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Promising Apprenticeships and Promoting Opportunity, DIT Launches New Access Programme
The programme, launched today by the Minister for Education, gives young people from inner city communities the opportunity to experience different types of apprenticeship.
After Year of Research, Trinity’s Pilot Programme Aims to Support Freshers Throughout First Term
The programme, devised by the Transition to Trinity Officer, will be run with engineering, maths and science students for the first year.
TCDSU Revive Joint Campaign with Daft.ie and UCDSU to Secure Student Accommodation
The campaign appeals to homeowners to rent their rooms to students.
Amid Talk of Increased Levy, Government Promises Employers Greater Impact on Education Policy
A proposed increase in the national training fund has drawn scepticism from employers in the past.
Trinity-Led Research Finds Homelessness in Women in Ireland is Among Highest in Europe
The research, led by Dr Paula Mayock, reveals that 42 per cent of homeless people in Ireland are women.
Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil Opposition Defeat Seanad Motion Calling for Free Education
The defeat is a blow to student activists, who had strongly supported the Labour motion.
Trinity Scientists Aid Discovery that Could Develop Better Treatment for Viral Diseases
Prof John O'Leary and Prof Luke O'Neill helped contribute to the discovery, alongside researchers in the US and Australia.
With Seanad Vote, Fianna Fáil has Chance to Crystallise Stance on Third-Level Funding
USI President, Michael Kerrigan, said the lack of a clear rejection of a loan scheme was disappointing.
A Year on from Landmark Funding Report, Labour to Call for Rejection of Loan Schemes in Seanad
A motion, supported by students but opposed by Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil, will be brought to the Seanad tomorrow.
Universities Face Serious Criticism, with Dáil Committee Raising Concerns in Report into Financial Management
The Public Accounts Committee report calls into question financial management in several universities.