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Universities Back Major Proposed Changes to Leaving Cert

The mooted changes include a significant increase in continuous assessment and systems to stabilise exam results from year to year.
By David O'Connell
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Trinity Researchers Join Global Effort to Explain COVID-19 Resistance

The Irish group in the conglomerate is led by Trinity's Cliona O'Farrelly.
By Jane Cook
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Minority Ethnic Higher Education Staff Paid Less, HEA Survey Finds

Staff from minority ethnic backgrounds are also less likely to be on permanent contracts.
By Seán Cahill
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Provost Leads Tributes to Brendan Kennelly

Kennelly was a celebrated poet and author who was a professor of modern literature in Trinity until 2005.
By Molly Longstaff
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GSU, Students4Change Stage Protest at Dáil Over Online Lectures

Around 50 students marched from Front Square to Kildare St voicing their dissatisfaction with Trinity.
By Seán Cahill and Emer Moreau
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Biodiversity Audit Calls for Trinity’s Campus to Become ‘Living Lab’

The pilot study recommended the development of an all-encompassing biodiversity strategy.
By Jody Druce
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SUSI Expansion Prioritised Over Cutting Fees in Budget, Says Harris

Minister for Higher Education Simon Harris said in the Dáil yesterday that the budget prioritised making college cheaper for those who need it most.
By Emer Moreau
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Purpose-Built Student Housing ‘Was Never About Students’, Protest Hears

Around 100 students gathered at Dublin City Council's officers today calling for its chief Owen Keegan to resign.
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Schols to Return to In-Person Format, Senior Lecturer Confirms

A group of second-year students wrote to David Shepherd requesting that the exams be held online as they were last year.
By Mairead Maguire
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USI, IUA Express Disappointment With Budget 2022

The Union of Students in Ireland said the budget does not address the cost of going to college.
By Mairead Maguire