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Trinity Tops the Sunday Times Good Universities Guide for 18th Year Running
Dr Colm Murphy of the Good Universities Guide said the gap between Trinity and other universities was narrowing
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UL Announces Plans to Increase Student Numbers by 50%
The university launched its strategic plan, UL@50, today, which will expand both student numbers and campus space.
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Mary McAleese Elected Trinity’s New Chancellor
McAleese, the only candidate nominated for the role, will take over as the official head of the university.
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Just 61 Travellers in Third-Level in 2017, Finds Report
The report was commissioned by the Department of Education.
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‘Very Disappointing’: USI Condemns DCU Student’s Deportation Order
Speaking to The University Times, USI President Lorna Fitzpatrick said Mehwish Saqib 'shouldn’t be sent back to a country where she’s unsafe'.
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USI and SIPTU Call for Improved Conditions for Postgraduate Students
The two unions have launched a charter calling on universities to agree to protect the rights of postgraduate students as workers.
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Library to Introduce €350k Microchip System to Safeguard Books
The new system will see around 550,000 books fitted with new microchips that will allow staff to track them more easily.
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Book of Kells to Be Replaced with Replica Until March 2020
The manuscript will be removed on Monday to allow for conservation works to its display room in the Old Library.
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TCDSU Sets Up Campaigns Committee
Two students – Ailbhe Owens and Sé Ó hEidhin – were elected to the six-person committee.
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TCDSU Votes Not to Support Rent Strikes
Campus group Cut the Rent have spent the last month lobbying for students to withhold paying their rent in January.