Irish third level education

News
16 JUN

38 Trinity Access Programme students graduate today

Following their graduation, all 38 students will be able to start degree courses across either the sciences, social science or the arts this September

 

The graduation ceremony of 38 students who studied in the Trinity Access Programme (TAP) Foundation Course for Higher Education for 2016/17 took place in Trinity today.

The graduates had been studying in either the sciences, social science or the arts …

Features
28 MAR

Building a world-class business school post-Brexit

Professor Andrew Burke, Dean of the Trinity School of Business, discusses plans for the new school, the importance of teaching ethics in business, and how the government can help Trinity benefit from Brexit

Andrew Burke is the Dean of the Trinity Business School in exciting and challenging times. With the imminent construction of a new €70m on-campus building for the school, and the onset of Brexit, with the inherent challenges and opportunities that …

Features
06 FEB

Analysing Ireland’s high third level dropout rates

InDepth editor Peter O’Donovan takes a look at why 1 in 6 college students drop out before the end of their first year

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Introduction

“Approximately 1 in 6 students who start a college course are likely to leave the course before the end of first year”

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The number of students studying at Irish third level institutions has risen dramatically in the past 50 …