Educational Issues

IUA: Vulnerable Students Will Still Have Access to Online Lectures

The Irish University Association and the Technological Higher Education Association addressed the Oireachtas education committee today.
By Emma Taggart and Emer Moreau

Leaving Cert Students to Choose Predicted Grades or Exam for Each Subject

Students will be given the option of calculated grades or sitting traditional exams – or both – for individual subjects.
By Sárán Fogarty and Emer Moreau

When NCAD Students Took On an Institution, and the State – and Won

In the 1960s, NCAD was run directly by the governments. Students weren’t happy – and spent years fighting for a more accessible college.
By Lucy Sherry

Trinity First Irish University to Adopt International Autism Toolkit

The College Disability Service has launched a new website to help people with autism make the transition from school to Trinity.
By Emer Moreau

Former Trinity Researcher Stripped of Blog Award for Inventing Holocaust Victims

Dr Marie Sophie Hingst, who completed a PhD in Trinity in 2017, allegedly added the names of 22 fictitious Holocaust victims to international records.
By Donal MacNamee

Three Universities to Lead New €21m SFI Research Centre

The new centre will train 139 PhD students in applied mathematics, statistics and machine learning.
By Robert Quinn

Ibec Warns of Job Losses at Campaign Launch in Trinity

Ireland's largest business representative body says increased automation will 'inevitably' displace current workers.
By Donal MacNamee

Are Essay Mills Threatening the Integrity of Academia?

In 2019, Ireland passed the Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) Amendment Act to tackle a growing trend in academic misconduct driven by essay mills.
By Naoise D'Arcy

Some Students May Have to Defer College Place, Foley Says

It has been estimated that up to 1,000 additional third-level places may be necessitated by the errors.
By Molly Furey

A Guide to Trinity’s Best-Kept Secrets

Find 20-cent hot chocolate and a reading room stocked full of MacBooks thanks to our guide to Trinity's hidden treasures.
By Molly Furey and Aoife Kearins