Academics, GMB chamber debates, drunken society balls, and packed pub crawls. With this being the experience of most Trinity students, it is often too easy to forget that our college experience is largely shaped by fellow students. For a select …
Rose Slocock is a Deputy Features Editor at Trinity News and is currently in her Junior Sophister Year studying History.
State of the Union
Understanding your 2023/24 TCD Student Union: how to take an active role in your education this year
Whether you are starting College or deeply embroiled in the rigours of your degree, it can often feel as though you have no direct input in the administration of your own education. In a large institution such as Trinity, it …
“It’s a fundamentally exploitative system here”: Inside the ongoing struggle for postgraduate rights
An in-depth look into the testing postgraduate experience in Ireland
“We are all hurt by the system, not everyone in the same way.” This is the harsh reality of postgraduate study according to Seathrún (Jeffrey) Sardina, chair of Trinity College Dublin’s branch of the Postgraduate Workers’ Organisation (PWO). Speaking to …