The higher education funding problem’s effect on Trinity has manifested itself in very obvious ways in recent days – in something as basic as the number of modules that students have a choice of. On Monday, Prof Peter Coxon, the Head of the Department of Geography and a College Board member, emailed all third-year geography students, urging them to take action against the Faculty of Engineering, Maths and Science and College for what he called the “incredible erosion of our ability to teach whole sections of a geography degree without the discipline being given any indication of future staffing”. The School of Natural Sciences, of … Continue reading Senior Academic Urges Students to Take Action Against College, with Staffing and Modules Cut Across the Board