The Students' Union is the only representative body for all of the students of Trinity and its affiliated Colleges. That's over 16,000 students. Any information on the workings of the SU can be found here.
The Students' Union offers its members a variety of services. Information on the various services can be found below.
The people that work for students through the Students’ Union are called Officers. The lists of current Officers and their job descriptions can be found here.
TCDSU is structured to give every student the ability to get involved and to shape the policy and direction of the organisation. The various structures of the SU are explained in these pages.
The introduction of the new year structure has caused workload problems for students of Trinity College. The vast majority of students that have responded to the Students’ Union survey on this website about the new year structure have indicated a preference for the introduction of Christmas exams.
To adequately translate this sentiment into policy to be pursued by the Students’ Union Officers, the whole student body must have a say on the issue and thus a referendum of the members of the Students’ Union will be held on the Semesterised Examinations Policy below.
Polling times for the referendum are as follows:
Tuesday, April 6
8pm, Trinity Hall
Wednesday, April 7
9am - 8pm, Arts Block & Hamilton
Thursday, April 8
9am - 5pm, Arts Block & Hamilton
Semesterised Examinations Policy
- The current annual examination structure should be replaced with a fully semesterised structure, where workload, assessment and examinations will be evenly distributed between the two teaching terms, in so far as possible.
- Christmas examinations would be introduced in an effort to reduce the workload at the end of the academic year.
- This will be applicable to all courses and modules unless it is determined, in discussions with College authorities, that the quality of the course would be negatively impacted upon (e.g. professional accreditation, placement, practical and final year project modules, etc.).
- Any changes to the timing and structure of the Supplemental and Foundation Scholarship examinations as a result of replacing the current annual examination structure should preserve the idea of balanced workload.
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Your Query
The Students’ Union is all about making sure that what you want and what you need is what you get. There are 5 full time officers who are working to make sure of exactly that, but we are nothing without your support and your involvement.
Below are a few ways that you can get involved and each of them involves a serious amount of craic!