gcaitear leis an teanga sa chóras oideachais, dar le Peter Kavanagh.
By Peter Kavanagh
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Failed by Successive Governments, Third-Level Needs Its Own Full Minister

State underfunding has forced universities to act like businesses, writes Kevin Mitchell. Now more than ever they need a cabinet-level champion.
By Kevin Mitchell
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Editorial

Erasmus Gamble Marks Trinity as an Outlier. Time Will Tell If It’s Right

Trinity last week became Ireland’s first – and possibly only – university to allow students the option of travelling abroad for Erasmus.
By The Editorial Board
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In Ainneoin na Fianaise, Diúltaíonn Éire Maoiniú a Thabhairt dá Todhchaí

Dúirt an Roinn Oideachais go mbeidh ar ollscoileanna na tíre a réitigh féin a aimsiú.
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Editorial

Facing Irrefutable Evidence, Ireland Still Refuses to Fund its Own Future

The Department of Education has said Irish universities will have to find the solutions to their financial issues from within their own budgets.
By The Editorial Board
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Analysis

Trinity’s Erasmus Decision Spawns as Many Questions as it Answers

Students want to be able to go on Erasmus next year – but today, mid-pandemic, what they really wanted was certainty, writes Faye Curran.
By Faye Curran
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Normal People Helped Me Come To Terms With The Loss Of My Sligo Accent

Aoife Kearins, a Sligo native, on losing your accent when you come to Dublin – and how Normal People inspired her to get back to her roots.
By Aoife Kearins
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Analysis

Battling the Odds, Can Gisèle Scanlon’s ‘Caring’ GSU Protect Fretful Postgrads?

After a turbulent year for the GSU, incumbent vice-president Gisèle Scanlon is bidding to lead postgraduates through an uncertain future.
By Sárán Fogarty
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Sna Toghcháin Iarchéime, Reitric nár Tháinig le Fírinne Ghéar na n-Iarchéime

Ní raibh na triúr iarrthóirí inchreidteach ag an gcéad toghchánaíocht d’Aontas na Mac Léinn iarchéime an tseachtain seo.