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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
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Researcher Sadhbh O’Neill to Contest Seanad Bye Election

O'Neill is a former Green Party councillor and will focus her campaign on climate action.
By Seán Cahill
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No Automatic Right to Online Learning This Semester

Face-to-face teaching is to make a full return, with masks required indoors.
By Mairead Maguire
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GSU Executive Felt ‘Targeted’ by Student Media, Says Report

Several members asked for their contact details to be removed from the GSU website due to 'toxicity' from reporters of The University Times.
By Mairead Maguire
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Students Feeling Effects of ‘Log Jam’ in College Health Service

Trinity's top health official has said that the phones 'never stop ringing' in the service.
By Jody Druce and Hosanna Boulter
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Two Thirds of College’s Teaching Spaces in Need of Major Repairs

Only 34 per cent of teaching and learning spaces were deemed to be in new or good condition. In other universities this number is typically 80 per cent, according to Estates and Facilities.
By Seán Cahill
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GSU Accused Postgraduate Workers’ Alliance of ‘Abuse’ During EGM

A confidential report commissioned by the union broadly blames the problems with the EGM on the independent campaign group.
By Emer Moreau