Our Colleges and the Exploitation of Nursing Students

Many people are well and truly aware of our Colleges’ treatment of nursing students, mostly through the placement hours that student nurses around the country are forced to suffer through without pay. This is a significant issue. However, the issues of exploitation within the nursing discipline go far deeper and betray a a deeper insight into what our institutions truly think of their students.

TCDSU Attempted to Suppress the Halls Scandal, Documents Show

Documents from last year obtained by Irish Student Left Online show that Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union (TCDSU) President Eoin Hand, alongside the Education Officer Megan O’Connor and the Communications Officer Philly Holmes attempted to suppress an agenda item brought to 4th Council which was due to take place the 9th of February 2021.

Trinity Knew For Months, But Did not Consult Sports Clubs for Interim Exhibiton

According to documents from College Board’s meeting on the 19th of May 2021, two possible locations to temporarily house the Book of Kells interim exhibition were approved Library Square and New Square.

However, between June and August of 2021, the Bursar, Chief Operating Officer of the Corporate Service Division and Estates & Facilities of Trinity College Dublin engaged with Dublin City Council (DCC), who allegedly deemed these two locations unsuitable, and proposed the location of College Park instead. To date, no paperwork or correspondence surrounding this decision has been made available for scrutiny.