Education

News
20 DEC

Science Gallery receives Google Field Trip Grant

The grant will cover transport and others costs for every secondary school student in Ireland to visit the gallery.

NEWS

The Science Gallery at Trinity College Dublin has become the first institution in Ireland to receive the Google Field Trip Grant.

The grant, announced last week, will allow the gallery to cover transport and other costs associated with arranging visits …

15 DEC

Motion to oppose increase in third level fees is passed

Five speakers on the motion all spoke in favour


NEWSThis evening a motion to oppose the introduction of third level fees brought before Trinity Students’ Union Council, was passed by a comfortable margin.

This motion was brought to the council by the newly formed Students Against Fees Group, committed …

News
11 DEC

UCD academic criticises “neoliberal assault on education” at SWSS discussion

He said that when students come to university they “expect to enter a space where ideas are debated freely” and advised that this is exactly what they should do

NEWSDr Kieran Allen, a senior lecturer from the UCD school of sociology, yesterday spoke to the Socialist Worker Student Society on the topic of neoliberalism and education.

Allen began the discussion by briefly outlining the historical origins of universities in …

News
25 NOV

Trinity launches new international education project

Europe-wide undertaking aims to transform second level teaching

NEWS

Earlier this month, Trinity College Dublin’s secondary school education programme, Bridge21, launched a new project in collaboration with Erasmus + that will see the programme expanded into Europe.

Bridge21 currently aims to enhance “21st Century Learning” (21CL) in Irish secondary …

News
21 OCT

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

NEWS

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 …

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 …

SciTech
08 FEB

Maths and me

Katarzyna Siewierska talks to Aoibhinn Ní Shúilleabháin about her love for mathematics and physics, and her thoughts on the way they are taught in school.

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To begin, how did you first become interested in mathematics and physics?
Every time I come home to Mayo on a clear night I am astounded by the night sky and it always brings a smile to my face. I …

News
11 JUL

Jan O’Sullivan appointed Minister for Education

Live updates on the cabinet reshuffle

Jan O’Sullivan is the new Minister for Education, it has been confirmed.

The outgoing Minister of State, Department of Environment, Community and Local Government was promoted in today’s cabinet reshuffle following Ruairí Quinn’s resignation last week.

Minister O’Sullivan is a …

News
02 JUL

28% of Trinity students not sexually active

Majority of students confident of employment after graduation

Trinity students are having less but safer sex than other Irish students, according to a new study by Campus.ie.

Of the 547 Trinity students who took part in the survey, 28% said they are not sexually active. This compares to …