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Trinity’s Biomedical Sciences Institute receives donation to support search for autoimmune disease treatments

It is hoped that the funding will help in discovering treatments for “a range of inflammatory disease”

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AbbVie, an international biopharmaceutical company, and Science Foundation Ireland have awarded €2.5 million to Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute for four new research topics over the next three years.

The funding has been given to help the Biomedical Sciences Institute conduct

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Issue of student loans to resurface after dissatisfaction over defeat of Ruane’s motion to oppose them at council

A second motion calling for the SU to oppose student loans is likely.

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Following last week’s defeat of a motion calling for Trinity College Dublin’s Students’ Union (TCDSU) to oppose student loans a group of students who are not part of the SU council are considering bringing a second similar motion or referendum

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Trinity placed 119th in Global Employability University Rankings

Trinity becomes the only Irish university to place in the top 150 most employable graduates.

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A new university rankings system designed by Emerging, a French human resource and consulting agency, has placed Trinity College students as 119 on their list of the 150 most employable graduates by international employers.

Over 2,287 recruiters from international companies

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TCDSU votes against motion to oppose student loans

President Lynn Ruane introduced the motion in anticipation of the Cassells report on higher education funding

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A mandate proposed by SU president Lynn Ruane at Tuesday’s Council asking the union to oppose student loans was defeated by a small margin.

The mandate was proposed in response to widespread speculation that some form of student loans and

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Trinity immunologists make progress in search for MRSA vaccine

The discovery “could significantly increase our chances of realising an effective vaccine to protect patients from MRSA”

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A group of immunologists from Trinity have made a breakthrough discovery in efforts to create a vaccine against MRSA.

Dr Rachel McLoughlin, assistant professor in immunology in Trinity and a member of the research group involved, described the process of

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College Historical Society and the Student Economic Review host Angus Deaton

The Nobel Prize winning economist said that rising inequality is contributing to an increase in American mortality rates

NEWS2015 Nobel prize winning economist Angus Deaton spoke to Trinity students today in an event jointly organised by The Hist and The Student Economic Review where he claimed that the mortality rate of lower class white Americans has increased.

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Trinity announces strategic partnership with Beijing Foreign Studies University

Including Beijing Foreign Studies University, Trinity has 16 major partnerships with universities in the East Asia region. These include universities in Japan, Korea, Singapore, the Hong Kong region, as well as Mainland China.

NEWSTrinity yesterday confirmed the beginning of a joint research programme as well as an exchange programme with Beijing Foreign Studies University.

The announcement was made as part of a state visit to China led by Minister for Education and Skills, …

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SU and Q Soc hold new training day to raise awareness of LGBTQ issues

The event is a condensed version of USI’s annual weekend workshop, Pink Training, and consisted of 6 hour-long workshops.

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Pink Day, a day of workshops introducing students to LGBTQ issues, jointly organised by Trinity Students’ Union (SU) and Q Soc, took place for the first time in college on Saturday.

The event is a condensed version of the Union

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Trinity professor criticises College for not rewarding merit among academic staff

Professor Malcolm MacLachlan spoke of a need for Trinity to abandon “arrogant and defensive rhetoric about being Ireland’s leading university”

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A professor in Trinity’s school of psychology, professor Malcolm MacLachlan, has spoken out about internal issues in the College surrounding the promotion of staff, claiming that this has contributed to the College’s decline in international university rankings.

Writing in the

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Trinity professor criticises College for not rewarding merit among academic staff

Professor Malcolm MacLachlan also spoke of a need for Trinity to abandon “arrogant and defensive rhetoric about being Ireland’s leading university”

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A professor in Trinity’s department of psychology, professor Malcolm MacLachlan, has spoken out about internal issues in the college surrounding the promotion of staff, claiming that this has contributed to the college’s decline in international university rankings.

Writing in the