Educational Issues
Third-Level Institutes to Get 20 Women-Only Professorships
As part of the Senior Academic Leadership Initiative, 12 third-level institutes – including Trinity – will get funding to recruit women professors.
Institutes of Technology Gain New Award-Giving Powers in Win for Autonomy
The power of awarding degrees will no longer be delegated to Quality and Qualifications Ireland.
Impeachments, Referendums and a Boardroom Scandal: 10 Years at The University Times
As the decade comes to an end, we look back at some of the biggest stories to rock Trinity – and higher education – in the last 10 years.
Editorial
TEP’s Benefits Won’t be Immediate. But Students Shouldn’t be its Guinea Pigs
Amid increased exam sittings, current students could be forgiven for wondering how the Trinity Education Project is benefiting them.
Editorial
When the Government Ignores the Arts, Trinity Must Fill in the Gap
This week’s investment in business and science subjects shows that the government has little interest in the arts.
USI Calls for National Framework on Students’ Union Autonomy
In a letter to Minister for Higher Education Mary Mitchell O'Connor, USI also called for better supports in higher education for asylum seekers.
Exam Sittings Rose by Nearly 10% in the Last Two Years, Figures Show
The figures are likely to raise questions about why the number has increased despite the implementation of the Trinity Education Project.
For this Government, ‘Looking to Tomorrow’ Means Serving Today’s Corporations
On higher education, the government's priority is not building a better future – it's creating a workforce to cement the status quo, writes Cormac Watson.
NUIG Charity Under Fire Over Spending on Luxury Hotels and Premium Flights
The country's charities watchdog has criticised the Galway University Foundation for its spending on hotels, flights and taxis.
Editorial
Has College Learned Any Lessons From Last Year’s Exam Fiasco?
Hectic cloakrooms and exam paper mix-ups were another staple of this year’s exam period.