Trinity Access Programmes
Tackling Disadvantage, Harnessing Potential
Trinity’s commitment to a further significant increase in the participation of students from non-traditional backgrounds is strongly articulated in College’s new Strategic Plan. The Trinity Access Programmes (TAP) are a central part of this strategy. TAP is Trinity’s flagship initiative for increasing access to education, playing a pivotal role in creating a more diverse and inclusive College campus.
In the last year, two innovative programmes got underway – The Inner City Access Programme (ICAP) and the Maths and Science Scholars Programme. ICAP’s mission is to contribute to increasing the rates of educational participation in Dublin inner city and involves the development of strategic alliances between education and business partners. The aim of the Maths and Science Scholars Programme is to impact on the uptake of maths and science courses at third level by students from disadvantaged backgrounds through a sustained series of educational interventions with students and their parents.
The involvement of TAP’s business partners and private supporters continues to make it possible for TAP to make an impact as an innovative force in education.