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In Wide-Ranging Interview, Conway-Walsh Lays Out Vision for Third-Level
The interview was streamed live on this newspaper’s Instagram page.
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Trinity Ball Cancelled Again Due to ‘Rapidly Changing’ Restrictions
TCDSU Ents Officer Hugh McInerney said that ‘it would be safer to cancel the ball for 2021 and focus on a return to Trinity Ball in April 2022’.
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Student Nurses, Midwives to Stay Off Placements Until February 8th
Nursing and midwifery students in first, second and third year will not return to clinical placements until at least February 8th.
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At First Meeting, Renters’ Union Explores Lasting Action
The union’s chair Liam Kiernan said this evening that he hopes the union will last longer than previous organisations in College with similar aims.
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Govt to Consider Granting Itself Power to Replace University Leadership
The bill, which grants government sweeping new powers, will undergo pre-legislative scrutiny this spring.
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Trinity Ranks 8th in Times Higher Education Most International Universities
College has risen eight places from 2020 in the Times Higher Education ‘most international universities in the world’ rankings.
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GSU School Rep Hits Out at Union Over Failure to Hold Follow-Up to AGM
The GSU’s heated AGM ran over time when it was held in December, and it was understood that a follow up would be held to cover the remaining issues on the agenda.
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Link Between Research and Policy Must Improve, Says Harris
The Minister for Higher Education said today at a webinar that research should be 'a national resource and a national asset'.
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Students on Placement in Northern Ireland to Receive Once-Off £2,000 Payment
Students working on placement between October 1st and March 31st are eligible for the money.
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‘More Flexible System’ Needed for Leaving Cert, Says Provost
Patrick Prendergast wrote in an Irish Times op-ed today that the belief that the leaving certificate is ‘brutal but fair’ no longer holds up.