Provost to award Climate Action fund to support a student or staff-led climate action project or initiative.
Provost Linda Doyle has announced that she will offer funding of up to €5,000 for the best climate action themed project or initiative …
Rebecca Deasy-Millar is a Staff Writer for Trinity News, and a Junior Sophister English Literature and French student.
Irish Universities Association calls on government to increase higher education and research funding package
As part of Budget 2022, the government plan to invest upwards of 900 million euro in higher education and research
The Irish Universities Association (IUA) has called on the government to increase funding for higher education and research.
The IUA said that Minister for Further and Higher Education, Innovation and Research Simon Harris has expressed support for the proposals, which …
Increase in college places to tackle fallout caused by Covid
3,000 places will be added this year in the college entry process
Due to the effects of the pandemic on the college entry process, the number of places offered to students in the college entry process will increase by 3,000 this year, with the total number of places now rising about 50,000. …
Sam the fox has given birth to “at least six, if not seven cubs”
Sam and her new cubs “look very healthy”
Sam the fox has given birth to “at least six, if not seven cubs”, according to Research Associate at Trinity Zoology Collie Ennis.
Speaking to Trinity News, Ennis confirmed that Sam has given birth to her long-expected cubs, and there …
Welfare race: Sierra Mueller-Owens focuses on how to serve the individual student
The Gender Equality Officer discusses tuition fees, gender-neutral language, and consent workshops
It was as an S2S mentor for Erasmus students in her second year of college that Sierra Mueller-Owens began to engage with the welfare problems that students face at Trinity. Mueller-Owens is an international student in her final year of …
USI urge colleges to support students as pandemic worsens
USI President urges institutions that “no students can be left behind” when providing all students with apt support in the upcoming assessment period
The Union of Students in Ireland (USI) has called for third level institutions to support students in the upcoming lockdown, stating that “no students can be left behind”.
As assessment period dawns upon students nationwide, USI President Lorna Fitzpatrick, wrote …
4 out of 5 students in disadvantaged areas report an increase in workload
The Covid-19 Student Survey found in areas of low progression, or social disadvantage, school closures as a result of Covid-19 negatively impacted student mental health
According to a recent study conducted by the School of Education in Trinity, 4 out of 5 students in areas of social disadvantage felt their workload increased during lockdown.
The Covid-19 Student Survey found that in areas of low progression, …
Minister Harris announces €4.3 million investment in enterprise research partnerships
The Irish Research Council’s Enterprise Partnership Scheme will provide funding for fifty enterprise-focused research awards
Today, Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris, announced a €4.3 million investment in the Irish Research Council’s Enterprise Partnership Scheme, providing funding for fifty enterprise-focused research awards.
This announcement comes nearly a month after …