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The information outlines the planning for a resumption of non-teaching activities after the COVID-19 shutdown of the University and considering national and local guidelines. The planning and risk assessment provide for a safe resumption of work on campus by all members of the School.

This is an online event hosted on the British Library platform on Sunday, 11 April 2021. Chaired by BBC broadcaster Dr Matthew Sweet, panellists include Shrabani Basu and Dr Clare Clarke, School of English. This fascinating panel event explores the overlooked world of Arthur Conan Doyle – from prejudice and racism to child poverty and upper-class drug addiction.

Join us for this special online event to celebrate Caoilinn Hughes’ School of English Fellowship, in which Caoilinn will read from her latest novel The Wild Laughter, and discuss her writing and career with Dr Kevin Power on Thursday, 22 April at 7.00 p.m. Please register in advance: https://tcd-ie.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_FkP0sBZUQQmrkk0oF8dpKw.

The School of English at Trinity College Dublin is offering a free fiction masterclass with its current Arts Council of Ireland Writer Fellow, Caoilinn Hughes. Caoilinn Hughes’ latest novel, The Wild Laughter (2020) was shortlisted for the An Post Irish Book Awards' Novel of the Year and the RTÉ Radio 1 Listener's Choice Award, and was longlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize. To view application details please click here:

Congratulations to all in the School of English which continues to be the highest ranked university programme in the Humanities in Ireland in the 2021 QS World University Subject Rankings. In fact, the School has moved up the rankings, and is now ranked 25th in the world for departments of English literature and language. The Head of School, Dr. Jarlath Killeen, comments that: ‘That this move up in the rankings comes while we are still living and working through the pandemic is a tribute to the dedication of all members of the School and to all students in our programmes. This is really an extraordinary achievement.”