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Trinity’s Life Sciences faculty places in top 100 for first time

The areas of international outlook and citations are the faculty’s greatest strengths, while research is its weakest

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The Times Higher Education (THE) Subject Ranking 2015-2016, released today, placed Trinity 87th in the world for Life Sciences, marking the first time that an Irish university has placed in the top 100. Trinity is also the only Irish university …

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Trinity named top college in Europe for producing entrepreneurs

Among Trinity’s success stories is Foodcloud, which connects businesses with excess food to charities in need of donations.

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Trinity has been named the leading college in Europe for producing entrepreneurs, based on the findings of a new report, called The Universities Report, carried out by private equity and venture capital research company, Pitchbook.

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Trinity begins international recruitment campaign to fill 40 new academic posts

Mike Jennings of IFUT says “the dangers” of the new plan “far outweigh the benefits of getting additional staff”

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Trinity will launch a new international recruitment campaign next month, which will see it recruit 40 new academic posts across a range of subject areas from children’s literature to pharmaceutical chemistry as part of the College’s current strategic plan.

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IFUT says Budget has failed third-level education

The federation claims: “The very fabric of third-level education and our third-level institutions” is at risk

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Reacting to the announcement on education spending in Budget 2016 last week, the Irish Federation of University Teachers (IFUT) have condemned the government for “totally” failing “to address the funding and staffing crisis facing third level education” and “threatening the

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Budget: Increase to Student Assistant Fund though no reversal to U26 jobseekers cuts

USI president Kevin Donoghue says Fine Gael hasn’t taken the opportunity to fully invest in young people

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The release of Budget 2016 has seen a further €3 million committed to the Student Assistance Fund (SAF), after several years of decreases. However the jobseekers allowance for under 26s, which was cut in Budget 2014, remains unchanged despite a …

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TCDSU Repeal the 8th panel wraps up

Panel is latest effort by SU in their campaign to have the eighth amendment to the Irish constitution repealed

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The panel discussion organised by Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union (TCDSU) campaign to repeal the eighth amendment has just wrapped up. The panel was entitled “Why Should We Repeal the 8th Amendment? and was opened by TCDSU president Lynn Ruane. …

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Trinity falls 22 places in world university rankings

Dean of Research John Boland welcomed the results remarking that they were commendable “given the extent of the international competition”

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Trinity College Dublin has fallen 22 places in the latest Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings, dropping from 138th to 160th position.

The annual rankings, released today, are based on five main performance indicators: teaching (30%), research (30%), citations …

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Trinity Access 21 programme succeeds in first year

The programme is set to be expanded as positive results from the first year emerge.

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The results from the first year of the Trinity Access 21 programme were announced at a conference in Trinity last week and indicated significant successes for the project.

Trinity Access 21 is an initiative that works in secondary schools to …

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Fresher’s Week Monday with Trinity Ents

Ents’ Monday lineup provided a varied and exciting start to Freshers’ Week with Fashion Fest in the Pav and Baby Got Back in District 8

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Trinity Ents kicked off Freshers’ Week yesterday with two events, ‘Fashion Fest’ in the Pav during the day, and the sold-out ‘Baby Got Back: Back to the 90s’ later that night in District 8.

Ents teamed up with the Fashion …