“The rules of the dating game are changing. For Trinity College students in Dublin nightclubs, it can help to have a flyer with advice on sexual consent close to hand. It spells out in an easy acronym: FRIES or ‘freely-given, retractable, informed, enthusiastic and specific’ …” (more)
[Carl O’Brien and Jenna Clarke-Molloy, Irish Times, 3 November]
“Out of 88 chair professors in Trinity, only a quarter are women, according to a new report seen by The University Times. The report revealed that since 2014, there has only been a 9% increase in women being promoted to the top-level position. The Annual Equality Monitoring Report 2016/17 said that only 22 out of 88 chair professors, the highest grade of professor in Trinity, are women …” (more)
[Róisín Power, University Times, 2 November]
“Trinity’s trade unions are expecting a decision this week on College’s reaction to the government’s advice on fixed-term contracts, which this summer called on Irish universities to end the improper use of such contracts. In early October, the three major unions in Trinity met with the new Human Resources Director, Antoinette Quinn, to discuss Trinity’s implementations of the government recommendations …” (more)
[Aaron Finnegan, University Times, 31 October]
“It is one of the great truisms of the modern academic world that neoliberalism, that creeping, ubiquitous ideology-that-is-non-ideological, has transformed higher education into a business and students into its customers. In the case of Trinity’s postgraduate community, this is no longer true …” (more)
[Ralph Moore, University Times, 31 October]
“Several College Board members have spoken out strongly against Trinity’s decision to increase postgraduate fees by 5%. The move has triggered anger from students and serious reservations from senior staff about the impact of such an increase. Speaking to The University Times, several members of the College Board …” (more)
[Dominic McGrath and Eleanor O’Mahony, University Times, 31 October]
“When postgraduate students came into Trinity in 2014, they probably thought they were getting a good deal. Undertaking these courses in this world-class university was much cheaper than doing so in internationally equivalent institutions. Since then, the fees for all postgraduate courses – both for EU and non-EU students – have gone up by three or four per cent each year …” (more)
[University Times, 29 October]
“Everyone loves dogs. More than ever with online crazes from WeRateDogs™ to Doge, dogs have become one of the most universally wholesome and inoffensive hobbies to have. And who wouldn’t love them? …” (more)
[Ciannait Khan, University Times, 25 October]
“College has approved a 5% increase in fees for postgraduates and non-EU undergraduate students. The College’s Finance Committee decided on the increase at a meeting on September 22 …” (more)
[Niamh Lynch, Trinity News, 24 October]
“The news broke just as the queue had started to form outside the exam hall of Trinity College Dublin on the evening of October 21, 1977. Half a world away, a plane carrying American classic rockers Lynyrd Skynyrd had crashed during landing, claiming the lives of several band members and backing crew …” (more)
[Ed Power, Independent, 21 October]
“When the Global Room announced that Trinity’s Accommodation Office had negotiated exclusive contracts for the newly established student property Kavanagh Court, it felt like a relief for many international students. Trinity had finally seemed to meet the desperate accommodation demand from overseas …” (more)
[Jannik Lorenzen, University Times, 20 October]
“Nigel Farage should be given a platform to speak to the Hist in Trinity College. As the boundaries of free speech become increasingly blurred and as conservative viewpoints on open borders are constantly conflated as white supremacist or racist …” (more)
[Irish Times, 19 October]
“Trinity College has been given permission to host tourists in its students halls during summer time. Despite objections, Dublin City Council approved changes to planning rules which will also mean any third-level student can apply to live in its Halls of Residence …” (more)
[BreakingNews.ie, 19 October]
“Trinity Business School has ambitions to achieve triple accreditation for its courses by 2019, when it’s due to open its doors formally to students. The school is currently only accredited under the Association of MBA (AMBA), which is just one of the three main global accreditation bodies in business education …” (more)
[Grace Darcy, University Times, 17 October]
“As schools across the country prepare to keep their doors closed for a second day in the face of storm Ophelia, Trinity will decide tonight whether to open tomorrow. The impact of the storm on Dublin was noticeably less severe than on other parts of the country and, so far, Trinity seems to have reported no large-scale damage to campus …” (more)
[Dominic McGrath, University Times, 16 October]
“Trinity’s Belfast campus has suffered from years of underfunding and neglect from College, something that has led to criticism from staff and student representatives in recent days. Students who pay identical fees to those in Dublin ought to be entitled to equal access to support services and should not be subjected to ongoing neglect and detachment from the wider college community …” (more)
[University Times, 15 October]
“Trinity’s Belfast campus has been neglected by the College, leaving staff feeling overstretched and detached and students without support services. The criticism comes from staff and student representatives, speaking to The University Times. The College’s largely unknown Belfast campus …” (more)
[Kathleen McNamee, University Times, 12 October]
“Trinity spent €550,000 on legal fees in 2016, over €300,000 more than in 2015, The University Times has learned, as the number of legal firms used by Trinity has swollen in the last several years. From spending €44,000 between September and December in 2014, the legal fees paid by Trinity have jumped significantly to over €556,000 …” (more)
[Dominic McGrath, University Times, 10 October]
“Secondary students in poorer areas of Dublin are three times more likely to plan to go to college after being assigned a mentor, according to a new research project. A report by Trinity College Dublin has assessed the impact of an outreach programme for 1,100 students attending 11 schools in the Dublin area over a three-year period …” (more)
[Éanna Ó Caollaí, Irish Times, 9 October]
“The decision of the College Historical Society (the Hist) to cancel the awarding of its Gold Medal for Outstanding Contribution to Public Discourse to Nigel Farage is the correct one. But the whole spectacle surrounding it is unfortunate considering the rise of the ‘snowflake’ students trope.The decision was correct simply because it is hard to argue that Farage has made anything even close to an outstanding contribution to public discourse …” (more)
[University Times, 8 October]
“The Trinity Technology and Enterprise Campus (TTEC), which is planned for construction at Grand Canal Dock, has moved a step closer to beginning construction. Indecon Economic Consultants have been tasked to carry out a cost-benefit analysis of the €1.25 billion development, following the announcement of plans for the new campus earlier this year …” (more)
[Shane Hughes, Trinity News, 7 October]
