• FOI Reveals Minister Harris Discredited Student Voices during Exams

    FOI Reveals Minister Harris Discredited Student Voices during Exams

    An FOI request put forward by László Molnárfi, Chairperson of Students4Change and Gisèle Scanlon, President of the Graduate Students’ Union, on behalf of the #NoInPersonExams national campaign to Minister Harris’ Office has now been granted. The reason for the FOI request was to ascertain a timeline in which Minister Harris engaged with the 5,000 student…

  • #NoInPersonExams Survey Results

    #NoInPersonExams Survey Results

    We are publishing the worrying results of our #NoInPersonExams survey, in which students from across the country participated. 86% said they felt pressured into not deferring. 57% said that they were financially affected, and 65% had to travel with public transport for their exams. 75% lived with someone at-risk, and 85%/98% said that there was…

  • GSU-S4C Joint Statement on Schols

    GSU-S4C Joint Statement on Schols

    It has come to our attention that the Schols Examinations will proceed on Monday January 10th, 2022 with no formal communication issued to students this week in relation to these exams. This lack of communication and engagement with the Schols secretary, Schols applicants and indeed student representatives raises deep concerns.

  • Schols Survey Results Favours Postponement or Postponement until Hybrid Exam

    Schols Survey Results Favours Postponement or Postponement until Hybrid Exam

    When surveyed, candidate Scholars did not agree on an exclusively-online or exclusively in-person system as of 06/01/2022 17:17. From a sample of 53, no majority is for either online or in-person. 18.9% are for in-person and 28.3% are for online, the rest 52.8% for postponement. However, many students, upon seeing that there was no hybrid…

  • #NoInPersonExam open letter with 5,000 student and staff signatures delivered to Minister Harris

    #NoInPersonExam open letter with 5,000 student and staff signatures delivered to Minister Harris

    László Molnárfi, Chairperson of Students4Change and President of the Graduate Students’ Union Gisèle Scanlon delivered the #NoInPersonExams open letter toMinister Harris and Minister Donnelly at the Dáil today (1st of December 2021) at 4pm.

  • Students4Change and GSU Launches Campaign for Open-Book Exams

    Students4Change and GSU Launches Campaign for Open-Book Exams

    Here are the templates to email the Irish Universities Association (IUA) to ask them to reconsider in-person exams for Semester 1 and to instead opt for open-book, flexible time constraint and keyboard-mediate exams. Students, professors, everyone is encouraged to join!

  • Press Release 17/11/2021 Sent to Heads of Schools, Directors of Learning (TCD)

    Press Release 17/11/2021 Sent to Heads of Schools, Directors of Learning (TCD)

    We sent our press release to Trinity’s Heads of Schools and Directors of Learning.

  • Students4Change and GSU Joint Press Release to Protect Students During Exams

    Students4Change and GSU Joint Press Release to Protect Students During Exams

    As we approach exams, Students4Change (S4C) and the Graduate Students’ Union (GSU) would like to share their utmost concern relating to the sudden return to in-person exams in the RDS for some students, and the overall plan for assessment in Semester 1. 

  • RDS Exams in Semester 1

    RDS Exams in Semester 1

    Open letter to Provost Linda Doyle about Semester 1 exams.