The Disability Access Route to Education (DARE) and Higher Education Access Route (HEAR) published their Annual Report today, showing a 22% increase in acceptance of places in higher education by students with disabilities and 15% increase by students experiencing socioeconomic …
Student reps to vote as a bloc for next provost following student-wide survey
With only six student votes in the upcoming provostorial elections, the union Council passed a motion to secure all student votes for one candidate
At tonight’s council meeting, Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union (TCDSU) Council passed a motion calling for a student-wide survey to determine the majority preference for provost candidate.
Six SU elected members sit on the committees of University Board and University …
Taoiseach discusses Covid-19, student nurses, Book of Kells, during Trinity visit
Martin emphasised the importance of “collective behaviour” to curb the spread of Covid-19
Taoiseach Micheál Martin touched on higher education and Covid-19 during a visit to Trinity’s campus this afternoon to see the new Book of Kells exhibition.
Speaking in the Exam Hall, Martin highlighted the importance of personal responsibility in the …
Midlands and Midwest to expect newly established Technological University
Simon Harris accepted the application from Athlone IT and Limerick IT to dissolve and re-establish as a Technological University in line with a 2018 Act
Athlone Institute of Technology and Limerick Institute of Technology are to be re-established as a technological university after their application for such status was accepted by Minister for Further and Higher Education Simon Harris.
The process will see both institutes …
Change in Erasmus grading requirements provokes uproar
European Studies students express confusion after being told that grades on their Erasmus year will now count toward their final degree
Second-year European Studies students were informed this morning that the upcoming academic year typically spent on Erasmus would now count for 30% of their final degree.
In an email from Senior Executive Officer of the Centre for European Studies Susan …
Firm decision yet to be taken on Trinity Ball
Trinity Ball 2020 was cancelled in response to government Covid-19 restrictions
No firm decision has yet been taken by College on the fate of next year’s Trinity Ball.
It is understood that College has not yet made a decisive choice on whether Trinity Ball will take place in 2021.
A meeting …
Zoology and natural sciences students fear loss of the “valuable resource” of the Dublin Zoo
Dublin Zoo had lost drastic amounts of revenue due to restrictions on tourism
Several Trinity Zoology and natural sciences students have expressed dismay following a social media announcement from Dublin Zoo that the future of the zoo is “uncertain” due to financial pressures caused by the pandemic.
The zoo has lost an estimated …
Graduate entry medicine students to receive union support
TCDSU Council has voted in favour of seeking USI support to lobby for nationwide fee cuts
Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union (TCDSU) Council has voted in favour of a campaign to lobby the government to increase financial support for Graduate Entry Medicine students.
Delegates from TCDSU who attend the Union of Students In Ireland (USI) National …
CSC report reveals Hist and Phil as highest spenders
Many societies within the CSC recorded significantly less spending in the 2019-20 academic year
The Central Societies Committee (CSC) has released a report detailing expenditures from each society in Trinity in the 2019-2020 academic year.
As the body governing all of College’s societies, the CSC reported an overall surplus of over €8000 in comparison …
George Birmingham named Judicial Visitor to College
Following the resignation of Dr Justice Maureen Harding-Clark, Birmingham was appointed the position by the government
Students were alerted this afternoon by Secretary to the College John Coman that Mr Justice George Birmingham has been appointed the new Judicial Visitor to Trinity.
This change came into effect yesterday, November 12.
Coman outlined in the email that …