“If you want to make a career in finance, Irish universities are not the place to do it, according to a new report. The latest QS Top Universities ranking for careers in accounting and finance shows no Irish university in the top 50, with Trinity the highest ranked at 55 …” (more)
[Peter Flanagan, Independent, 18 February]
“ASTI representatives will meet PDE students in Trinity College and UCD next week in order to discuss the unfair treatment of new teacher entrants by government. The meetings come ahead of a protest by student teachers against government decisions to cut the pay, cap the allowances, and – most recently – freeze the allowances of new entrants to teaching …” (more)
[ASTI, 17 February]
“Trinity College Dublin’s school of medicine, the country’s oldest medical school, was yesterday formally moved to the university’s new Biomedical Sciences Institute on Pearse Street …” (more)
[Eoin Burke-Kennedy, Irish Times, 16 February]
“Trinity College Dublin’s (TCD) new School of Medicine was officially opened today by the Minister for Research and Innovation, Seán Sherlock. Set in the Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, the school got funding of just over €21m from the Higher Education Authority/Department of Education & Skills …” (more)
[Carmel Doyle, Silicon Republic, 15 February]
“On Wednesday TCD Students’ Union (SU) and the Philosophical Society combined to host a debate on TCD’s proposed disaffiliation from the Union of Students in Ireland (USI). The motion, ‘that this House would disaffiliate from the USI’, was proposed by Phil speaker David Byrne and opposed by USI President Gary Redmond …” (more)
[Rónán Burtenshaw, University Times, 14 February]
“Is new General Secretary ready for fire fighting? The appointment of Seán Ó Foghlú, pictured, as the new Secretary General in the Department of Education was not unexpected …” (more)
[Irish Times, 14 February]
“Universities in Ireland have been slow to respond to public concerns about the workload of academics and their pay levels, according to the former president of DCU …” (more)
[Seán Flynn, Irish Times, 11 February]
“Students who attended the Union of Students in Ireland (USI) disaffiliation debate in Trinity College (TCD) on Wednesday evening voted in favour of the motion to disaffiliate themselves from the union …” (more)
[Dublin Studenty.me, 10 February]
“Senator Ivana Bacik will speak today at a major symposium in Trinity College organised by Dr Darryl Jones of the School of English on ‘The Idea of a University in the Twenty-First Century’. Senator Bacik will address the topic ‘Defending the university in economic crisis’ …” (more)
[Labour Party, 10 February]
“The President of Trinity SU and the Students’ Union of Dun Laoghaire Institute Art, Design and Technology have proposed referenda on their continued association with the USI …” (more)
[College Tribune, 9 February]
“Scientists at Trinity College Dublin are helping to develop a television screen that can be rolled up and put in your back pocket. They are also helping a brewing company build a better beer bottle …” (more)
[Dick Ahlstrom, Irish Times, 9 February]
“The University Times has learned that this year’s Dublin University Snow Sports Club trip to Les Arcs in France resulted in damage to accommodation described by the club as ‘leagues beyond anything caused by any other university’ …” (more)
[Jack Leahy, University Times, 5 February]
“Toby Stephens (top) filming BBC 2 detective drama ‘Vexed’ in TCD literally earlier with Ian Fitzgibbon (Paths To Freedom) and Kieron J Walsh (The Savage Eye) directing. The new series will be screened later this year.” (photos)
[Broadsheet.ie, 3 February]
“On Tuesday night, the Trinity Alumni of the Oireachtas gathered in the finest address in Dublin – No 1, Grafton Street – for a genteel little knees-up with the provost …” (more)
[Miriam Lord, Irish Times, 28 January]
“Prof Dermot Kelleher, the Head of the School of Medicine at Trinity College, has been appointed as Principal of the Medical School at Imperial College in London. Imperial is one of the top five medical schools in the world …” (more)
[Gary Culliton, Irish Medical Times, 24 January]
“Irish Independent journalist Kevin Myers has criticised both College and the anti-fascist groups who opposed Nick Griffin’s invitation to speak at a University Philosophical Society debate on immigration …” (more)
[Jack Leahy, University Times, 24 February]
“… The Music Composition Centre is the latest exciting development in Trinity’s Creative Arts, Technologies and Culture initiative. Music Composition is one of six flagship areas of creative practice for which Trinity is renowned …” (more)
[Trinity College Communications Office, 24 January]
“The planned participation by British National Party leader Nick Griffin in a debate at University College Cork next month will not now go ahead after a college society withdrew its invitation to Mr Griffin …” (more)
[Irish Times, 24 January]
“Every fortnight two Trinity students pit themselves against each other on a major issue in higher education. In this issue, Ronan Richardson and Grace O’Malley discuss the upcoming referendum on USI Membership …” (more)
[Trinity News, 23 January]
“The rise in UK higher education fees are expected to have a drastic effect on the number of British and Irish students applying to study in Trinity College Dublin in the coming year …” (more)
[Eoghan Hughes, Trinity News, 23 January]
