TCD Archives – The College View

Trinity to allow students who meet specific criteria to remain in accommodation until end of September

April 1, 2020

The email, sent to all Trinity students, told residents that ” from 8pm tomorrow (March 17), all students living in Ireland must return home within Ireland and stay at home until notified otherwise. Students with a home overseas should aim to have left their Trinity accommodation by 5pm Wednesday on March 18.”

Female students are represented in student governments, despite worldwide biases

March 18, 2020

Almost 90 per cent of the world’s population is biased against women according to a United Nations Gender Social Norms Index released March 6th.

Trinity students frustrated over tourist presence on campus

March 17, 2020

Trinity College Dublin (TCD0 closed the book of Kells in a bid to minimise the tourist presence on campus, 48 hours after they banned students from having guests in their accommodation.

Trinity to hold all lectures online in response to spread of coronavirus

March 10, 2020

Trinity College Dublin has informed their students via email that from Wednesday morning “all lectures will be delivered online for the rest of the semester rather than physically in a lecture hall” in response to the spread of COVID-19.

Irish students forced to return home from Hong Kong

November 27, 2019

The Global Office at University College Dublin is “still deliberating on what to do next” in order to get their students who are currently studying in Hong Kong out of the region, according to a source in the office.

TCD refuse to disclose amount of hidden artwork

November 13, 2019

Trinity College Dublin have refused to disclose the quantity of their artwork that is concealed from the public after a freedom of information request made by the Irish Times.

Trinity students go ahead with Cut The Rent campaign

November 13, 2019

Trinity students will withhold paying their rent which is due in January, as part of TCD students’ ‘Cut the Rent’ campaign.

DCU President says International Rankings are not comprehensive

October 16, 2019

The Chancellor of DCU has said that efforts need to be made in order to create a more comprehensive international ranking system.

Trinity provost threatens to cut student numbers

October 2, 2019

The provost of Trinity College has warned that it may need to cut its student numbers in order to regain its previous international ranking.

Trinity continues investigation into cyber fraud

October 17, 2018

Trinity College has spent €184,000 in an effort to investigate the cyber-scam that saw the Trinity Foundation losing €790,741 on April 27th, 2017.

Trinity now a tabacco-free campus

October 3, 2018

TCD previously had tobacco free areas introduced in 2016 which, according to Trinity News caused an “81 per cent drop in smoking in the zones from July 2016 to April 2017”.

Fall in Trinity applications from Northern Ireland due to Brexit fears

July 2, 2018

Trinity College have experienced a 21 per cent drop in applications from Northern Irish students for the coming academic year. The fall is thought to be as a result of Brexit fears.

Trinity launch Ireland’s first major Oscar Wilde exhibition

October 25, 2017

Trinity College’s Long Room library is one of the most iconic literary venues in Ireland, but it will receive a fresh injection of cultural prestige with the arrival of ‘From Decadence to Despair’: a new

NUIG becomes latest University to divest in fossil fuels

March 22, 2017

NUIG has followed Trinity’s stance in committing to divest funds towards fossil fuels in an attempt to dramatically decrease their carbon footprint.

DCU SSDP to host annual national conference

March 8, 2017

The 4th Annual National Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP) Conference will be held in DCU for the first time, on March 11th.

TCD employees to ballot for industrial action

March 8, 2017

Roughly 700 SIPTU members working in Trinity College Dublin are set to ballot for industrial and strike action in a dispute over the failure of being granted permanent contracts from management. Among the 700 non-academic

Trinity Researchers Discover Way To Detect Medical Diseases Related To Genetics

February 22, 2017

Research conducted by geneticists led by Professor Aoife McLyghsat have found ways to identify disorders such as autism and epilepsy much quicker.

Lacklustre DCU progress to Fitzgibbon quarter-final

February 8, 2017

Trinity College 1-14 Dublin City University 0-19 Fitzgibbon Cup first round Tuesday, February 7th in Santry was a night of firsts for the Fitzgibbon men of DCU. It was the first time they ever won

Trinity researchers trial ketamine as a possible treatment for depression

October 26, 2016

Trinity researchers are trialling ketamine as a treatment for recurrent episodes of depression.

Second-ever Irish Nobel Prize winner honoured at TCD

October 12, 2016

Ireland’s second ever Nobel Prize winner William C Campbell was honoured at TCD, his Alma Mater, last month.

Thousands rally to repeal the Eighth in Dublin

September 28, 2016

Thousands marched in Dublin in support of repealing the Eighth Amendment and legalising abortion in Ireland

Trinity tops list of entrepreneur output

October 28, 2015

An independent study found that Trinity College produces the most entrepreneurs of any European university.

UCC fairs well in green ranking as DCU flops

April 1, 2015

DCU fails to make top 50 of latest enviromentally friendly university rankings as UCC comes second. John Boland has more.

DCU fails to make the grade

March 25, 2015

DCU was not included in the Times Higher Education’s ranking of the top 100 universities worldwide.

Single parent students set to lose SUSI grant

March 11, 2015

Single parents in third-level education could lose up to €657 per month as changes to the one parent family payment will affect SUSI maintenance grants