Editorial

We’ve Got Leaving Cert Clarity – Now Students Need Certainty From Colleges

Trinity must start putting in place specific plans for incoming first years – and communicate them quickly and clearly.

Fianna Fáil Will Seek State Funding for Extra College Places if in Government

Fianna Fáil will seek to secure funding for extra college places amid fears that calculated grades could cost students from disadvantaged areas.
By Donal MacNamee

Clarity on Exams, But Muddier Waters for Colleges

The government's leaving certificate announcement today leaves colleges scratching their heads on many questions.
By Aoife Kearins

Online Teaching to Continue Into Next Year, Provost Confirms

In a video from the Provost's Garden, Prendergast said large lectures will move online, while seminars and tutorials will return to campus.
By Cormac Watson

Students Can Avail of €3k Fees Even If They Restart College After Appeal

Students who start college but get an improved course offer after appealing their calculated grade can defer college and still get ‘free fees’.
By Sárán Fogarty

Universities Confirm They’ll Use Calculated Grades for Admissions

Students who opt to sit postponed leaving certificate exams will not be able to do so in time to start college in 2020/21.
By Orla Murnaghan

‘Too Early to Say’ When Freshers Will Start College, Says Trinity

The government's website has identified late September or early October as a date for when college courses will start.
By Cormac Watson

Calculated Grades Confirmed for Leaving Cert Students, Exams Postponed

Students will be given the option of sitting the leaving certificate at an unspecified later date, or get calculated grades.
By Ella Connolly and Donal MacNamee

Trinity Researchers Launch Online Learning Centre for Primary Students

The programme, featuring science videos and experiments, hopes to help students learning from home due to the pandemic.
By Emma Donohoe

With Dear Ireland, The Abbey Tells Tales of a Shrunken World

The theatre is staging an online festival with 50 plays – an experience that's disconcerting, exhausting and occasionally magical.
By Sophie Furlong Tighe