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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.
By Donal MacNamee
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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.
By Danielle Varley
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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’.
By Sárán Fogarty
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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.
By Donal MacNamee
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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’.
By Emma Donohoe
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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.
By Donal MacNamee
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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.
By Sárán Fogarty
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College Restarts Could Cause ‘Enrolment Chaos’, Warns Trade Union

IFUT called for clarity from the government on how and when colleges will return in autumn.
By Sárán Fogarty
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Current NUIG Students to Start College on September 28th, University Says

First-year students are set to start college in November, with Christmas exams likely to be pushed back until January 2021.
By Molly Furey
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Trinity Engineer Builds Vital Protective Equipment – at Home, on a 3D Printer

Mick Reilly, the chief technical officer in Trinity’s School of Engineering, has made over 1,000 face shield frames and 300 full-face shields.
By Emma Donohoe