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The University Times is Trinity College Dublin's student newspaper. It is Ireland's largest student newspaper.

Irish Student Publication of the Year 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2020 – www.universitytimes.ie The University Times is a broadsheet newspaper and website run by student volunteers in Trinity College, Dublin. It won Irish Student Newspaper of the Year in 2010, 2011 and 2013, and won Irish Student Publication of the Year in 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017. In 2016, it won six international design aw

ards, including best overall newspaper design and best overall news website. Editors:
Rob Donohoe, Founder – 2009/10
Tom Lowe – 2010/11
Ronan Costello – 2011/12
Owen Bennett – 2012/13
Leanna Byrne – 2013/14
Samuel Riggs – 2014/15
Edmund Heaphy – 2015/16
Sinéad Baker – 2016/17
Dominic McGrath – 2017/18
Eleanor O’Mahony – 2018/19
Donal MacNamee – 2019/20
Cormac Watson – 2020/21
Emer Moreau – Current Editor

15/03/2022

The petition seeks to remove multiple clauses from the Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union (TCDSU) constitution concerning the financing of the paper, including making the editor of the newspaper an unpaid role.

The petition seeks to trigger a referendum which would make the role of Editor unpaid.

24/02/2022

A body was found at approximately 8:50pm in the Ussher last night and the circumstances of the death are being investigated.

Gardaí are investigating the circumstances of his death.

13/02/2022

USI isn't without problems, but UCDSU would be wise to rejoin the national union. Given that the two groups campaign on many of the same issues, their combined effort would be considerably stronger, writes the Editorial Board.

UCDSU may vote on rejoining USI this year, nearly a decade after voting to leave.

13/02/2022

More plant-based options in the Buttery is a step in the right direction for a College that needs to take more drastic measures in the fight against climate change, writes the Editorial Board.

Trinity’s catering services will make 75 per cent of its meals plant based for the duration of Green Week.

11/02/2022

"It simply does not make sense to allow cars to travel through the centre that have no business being there. Other cities such as Brussels and Amsterdam have redesigned their city centres to prioritise walking and cycling."

The transport strategy for Dublin is unambitious and does nothing to counter the dominance of cars in the city, writes Green Party MEP Ciarán Cuffe.

09/02/2022

The research found showed that directors of nursing homes struggled with staff shortages and the frequent changes to public health guidelines.

A Trinity study has found that directors of long-term care facilities struggled with staff shortages and frequent changes to public health guidelines.

03/02/2022

The fund is designed to provide ongoing financial support to students from disadvantaged backgrounds and to assist other students who require emergency financial assistance.

The fund provides financial support for students from disadvantaged backgrounds or those in need of emergency funds.

30/01/2022

Colleges have taken steps in recent years to educate students about consent, but their efforts are piecemeal and, if the results of a recent report are anything to go by, are not working. A new approach is urgently needed, writes the Editorial Board.

The Department of Higher Education has found that one in three female or non-binary students have experienced someone attempting to have s*x with them without their consent.

30/01/2022

Moving the Book of Kells interim exhibition from College Park to New Square satisfies everyone. Trinity ought to apply a similar strategy to future controversies – most notably, the Science Gallery, writes the Editorial Board.

The Book of Kells exhibition will be erected in New Square, with the Book itself to be housed in the Printing House while the Old Library is renovated.

27/01/2022

According to the Report on the National Survey of Student Experiences of S*xual Violence and Harassment in Irish Higher Education, one in five students said they had had someone try to engage in non-consensual vaginal, oral or a**l s*x with them.

A new report from the Department of Higher Education has found that one in five students have experienced non-consensual a**l, oral or vaginal s*x.

26/01/2022

Last year, student representatives and several sports clubs slammed a proposal to construct the pavilion on College Park as it would impinge on athletes’ ability to use the park for training and matches.

A proposal to build the temporary exhibition space on College Park was met with backlash from sports clubs who train on the park.

18/01/2022

The research and teaching post will aim to address the growing interest in issues of social integration in an increasingly diverse society.

The position will improve links between the Travelling and settled communities through teaching and research.

14/01/2022

Flowers and candles were laid at the Dáil gates, with a series of speakers addressing the crowd – which stretched down the length of Kildare St and the adjacent Molesworth St.

The young schoolteacher was murdered in a seemingly random attack earlier this week.

13/01/2022

"Ashling Murphy was my age. She grew up in a rural town like I did. She had gone to college, had friends, had hobbies. She, like every single one of us, had heard stories of these attacks on women."

How can we survive knowing the young schoolteacher was died in a seemingly random attack in broad daylight, asks Faye Curran.

11/01/2022

A meeting of staff in the School of Physics will be held next week to discuss the possibility of renaming the theatre, after an Irish Times article published in December detailed Schrödinger’s record as a “s*xual predator”.

A petition was launched following an article in the Irish Times detailing the physicist's abuse of young women and girls.

10/01/2022

Key issues that Trinity has identified in the strategy include a lack of detail on cycling and “emphasis on civic spaces, particularly College Green”.

College's has published a critical response to plans for transport in Dublin over the next two decades.

06/01/2022

Trinity Senator Lynn Ruane compiled a report on the use of NDAs in colleges, after receiving a number of testimonies from individuals working in the higher-education sector.

Senator Lynn Ruane has said that, from her findings on the matter, she believes colleges are 'overconfident' in their assertion that they do not use NDAs in cases of harassment or bullying.

04/01/2022

"This change perpetuates a damaging classist ideology: it expects poorer individuals to forego ordinary recreational expenses like alcohol consumption as a sort of abstract punishment for their low-income status."

The government is placing the responsibility of alcohol-related harm back into the hands of those suffering from it, writes Caoimhe Weakliam.

03/01/2022

The cabinet has approved a controversial bill aimed at significantly reforming the governance of higher education in Ireland.

The controversial Higher Education Authority Bill has been approved by government and will come before the Oireachtas this year.

19/12/2021

Provost Linda Doyle's first term was not without hiccups, but in difficult circumstances, she has, broadly, been well received by Trinity's stakeholders. But they may not be as forgiving going forward, writes the Editorial Board.

Doyle's manifesto was rooted in a commitment to make Trinity more transparent and collaborative.

19/12/2021

2021 has been yet another disappointing year for higher education – more broken plans, promises and press releases, writes the Editorial Board.

Minister for Higher Education Simon Harris promised he would make a decision on the Cassells report by the end of the year, but he has yet to do so.

15/12/2021

The campaign aims to teach students how to recognise if a drink has been spiked and how to help a friend who has been spiked.

The USI has teamed up with Minister for Justice Helen McEntee and Minister for Higher Education Simon Harris to promote the campaign.

13/12/2021

The temporary arrangement is being introduced to help ease staffing pressures in creches and childcare providers.

The scheme, which will run until January, aims to curb staffing shortages in early learning and childcare providers due to the pandemic.

10/12/2021

A memo said that while restrictions are unlikely to change between now and January 10th, when the exams are scheduled to begin, provisions should be made for the exams to move online if public health guidelines change.

A memo sent to Board members for approval says that online exams are preferable to postponing in-person sittings.

07/12/2021

Trinity will re-open as expected tomorrow after closing due to Storm Barra.

Colleges in counties with orange or red warnings have been advised to stay closed for a second day.

07/12/2021

Confidential documents circulated to members of College Board indicate that Trinity is steadily recovering from the financial blow dealt by the pandemic last year.I

College's budget predicts that it will not return to 'financial sustainability' until 2023.

07/12/2021

Students have been told that they should plan for exams to go ahead tomorrow as scheduled.

Students were asked to assume that scheduled exams will go ahead tomorrow.

06/12/2021

Storm Barra is set to hit Ireland early tomorrow, with orange warnings in place for most coastal counties, including Dublin, and red alerts in place for Cork, Kerry and Clare.

Storm Barra is set to hit Ireland early tomorrow, with Dublin under an orange wind warning.

06/12/2021

The waste monitoring device was installed above a set of bins in the Buttery, and uses lasers to calculate the weight and volume of the food being disposed of and a camera photographs the food and uses artificial intelligence to label it.

The system monitors incorrect use of different bins, and is operating on a pilot basis until Christmas.

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