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The last few months have seen the Graduate Students Union (GSU) placed under the spotlight repeatedly, for reasons such as calls for the impeachment of both president Gisèle Scanlon and vice president Abhisweta Bhattacharjee following a controversial EGM in April, …
Last week saw Minister for Further and Higher Education and Research Simon Harris announce that €105 million had been secured for the safe return of third level students to campus this September. The package included an extra €21 million to …
The Graduate Students’ Unon (GSU) held an Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) on Wednesday. The controversial motion to separate from Trinity College Students’ Union (TCDSU) did not pass. Two motions at the EGM however were successful, both aimed at improving the …
Provost-elect Linda Doyle, in an interview on RTE Radio 1 earlier in the week pointed towards the possible introduction of rapid Covid-19 testing on campus next year. In the interview, Doyle expressed that she was “hopeful” about students returning to …
On September 7, the highest Leaving Certificate results on record were announced after predicted grades with points rising nearly 75% for some Central Applications Office (CAO) courses. Students at the beginning of the year expected College to take place at …
After 429 years, Trinity is set to have its first female provost. Linda Doyle, Professor of Engineering and the Arts, won 517 votes out of 791 votes cast in the second round of the elections.
Doyle is to take office …
Ahead of the upcoming elections, the three provost candidates, Linda Hogan, Linda Doyle, and Jane Ohlmeyer sat down for interviews with Trinity News.
All candidates have previously expressed concern over the lack of autonomy given to the Heads of Schools …
The Trinity News poll wasn’t just about the election – students were also asked their views on a variety of other topics. This is one of the largest surveys of Trinity students regularly conducted and gives us a great sense …
The poll results reveal a stark difference in voting preferences between students who support left wing and centre-left parties (defined here as the Green Party, the Social Democrats, Sinn Féin, Labour and Solidarity-PBP) and those supporting centre-right, right wing and …
Emer Moreau is in many ways the traditional candidate for editor of the University Times, the student newspaper funded by Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union TCDSU). She is the paper’s current deputy editor, having been appointed to the role in …