College

Universities Fear €200m Drop-Off in Revenue From International Students

Jim Miley, the director general of the Irish Universities Association, said the fall in revenue will deal a ‘massive blow’ to third-level.
By Donal MacNamee

Fianna Fáil Calls for Cancellation of Leaving Certificate

The party's spokesperson for education Thomas Byrne attacked the government's approach to the leaving certificate today.
By Ella Connolly

At Board, A Rejection of Change That Came Down, In the End, to Autonomy

Proposed changes to the makeup of Board have come to be associated by many with more outside involvement in Trinity’s affairs.
By Molly Furey

Trinity Will Turn Front Gate Lawns Into Wildflower Meadow, After Public Vote

More than 90 per cent of voters in an online poll backed the idea of making Trinity's lawns more sustainable.
By Donal MacNamee

Board Members Slam Proposals That Could Reshape Trinity’s Governance

A College working group has proposed wholesale changes to the makeup of Trinity’s foremost decision-making body.
By Donal MacNamee

Reshaping Board Will Change Trinity’s Governance – And Not for the Better

Prof Eunan O'Halpin, a two-time member of College Board, says history does not support the ideas underpinning proposed alterations to Board.
By Eunan O'Halpin

DCU Scraps Planned 4% Rent Increase on College Accommodation

The college has abandoned a plan to increase the cost of its campus accommodation by the maximum amount legally allowed.
By Danielle Varley

‘Not Good Enough’ That Third-Level Funding Deprioritised, Says Provost

Prendergast urged the government to step in ‘as a matter of urgency’ as colleges face into revenue losses amid the pandemic.
By Donal MacNamee

Six Trinity Research Projects Win Funding to Fight Coronavirus

Dean of Research Linda Doyle said the funding ‘is an example of how vital research is to the health of our nation’.
By Emma Donohoe

Normal People Recap: Sublime Direction, Lashings of Sex, But No Trinity – Yet

Episodes one and two of Normal People aired on RTÉ last night – and delivered a masterclass in directing and adolescent dynamics.
By Stephen Patrick Murray