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Fermented Dreams

Charlie Hastings reviews Fermented Dreams as part of Dublin Fringe Festival 2024

Jess Kav’s Fringe production of Fermented Dreams, while being forced to do it through a lacklustre title, exhibits itself primarily through the meta. Kav’s character reconciles with a life of stardom just out of reach with revealing anecdotes, dramatic performance

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School of physics celebrates 300 years

A look back on three centuries of teaching

This year marks the 300th anniversary of Trinity’s school of physics. The school, like College itself, has undergone tremendous change since its inception in 1724. Let’s wind back the clock three hundred years and see where we land.

The Erasmus …

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Filming Trinity: A guide to the college’s features on screen

Heather Croghan discusses Trinity’s TV and film cameos ranging from features in historical biopics to Bollywood backgrounds

Over the years, there have been a number of films shot on Trinity’s campus. Whether it’s an integral part of the production or merely features as part of a shot, as Front Arch did in Liz Gill’s 2003 film Goldfish

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Trinity’s graduation process needs to adapt for today’s students

From ceremonies entirely in Latin to awarding degrees in descending order of merit, the entire process has become elitist and outdated

With yet another year’s graduations behind us, it’s long past the time where we need to examine just how we celebrate and commemorate the graduation of Trinity students, and what should be changed about the graduation process and the ceremony

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The obstacles and privileges to university admittance are alive and well

While these barriers to entry are finally beginning to crack, we need to address how privilege and wealth still dictate university placement for many

A Leaving Certificate student recently challenged the State Examination Commission’s policy to not re-check points in time to obtain their university place. Rebecca Carter had to fight for her place on the course that she would have been accepted into,

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Trinity partner with Irish Times for Citizen Science initiative

The initiative will give readers and citizens the opportunity to voice their opinions on scientific topics.

Trinity is partnering with The Irish Times to work on a new Citizen Science initiative from which a number of different projects will be developed and promoted. Members of the public will be asked to fill out a questionnaire based

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Trinity Science Gallery director appointed head of National Museum of Ireland

Director Lynn Scarff has been appointed as the Director of the National Museum of Ireland following over a decade at the Science Gallery.

Trinity Science Gallery Director Lynn Scarff has been appointed as the new Director of the National Museum of Ireland. She will take up this position in May 2018.  

Congratulating Scarff on her new role, Vice Provost of College, Chris Morash

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6 Syrian refugees to take part in media workshop in Trinity

The participants will learn to create digital content as part of the ‘Ismani’ programme.

Six displaced people from Syria will begin a digital media workshop at the CONNECT Centre in Trinity College Dublin (TCD)  today. The participants will learn to create digital content as part of the ‘Ismani’ programme.  The six are from the