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Leaving Cert to Return to Traditional Format This Year

For the past two years, a calculated grades model has been used due to the pandemic disrupting teaching time.
By Emer Moreau
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Cabinet to Consider Cutting Student Fees by up to €1,000

If the government agrees to reduce the student contribution charge, the exact reduction will likely not be decided until the Budget in October.
By Seán Cahill
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Leaving Cert Grade Inflation May Lead to College Entry Exams

Last year's blended assessment caused results to soar and college courses to become oversubscribed.
By Maebh Gallagher
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Masks No Longer Required at College Social Events

Face masks will still be mandatory in teaching and learning spaces.
By Sarah McCarthy
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At Science Gallery, Students Protest Closure of a ‘National Treasure’

The gallery will close this weekend while talks continue to find a new funding model.
By Mairead Maguire and Maebh Gallagher
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Science Gallery Must be ‘Totally Re-imagined’ to Survive, Says Provost

The gallery's story is 'not over', Linda Doyle said today, but it has accumulated substantial debt and must be revamped.
By Emer Moreau
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Boyd-Barrett: Smaller Boards Will Not Stop ‘Corporatisation’ of Colleges

The Higher Education Authority Bill includes provisions for university governing bodies to have 17 members.
By Emer Moreau
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Bacik, Gannon Say Governance Bill Threatens Diversity

The TDs expressed concerns about the new Higher Education Authority Bill in the Dáil this evening.
By Mairead Maguire
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One in Five Students Have Experienced Attempted Non-Consensual Sex

A new report from the Department of Higher Education has found that one in three female or non-binary students have experienced non-consensual anal, oral or vaginal sex.
By Emer Moreau
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Trinity’s ADAPT Centre to Receive Funding from Meta for Privacy Research

Meta, Facebook's parent company, is investing €500,000 in Irish institutions for research projects into privacy protection, data sharing and data governance.
By Emer Moreau