Educational Issues
Analysis
Few Revelatory Moments in Tetchy Higher Education Debate
Today's higher education debate in Trinity saw more arguments about statistics than ideas or a vision for the future.
CAO Points Jump Significantly for High-Demand Courses
Points for 80 per cent of Trinity's courses spiked in the first round of CAO offers.
Leaving Cert Results Were Record-Breaking – But This Will Benefit Few
Leaving certificate students may be celebrating the highest results on record – but their unprecedented grades may not bear the desired fruit on Friday when CAO offers are made, writes Faye Curran.
Confucius Institutes Rebrand as Centres for ‘Language Exchange and Cooperation’
The name change comes after years of global criticism over censorship and propaganda.
Provost Hails ‘New Beginning’ as Higher Education Department Set Up
Prendergast told The University Times higher education and research ‘can now work together for the benefit of students, industry and the country’.
Board Membership Should be Cut in Half, Says Trinity Working Group
The latest proposals on the reshaping of governance in Trinity’s also weigh up separating the roles of provost and chair of the College Board.
Editorial
Is Cassells Dead? Yes, if the Programme for Government is Anything to Go By
The newly agreed programme for government scarcely references the existence of the Cassells report.
An Bhfuil Cassells Marbh? Cinnte, más Fianaise é an Dréachtchlár Rialtais
Is beag tagairt a dhéanann an dréachtchlár rialtais do thuarascáil Cassells an tseachtain seo.
Trinity and NCAD to Exchange 25 Students a Year in New Collaboration
Some 25 NCAD students will be able to take Trinity Electives next year, with 25 students of College going in the other direction, in a new agreement.
Trinity Lodges Application for University of Sanctuary Status
College hopes to hear in the coming weeks if its application to become Ireland’s seventh University of Sanctuary has been successful.