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Libraries to Further Restrict Opening Hours, With Hamilton to Close Entirely
From Friday, the Berkeley, Lecky and Ussher libraries will only be open to readers from 1pm to 5pm.
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Prendergast Hints at All-Female Provost Race With Article Retweet
Three candidates have so far confirmed that they have cleared the interview process of the provost elections.
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Student Nurses, Midwives to be Pulled From Placement to Free Up Staff
Placements are to be suspended for at least two weeks so that nurses and midwives who train students can return to hospital frontlines to ease staffing pressures.
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Students Unable to Anonymise Exams Submitted Via Turnitin
Trinity has been forced to move exams online due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Extra College Places Here to Stay, Says Harris
The government created over 2,000 new college places last year.
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Harris to Create Working Group on Student Wellbeing
The group will include representatives from student bodies across the country, and will be chaired by the president of USI.
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Doyle, Hogan and Ohlmeyer Confirm Eligibility for Provost Election
Applicants to run for Provost must clear an interview stage, which concluded today, and be confirmed eligible to proceed to the campaign.
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Lack of Clarity Over Essential Work Gives College ‘Carte Blanche’, Say Unions
Trinity reps for Unite the Union and SIPTU have expressed ‘grave concerns’ about the number of staff who are still working on campus despite current restrictions.
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Cambridge Launches TAP-Inspired Foundation Programme
The programme will begin to accept students in October 2022, and will be free of charge.
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INMO Calls for ‘Protections and Pay’ for Student Nurses and Midwives
The organisation said the government should adopt a five-point emergency intervention to deal with the deteriorating situation in hospitals.