Educational Issues

Trinity Sets Up Emergency Group to Manage Financial Risks of Coronavirus

College has already implemented a freeze on staff recruitment as a result of the ‘significant financial consequences’ of the coronavirus.
By Donal MacNamee

No Decision Yet on When, How College Will Re-Open Accommodation Next Year

Trinity said plans to re-open its accommodation remain ‘under consideration in light of the ongoing challenges related to Covid-19’.
By Orla Murnaghan
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.

Tá Soiléireacht Ardteiste Againn – Teastaíonn Cinnteacht ó Mhic Léinn Anois

Ní mór don Choláiste beartais ar leith a thabhairt isteach dóibh siúd a beidh sa chéad bhliain – agus cumarsáid thapaidh agus éifeachtach a dhéanamh leo.

‘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

Trinity Lecturer Gets €500k Research Grant for Work in West Bank

Dr Brendan Browne will examine the conditions for Palestinian Bedouin people living in the West Bank, including the risk of forcible transfer.
By Robert Quinn

Trinity Explores Online Teaching ‘Opportunities’ Amid Pandemic

A College working group – set up by Trinity's top officers – will look into online teaching among a number of ‘opportunities’ triggered by the virus.
By Emer Moreau

Trinity’s Alternative Admissions Feasibility Study Extended into its Third Year

University Council approved the extension of the study, which aims to influence national policy and shift focus away from the leaving cert points race.
By Edmund Heaphy and Sinéad Baker

‘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

College Restarts Could Cause ‘Enrolment Chaos’, Warns Trade Union

IFUT called for clarity from the government on how and when colleges will return in autumn.
By Sárán Fogarty