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With Housing a Government Priority, Opportunities to Address Student Crisis
After years of inaction, a new focus on fixing Ireland’s housing issue has created new energy to solve the student accommodation crisis.
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New $1.2 Million Fund for Engineering and Computer Science Students to Study in Stanford
The new fellowship will cover the cost of one student a year to complete a postgraduate degree at the university.
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Trinity Approves Christmas Exams and Earlier Start to Year
Trinity’s University Council today approved changes to the academic year structure that will see the introduction of an assessment week before Christmas.
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New Masters in Community Health Approved by University Council
The new course, which begins on a part-time basis from September, will prepare students for the changing primary care sector in Ireland.
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With Time, Space and Funding, Trinity is Leading Ireland’s Latest Astronomical Research
With €1.4 funding announced in January, Ireland has been able to join a network of telescopes which currently stretches across Europe.
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The World is at an Inflection Point, Biden Says in Trinity, But Optimism Can Bend History
In the wake of Brexit, Biden asserted the US relationship with Britain and the EU, and called on graduates to effect change.
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Brexit and the Uncertain Future of Irish Higher Education
The Provost has expressed his concerns about a possible Brexit. But what might be the impact on Irish higher education if Britain votes to leaves the EU?
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US Vice President Joe Biden to Receive Honorary Degree from Trinity on Friday
Biden will also receive the Gold Medal of Honorary Patronage from the Phil.
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Trinity Team Makes Progress in Tackling Antibiotic Resistance
The team, led by Prof Ursula Bond, have discovered plant peptides that can be used to fight against the increase in antibiotic resistance.
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Donleavy and Higgs Among Those to be Granted Honorary Degrees by Trinity
The Trinity graduate and writer of "The Ginger Man", JP Donleavy, and the Nobel Prize-winning physicist Peter Higgs, will be awarded honorary degrees in a ceremony on Friday.