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Harris, Varadkar Announce Increase in Holiday Income Threshold for Grants
Students will now be able to earn up to €6,552 outside term time without impacting grant eligibility.
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TCDSU Secures Increased Student Representation on College Board
The HEA Bill is to be amended to allow for an increase in the number of student representatives on College Board from two to three.
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USI Joins Country-Wide Protests Over Cost of Living Crisis
Protests took place in Dublin, Cork, Galway, and Limerick this afternoon over rising costs of living in Ireland.
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Schools Advertise PhD Positions with ‘Paltry’ €6.5k Stipend
Trinity Dean of Graduate Studies Martine Smith has described the awards as 'not fit for purpose'.
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Provost Apologises After Pride Flags Advice Sparks Outrage
In an email to staff and students this evening, Doyle said the advice 'did not reflect the Equality Diversity and Inclusion values of the University'.
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Top Trinity Official Urged College to Maximise Chinese Investment
COO Orla Cunningham described a “short window of opportunity to try and increase the IIP funding [from mainland China] on some existing projects”.
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Provost Responds After Trinity Discourages Pride Flags Display
An article published in the Ireland edition of the Times in London said that College's secretary’s office discouraged the displaying of Pride flags in windows across campus.
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Three to be Awarded Honorary Doctorates
Honourary doctorates are to be conferred on former Chief Justice of Ireland Susan Denham and co-leader of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine group Adrian Hill and Director of the College Health Service Dr David McGrath.
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Bank of America to Fund Ancient Book of Leinster Conservation
The Book of Leinster is College’s earliest manuscript written entirely in Irish.
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Final Year STEM Projects ‘Under Serious Threat’
An annual STEM faculty report found that “there is currently no funding from the College to support capstone research projects".