Editorial

Editorial

Cut The Rent Debacle Exposes A Timid Council’s Conservatism

At last council, TCDSU rejected a motion to support Cut the Rent, a student-led group trying to organize a rent strike.
Editorial

Trinity’s PhD Students Face a Litany of Issues. They Must Pick Their Battles

The demands of Trinity’s new PhD campaign group reveal the multifaceted issues faced by its members.
Editorial

Higher Education’s Stakeholders are Now Disagreeing – Publicly – on Basic Policy Issues

Provost Patrick Prendergast and Minister for Higher Education Mary Mitchell O’Connor staged a dispute in a national newspaper last week.
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Even the Provost Thinks Student Cuts Are a Bad Idea. But it’s Where the Debate is Now

The suggestion by the Provost to cut the number of students coming to Trinity shows how far higher education has fallen.
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Why Was Board Bypassed on a Submission With Direct Implications for its Future?

Trinity’s last-minute response to proposed changes to the HEA Act showed a lack of regard for the potential gravity of the changes.
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Higher Education Funding Pleas are Falling on Deaf Ears. The 2020 Budget is Proof

The 2020 budget shows that the government doesn’t care about the higher education funding crisis.
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Colleges Can’t Rely on Students to Uphold the University of Sanctuary Scheme

Last week, DCUSU launched a petition to stop the deportation of Mehwish Saqib.
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Pre-Budget, a Starving Sector Makes Political Moves. The Government is Unlikely to Care

It’s unlikely that higher education’s political manoeuvring will sway the government’s thinking ahead of Tuesday’s budget.
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For Rent Strikes to Work, Activists and TCDSU Must be on the Same Page

It was puzzling to see so little discussion of rent strikes at last Tuesday’s TCDSU council.
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After AGM Success, DUCAC’s New Regime Must Keep its Promises

The wheels of change are turning in DUCAC. Its new leadership must make tangible changes.