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College Elects Seven New Board Members
The new board members will sit until 2024.
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Security Hut Installed at Nassau St Entrance
Front Gate will now be closed to visitors from 8am to 8pm for the duration of summer break.
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Trinity Appoints New Dean of Students and Dean of Graduate Studies
Catherine McCabe will take over as dean of students next week.
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UL Appoints First-Ever Female President of an Irish University
Prof Kerstin Mey, the vice-president and professor of visual culture of UL, will serve as interim president for the next 18 months.
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First-Preference Applications to Trinity Up 9 Per Cent On Last Year
The number of first-preference applications has shot up from 7,660 last year to 8,381.
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UL Freshers to Spend One Week On Campus Out of Every Three
All lectures will remain online, but students will attend tutorials and labs on campus for a third of the first term.
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Queen’s to Charter Plane for Chinese Students Travelling to Ireland
The university said it wants to reassure international students and their families.
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UCD Students to Spend 40 to 60 Per Cent of Schedule in Classrooms
UCD Registrar and Deputy President Mark Rogers outlined the college's plans for next year in an email today.
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Bank of Ireland to End Years-Long Partnership with Trinity
Bank of Ireland will continue to work with Tangent, Trinity's Ideas Workshop
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Applications for High-Points Courses Skyrocket, as Arts Applications Decline
The traditional leaving certificate system has been replaced by a predicated-grades system.