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A feast for Freshers! T his recipe collection is a treasure trove of culinary wisdom, submitted by our very own Trinity alumni. These are the meals that kept some of you company during your college years. Combining practical, budget-friendly recipes with tips from those who have navigated campus life, it offers a blend of comfort and convenience. Each dish is designed to be both easy to prepare and delicious, ensuring that students can enjoy home-cooked meals without spending too much time or money. The book serves not just as a cookbook but as a heartfelt guide from those who’ve been in their shoes, providing a taste of home and a touch of nostalgia. Click here to view the recipe book
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Reshaping the do- able and the thinkable Explore how Dr Vivian Rath is using his research to transform disability advocacy and representations, from Trinity to national policy Dr Rath as a guest on The Tommy Tiernan Show W hat is the difference between building a structure from scratch and changing it from the inside? Facing the challenge of impaired access in a world that wasn’t built with you in mind, do you move to conquer one big obstacle at a time, or distribute your efforts to the granular ones? Do you take on your school, or the whole country? What does it mean to be ‘disabled’? After all, we all carry a different mix of abilities, and a society’s success can be measured, arguably, by how well its members can cooperate to balance them. The last few years have seen waves of change affect Trinity’s physical and intellectual response to disability and the societal barriers that exist to full participation. From the launch of initiatives like the Trinity Centre for People with Intellectual Disabilities (TCPID) programme within the School of Education, to the gradual addition of ramps and elevators to buildings, to the opening of the disAbility Hub on Printing House Square in 2022, the changes reflect the striking diversity of needs that disabled people may have. According to Dr Vivian Rath, who gained his PhD within the same School of Education where he is now a Research Fellow and Lecturer at the TCPID, there is still a huge question hanging over all these laudable advances: how to bring people with disabilities into the decision-making process, as distinct from simply making more decisions with their needs in mind? As he told President Macron during the latter’s visit to Ireland in 2022, people with disabilities are under- represented in decision-making and ‘under-represented in political life’, in France and Ireland alike. ‘All across Europe, we feel powerless,’ he emphasised. President Macron, itemising the various strides that France had made in the area, ultimately agreed – in particular on the question of people with disabilities in politics. Despite some of the attributes of impairment seeming obvious – indeed, impossible to hide – their effects in interaction with the surrounding environment can lead to a tangle of invisible and unspoken issues that gradually deepen separation and alienation. As Rath found in the course of his doctoral studies, barriers faced by students all too often ‘impacted on their ability to develop connections and a sense of belonging’, thus leading to isolation and precluding their participation in decisions that impact their studies and their lives, and likely making many of them cease studying where they might otherwise continue. Over the course of 10 years of work in and outside of Trinity, Rath has moved to both study the current situation and to change
