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Citing €500,000 Annual Cost, Staff Oppose New Faculty Managers
Three new faculty managers, who will earn over €110,000 each, will help oversee individual schools.
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Trinity’s Rankings Boost Good News for Ireland, says Research Dean
By rising from 98th to 88th in the QS World Rankings, Trinity reversed a longstanding trend of decline.
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Rising 10 Places, Trinity Reverses Longstanding Rankings Decline
Trinity has risen from 98th to 88th in the QS World Rankings, reversing a longstanding trend of decline.
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Five Staff Members Celebrated for Committed and Innovative Teaching
After an extensive judging process, five winners were celebrated for their commitments to students at the annual Provost’s Teaching Awards.
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Patrick Johnston, Queen’s University Belfast Vice-Chancellor, Dies Suddenly
Aged 58, Johnston had been leading the university through the challenges of Brexit and a decline in higher education funding.
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With Varadkar’s Election Victory, Trinity is one Step Closer to its First Taoiseach
Defeating Simon Coveney today, the medicine graduate is nearly certain to become Ireland’s next leader.
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On Trinity’s Walls, Joe Caslin and Lynn Ruane Challenge Ireland’s Drug Policy
The Irish artist and Trinity Senator are behind a new giant mural in Front Square, calling for treatment, not criminalisation, of drug addiction.
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With Private Sector Booming, Trinity Rethinks Approach to Securing More Student Accommodation
Priced out of a rapidly growing and volatile market, Trinity is unable to compete with private developers when it comes to securing new sites.
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“Let This be the Start of the Resistance”: Students Join Protest Against Trump’s Paris Agreement Withdrawal
Students from Fossil Free TCD joined the demonstration outside the US Embassy today.
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Trinity Part of €1.75m Project to Involve the Public in Research From the Start
The first of its kind in Ireland, the initiative aims to involve patients in and improve the relevance of healthcare research.