I'm Steph Fleming, your Welfare Officer.
I’m here if you ever need someone to talk to, to listen, or a shoulder to cry on. Look out for information campaigns during the year like SHAG week, Rainbow Week and Health & Sports week.
Phone: (01) 6468 437 / 085 7493 669
Email: welfare@tcdsu.org
For a list of useful Welfare-related contacts, see the Welfare Directory
For those of you who are living away from home while at college, it will become clear very quickly that “free education” is not cheap. This is especially true of Dublin, where the cost of living is very high and is increasing every year.
Any student who wishes to take books out of the Hamilton Library must do so before closing of the library this Saturday. Those students sitting supplemental exams or those carrying out research over the next four weeks please pay special attention. The Hamilton library will re-open the 16th August.
Despite the disruptions you can:
- Take books out anytime before Saturday with an extended loan period until 12th September.
- Order books from stacks and collect them from the BLU counters (Berkeley/Lecky/Ussher)
- Return books to either the BLU or into the drop boxes located outside the Hamilton library doors.
Polls in the referendum to accept the Semesterised Examinations Policy closed at 5pm today and the resolution was passed.
| Turnout | 1767 | |
| Yes | 1591 | 90.0% |
| No | 174 | 9.8% |
| Spoils | 2 | 0.2% |
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 and thus a referendum is being held to poll the entire student body on the matter.
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
For more information on the referendum, click here.
Last night's SU Council saw the election of next year's Part Time and General Executive Officers along with new members for the Electoral and Oversight Commissions.
| Faculty Convenor for Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
Marykate Collins |
| Faculty Convenor for Engineering, Mathematics and Science |
Ryan Bartlett |
| Faculty Convenor for Health Sciences | Caroline Keating |
| Deputy Faculty Convenor for Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
James Kelly |
| Deputy Faculty Convenor for Engineering, Mathematics and Science |
Pauline Byrne |
| Deputy Faculty Convenor for Health Sciences | Aisling Maher |
| Environmental and Ethical Trading Officer | Kevin Gaughran |
| International Students Officer | Caitlin Sherry |
| LGBT Rights Officer | Cormac Cashman |
| Mature Students Officer | Position Unfilled |
| Officer for Students with a Disability | Daniel Ferrick |
| Oifigeach na Gaeilge | Fiodhna Horan-Murphy |
| Finance and Services Officer | Tom Prendergast |
| Assistant Campaigns Officer | Rachael Barry |
| Chair of Council | Darragh Stewart |
| Secretary to Council | Cathal Ormond |
| Members of the Electoral Commission | Aoibheann Brady |
| Aisling Deng | |
| Elaine Kavanagh | |
| Shane Plunkett | |
| Nikki Wong | |
| Members of the Oversight Commission | Sara Benson |
| Kevin Byrne |
College Health and Sports Week will take place during the week beginning the 22nd of March. The theme this year is a ‘Legacy for Life’. It’s about getting the right amount of work, rest and play, eating good food and minding your health.
There will be free classes and demonstrations of what you can do to be active and healthy on campus, and the Students' Union will be running a stand in the Arts Block with information on health and sport from 12-3pm Monday-Thursday.
Sex can be a very enjoyable part of a healthy lifestyle, but it can also be a source of anxiety and can even be downright dangerous.
The most important things to remember are to respect your own body, stay safe and, above all, if you are uncomfortable with a situation just say "no".