“… As someone who has benefited in the past from the PBC rule, I’m not totally in favour of abolishing this option. In 1979 against all odds I somehow manage to pass my 1st year exams in Trinity …” (more)
[Careful With That Axe, Eugene, 16 May]
“The case against a Trinity College graduate and three men charged with the possession of two handguns and ammunition has been adjourned. State Solicitor Irene Daly told the non-jury Special Criminal Court that further disclosure had been made to the defence teams …” (more)
[Herald, 15 May]
“A Lero research team at Trinity College Dublin is to participate in an international European Commission funded research programme worth €2.5m. Ireland is one of three countries on the programme which will research how the principles of ecology can be adopted to design more stable software systems …” (more)
[Irish Press Releases, 15 May]
“Sir, – Norman Henry’s letter (May 14th) is at best selective in what he says and in his interpretation of Adrian Oughton’s remarks at Synod. Trinity College authorities may indeed be willing to accept ‘the Protestant young people who wish to train as primary teachers’, however this would not be as part of any Church of Ireland College of Education (CICE) course …” (more)
[Ian Berry, Irish Times, 15 May]
“As people around the world tuned in to watch Canadian space hero Commander Chris Hadfield return to Earth, his Dublin-based daughter planned to be fast asleep …” (more)
[Allison Bray, Independent, 14 May]
“… The synod also heard that Church of Ireland College of Education in Dublin was effectively prevented from being taken into the Trinity College centre. ‘Trinity by its actions in effect refused to accept as undergraduates Protestant young men and women who wish to be primary teachers’, Mr Oughton said …” (more)
[Dan Keenan, Irish Times, 11 May]
“Trinity College Dublin tops a list of eight Irish colleges which feature in the top 200 of subject-by-subject rankings of the world’s universities. It features in the top 200 for 24 of the 30 study disciplines for which tables were compiled by QS World University Rankings, including top-50 placings for English language and literature, politics, history, and modern languages …” (more)
[Niall Murray, Irish Examiner, 8 May]
“Eight Irish universities have made the global top 200 for specific subject areas in the QS World University Rankings …” (more)
[Louise Holden, Irish Times, 8 May]
[The QS subject rankings are here.]
“Scientists at the nanoscience institute at Trinity College Dublin have come up with a revolutionary new sensor system based around graphene …” (more)
[RTÉ News, 7 May]
“Opsona, the Irish life science company co-founded by Ireland’s best known scientist, Professor Luke O’Neill, could be worth north of €100m after its latest round of fundraising …” (more)
[Nick Webb, Independent, 5 May]
“In World War II the RAF hired a statistician called Abraham Wald to analyse planes returning from air combat. Metal was scarce, and the idea was to only re-inforce the most vulnerable parts of the planes …” (more)
[Science Spinning, 4 May]
“In Ireland, students often spend a significant amount of time choosing which colleges they will list on their CAO form. What’s less common is colleges picking which students they’ll put in their classes. This is beginning to change …” (more)
[Louise Duffy, University Times, 2 May]
“Five years on from the onset of the crisis of public finances, the funding of higher education remains a matter of heated debate in Ireland. As yet there is no political consensus about the scale, scope and delivery of public investment …” (more)
[Jack Leahy, University Times, 2 May]
“Trinity College political scientist Jacqueline Hayden has been honoured by the Polish government for her work in helping the country to free itself from the communism in the 1980s …” (more)
[Stephen Collins, Irish Times, 20 April]
“Waterford Institute of Technology and Trinity College Dublin dealt with the highest number of allegations of bullying among its staff and students in the past five years, with WIT paying more than €100,000 in investigation and legal fees …” (more)
[Irish Examiner, 29 April]
“This week was a busy one for news, what with the ongoing Boston marathon manhunt, the CP2 disagreement etc. But, in the university area at least one good news story was broken. The Leiden rankings (yes, yes, rankings, we know…) emerged and TCD (and to a lesser extent UCD and UCC) did well indeed …” (more)
[Brian M Lucey, 21 April]
“The Leiden world university rankings are out. We’re ranked at 48, up from 63 last year, and have therefore moved into the top 50 in the world in this ranking. UCD is ranked 281, UCC 181. Which is nice …” (more)
[Brian M Lucey, 18 April]
“Trinity College Library Dublin working in partnership with five UK Legal Deposit Libraries, will begin the process of archiving the UK’s digital heritage this month as a result of new regulations that came into force. It is the only library on the island of Ireland where the UK archive will be available …” (more)
[Trinity College Communications Office, 15 April]
“Trinity College Dublin marked 20 years of the Trinity Access Programme (TAP) yesterday. TAP focuses on increasing the proportion of students from socioeconomically disadvantaged backgrounds progressing to higher education …” (more)
[Aine McMahon, Irish Times, 12 April]
“Trinity College Dublin has established relationships with China many of which extend back to the early 1900s. Today engagement with China forms a core part of the university’s international strategy and the College is actively developing research collaborations and industry partnerships with Chinese institutions …” (more)
[Trinity College Communications Office, 11 April]
