Trinity’s Graduate Students’ Union (GSU) is the representative body for all postgraduate students in Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin. The two sabbatical officers of the GSU work full-time and represent postgraduate students on all major committees including Board, Council, Student Life, Graduate Studies committee and Research Committee. The executive committee which includes repre
sentatives from all faculties convene on a monthly basis and more often when required. The objective of the Union is to represent postgraduate students within the University, advocate on behalf of Union members on issues that impact postgraduate education internally and nationally; and to protect the interests of our union members during their studies. Activities of the Union include: providing social and recreational facilities for postgraduate students; monitoring and developing the study and recreational facilities of the 1937 Postgraduate Reading Room; providing a Graduate common room for postgraduate students and to provide and manage lockers for students in the 1937 Reading Room (rental is organised through the front office in house 6). The GSU produces an academic and peer reviewed journal on an annual basis, the Trinity Postgraduate Review (see here: http://trinitypostgradrev.wixsite.com/tcd-ie), and a literary magazine, College Green (see here: http://www.collegegreenmagazine.com/). It also produces a postgraduate handbook for students with information on supports and services available to postgraduate students. The GSU President works in the area of policy and strategy. The GSU Vice-President acts as the Welfare and Education Officer for postgraduates in TCD and provides confidential one-to-one advice, advocacy and support. The GSU Communications Officer informs students on a weekly basis of information, events, and updates from the university and the wider metropolitan community through the medium of a digital newsletter titled Postgrad News. The GSU website http://www.tcdgsu.ie provides the latest updates from the GSU, information on elections, campaigns and connections to the Union’s social media platforms. Students can arrange meetings with the sabbatical officers via emailing either the GSU President at [email protected] or the GSU Vice-President at [email protected] or by contacting the office landline at (01) 896 1169.
