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Admin, Values and Power: 100 Academics Set Out Main Issues for Provost Race
A survey of 100 academics has highlighted Trinity academics’ battle with an increased amount of administrative work, shifting College values and a top-down decision-making model.
Calculated Grades and Written Exam Mix the ‘Preferred Option’, Says Taoiseach
A final decision on the leaving certificate is set to be made later in the week.
Sabbatical Candidates Should Push Voter Registration, Says Council Chair
The chair of TCDSU council has said that candidates will need to encourage students to register to vote, ahead of an online-only election.
In Wide-Ranging Interview, Conway-Walsh Lays Out Vision for Third-Level
The interview was streamed live on this newspaper’s Instagram page.
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’.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.