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News
17 DEC

Trinity graduates and Launchbox alumni win big in Silicon Valley

Their company, UniTuition, allows university students to locate local tutors in their subject areas online.

NEWS

Orla McCallion and Sean Judge, Trinity graduates and recent alumni of Trinity’s startup accelerator programme, Launchbox, recently achieved recognition from Enterprise Ireland and Silicon Valley investors, placing first in Enterprise Ireland’s Silicon Access Programme’s pitch night in San Francisco.

UniTuition, …

News
17 DEC

Trinity receives Athena SWAN Awards

Trinity is one of only two universities in Ireland to achieve the award, the second one being the University of Limerick.

NEWS

On December 10, Trinity College Dublin received the bronze institutional Athena SWAN award for advancing gender equality. Three of its schools, Physics, Chemistry and Natural Sciences, also received bronze awards.

The awards were presented at a special ceremony in the …

News
16 DEC

Plans to include rifle range in Oisin House causes concern amongst some Board members

Business school plans call for demolition of DU Rifle Club’s existing premises with squash and handball to be given facilities in Oisín House

NEWS

Several members of the College Board expressed their unease at proposals to place new premises for the College’s Rifle Club inside the new Oisín House complex during the last meeting of the board. Trinity News understands that the …

News
16 DEC

Plans to delay Perry demolition likely to cost between 6-12 million

The Board chose the latest possible time at which to demolish the building, vastly increasing costs

NEWS

At a Trinity College Board meeting held on 9 December plans concerning the demolition of the Perry Building were discussed. It had been agreed beforehand that the Perry Building would be demolished to make way for the construction of a …

Features
01 DEC

“There’s a lot of work to do”

Dearbháil Clarke speaks to Belinda McKeon about her writing and support for the Waking the Feminists movement

FEATURESBelinda McKeon is a writer, feminist, playwright, journalist and TCD alumnus. Her second novel, Tender, was recently awarded a Kirkus Star and has been shortlisted for novel of the year in the upcoming Bord Gáis Energy Irish book awards. I …

SciTech
01 DEC

Trinity Student Scientific Review will run again this year

Anna Aleshko interviews members of this year’s TSSR team and describes their plans for the upcoming year.

SCITECH

Following its successful inaugural year, the Trinity Student Scientific Review (TSSR) is back again to offer undergraduate students the chance to submit a review on a scientific topic of their choosing. Successful applicants will get the opportunity to get their …

News
30 NOV

Delving into the record receipt for Trinity’s consultancy costs

College spend €2.8 million on external consultants to “change management”, during critical period of budget cuts for student services.

in-depth

Final figures on Trinity College’s external consultancy fees, released earlier this month, show that the university spent €2.8 million to “change management”, over  €2.1 million on financial and information systems, and over €91,000 on new graphic profile, during the three …

News
25 NOV

TCDSU to participate in Dublin climate march

The march is part of a wider day of campaigning taking place across the world.

NEWS

Trinity College Dublin’s Students’ Union (TCDSU) is due to take part in the Dublin climate march on November 29.

The march is part of a Global Climate March taking place that day ahead of the United Nations’ Paris Climate Conference …

News
19 NOV

Trinity placed 119th in Global Employability University Rankings

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

NEWS

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 …

News
23 OCT

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.

NEWS

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.

According to the report, Trinity …