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Fianna Fáil Calls for Cancellation of Leaving Certificate
The party's spokesperson for education Thomas Byrne attacked the government's approach to the leaving certificate today.
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At Board, A Rejection of Change That Came Down, In the End, to Autonomy
Proposed changes to the makeup of Board have come to be associated by many with more outside involvement in Trinity’s affairs.
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Trinity Will Turn Front Gate Lawns Into Wildflower Meadow, After Public Vote
More than 90 per cent of voters in an online poll backed the idea of making Trinity's lawns more sustainable.
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Board Members Slam Proposals That Could Reshape Trinity’s Governance
A College working group has proposed wholesale changes to the makeup of Trinity’s foremost decision-making body.
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DCU Scraps Planned 4% Rent Increase on College Accommodation
The college has abandoned a plan to increase the cost of its campus accommodation by the maximum amount legally allowed.
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UL Suspends Erasmus, Study Abroad for First Semester of Next Year
A UL email to affected students said that ‘the Erasmus and Non EU Exchange mobility programmes will be suspended for the Autumn Semester’.
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‘Not Good Enough’ That Third-Level Funding Deprioritised, Says Provost
Prendergast urged the government to step in ‘as a matter of urgency’ as colleges face into revenue losses amid the pandemic.
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Six Trinity Research Projects Win Funding to Fight Coronavirus
Dean of Research Linda Doyle said the funding ‘is an example of how vital research is to the health of our nation’.
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‘We Need You’, Taoiseach Tells Trinity’s Graduating Medicine Students
Varadkar also urged international students in Trinity to ‘come back’ to Ireland to pursue their careers.
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Trinity Graduate, Celebrated Poet Eavan Boland Dies Aged 75
Boland graduated from Trinity in 1966 with a degree in English Literature and language.