Trinity has climbed 11 places since last year in the latest Times Higher Education (THE) global employability rankings, increasing from 131 to 120. Trinity is the only Irish university to place within the top 150 institutions across the world for …
Academic Registry reports 5% drop in student registrations
Registration rate for first year students stood at 90% two weeks into term
Academic Registry has reported a 5% decrease in student registration as compared to September 2017. On September 20, completed student registration stood at 73%. This represents a fall of 5% from last year’s 78%. Although registration is higher than average …
Government investment in Higher Education to triple
The Department of Education announced €116 billion investment and development plan this morning
Capital investment in higher education is to be nearly trebled as part of Project Ireland 2040. Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, and Minister for Education and Skills Richard Bruton and Minister of State for Higher Education Mary Mitchell O’Connor announced today a …
Galway students stage campout to protest rising rent costs
The protest is taking place this evening in Eyre Square
Students from both National University of Ireland, Galway (NUIG) and Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT) are set to hold a campout at Galway’s Eyre Square in protest of the rising rent prices for student accommodation.
From 6pm today 250 students …
House of Oscar Wilde project shown at Trinity
The installation replicates Trinity alumnus Wilde’s London home
The Trinity Oscar Wilde Centre presented a multimedia installation, “House of Oscar Wilde (as imagined by Arthur Craven)”, about the famed Irish poet and playwright Oscar Wilde this week.
The installation replicated Wilde’s house in London as described by writer …
UCD’s NovaUCD building to receive €6.5 million upgrade
The investment will allow 50% more startups to be housed there
University College Dublin (UCD) have announced a new €6.5 million development project to expand NovaUCD’s capacity for startups. The project will include the renovation and extension of the facility’s east courtyard over the next 12 months.
The development of the …
UCD announces new Giant’s Causeway inspired building
The new creative design centre is to be a “landmark” for UCD
University College Dublin (UCD) have announced the winning Giant’s Causeway inspired design for their new creative design centre.
The €48 million building is set to occupy 8,000 sq m of land where a new entrance will be created beside the …