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No one can deny the ambition of the ongoing Trinity Education Project, a complete reimagining of the way Trinity’s undergraduates are taught and assessed. While complaints can be raised over the abstract nature of its goals or some of the changes it seeks to make, no one can deny that by undertaking and attempting to complete it in a short time frame, Trinity is being extremely ambitious in aiming to achieve something new. The Editorial Board has argued before about the importance of Trinity being ambitious, despite its financial position. From helping to make a case for extra funding to trying to keep afloat in rankings, undertaking large projects is, somewhat counterintuitively, vital for a university’s attractiveness and reputation. But as it looks towards this ambition, College must realise it is trying to fulfill these aims based on very shaky foundations. The project has dedicated a strand to acknowledging and supporting extra and co-curricular activities, yet Trinity’s societies have long been impacted by a bureaucratic and disjointed system. They have decried the removal of a mailout that used to allow them to advertise their activities to incoming first-year students. With another strand focused on internships and study abroad, College must recognise what appear to be systematic administrative failings when it comes to with its Erasmus and exchange systems, failings that result in frustration and confusion for hundreds of students every year. Issues range from being unable to register to failing year-on-year to properly integrate or translate Erasmus grades into the Trinity grading system. With another strand dedicated to virtual learning, the frequent complaints about Trinity’s online systems cast doubt as to how successful the outcomes will be here. With these changes to be introduced for students entering in 2018/19, there will have to be a transition period, with different students and year groups working from different systems. This will be a red flag for some, with administrative organisation being one of the most common complaints levelled against College. The project’s aims are ambitious and – if achieved – have the potential to propel Trinity into a pioneering position. However, College must not just reach high, but also look at the systems already in place and how unsuitable they may be for building something world-class.
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Ní féidir uaillmhian an Tionscadail Oideachais na Tríonóide (TEP), atógáil iomlán den bhealach ar a mheasúnaítear mac léinn agus ar a múintear dóibh, a shéanadh. Cé gur féidir gearáin a dhéanamh faoi theibíocht a aidhmeanna agus na n-athruithe atá á chur i bhfeidhm aige, ní féidir le héinne a shéanadh go bhfuil Coláiste na Tríonóide, agus é ag iarraidh éa chur i gcrích go tapaidh, ag léiriú uaillmhéine móire. Tá sé áitithe ag an mBord Eagarthóireachta cheana féin gur cheart go mbeadh Coláiste na Tríonóide uaillmhianach, in ainneoin a staide airgeadais. Idir áiteamh ar son maoinithe breise agus a stádas sna ranguithe a choinneáil, tá sé riachtanach, cé go bhfuil cuma frithchosúlachta air, iarrachtaí tionscadal móra a chur i gcrích. Áfach, agus é ag obair i dtreo na huaillmhéine seo, is gá don Choláiste a aithint go bhfuil sé ag forbairt ar bhunús an-neamhiontaofa. Tá gné den tionscadal geallta d’aitheantas agus do thacaíocht gníomhartha seach-churaclaim agus comh-churaclaim, áfach, is le fada atá cumainn na hollscoile ag fulaingt córais díhuingigh agus maorlathaigh, agus ta siad tar éis an easpa ríomhphoist poiblíochta do mhic léinn sa chéad bhliain a chaoineadh. Agus gné eile den tionscadal dírithe ar intéirneachtaí agus staidéar thar lear, is gá don Choláiste faillithe riaracháin tromchúiseacha córasacha atá ina chórais Erasmus agus malartaithe, faillithe a chuireann frustrachas agus mearbhaill ar chéadta mac léinn gach bliain, agus ina chórais a imeascann torthaí mac léinn ón gcóras Erasmus go córas na Tríonóide. Agus gné eile dírithe ar fhoghlaim fhíorúil, cruthaíonn na gearáin a dhéantar go minic faoi chórais idirlíne an Choláiste amhras maidir leis an rath a bheidh ag an tionscadal seo. Agus na hathruithe sin á chur i gcrích do mhic léinn a bheidh ag iontráil sa Choláiste sa bhliain 2018/19, beidh idirthréimhse ann, ina bheidh mic léinn éagsúla ag obair i gcórais éagsúla. Cúis imní a bheidh ann seo do roinnt daoine agus is le minicíocht ollmhór a dhéantar gearán faoi fhadhbanna riaracháin an Choláiste. Cé gur uaillmhianach iad aidhmeanna an tioscadail agus, má chomhlíonfar iad, tá sé ar a gcumas Coláiste na Tríonóide a chur ar thús cadhnaíochta sa domhan acadúil, is gá don Choláiste a aithint go gcaithfidh sé freisin na córais atá i láthair cheana féin a scrúdú go géar agus a n-óiriúnacht, nó easpa í sin, d’ollscoil den scoth a dhéanamh.