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News
17 NOV

Atlantic Philanthropies donates € 138.4 million to fund Trinity initative tackling dementia

Philanthropic donation is the largest in Irish history and the largest ever received by Trinity, will go towards joint programme with UC San Francisco

NEWS

The Atlantic Philanthropies on Tuesday announced the biggest philanthropic donation in Irish history, and the largest ever received by Trinity College Dublin. A total of €138.4 million has been awarded to College and the University of California San Francisco (UCSF), …

Comment
06 NOV

Notes from a college dropout

Miriam Guiney reflects on the benefits and disadvantages of dropping out of college and filling out the CAO twice.

COMMENT

Around this time last year, I dropped out of college. This year, due to disorganisation, I registered late. My life was beginning to sound like the discography of Kanye West in chronological order: first The College Dropout, then Late Registration. …

Comment
31 OCT

College should let us see more of the world outside the classroom

Rigid attendance requirements make it too difficult for many students to get involved in the kind of extracurricular experiences that change lives.

COMMENT

Extra credit? If only

Search “extra credit” on Google and there are great stories to be found.

There’s the one of students in Northern Michigan University who were given 20 extra credit points for attending an “Occupy the Upper Peninsula” …

Comment
30 OCT

On being ‘religious’ in college

Jason McCann talks through his experience of attitudes towards religion in college.

COMMENT

Perhaps one of the most wonderful experiences of being liberated into the college environment is the exposure to such an eclectic mix of interesting people, whether that is in lectures, the numerous student societies, or the endless mill of invitations …

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22 OCT

Freshers’ Week Is Better the Second Time Around

Freshers, the supposed target audience, often don’t know how to “do” Freshers’ Week properly. Saoirse Ní Scanláin explains why she got more out of it this time around.

COMMENT

Low expectations

I have recently discovered that I am extraordinarily talented at missing trains. My new-found hobby left me sitting on the cold floor of Carlow train station on the last day of Freshers’ Week, hoping to make it back …

Features
21 OCT

Leaving Cert appeals: stress upon stress

Niamh Lynch examines the prolonged influence of the Leaving Certificate appeals system on students.

FEATURES

Every August, the delighted faces of many Leaving Certificate students are published online and in newspapers the length and breadth of the country. However, less noticeably, there are a sizeable proportion of students who are disappointed with results that are …

Comment
06 OCT

Help! My Brothers are Successful and I Am Doing A Drama Degree

Following your dreams in college can be a daunting, but fulfilling experience.

COMMENT

When I was finishing secondary school, my otherwise offhand eldest brother sat me down and told me in no uncertain terms that I should by no means study a degree in English Literature and Drama Studies (at the time, the …

News
30 SEP

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 …

28 SEP

Live blog: College admin problems

Though College has come back a week later from summer break, students are discovering the headache of admin hasn’t gone away

blogThough College has come back a week later from summer break, students are discovering the headache of admin hasn’t gone away. We’re trawling through social media to see what problems students are highlighting, from dissertation supervisors suddenly going on sabbatical …