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Likelihood Grows of Delay to Leaving Certificate Exams

The government believes it's unlikely that social distancing measures will be lifted by the time the exams are due to start in June.
By Molly Furey
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Trinity to Set Up Coronavirus Research Centre, With €2.4m AIB Backing

The centre, which will be located in the TBSI, will focus on designing drugs and a potential vaccine to fight the pandemic.
By Cormac Watson
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Trinity Will Use Turnitin to Combat Cheating in Real-Time Exams

College will only run real-time online exams when they're ‘academically indispensable’, students were told today.
By Donal MacNamee and Sárán Fogarty
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Findings by Trinity Ageing Researchers to Help National Coronavirus Response

TILDA researchers have published a slew of new data that will help formulate policy on limiting the spread of the virus among older people.
By Emma Donohoe
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Student Asks on No Detriment ‘Not Fulfilled’ by Exam Proposals, Says TCDSU

Niamh McCay wrote to members of Council yesterday before it discussed a document that said a no-detriment policy is 'unworkable' in Trinity.
By Aoife Kearins
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Trinity to Reject ‘Unworkable’ No Detriment, But Offer Backup Options

Council will today be asked to approve six alternative measures that Trinity says will ‘substantially mitigate the difficulties faced by students’.
By Donal MacNamee
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Explainer: No ‘No Detriment’, But Several Mitigating Measures

Council will be asked to approve a set of proposals, in place of no detriment, to mitigate the issues students face in summer assessments.
By Emer Moreau
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Biochemistry School ‘Strongly Against’ No-Detriment Policy

Final-year biochemistry students were told that the school was opposing the policy ‘in order to protect the reputation of your degree programme’.
By Cormac Watson
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Trinity Students Receive Degrees In Zoom Commencement Ceremony

Chancellor Mary McAleese conferred 532 degrees in the traditional Latin in an unprecedented online ceremony.
By Emer Moreau
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NUIG Medicine Students Graduate Early to Join Healthcare Frontline

Some 190 medicine students attended a fast-tracked graduation ceremony – held on a Facebook live stream – before they start work.
By Emer Moreau