Believe it or not, not all psychologists just sit analysing people’s personal issues, and neither do members of Trinity’s Psych Soc. The term “psychology” refers to the scientific study of the human mind and its functions, but Psych Soc strives …
Societies
Sustainable Fashion with Oxfam for Second Hand September
Ruth McGann speaks to Fashion Society Chairperson Chioma Muoneke
Trinity’s campus is filled with some of Ireland’s most fashionable students, sporting unique, creative looks that reflect the talent at the heart of the university. In recent years, the fast fashion industry has come under increasing ethical and environmental scrutiny …
Putting inclusivity on our radars
Ella-Bleu Kiely talks to the Trinity Ability co_op about its Towards Inclusive Clubs and Societies Project
This Summer, the Trinity Ability co_op launched its Towards Inclusive Clubs and Societies Project. They describe themselves as an active cooperative movement led by students with disabilities towards creating radical inclusion in Trinity College Dublin. The project is funded by …
Spotlight Society: TCD Engineering Society (Eng Soc)
Ruth McGann talks to Eng Soc’s Fergus O’Brien to see what the society has in store for this year
The discipline of engineering has a prestigious reputation, both in Trinity and across the world. Engineering students take on heavy workloads and long contact hours, clocking up an impressive number of hours in the lab. So how can a busy …
Online society events: will they stay or will they go?
Ruth McGann investigates how online events affected societies last year
Since the pandemic began in early 2020, societies have had to adapt to a brave new world of online meetings, events and hangouts. Facing a challenge no students had ever encountered, Trinity’s societies rose to the occasion, guiding their members …
The History of Q Soc – Trinity LGBT
Trinity’s journey from activism to acceptance
In the early 1970s, a radical group of Trinity students began organising regular meetings to discuss issues of sexuality and its stigmatisation in Irish culture. This phenomenon was the first of its kind in Ireland, making our Q Soc the …
“Like a Daydream” – A Review of Reverie
DU Players tests the waters with a hybrid theatre festival
The events of DU Players’ Reverie festival, which ran from the 21st to the 24th of June, tastefully reflected the meaning of the word: being pleasantly lost in one’s thoughts, like a daydream. We kept finding ourselves lost in the …
Society Spotlight: DU History
Grace Fannon talks to the Auditor of DU History, Shane Macken, about the society’s unorthodox approach to history
This past year has seen an undeniable refocusing on social issues on social media platforms, especially from younger generations. There has been a movement toward re-educating oneself, becoming more aware of deeply rooted biases that continue to have consequences on …
A vision for a new-normal September
Ella Bleu-Kiely interviews TCDSU Ents Officer-elect Greg Arrowsmith on the role of societies in college life
When one hears Trinity Ents, it’s not uncommon to immediately think of first years in Halls and those crisp event photos with their distinctive logo in the corner, or maybe even fresh-faced students experiencing the wonders of Harcourt Street for …
A Year of Digital Society Events
Grace Fannon looks back at how societies have adapted over the last twelve months
Trinity is heading into the final few weeks of a year that is hopefully unlike anything we will see again. Between online lectures, frustratingly short library booking slots and an absence of sneaker-wearing tourists meandering around campus, it has been …