With sabbatical elections only a month away, candidates are putting the final touches to their manifestos, preparing husting speeches, and drafting potential flyers – all in preparation for the run up to polling week, the results of which will determine …
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Trinity begins plans to construct technology campus
“Initial plans for the project are in the region of 30,000 sq.m. of teaching, research, new or refurbished buildings in one or more locations”
According to a tender notice, Trinity is seeking a construction consultant team “to project manage and design a building, or range of buildings, in a new Trinity Technology Campus.”
While the notice claims that requirements for the project are still …
Trinity immunologists make progress in search for MRSA vaccine
The discovery “could significantly increase our chances of realising an effective vaccine to protect patients from MRSA”
Trinity announces strategic partnership with Beijing Foreign Studies University
Including Beijing Foreign Studies University, Trinity has 16 major partnerships with universities in the East Asia region. These include universities in Japan, Korea, Singapore, the Hong Kong region, as well as Mainland China.
Trinity professor criticises College for not rewarding merit among academic staff
Professor Malcolm MacLachlan also spoke of a need for Trinity to abandon “arrogant and defensive rhetoric about being Ireland’s leading university”
A professor in Trinity’s department of psychology, professor Malcolm MacLachlan, has spoken out about internal issues in the college surrounding the promotion of staff, claiming that this has contributed to the college’s decline in international university rankings.
Social Democrats plan to set up Trinity society
Potential members encouraged to use the society as a platform to campaign on internal college issues
Soaring rent prices and travel expenses cause student living costs to rise
The average cost of college for Dublin students living away from home will rise next year to €11,838.
The average cost of college for Dublin students living away from home will rise next year to €11,838, an increase of over €270 since last year’s figure.
This is according to DIT Campus Life’s annual Cost of Living Guide, …
In review: TCDSU 2014-15
As the current sabbatical officers of Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union head into the final weeks of their tenures, our news staffers cast a cold eye back on their election manifestos and assess their performances to date.
President
Reading Domhnall …
50 out of 75 places in new business degree to be reserved for non-EU students
Plans are being made for a bachelor in business studies (BBS) to become available from the 2016-7 academic year, Trinity News has learned. The new undergraduate degree will contain many of the same modules as the current BESS (business, economics …
Trinity misses out on place in top 100 universities
Trinity College, as well as all other Irish universities, has missed out on a place in a ranking of the world’s top 100 universities published today by Times Higher Education.
Trinity was the highest ranked university within Ireland – being …