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Postgraduate Teaching Awards 2017

To recognise the substantial contribution that Trinity’s postgraduate students make to undergraduate teaching & learning through their roles as teaching assistants and demonstrators, the Graduate Studies Committee has approved the continuation of the Trinity Teaching Award for Postgraduate Students. This ran as a pilot in 2012/13.

Schools may nominate up to 3 postgraduate students for consideration by the selection panel, which will be chaired by the Dean of Graduate Studies and has cross-Faculty representation. Shortlisted postgraduate students will be invited to attend an interview during which they will give a demonstration of their teaching.

The nomination form below should be completed by the School (Section A) and the nominee (Section B) and submitted by the School to Jade.Concannon@tcd.ie in CAPSL. The deadline for 2017 is Friday, 6th October.

The successful candidates will each receive a cash prize and a commemorative plaque. The Graduate Students Union are supporting this initiative and the scheme is being run as a collaboration between the Graduate Studies Office and CAPSL.

Teaching award nomination form

 

Apply Now! Fulbright Irish Awards support postgraduate study, research or teaching / lecturing in the USA.

 

2018-19 Fulbright Irish Awards Application Period Now Open!


Fulbright Awards provide grants and support for postgraduate students, researchers, academics or professionals across all disciplines to study, research, or teach / lecture in the USA. The application deadline for 2018-19 Fulbright Irish Awards is 4pm, 31st October 2017. 

First Steps:

Awards on Offer:
For Postgraduate Students, Scholars & Professionals

For Postgraduate Students Only

For Scholars & Professionals only

 

Funded PhD and MLitt scholarships now available at the School of Law

The School of Law, Trinity College Dublin, invites applications for three prestigious European Research Council-funded scholarships for PhD and MLitt training opportunities. These scholarships will be of interest to graduates of law or the social sciences.

For details, please view here

Provost’s Professional Staff Award Winners Announced

The winners of the inaugural Provost’s Professional Staff Awards were presented this week at a special ceremony in the Provost’s Garden. Devised to celebrate outstanding contributions by Trinity’s professional staff – including all administrative, technical and support staff - whose hard work, creativity and dedication are an important element to the continuing success of the University, there were three award categories.

There was a phenomenal response to the award scheme with 118 nominations submitted, a full list can be viewed here

Helen Thornbury, the Administrative Officer in the Office of the Dean of Graduate Studies received the award for Outstanding Colleague - presented to individuals who deliver outstanding service to the Trinity Community.

Helen Thornbury brings diligence, calmness, unimpeachable knowledge of the college regulations and institutional practice to the benefit of graduate students in her role as Administrative Officer in the Graduate Student Office. She provides crucial support for students and for the School, and is a problem solver who facilitates solutions.  She creates a sense of community and camaraderie, which, combined with her empathy, wit and verve, inspires confidence. Her job is to ensure that regulations are followed: where she exceeds expectations is the enormous effort she puts in to ensure that the reading of those regulations benefits the student, the supervisor, and the College. She regularly exceeds expectations and evinces persistent good cheer in the face of extremely complex and often sensitive cases.

Warmly congratulating the recipients at the awards ceremony, the Provost, Dr Patrick Prendergast said: “The prestige of these awards reflect the value that Trinity places on encouraging professional staff to enrich Trinity's environment for students, staff and visitors. Marking each winner's contribution gives a sense of the scope of activity and initiatives and of the invaluable work going on in Trinity”.

The Provost explained how achieving the goals in our current Strategic Plan – Strengthen Community, Activate Talents, Engage Wider Society, Demonstrate Institutional Leadership – is dependent on excellent professional staff. A snap shot of each of the winners was portrayed in the citations read by the Provost can be read here

You can read about the full list of winners here