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How the MSc in Entrepreneurship helped me launch a career with Europe’s first EdTech unicorn, GoStudent.
Maureen Riolo reflects on how the course equipped her with the skills required to make the jump to such a high-growth, cutting-edge company.

How the MSc in Management helped me realise my career ambitions.
Jack Farrell completed his BA in history at Trinity and choose Trinity Business School for his masters to help him realise his ambition of working in theatre production.

News24 Opinion: Imagine there's no countries; it is very hard to do
Dr Daniel Malan, considers, in light of the Russia-Ukraine crisis, if borders are necessary.

A force for good in business and society
Trinity Business School has unveiled its new strategy, formally committing to the mission of ‘transforming business for good’ and becoming net carbon neutral by 2030.

Transforming Business for Good – Strategy Horizon 2030
Launched on 28th April, Trinity Business School’s ambitious new strategy will place it at the leading edge of good, sustainable, ethical, and humane business practices.

‘The human impulse towards acquisition is age-old and likely behind the billionaire’s purchase of Twitter.’
Daniel Malan, assistant professor in business ethics, shares his views on Elon Musk’s Twitter acquisition with the Business Post.

Why working when ill is bad for you and your employer
Wladislaw Rivkin, associate professor of organisational behaviour, spoke to The Irish Times about “presenteeism” - the practice of showing up for work when sick.

High altitude learning: undertaking an MBA while travelling for work
Dominic Lawson discusses how the Flexible MBA programme seamlessly fits around his busy work and life schedule, allowing him to simultaneously grow both his business and leadership skills.

Gig economy workers earn more than employees according to newly released report by Trinity Business School and Contracting Plus.
RTÉ shares the results of an important research survey of Ireland's Project Economy 2022 - independent professionals, contractors, freelancers and the solo self-employed.

Forbes names Trinity Business School amongst the world's top providers of scholarships for women in business.
Highlighting the Trinity 30% Club MBA Scholarship for Women in Leadership “as part of a conviction that gender balance at the senior leadership level not only encourages better leadership and governance, but further contributes to better all-round board performance.”

Angelica Conraths relocated from Germany to join the MSc in Entrepreneurship because she wanted to start a company.
Learn how the programme equipped her with the tools, skills and connections to found a company after graduation.

“Gaming for Peace” on the Trinity MBA
MBA alumnus, Patrick Saunders, reflects on his Social Enterprise Project – a gaming technology designed to tackle unconscious gender, racial and cultural bias.

Universities must take a more holistic approach to social mobility.
Dean Andrew Burke spoke tells The Times Higher why helping students from disadvantaged backgrounds get through university is one of his key passions.

Richie Hogan on success on the MBA
Learn how Kilkenny hurling player and GPA-MBA Scholar Richie Hogan is advancing his career with the Executive MBA. Richie Hogan, commercial manager at Croke Park, describes how the Executive MBA is vastly improving every facet of his business acumen.

Trinity Business School expands its partnership with The Gaelic Players Association (GPA).
Two annual scholarships will be made available to GPA members in the Trinity Business School Masters programme.

‘Great Places to Work’ feature on Executive Education
Michael Flynn, Director of Executive Education spoke to The Irish Times about why companies are turning to Trinity Business School not only to benefit people's careers and the organisation, but also because it is a force for good.

20th Export Industry Awards and Alumni Programme
The Irish Exporters Association, in partnership with Trinity Business School and KPMG, launched the 20th Export Industry Awards, include three new categories: Sustainable Trade Exporter of the Year, Sustainable Trade Company of the Year, and Manufacturing Exporter of the Year.

10 things to consider about doing an MBA.
Eimear Nolan, Director of Trinity Business Flexible Executive MBA spoke to the Irish Times about the Trinity business management degree.

Professor John Dong’s research publications named 1st in Europe by AIS Research Rankings 2021.
Trinity Business School is proud to announce that John Dong, Professor of Business Analytics, has been ranked No. 1 in Europe and No. 6 worldwide for his research publications in the Association for Information Systems (AIS) Senior Scholars' basket of six leading information systems journals, according to the top scholar ranking in the AIS Research Rankings 2021.

Trinity Business School condemns Vladimir Putin’s Russian invasion of Ukraine.
We call upon all our community and international academic colleagues - especially in Russia as we know so many oppose this invasion - to use their influence to persuade Vladimir Putin to cease military action, for which there is no justification.

Net Positive: How courageous companies thrive by giving more than they take
Trinity Centre for Social Innovation, Trinity Business School and the Mendoza College of Business, University of Notre Dame hosted Paul Polman, Former CEO of Unilever and Sanda Ojiambo, Executive Director of the UN Global Compact.

Calling all Trinity Business School students!
The CoBS 2022 student CSR article competition is now open for registration.

The Trinity MBA ranked in Tier 1 of the European MBA Rankings released by CEO Magazine today.
Trinity Business School is the only Irish school to feature in this ranking. The Trinity Executive MBA rose six places to 21st in the world.

Unlocking your “best possible self” on the Trinity Flexible Executive MBA.
Raya Aldhanhani describes her Flexible Executive MBA journey and the experience of distance learning from her home in the United Arab Emirates.
Learn how the Flexible Executive MBA helping Meghan O’Toole hone her leadership skills.
Meghan highlights the MBA class connectivity, global teamwork, excellent technology, and the benefits of distance learning.

Driving Societal Change from the Music Business
Dean of Trinity Business School, Professor Andrew Burke's radio essay on The Business RTÉ describes how the late Frank Murray's business acumen helped nurture creative talent, inclusivity and cultural progression.

Lessons in leadership from the former manager of The Pogues and Kristy MacColl.
Dean of Trinity Business School, Professor Andrew Burke’s article in Forbes outlines how the music manager, Frank Murray, passed on lessons of harnessing but not killing the chaos that creates brilliant music.

A seller’s jobs market for MBA graduates
Ruth O'Leary, head of postgraduate career development and community spoke to the Financial Times about the latest trends in a candidate-driven market.

Mind over matter!
Dr Wlad Rivkin's research featured in Ambition teaches us that believing your willpower is limitless can mitigate the impact of a poor night’s sleep.

Annalise Murphy sets sail on the Trinity Full Time MBA.
Find out how this elite athlete is steering her career with the Full Time MBA and the transferable skills that helped her navigate this new voyage.

How does Trinity Business School support refugees?
Trinity’s Asylum Seeker Access Provision Scholarship initiative features in EFMD Global blog.

Why are successful businesses turning to low-code solutions?
Ashish Kumar Jha, Associate Professor in Business Analytics, spoke to The Times about a simpler route to digital transformation.

Trying to make sense of the Digital Evolution?
Adjunct Teaching Fellow at Trinity Business School and founder of Blockchain Ireland, Lory Kehoe, joined the Ryan Tubridy Show to explain NFTs, blockchain and crypto.

Business Ethics Speaker Series with Paul Polman & Sanda Ojiambo.
Polman and Ojiambo will discuss "Net Positive: How courageous companies thrive by giving more than they take."

Is the bubble about to burst for Bitcoin?
Professor Brian Lucey shared his thoughts on what this means for the global economy on Aljazeera Inside Story.

No Country for Non-EU doctors?
Dr Eimear Nolan’s piece in IMT highlights a lack of career opportunities for Non-EU doctors in Irish health care and explores a pathway for reform.

New research explores how multinationals benefit from locating their operations offshore.
Professors Paul Ryan and Giulio Buciuni outline how an internally governed global value chain can eliminate supply ruptures.

Professor Andrew Burke discusses the launch of Ireland’s Project Economy survey on Newstalk Business Breakfast.
Professor Burke spoke to Gavin McLoughlin about the valuable contribution professional contractors make to Ireland’s Project Economy.

Ireland's Project Economy 2022
A survey of independent professionals, contractors, freelancers and the solo self-employed.

There is no magic wand for companies dealing with Human Rights Violations, it's a process.
Leaving aside legal proceedings, Professor Max Schormair looks at ways to effectively resolve such conflicts.

Find out why entrepreneur Ailbhe Keane chose the Trinity Executive MBA
Meet the Founder of Izzy Wheels, EU’s Rising Innovator, Forbes 30 under 30, and Disability Activist.

Professor Daniel Malan named B20 Co-Chair of Integrity and Compliance Task Force.
The Task Force brings together business communities to advance ethical, inclusive, and sustainable global economic growth.

How are life sciences companies leveraging artificial intelligence(AI)?
Yufei Huang, Associate Professor in Operations Management and Promit Roy, PhD candidate, spoke to The Irish Times about how the medical sector is turning towards AI to support data collection and analysis.

Business School Students of the Year Awards
The awards are kindly sponsored by the Trinity Business Alumni Association and Bank of Ireland.

Trinity Business School contributes to World Economic Forum white paper.
Dr Daniel Malan is one of the co-authors of the white paper released to coincide with International Anti-Corruption Day 2021.

Trinity MBA Company Projects empower social enterprises.
Dr Sheila Cannon reflects on how MBA teams transformed their knowledge into impact, resulting in funding for the social enterprises.

Trinity Business School takes a big leap in the FT rankings today.
The School has risen 24 places in the Financial Times European Business School Rankings 2021.

Believing that willpower is limitless makes your workday more productive after a bad night’s sleep.
A Study, led by Dr Wladislaw Rivkin, shows how an employee’s mindset has a strong impact on performance at work, particularly on days with a lack of sleep.

The time has come for Eskom to apply the business rescue principle.
Professor Daniel Malan’s opinion piece in the Business Day, South Africa, suggests the management of the power utility should be handed over to an independent panel.

Eric Flamholtz PhD Scholarship on Business Growth and Development
Trinity Business School partners with world-renowned academic, Professor Eric Flamholtz, to address gaps in business scaling and development research.

Trinity Business School names first Chair of Strategic Management
Catherine Welch, an Australian national, is currently an Associate Professor at the University of Sydney Business School.

What can space missions teach us about remote work?
Professors Louis Brennan and Tanusree Jain discuss their research on how embracing the practices of astronauts can help employees adapt to the future of hybrid work.

A feminist solution to a man-made problem.
MBA student, Syreel Mishra, on the dimensions we need to challenge fashion brands to achieve sustainability, gender equality and employee wellbeing.

Why do unsuccessful companies survive?
A new study co-authored by Dr Ranadeva Jayasekera shines a spotlight on the breakup of General Electric, and its once-dominant role in the airline industry.

How should policy-makers deal effectively with the alcohol industry and other health-harming industries?
Professor Norah Campbell’s commentary in The Lancet presents evidence on how alcohol related cancers could be mitigated with increased taxation.

Why do companies rebrand themselves?
Professor Laurent Muzellec speaks to The Economist about the rationale behind Facebook’s rebrand.

What does a successful MBA application look like?
The Economist spoke to our MBA Admissions Manager who shares what he looks for in an application and shares advice for applicants considering an MBA

Trinity Business School’s Executive MBA ranked first in Ireland by FT
The latest FT ranking result sees the Trinity EMBA surpass a number of major global providers, including the Ivey Business School in Canada, Henley Business School in the UK, and Copenhagen Business School in Denmark.

Executive MBAs are increasingly used to swap a career in politics for one in business
Trinity MBA Alumni, Ken Whitelaw, speaks to the FT about finding the confidence to pursue a career with greater meaning.

Calm in the storm: Managing online assessment during a pandemic
Dr Neil Dunne, Programme Director for Trinity’s Postgraduate Diploma in Accounting, reaches out to Programme Directors from across the disciplines, inviting them to consider some key learnings from pandemic assessment that they might carry forward into the new normal. Read more here.

Congratulations to Laura Brennan and Oran McVeigh Keeling, winners of Trinity Business Students of the Year 2021.
Trinity Business School along with Trinity Business Alumni have selected the winners of the 2021 Business Student of the Year competition. Read more here.

EFMD’s Spotlight on 7 business school data programmes includes Trinity’s M.Sc. in Business Analytics.
Trinity Business School’s M.Sc. in Business Analytics offers a unique opportunity to benefit from the broader ecosystem that exists in what is widely regarded as the tech headquarters of Europe. Read more here.

Trinity Business School wins major award for gender diversity, the 'Athena award'
Trinity Business School has been awarded the Athena SWAN Bronze Award from the Equality Challenge Unit in recognition of our commitment to improving gender equality and representation among our staff and students. Read more here.

How an MBA transformed this marketing maverick into a CEO
From a marketing and PR professional to an entrepreneur with an MBA. Edel Mc Cabe talks to U2B about how her MBA from Trinity Business School helped her become the entrepreneur she’s always dreamed of being. Read more here.

Prof. David Coghlan and Prof. Abraham B (Rami) Shani presented with Pasmore-Woodman award.
Professors David Coghlan of Trinity Business School and Abraham B (Rami) Shani of California Polytechnical University were presented with the Pasmore-Woodman award in recognition of their innovative contributions and outstanding working relationship with Organization Development and Change research. Read more here.

The Big Tech Show: Space tourism or tech titan egomania?
Prof. Louis Brennan joins Adrian Weckler, Technology editor of the Irish Independent to discuss this year’s commercial space launches and its potential benefits. Listen to the podcast and read more here.

From Gold Medals To Graduation Gowns: Meet The Olympians Who’ve Also Studied At Business School
Many business school students have been pursuing their Olympics and Paralympics dreams along with their studies. John Tanguay, who studies on the MSc Operations and Supply Chain Management, will take part in the Paralympic Games in Tokyo. Read more about his experience here.

Virgin Galactic: space tourism takes off with Branson’s inaugural flight
British billionaire Sir Richard Branson’s and his company Virgin Galactic have firmly established themselves in the history books as space tourism pioneers. Prof. Louis Brennan reflects on the space tourism industry being championed by some of the world’s most famous billionaires. Read more here.

Trinity Business School still Ireland’s best provider of the MSc in Finance, according to FT Rankings
Trinity Business School has retained its place as Ireland’s best provider of a Master’s in Finance, as the Financial Times’ 2021 pre-experience MSc Finance Rankings, published on Monday 21st June, places Trinity among the top 30 schools worldwide.

Trinity’s triple accredited Business School launches Ireland’s first Flexible Executive MBA
As demand for remote work and study sets in for the long-run, Trinity Business School launches ‘four years in the making’ Flexible Executive MBA, only weeks after unveiling new state-of-the-art ‘Matrix Room.’.

Ireland’s freelance economy sees over-60s become biggest earners, new study reveals
Ireland’s self-employed and project economy workers over 60 are among the highest earners in the sector, securing the largest day rates and annual income of any age group, a study from Trinity Business School has revealed.

Can the Irish Action Plan support business and human rights?
Professor Martha O’Hagan-Luff, Trinity Business School, discusses the human rights potential of a second Irish National Action Plan

New scholarship agreement announced with Gaelic Players Association
Fully Funded Trinity Business School MBA opportunity available to members of the Gaelic Players Association through new partnership. Read the full press release here

How ESG Investing Could Solve the Challenges of Social Entrepreneurship
Social entrepreneurs fighting issues like inequality and the climate crisis often struggle to compete in business. Is ESG investing the solution? Read more here.

Professor Frank Barry Elected as member of the Royal Irish Academy
Frank Barry, Professor of International Business and Economic Development at Trinity Business School, has been elected to the Royal Irish Academy, the highest academic honour in Ireland. Read more here.

Bitcoin’s growing energy problem: ‘It’s a dirty currency’
Bitcoin alone consumes as much electricity as a medium-sized European country, says Professor Brian Lucey. Read more here.

What will be the result of the global remote work experiment?
What will be the result of the remote work experiment? Dr. Amanda Shantz talks about a hybrid approach and also what is really needed to make working from home possible long-term. Read it here.

Inspiring The Next Generation Of Women At Business School
MSc Finance student Ashley Kambeitz spoke to the Financial Times recently about the structures being implemented at Trinity Business School to inspire the next generation of women. Read it here.

Trinity EMBA ranked 1st in Ireland once again in CEO Magazine Global MBA Rankings
Trinity Business School has retained its first-place position in Ireland for its Executive MBA in CEO Magazine’s 2021 Global MBA Rankings. Read more here.

Obituary for Gerry Hughes
We have learnt with sadness of the recent death of our former colleague Gerry Hughes on 12th March.

Foreign Policy Global Leaders of Education Report Interview with our Dean
Professor Andrew Burke, Dean of Trinity Business School, speaks to Foreign Policy magazine about the rise of Trinity Business School, Brexit, Covid-19, and more. Read it here.

People with more meaningful jobs give more valuable performance reviews
The challenge for organisations is hearing from the right people, research from Dr. Amanda Shantz shows.

Broader interests come into focus
After decades of viewing shareholder value as critical to success, companies are starting to respond to a wider pool of needs, writes Professor Louis Brennan.

Employee Performance Wellness Towards a Law of Robotics in the Workplace
Dr. Yufei Huang together with co-researcher Dr. Joan Cahill share their current research into the impact of AI on employees, their wellness, and how firms can re-imagine work in a healthy way, bolstered by intelligent technology.

Professor Andrew Burke Speaks to Newstalk about Triple Accreditation
Professor Andrew Burke, Dean of Trinity Business School and Chair of Business Studies, speaks to Newstalks Business Editor Vincent Wall about the significance of Trinity Business Schools Triple Crown in accreditation. Listen here.

Trinity Business School Secures Triple Accreditation
School joins top 0.6% of business schools globally. Read the full press release here.

How Mindfulness Apps Can Help Your Career
Calm, Headspace, and other mindfulness apps promise stress release and improved focus, which could help you succeed on the job. But do they deliver? Dr. Na Fu discusses.

Attractive social media influencers can hinder the success of products they promote
Social media influencers often use their platforms to promote new products, however new research from Trinity Business School reveals that using them to develop new products can ultimately make them much more successful. Read more here.

New Report Suggests Financial Distress More Damaging to the Wellbeing of the Self-employed
New research from Trinity Business School highlights the need for employers to be mindful of the financial wellbeing of freelancers and contractors. This is particularly relevant given that some suggest 75% of staff could be gig workers in 5 years. Read more here.

Faculty Publish New Book on Technology Entrepreneurship
Natasha Evers, Associate Professor in Business Strategy, has a new book available with co-authors James Cunningham and Thomas Hoholm titled Technology Entrepreneurship - Bringing Innovation to the Marketplace. Read more here.

Exploring the Unexplored: A Peak at the CG-CSR Interface
Despite ample research on corporate governance (CG) and corporate social responsibility (CSR), there is a lack of consensus on the nature of the relationship between the two concepts, says Dr. Tanusree Jain. Read more here.

Trinity Business School confirms itself in top Business Schools globally with AMBA re-accreditation
Trinity Business School officially received re-accreditation in late December from AMBA, one of the worlds leading authorities on post-graduate business education, demonstrating its continuing commitment to excellence in management education.

End of 2020
Read all the community news from the ezine winter edition of 2020.

Funds saved by energy recovery tech donated to Wells of Life
Funds saved by an energy recovery tech collaboration, which includes Professor Paul Coughlan, has resulted in a donation to help provide clean water to a community in Uganda.

Business students turn matchmaker to help pandemic-hit SMEs
Should Managers Treat their Team Members Equally or Equitably? Dr. Na Fu discusses. Read more here.

Business students turn matchmaker to help pandemic-hit SMEs
Global Business Graduates Paddy Ryder and Rob Muldowney feature in the Financial Times on their start-up Covid Interns.
Read more here.

Simplifying the Maze of Metrics
Dr. Daniel Malan highlights that one of the things that we have learnt from the Covid-19 pandemic is that major change and rapid change are not incompatible. Read more here.

The Future of Back to Work Requires a Hybrid Systems Thinking
The uncertainty created by COVID-19 requires agile adaptations from both employees and employers, write Dr.Tanusree Jain and Professor Louis Brennan. Read more here.

Rebooting and Reigniting Business
How One School is Helping Business Thrive - Sustainably - In the Wake of the Coronavirus.
Read more here.

‘Serious damage’ to Irish agri-food sector from hard Brexit
A hard Brexit will cause serious damage to Ireland’s dairy and beef sectors, new research from Trinity Business School has indicated.
Read more here.

The Secret to Subsidiary Success Revealed
Subsidiaries of transnational organisations can increase their competitiveness and upgrade to a higher level than once thought through innovation, reveals new research from Trinity Business School.
Read more here.

Fair Supply Chains and Business Education
Dr. Sheila Cannon, Director of Engagement, Centre for Social Innovation, shares an insight into innovation in education to combine the shift in the way we do business with a student team project and the social enterprise Moyee Coffee: Fair supply chains. Read more here.

Trinity College Dublin: Leading the Way for Sustainable Universities
Irelands premier university set itself a challenge in 2013 to develop an ultra-sustainable new building for its Business School. Greg Power, Head of Capital Projects and Planning at Trinity College Dublin, explains how it delivered on the ambition and why their building is good for the environment, the city and the business world. Read more here.

Sales, Entrepreneurs, and Timetables
Prof Yufei Huang of Trinity Business School and Profs Onesun Steve Yoo, and Bilal Gokpinar of the University College London provide insights for entrepreneurs on effectively spending time to maximise sales. Read more here.

Most primary school principals ‘overwhelmed’ by Covid-19 challenges
A majority feel their schools have performed well and adapted to new conditions. Read more here.

The Making of a Good Business School: Distinguishing Purpose From Profit
Business education is a game that is in dire need of a reboot, assert Profs. Tanusree Jain of Trinity Business School and Julian Friedland of Metropolitan State University of Denver, as they show the way forward for those in business and academia alike. Read more here.

Trinity first in Europe for producing entrepreneurs for sixth successive year
Graduates from Trinity founded more venture-backed companies than graduates from any other European university for the sixth successive year according to independent research conducted by private equity and venture-focused research firm, PitchBook. Read more here.

Social Enterprise: A Booklet on Entrepreneurship for the Common Good
Social Enterprise: A focus on entrepreneurship for the common good”, Profs. Concepción Galdón, Director of the IE Center for Social Innovation at IE University, and Sheila M. Cannon, Director of the Social Enterprise Company Project on the Trinity MBA, Trinity Business School, share their message for a better world. Read more here.

Integrity and Enforcement Must Be What Counteracts a Business Case For Corruption
Integrity and enforcement must be what counteracts a business case for corruption, writes Dr. Daniel Malan in the Irish Independent. . Read more here.

Behind a smokescreen: State-owned companies complicate the global fight against tobacco use
Efforts to curb tobacco have been thwarted in part because half the global cigarette industry is controlled by eight countries who are part of those efforts, writes Dr. Daniel Malan in a piece first published in the South China Morning Post. Read more here.

Talent Management Before & During a Pandemic: Forever Barking Up the Wrong Tree
Talent management has garnered much acclaim since the early 2000s as the font of competitive advantage. But is it merited? Professors Paul Ryan from Trinity Business School and Tony Dundon from University of Limerick dissect its meaning for organisational employees and explore its implications for business in this new confusing covid-19 world. Read more here.

School Newsletter 2020
A look back at all of Trinity Business Schools activities from the past year, including a year in pictures, student start-ups, and a rediscovery of the importance of friends and family during difficult times this year. Read more here.

Trinity Business School Highest Entrant at 38th in World in Latest Financial Times Masters in Management Rankings
School’s Full-Time MSc in International Management programme is highest entrant at 38th in World, 27th in Europe and in the top 4 of the UK and Ireland combined. Read more here.

Trinity Business School Ranked 1st in Ireland in Latest QS World University Rankings
School also ranked in top ten universities in Ireland and UK for multiple master programmes, while it also rose to 77th in the world in the Global MBA Ranking. Read more here.

What Makes Surgical Teams More Productive?
What makes surgical teams more productive? Dr.s Yufei Huang, Emmanouil Avgerinos, Ioannis Fragkos explain that for surgical teams, shared experiences and hierarchical structures matter more than you think. Read more here.

Hiring Freelancers Boosts Productivity and Profit
New research by Professor Andrew Burke, Dean at Trinity Business School, has found that skilled freelancers can significantly improve business performance for those that employ them. Read more here.

Future Human Launches Hybrid Event for October 2020
Learn more here

Leading in a Troubled World: Lessons from Covid-19
Dr.s Tanusree Jain, Louis Brennan, and Harry J. Van Buren III discuss how the true test of leadership comes during times of crisis.

New Research Reveals Remote Working Has Changed the Millennial Forever
New research from Dr. Michelle MacMahon and Christine Zdelar reveals remote working has changed the millennial forever. Read more here.

MBA Graduates Use Tech to Help Charities Collect Spare Change
Trinity MBA Business graduates use tech to help charities collect spare change in the social distancing era - Association of MBAs.

From Corporate to Non-profit: How Trinity Business School Helped MBAs Realise Their Vision
Full-Time MBA graduates talk about their time at Trinity and how it was the genesis for their NGO Change Donations.

Let’s not Resuscitate the Frankenstein Economy
Covid-19 has given us a once in lifetime chance to create a sustainable future society and business. It’s a second chance that we can’t ignore, says Professor Andrew Burke, Dean of Trinity Business School.

Dublin’s Future Human becomes first major international tech event to go Hybrid in October 2020
Future Human, which was to take place at Trinity Business School, have announced they will host the worlds first major international hybrid tech event on October 29th and 30th, from a purpose-built, state of the art broadcast stage in Dublin. Read more here.

Trinity EMBA Students Leave the Classroom to Help Frontline Workers
Our Executive MBA students spoke to QS Magazine recently about how they helped develop a new service for frontline workers and others affected by COVID-19 in Ireland as part of their Company Projects Module. Read more here.

COVID-19 and a Changing Society: The Future of Retail
Trinity Business School and Trinity Research in Social Sciences recently co-hosted the sixth and final webinar of the successful ‘COVID-19 and a Changing Society’ series. Read more here.

Trinity Business School Ranked Best in Europe for Gender Balance in Executive MBA Economist 2020 Rankings
Trinity Business School has risen to 11th position in Europe and 4th across the UK and Ireland in the 2020 Executive MBA rankings produced by The Economist. Read more here.

The Importance of ICT use for Self-Employed Workers During the Covid-19 pandemic
In a recent article, Dr. André van Stel and Professor Andrew Burke, Dean of Trinity Business School, together with co-authors, investigate the relationship between ICT use frequency and entrepreneurial earnings by self-employed workers in Europe. Read more here.

The WEF’s Great Reset: New Behaviour and New Metrics
The World Economic Forum proposes a rethink of capitalism that promotes inclusivity, equality and sustainability, writes Dr. Daniel Malan. Read more here.

COVID-19 Exposes a Major Flaw in Global Supply Chains
Dr. Tanusree Jain and Professor Louis Brennan, Trinity Business School, propose that we must fix vulnerabilities of Global Supply Chains exposed by COVID-19. Read more here.

COVID-19 Exposes a Major Flaw in Global Supply Chains
Dr. Tanusree Jain and Professor Louis Brennan, Trinity Business School, propose that we must fix vulnerabilities of Global Supply Chains exposed by COVID-19. Read more here.

18 Minutes, 37 Seconds: Improving the Effectiveness of Surgical Teams - Research Part 2
Associate Professor Yufei Huang of Trinity Business School and co-authors Profs Emmanouil Avgerinos and Ioannis Fragkos share Part 1 of their research into boosting the team performance of our new heroes. Read more here.

Improving the Effectiveness of Surgical Teams - Research Part 1
Associate Professor Yufei Huang of Trinity Business School and co-authors Profs Emmanouil Avgerinos and Ioannis Fragkos share Part 1 of their research into boosting the team performance of our new heroes. Read more here.

MBA Students Help Develop New Mental Health Service for Frontline Healthcare Workers and Those Impacted by Covid-19
The initiative - called MyMind.ie - which is supported by Sláintecare and the HSE, provides access to free mental health support services through its online platform for those impacted by the pandemic. Read more here.

Financial Times 2020 MSc Finance Rankings
Financial Times Ranks Trinity MSc in Finance as 1st in Ireland and amongst the Top 5 across UK & Ireland. Read more here.

Exiting Lockdown Means Facing up to How We Value Lives
Life is extremely valuable but are some lives more valuable than others? Should life be saved at "all costs"? Value is a concept that has many dimensions: financial but also emotional, writes Professor Laurent Muzellec. Read more here.

Covid-19 and the Perils and Promise of Big Data
Trinity Business School co-hosted with Trinity Research in Social Sciences another online event recently for the weekly ‘COVID-19 and a Changing Society’ webinar series. The fourth event in the series focused on ‘the perils and promise of Big Data’ and featured a multi-disciplinary panel of Trinity Business School academics and international experts.

MBA Students Fuel The Fight Fundraiser Supports Healthcare Workers and Restaurants
Full-time MBA student Richard J. Hurley has helped raise over $16,000 for Fuel the Fight Westchester, a not-for-profit grassroots campaign that aims to feed healthcare workers and support the hospitality industry in this time of need. Read more here about the initiative set up by Richard in early April in his local area.

How Can Companies Contribute to Decreasing Domestic Violence Against Women?
Shriya Chowdhury, MSc Management student and winner of the CoBS 2020 student CSR article competition, writes a compelling argument for women’s rights and what companies can do to help in the fight against violence to women. Read more here.

MBA Spotlight: Full Time MBA Graduate Troy Lavin
Class of 2018 full-time MBA graduate Troy Lavin recently returned to the (virtual) classroom to mentor MBA students taking the Operations Strategy module. He has since spoken with us about his role as Chief Operating Officer for VITHIT Limited, giving an insight into the impact of logistical challenges like COVID-19 and how the Trinity MBA has shaped his approach to such problems.

Virtual Cafe Panel Predict Labour Market Changes in Post-Pandemic World
With significant economic impacts expected, companies should anticipate problems such as cash flow shortages, increased operational costs, navigating supply chains in new environments and an overall decreased demand from consumers. Read more here.

Professor Louis Brennan Speaks to Newstalk Radio on the Disruption to Globalisation
Professor Louis Brennan spoke on Newstalk 106-108 FM recently about the recent disruption of global supply chains, the re-shoring of production of critical parts, inputs and supplies, Irelands successful management of globalisation, and more. To listen back, choose 1st May, Breakfast Show, click the play option across from the title, and tune in at 13.50 minutes. Listen here

Innovating in Times of Crisis - how Trinity’s young entrepreneurs are adapting their businesses
This webinar will give a sample of what our young entrepreneurial alumni are doing to help in their respective industries during the Covid-19 pandemic, addressing societal issues and adapting to the new difficulties facing their businesses and the world. It will highlight the critical role that business has in aiding both vulnerable groups and the wider community during times of hardship. Watch it here.

How can we have both Productive and Compassionate Leaders?
This question was the focus of this week’s ‘People and Organisation Virtual Café’ discussing the challenges for leaders in organisations as they face into the ever developing situation of the Covid-19 pandemic. Read more here.

Confinement: The Fear of Death, The Price of Life and the Risk of Living
Professor Laurent Muzellec of Trinity Business School discusses the economic fallout in the wake of COVID19 on an individual household level. Read more here.

Trinity Places 14th in THE Global Impact Rankings
Trinity highest ranked Irish university in 14th place across all 17 goals, up from 28th last year. Read more here.

How Bad Will European Economies Get? Key Challenges for Each Country
Forbes publishes an article on the perspectives of the Deans of the top Business Schools in Europe and so interview our own Dean, Professor Andrew Burke. Read more here.

Mindfulness in Moments of Crisis
Personal wellbeing and mindfulness was the focus of this week’s HRM Virtual Café ‘How do we look after ourselves?’, discussing the challenges of working from home and innovative ways of staying motivated and inspired during the COVID-19 crisis. Read more here.

Are Nonprofits Allowed to Reinvent Themselves?
Do nonprofits disappear into thin air after they achieve their missions? Or can they re-orient around a new and different purpose? Assistant Professor Sheila Cannon from Trinity Business School and Professor Karin Kreutzer from EBS Universität für Wirtschaft und Recht take us down the road less taken. Read more here.

How Boards Can Fix Corporate Social (i)Responsibility
Corporate boards are crucial in reducing and eventually preventing corporate social irresponsibility, says Professor Tanusree Jain. Read more here.

Paper Shortlisted for 2019 International Business Review (IBR) Best Journal Paper of the Year Award
Paper co-authored by Associate Professor Paul Ryan titled Subsidiary knowledge creation in co-evolving contexts has been shortlisted for this years International Business Review (IBR) Best Journal Paper of the Year Award. Read more here.

The Rewarding Careers that Await our Accounting Graduates
In the December 2019 issue of the Accountancy Ireland Magazine, Postgraduate Diploma in Accounting Programme Director Neil Dunne discusses the authentic balance between business and academia in the programme, and the rewarding careers in Chartered Accountancy that await graduates of our Postgraduate Diploma in Accounting programme. Read more here.

MSc Digital Marketing Strategy Students Pitch Digital Solutions to Government
MSc Digital Marketing Strategy students tasked with reviewing citizens’ experiences of online government services in the form of research projects. Read more here.

“Navigating Global Headwinds” - Irish Exporters Association announces Export Industry Award Winners
The Director of the Executive Education Programme, Michael Flynn, spoke on behalf of Trinity Business School recently to a packed National Convention Centre for the Export Industry Awards 2019. The theme for the 2019 Awards was “Navigating Global Headwinds”, with companies competing across 12 export industry related categories. Read more here.

Worlds Big Sleep Out Trinity College, Dublin 2019
On December 7th 2019, we will sleep out on a freezing cold night as part of the Worlds Big Sleepout campaign. Well actually, we hope it won’t be freezing cold, but we felt that we needed to do our bit to help the homeless. Any contributions are warmly welcomed. Donate here.

Historic Site Turns to Hydro Generation for Power
Researchers from Trinity College Dublin and Bangor University, including Professor Paul Coughlan, launched a small hydropower installation yesterday with the installation expected to generate about 19,000 kWh of clean renewable electricity per year. Read more here.

The Industrial Revolution of Digital Transformation: School Hosts Digital Transformation and People Analytics Breakfast Seminar
School hosts first Digital Transformation and People Analytics Breakfast Seminar to analyse how digital transformation is impacting on how we operate businesses and manage people. Read more here.

In Conversation with Devan Hughes, CEO of Buymie
Devan Hughes, CEO and Co-Founder of Irish start-up Buymie, sat down recently with Dr. Laurent Muzellec, Director of the Trinity Business School Centre for Digital Business to discuss the gig economy, Tesco taking on Amazon, what it takes to start and run a business, workers rights, the importance of the customer experience, and much more.Watch here.

Trinity Centre for Social Innovation (CSI) Launches Benchmark Report on Irish Business & Human Rights
Centre for Social Innovation (CSI) in Trinity Business School welcomed Eamon Gilmore, EU Representative on Human Rights, as key note speaker for the launch of the first report on Irish business compliance with UN Guiding Principles on Business & Human Rights (UNGPs). Read more here.

Virgin Galactic Goes Public and Leads Space Tourism Race
Professor Louis Brennan takes a look at whether Richard Bransons latest move will bring healthy returns in the long-run. Read more here.

Trinity Business School to Host Future Human 2020
School to host brand new tech conference as Inspirefest becomes Future Human in evolution of event which aims to chart the people and projects shaping the next phase of human existence.

Women in Business Conference 2019
The Trinity SMF held their Fourth Annual Women in Leadership Conference at Trinity Business School recently. The theme of the night was “Agents of Change”, and celebrated those who inspire change within the industry.

Trinity Business School Annual Newsletter
Read the latest news from the School including the opening of our new building, Inspiring Generations, Student Society News and Trinity Alumni Stories.

Business School Faculty Provide Thought Leadership Pieces for Latest CoBS Magazine Special
Magazine features thought leadership pieces from Dr. Tanusree Jain and Dr. Na Fu, along with an insight into the recent Enactus TCD team journey to compete at the Enactus World Championships held recently in Silicon Valley. Read more here.

Trinity Business School Nominated for National Sustainability Award
School building shortlisted for 2019 SEAI Awards in buildings category with winner to be announced on October 16th. Read more here.

Professor Jennifer Wilcox Lectures on Carbon Capture
Read more on Professor Wilcox’s lecture at Trinity Business School where she shared her research on the role of carbon capture toward achieving our climate goals.

Associate Professor Amanda Shantz wins prize from MIT Sloan Management Review
The prize recognises the most outstanding article published by the journal on planned change and organizational development in the last year, and was judged by a panel of the MIT Sloan School of Management’s senior faculty members.

Sandwiched? Will Amazon’s Whole Foods Deal Go the Same Way as L’Oréal and the Body Shop?
Tanusree Jain, Professor in Ethical Business at Trinity Business School, takes a sharp look at the Amazon takeover of Whole Foods and how two apparently conflicting corporate visions are dealing with the clash.

MBA & MSc Programmes Continue to Set European and Global Ranking Standards
Trinity Business School’s MBA and Masters programmes rank in top echelons of European and World Rankings yet again, with many ranked at the top of their fields. Read more here for the rankings for each programme.

When Boards Matter: The Case of Corporate Social Irresponsibility
Firms with a specific board‐level governance bundle are better equipped to reduce irresponsible behaviours, both in terms of number of irresponsible incidents as well as in terms of their economic costs to the firm, writes Tanusree Jain, Assistant Professor in Business Ethics. Read more here.

The Implications of the New US Corporate Tax Regime for Inward Investment in Ireland
Professor Frank Barry outlines the history of corporate tax policy in the USA and Ireland up until recently, and analyses the likely implications for intellectual property location and inward FDI in Ireland as a result of the new US tax system brought about by the passage of the Trump administration’s Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. Read more here.

Communications Gives Oxygen to Business Values
In an exclusive interview with the Chartered Institute of Public Relations, The Dean of Trinity Business School Professor Andrew Burke urges businesses to proactively shape the values of their consumers to create a more positive environment for all stakeholders. Watch the full interview here.

How Luxembourg is Positioning Itself to be the Centre of Space Business
Luxembourg is creating a business environment to service the growing number of space start-ups, writes Louis Brennan, Professor in Business Studies.

The Food System Needs a Revolution, not Tinkering Around Edges by the Ultra-Processed Producer
Ultra-processed products have little or no intact food remaining in them with much-praised industry led reformulation doing nothing effective about this, writes Norah Campbell, Associate Professor in Marketing.

Not the Gig Economy: The Immense Value of the Growing Freelancer Project Economy
Developed economies would be far less entrepreneurial and innovative if their firms did not have access to highly skilled freelancers, writes the Dean of Trinity Business School, Professor Andrew Burke.

Get Angry and Take Action: Mary Robinson Advises MBA Trailblazers for Climate Change Forum
Business leaders, Trinity MBA alumni and former President of Ireland and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mary Robinson, spoke recently at the ‘Business of Climate Change’ in Trinity Business School.

It’s Not What You Sell - It’s How You Sell: HubSpot CEO Advises Students at ’Conversation with Digital Leaders’ series
Brian Halligan, co-founder and CEO of marketing software company HubSpot, spoke at Trinity Business School this month as part of the ’Conversation with Digital Leaders’ series organised by the Trinity Centre for Digital Business.

We Spoke to Survivalists Prepping for Disaster: Here is What we Learned
Assistant Professor Sarah Browne and Associate Professor Norah Campbell spoke at length with a series of self-identified preppers. It became clear that most aren’t so out of the ordinary.

Not the Gig Economy: Business Productivity Depends on the Freelance Project-Based Sector
Professor Andrew Burke, Dean of Trinity Business School and Chairperson of the Centre for Research on Self-Employment (CRSE), recently published a report on the value of freelancing to the economy, with a particular focus on high skilled freelancers in the project and gig economies.

Social Responsibility: Distinguishing the Talkers from the Walkers
Tanusree Jain, Professor in Ethical Business at Trinity Business School, looks at how some firms use CSR for talk, while others actually walk the talk: an important test for any corporate stakeholder before getting involved with a firm.

International Academics and Researchers Unite for Global Value Chains Workshop
International academics and researchers in the field of global value chains (GVC) gathered at Trinity Business School recently for a two-day workshop in collaboration with Duke University Global Value Chains Center. Read more here.

Trinity Entrepreneurs Crowned Enactus Ireland Champions
The team of young social entrepreneurs will represent Ireland in Silicon Valley at the 2019 Enactus World Cup. Their winning project, entitled Hope, aims to empower homeless people to develop the skills they need to move out of homelessness and earn a wage while doing so.

Trinity Business School joins Responsible Leadership Alliance of Top European Business Schools
The school joins a host of top European business schools dedicated to promoting responsible leadership to its students and executive participants via its faculty research and teaching expertise in the fields of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Corporate Shared Value (CSV).

A World Class Business School for a World Class University
A buoyant business school market is important for Ireland INC, says the Dean of Trinity Business School, Professor Andrew Burke.

Sustainability and Health at the Centre of the Architecture of New Business School
Twelve things to know about Trinity Business School, which opened on May 23rd.

Beware of Innovation Fatigue: The Ultimate Barrier to Organisational Change
Repetitive change initiatives engender innovation fatigue among employees, and it inadvertently puts a current change programme in jeopardy. Dr. Jongwook Pak, Assistant Professor of Human Resource Management, discusses why overcoming the "here we go again" mentality is a critical management challenge.

Trinity Announces New Fellows and Scholars
Trinity Business School celebrated recently the election of members of its faculty and student body to the position of Fellows and Scholars, with friends and family in attendance to celebrate their academic achievements.

How U.S. Tax Inversions Affect Shareholder Wealth
Assistant Professor Elaine Laing and Adjunct Assistant Professor Constantin Gurdgiev discuss how US tax inversions affect shareholder wealth, and how in the short-run these inversions may increase shareholder wealth.

Trinity Business News, April Ezine
Have a read of Trinity Business School news from over the past few months. Read the ezine here.

Trinity College Dublin Crowned 2019 Enactus Ireland Champions
The team of young entrepreneurs will represent Ireland at Silicon Valley at the international final.

5th Edition Published on Insider Action Research
Professor Emeritus David Coghlan, largely credited with creating the notion of insider action research, recently published the 5th edition of his book Doing Action Research in your Own Organisation.

Ireland and the Changing Global Foreign Direct Investment Landscape
Read Professor Frank Barrys Analyses of the Five Key Developments in the Global FDI Landscape and Their Implications for Ireland, which include US corporate tax cuts, fiscal integration, digitalisation, eastward shift of the FDI landscape, and Brexit

How AI Can Help Us Live More Deliberately
Julian Friedland, Assistant Professor in Business Ethics at Trinity Business School, warns us about the potential for AI to reduce human agency in the modern world. He offers a number of solutions on how we can maintain ethical lifestyle choices in a world dominated by algorithms.

Theresa May is Right About one Thing – It is Time Politicians Worked Together on Brexit
Dr. Martin Fellenz, Associate Professor in Organisational Behaviour at Trinity Business School, discusses the need for clear and decisive leadership to build political consensus on a joint way forward for Brexit.

Trinity Business School Attend Breakfast Briefing for Upcoming 2019 Irish Industry Export Awards
Dr. Giulio Buciuni, Assistant Director of Entrepreneurship, spoke at the briefing about globalisation and how the global geo-political environment can bring opportunities for entrepreneurs and their ventures.
The Trinity MBA Ranked in Worlds Top 20 by CEO Magazine
The Trinity Executive MBA has been ranked 17th in the world in CEO Magazine Global Rankings. The Trinity Full-Time MBA was also ranked in the top tier of European MBAs. Read more here.

Sparking Creative Thinking: What Businesses Need to Know
Dr. Na Fu, Associate Professor in Human Resource Management at Trinity Business School, explores the best ways for businesses to encourage and implement new and profitable ideas.

Trinity Business School Celebrates International Women’s Day 2019
Trinity MBA Director Professor Amanda Shantz and current student April Durrett speak about how the School is helping to support women in leadership with initiatives like the 30% Club scholarship. Read more here.

Entrepreneurial Spirit on Display at Annual Demo Day 2019
Students from the MSc in Entrepreneurship programme pitched to an expert panel of judges last week as part of the annual Demo Day. Six teams each gave a five minute pitch on their business ventures, with Keep Appy winning outright on the night.

If Anyone won the Oscars this Year it was Netflix - the prize for its industry disruption
Netflix emerged as the real winner behind this year’s Oscars, write Dr. Louis Brennan and Dr. Paul Lyons of Trinity Business School. Read here about how Netflix achieved its 15 Oscar nominations and the commercial realities it now faces in an increasingly competitive market.

How Irish Managers are Proving a Successful Launchpad for International Growth of Technology Companies
Dr. Sinéad Monaghan, assistant professor of international business, shows how managers in the Irish subsidiaries of high-growth firms play a central role in driving their international expansion by leveraging the conditions available in Ireland to deliver high performance and growth.

The Stress of Low-Paid Work and how Employers can be Better
While a higher-paying job can come with a bigger and more important workload, research shows that’s not necessarily where stress might be coming from. Assistant professor of HR and Organisational Behaviour Sarah-Jane Cullinane discusses this and the job demands that most strongly predict stress.

Time for Action on Junk Food - a Letter to the Editor
Professor Norah Campbell, assistant professor in business at Trinity Business School, makes the case in her letter to the editor of the Irish Times for stronger regulations on junk food advertising.

Meet the Trinity Business School Undergraduates Redefining Market Research Through Their Start-up Firm
Charlie Butler and Brian O’Mahony are making waves with their start-up ‘Bounce’. Having recently received €12,500 in funding for their company, Bounce is redefining what constitutes market research in today’s world of technology.

Professor Brian Lucey receives the MCX award for excellence in gold research
Professor Brian Lucey, Professor of Finance & International Commodities, recently won the MCX award for excellence in gold research from the India Gold Policy Centre. Professor Lucey received the award for his contribution towards market development and is the first academic to be recognised at the awards.

Trinity Business School graduates’ social enterprise voted Silicon Republic start-up of the week
Acting on a social enterprise idea back in October 2018, ‘Stampify’ – created by six business graduates, has gone on to acquire 15 partners and donate 1500 meals towards feeding children in the developing world. The venture has recently been voted Start-up of the Week by Silicon Republic! Read more here.

Importance of making a good first impression at interviews
Assistant Professor in International Business Eimear Nolan discusses the importance of making a great first impression at job interviews. Read more here.

Corporations must rethink capitalism to heal society’s wounds
The long-term interests of corporations require a stable environment that has as its foundation cohesive societies rather than our increasingly fractious and fractured ones says Professor Louis Brennan of Trinity Business School. Read more here.

Trinity Business School MSc Open Evening, 21st February
Join us for our drop-in drop-out open evening with our expert faculty, admissions team and careers specialists to learn more about our programmes and take the next step in your career. Register here.

Trinity College Dublin graduates among the most employable and successful in the world according to latest QS World University Rankings.
QS World University Rankings for Graduate Employability 2019, ranked Trinity first in Ireland for graduate employment and alumni outcomes.

Trinity Business School undertake 2019 Abrivia Recruitment/Trinity Salary, Employment and Economic Trends Survey
Survey analysis and economic commentary were provided by Dr Charles Larkin, assistant professor and research fellow and Dr Na Fu, associate professor in human resource management, Trinity Business School.

EFMD comments on Trinity Business School EQUIS Accreditation
The EFMD Peer Review Team stated that the development of the School’s values, DNA, vision and the way in which these have enabled it to bind the existing and new faculty/staff together towards the growth strategy of the School, were indeed extraordinary.

Trinity Business School has been awarded EQUIS Accreditation
This prestigious quality assessment accreditation places Trinity Business School amongst the top 1% of business schools in the World. The School is now double accredited having already secured AMBA accreditation. Read the full story here.

What does capitalism mean in the 21st century?
Julian Friedland, Assistant Professor of Business Ethics in Trinity Business School, contributes to a piece in Economia exploring the meaning of capitalism in the 21st century. "We need to design market environments that work to hone our moral attention by triggering self-reflection on our own economic activities." Read the piece here.

Times Higher Education and Wall Street Journal rank MSc in Finance programme in top 25 globally
Trinity Business School’s high growth strategy is beginning to pay off as its longest-running Master’s programme earned recognition in the recent global rankings released by Times Higher Education and the Wall Street Journal. Read more here.

Trinity Business News, December Ezine
Have a read of Trinity Business School news from over the past few months. Read the Ezine here.

McDonald's is a social and healthcare burden – whatever its charity PR might indicate
Ireland's cost of obesity is predicted to reach €5.4 billion by 2030. Trinity Business School's Dr Norah Campbell comments on the nature of McDonald's charity connections in The Conversation. Read article here.

Minister of State meets the winners of Trinity Business School’s government research project competition
Five teams of MSc in Digital Marketing Strategy students presented to senior management from Microsoft Ireland and the government on a diverse range of digital government services. Read article here.

Dr. Tanusree Jain named in the University of Bath #thinklist
Dr. Tanusree Jain, Assistant Professor in CSR and Corporate Governance at Trinity Business School, has been named in the top 20 most influential faculty thinkers on issues of responsible business in social media and features in the University of Bath #thinklist. Read more on the list here.

To truly judge the quality of research, read it
Journal rankings are a poor way to determine if a researcher or their research is worthwhile, argue Cormac Bryce, Michael Dowling and Professor Brian M. Lucey of Trinity Business School in this op-ed for Times Higher Education. Read the article here.

Fiona Dawson wins Ultimate Marketer of the last 25 Years Year Award
Fiona, a Trinity Business School Advisory Board Member and Trinity College graduate, has been global president of Mars Foods, Drinks and Multisales since 2015. She described the award as “a considerable honour” and said it was also a recognition of the teams she had worked with present and past. Read the article here.

Trinity is the only Irish university among the top 150 institutions in THE 2018 Global University Employability Rankings
Graduates from Trinity College Dublin are among the most employable and workplace ready in the world according to the just published Times Higher Education 2018 Global University Employability Rankings. "During their time at Trinity, students get the opportunity to develop key employability skills that allow them to succeed not just in their careers but in their future lives as individuals and members of society." Read article here.

Paradox navigators wanted – Managers in implementing human resource management
Professor Na Fu, Associate Professor in Human Resource Management and the Programme Director of the MSc in Human Resource Management in Trinity Business School, examines individual management alongside consistent management in a team, and how the two combined can, albeit paradoxically, improve employees’ performance. Read article here.

Why talent management became a business obsession
In his most recent piece, Paul Ryan, Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship and International Strategy in Trinity Business School, along with Tony Dundon from the University of Manchester, investigate Talent Management and its subjectivity. Is it time to review the definition of ‘talent’ in the workplace? Read article here.

Wicked problems and how to solve them
Many topics can be derived from the term “wicked” problems, but collaboration is key as Ana de Almeida Kumlien and Paul Coughlan investigate. Read article here.

Foreign doctors no longer want to work in Irish hospitals
In her new piece for the Irish Times, Dr Eimear Nolan discusses the challenges of recruiting internationally trained doctors to fill vacant positions. Read more here.

How Netflix Expanded to 190 Countries in 8 Years
'Netflix has worked with, and responded to, the new markets it's entered' - Dr Louis Brennan's recent publication in the Harvard Business Review explores Netflix's global strategy. Read more here.

Trinity Business School’s postgraduate programmes continue to rise in QS rankings
The recent QS Global MBA 2019 and QS Best Masters Rankings 2019, published on 25 September, have placed Trinity Business School’s postgraduate programmes among the best in the World. Read more here.

Séamus McDermott MBA Scholarship for Entrepreneurship Recipients Announced
Trinity Business School is delighted to announce the recipients of this year’s Séamus McDermott Scholarship for Entrepreneurship, sponsored by the Liffey Trust founder. Read more here.

September eZine
Have a read through our recent news and events.

Taking the pain out of payment
News about startup, Work Smarter, developed by Anika Riley and Sebastian Kühn, who are studying on the MSc Entrepreneurship programme at Trinity, and who are on Trinity's 2018 LaunchBox student business accelerator appears in today's Irish Times.

Autumn Commencements Deadline
Looking forward to seeing graduands back for Autumn Commencements. Don't forget that the deadline for registration for Autumn Commencements is 24th August 2018.

National Heritage Week
As part of National Heritage Week, Professor Frank Barry will be speaking in Raheny Library about the leading manufacturing firms and some of the best-loved brands of the 1920s such as Clery's and Jacob's.

A Paradox Perspective
'People do not leave companies, they leave their managers' - Dr Na Fu's recent publication in the Journal of Management explores the paradoxical role that line managers take in implementing varied Human Resource Management practice. Read more about the inspiration for conducting the research here.

How SMEs can win the war for talent
SMEs have the edge on providing employees with meaningful work. When SMEs stop trying to compete with the offers and perks from larger companies and instead engage in communicating the benefits that SMEs inherently have, they will start to attract the talent that is needed. Professor Amanda Shantz and MSc graduand Andrew Clark write in this month's Accountancy Ireland.

Creating an Ethically Strong Organisation
Large-scale misconduct starts small, so prevention should focus on how employees make decisions. Professor Amanda Shantz's timely new research features in MIT Sloan Management Review. Read more here.

Intel Leixlip hub key to development of tech sector in Ireland
Professor Louis Brennan explains in the Irish Times that the fact that Intel still has a manufacturing site here with third-level sector links serves as an important signal to prospective investors and shows that Ireland has human capital that is highly skilled and technologically sophisticated. Read more here.

Trinity announces the Grand Canal Innovation District
Trinity announces a new innovation district which Provost Prendergast says 'is a vital step in enabling Dublin to be ranked as a top 20 global city for innovation. We can do this, if we get all parts of the innovation ecosystem to move together'.

Royal Visit
The great advantage of studying in Trinity is that dignitaries from all around the world come to visit. On Wednesday 11th July, Royal couple, Harry and Meghan visited Trinity as part of their trip to Ireland. Read more here.

Eduniversal Best Masters Rankings 2018
The MSc in Digital Marketing is now ranked No1 in the World by Eduniversal Best Masters and our other MSc programmes are rising through the ranks too.

Irish Exporters Association Launches 18th Export Industry Awards
The Irish Exporters Association, in partnership with platinum sponsors KPMG and Trinity Business School, announced the 18th Export Industry Awards are now open for applications and launched the Alumni Programme for 2018.

Congratulations to Team Éirloop
Trinity Business School were proud to sponsor Team Éirloop who came 5th in the Hyperloop Pod competition at Space X HQ in California on Sunday 22nd July. Elon Musk signed their pod and they were given an innovation award recognising their design.

Ripples in the Crypto World: Systemic Risks in Crypto-Currency Market
"The disruptive explosion of volatility and exponential growth rates in valuations, to which crypto-currencies have accustomed us, have inevitably led to a steep increase in media interest, attracting a growing number of investors that see in crypto-currencies a new financial asset class on which to speculate" - writes Adjunct Assistant Professor Constantin Gurdgiev in International Banker.

Trinity Business School Teaching and Research Excellence Awards Announced
36 Teaching Excellence Awards and 12 Research Excellence Awards were presented to Trinity Business School Faculty. For a full list of recipients, read more here.

Trinity MBA Leadership in the Community
A networking event took place between members of the Full Time MBA programme and 10 fifth year students from the Trinity Access Programme. Read more here.

Global Social Innovation Challenge
Three students from Trinity Business School secure $17,500 in seed funding for their wellness mobile app 'Keep Appy' that helps individuals to take control of their mental health and physical well-being. Read more about this success story here.

SOLD OUT - Work 4.0: AI and the Future of Work
It was a great disappointment to have to cancel the Trinity Business and Technology Forum in March. To make up for cancelling the Forum we are holding a 'mini' evening event on September 12th. We were delighted that the event sold-out in a few days. However, watch this space, tickets for next year's event will be available soon.

Digital Development
ACCA's new partnership with Trinity College Dublin offers members opportunities to build up vital digital skills for their business careers explains Etain Doyle, ACCA Chair writes.

'Humanitarian Aid needs to be radically disrupted'
The second Little Heresies event involved a candid discussion between Marc DuBois and Siobhan McGee about the need for transformation of the humanitarian system. The Trinity Centre for Social Innovation will play a role in driving that change.

LaunchBox Workspace Visit
Trinity is No1 in Europe for entrepreneurship and its Launchbox accelerator programme is one of the reasons why. Professor Andrew Burke, Dean of the Business School, visited the teams in their dedicated summer workspace.

Learning how to "unexpect the expected"
Associate Professor in Organisational Behaviour, Dr Martin Fellenz, provides tips for improving decision-making by learning how to challenge our mental models and make better decisions in complex situations.

Honorary Degree Conferring
Paul Drechsler was conferred with an Honorary Degree of the University of Dublin. He has promoted business as a force for good in society especially by supporting education.

Above and Beyond: Exploring the Business of Space
Have you ever imagined the commercial potential of space? Professor Louis Brennan has done just that with his new book "Above and Beyond: Exploring the Business of Space". We are already connected to space via our smartphones and extra-terrestrial supply chains are likely. There is so much more to come.

For Ireland, multinational companies are a blessing and a curse
'While Ireland benefits a lot from its tax concessions, other countries lose out a lot. They're not happy with this and they're taking action' - Professor Jim Stewart comments on Ireland's low corporate tax rates in Marketplace.org. Read more here.

Why nobody blew whistle over CervicalCheck
Noses that are kept clean for the sake of promotion soon lose the ability to smell decay. Dr William Kingston, Trinity Business School veteran, writes how the threat of career ruin can prevent people from calling stop.

Fully funded PhD Scholarships
Interested in a career in research? There are three fully funded PhD scholarships available in Trinity Business School in the areas of HRM, Employee Engagement and Work Engagement. Find out more and apply today.

EU must devise policies to create more continental champions
Professor Louis Brennan in a letter to the Financial Times endorses the recommendation for the creation of European champions to fend off competition from the US and China. Read it here (Subscribers only).

The Ultimate Moment of Truth
Marketers must consider a new step on the path to purchase known as the 'ultimate moment of truth' – or 'UMOT' – according to a study published in the Journal of Advertising Research (JAR). 'Failure to prioritise engagement of the consumer at the UMOT may push a company further back up the supply chain, putting it at risk of being the supplier of a commodity with no direct access to the end user' write Professor Laurent Muzellec and Digital Strategist, Eamonn O'Raghallaigh.

The secret to upgrading a subsidiary office's role
Subsidiaries who collaborate with local scientific institutions on new product development can win investments from HQ and gain status as a global innovator within the company's network explains Paul Ryan, associate professor in international strategy and entrepreneurship in his article in The Irish Times. Read it here.

Vulture Funds buying Distressed Loans
Professor Martha O’Hagan Luff addressed the Oireachtas Finance Committee today. While some argued that Vulture Funds could trigger thousands of Home repossessions she argued that it may facilitate debt forgiveness. Read more in the Irish Times article here.

Demystifying Mindfulness in the Workplace
Mindfulness is fast becoming the solution of choice to tackle employee stress in the workplace. However, the idea of implementing a mindfulness programme divides opinion in many organisations due, in part, to some questions about its origins and aims. Professor Sarah-Jane Cullinane explains how to establish a legitimate business case for its introduction.

Trinity Executive MBA rises again in QS Ranking
Top spot for Trinity Executive MBA in Ireland for second year running. QS EMBA Rankings 2018.

Trinity Business Student of the Year Winner Announced
Congratulations to Arthaud Mesnard, winner of the Trinity Business Student of the Year Award 2018! Arthaud is an exceptional scholar and serial entrepreneur who has contributed significantly to campus life and to society beyond the gates. We are exceptionally proud of all six finalists - Jordan Boyd, Malwina Grondzewska, Simon Curren, Isabel Ottewill, Marcus Kelly and Arthaud. Thank you to Bank of Ireland for hosting and sponsoring a great evening in The House of Lords on College Green.

Women in Leadership: Irish Entrepreneurs
We were delighted to welcome two successful female entrepreneurs to the School on May 9th to share their personal stories and inspire and guide our MBA students. Lisa Clancy Communications & Marketing Consultant and Trinity MBA Alumni, is pictured with current MBA student Payal Mitra and Anne Keys, Managing Partner of The Panel.

Reception for Trinity MBA Company Partners
Trinity is well known for its cutting-edge research but not everyone is aware of our project based learning approach which was pioneered on our MBA. This approach is made possible by the many excellent companies that partner with us. We took the opportunity to thank them with a reception in Trinity's beautiful old library. We are particularly grateful to Denis Lucey, VP of Dell EMC for inspiring all in the room.

A new Provost's PhD Project Award has been launched with Trinity Business School on investigating work engagement in health service settings. This PhD position is open to EU and Non-EU candidates and includes an annual stipend of €16,000 for four years. The doctoral award is generously funded through alumni donations and Trinity's Commercial Revenue Unit. Find out more here.

Bringing New Perspectives to Accounting Careers
Our popular Postgraduate Diploma in Accounting programme recently featured in the Accountancy Ireland magazine.
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New Scholars and Fellows announced at Trinity
Huge congratulations to all the new Scholars and Fellows that were announced in Front Square this morning! We are particularly delighted to celebrate with Professor Norah Campbell who was made a Fellow of the University. Fellowship is awarded to those who can prove 'scholarship or research achievement of a high order' coupled with 'evidence of the candidate's contribution to the academic life of the College', including effective teaching. Congratulations also to Helen Smith, Law and Business student, who joins the ranks of Scholars.

ACCA signs partnership with Trinity Business School
Trinity College Dublin and the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants have announced a partnership aimed at upskilling finance professionals. We are delighted to be working on a number of projects including a pathway to the MBA for ACCA members and a bursary. Read more.

If you want a better construction sector, support the self-employed
There is a growing myth at the moment that the widespread self-employment in the construction sector is somehow harming not only the welfare of construction workers themselves, but also the productivity of the industry as a whole. Professor Andrew Burke shows how a recent IPSE report debunks this myth. Read here.

Cheap talk can cost when it comes to social responsibility
An important read for corporate stakeholders before they get involved in a company. Dr Tanusree Jain is writing in The Irish Times about the need for authenticity if your firm wants to avoid reputational risks.

CHOICE Book Award
Trinity Business School Professor Louis Brennan was one of the contributors to the book International Encyclopedia of Geography: People, the Earth, Environment, and Technology that recently received the prestigious CHOICE Book Award for Outstanding Academic Title in 2017. The CHOICE Book Awardees are selected by the Association of College and Research Libraries, a division of the American Library Association. Louis' chapter which he co-authored with Professor Padraig Carmody of Trinity’s Department of Geography was titled Emerging Market: Southern Corporation.

Bitcoin rich kids in Puerto Rico: crypto utopia or crypto-colonialism?
In this fascinating article Brian Lucey, Professor of International Finance and Commodities and Larisa Yarovaya, Lecturer in Accounting and Finance in Anglia Ruskin University explore the impact on the economy of the recent move by cryptocurrency entrepreneurs to set up ‘shop’ on the hurricane ravaged island of Puerto Rico. Read more here.

Voluntary codes to restrict advertising of 'high fat sugar salt' foods
In response to obesity levels, new voluntary codes of practice restricting the advertising and marketing of food and non-alcoholic drinks have been announced. Assistant Professor Norah Campbell warns that they may actually have the opposite effect than those intended by government. Read Irish Times article here.

Nanoscience - doing small wonders for Ireland's economy
The Irish Times covered the 2007-2016 Economic Impact Report drawn up by Professor Brian Lucey, that evaluated the economic impacts that Crann and Amber have had in the past 10 years, measuring their links with business and the wider community.

Round table discussion with Welsh First Minister
The Welsh First Minister Carwyn Jones was in Trinity on Monday, 12 February 2018 for round table talks with the British Irish Chamber and Trinity about the very real threat an extreme Brexit and hard sea borders would be to the Welsh and Irish economies. Professor Paul Coughlan and Professor Louis Brennan from Trinity Business School both presented to the group.

Brewing for Success
Lord Karan Bilimoria, Co-Founder of Cobra Beer delighted students and alumni during his visit to Trinity. He inspired the students with tales of his experience as an entrepreneur, fears about Brexit and his time in The UK House of Lords. Bank of Ireland kindly hosted the event in the stunning House of Lords Chamber on College Green.

Trinity Business School Newsletter 2017/18
A collection of the recent goings-on in the Business School.
Read it here.
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Why the e-cigarette industry needs global regulations
E-cigarettes are a multi-billion dollar business and present a massive growth potential of double digits annually. They have been one of the most disruptive changes to the tobacco market. Tanusree Jain, Assistant Professor in Ethical Business explains the need for regulation in what some view as the healthier alternative to tobacco products. Read more here.

Ireland US Multinationals Face New Tax Landscape in 2018
Competition policy in Europe, EU tax authorities' access to newer and better information about MNE activities, US tax reform, and the net effect of 'correlative adjustments,' are operating together to create a new tax environment for US MNEs, for Ireland, and for international taxation in general. As a result the year 2018 will see greater moves towards tax harmonization. This will especially affect US MNEs. Adjunct Professor Jim Stewart outlines this new tax landscape. Read more here.

To weather reputational storms, get caught doing the right thing
Dr Julian Friedland, Assistant Professor of business ethics writes in this article that like any reputational storm that spins out of control, those that overwhelmed Uber and Ryanair in 2017 were not merely the result of making the wrong choice at any particular decision point; they had much more to do with overarching business philosophies that revealed themselves at defining moments. Read The Irish Times article here.

Class of 2017!
Congratulations to our first PG Diploma in Accounting graduates who graduated on Thursday, 25th January

2018 Abrivia/TCD Salary, Employment and Economic Trends
Predicting an almost full employment economy and increasing numbers of returning Irish are among the trends highlighted in the 2018 Abrivia Recruitment/TCD Salary, Employment and Economic Trends Survey. Survey analysis and economic commentary were provided by Professor Brian Lucey, Dr Charles Larkin and Dr Na Fu.

Festive reads: Irish business leaders open up their books
From self-help books, to Brexit-related titles and a Pulitzer Prize winner, Ireland's best-known figures tell the Independent which page-turners they couldn't put down in 2017.

A top-down solution to the Irish border after Brexit undermines 20 years of peacebuilding
Twenty years since a landmark peace agreement in Northern Ireland, the complexities of the Brexit process threaten the efforts of those local communities who have spent decades building peace. Professor Sheila Cannon writes about the valuable contributions of community groups to making the transition a success.

One year to go
Today, Wednesday the 20th of December the last beam was placed on our new business school. We celebrated with the Provost and all those who have made the project possible. The iconic €80 million building is due for completion this time next year.

Leaders need to be ethical, and they need to be seen as ethical
Amanda Shantz, Associate Professor of Human Resource Management discusses how rewards and discipline send powerful signals about desirable behaviour in the office. Read more here.

In rejecting this EU deal the DUP has sold Northern Ireland down the river
Professor Brian Lucey comments on the recent Brexit developments.

The Bitcoin bubble-how we know it will burst
Like any asset, Bitcoin has some fundamental value, even if only a hope value, or a value arising from scarcity. So there are reasons to hold it. But research undertaken by Prof Brian Lucey and colleagues does show that it is experiencing a bubble right now. Read more here.

Northern Ireland's economy has a lot more to lose from a hard Brexit than the Republics
As the Brexit end game approaches, the intractability of the problems around the Irish border are thrown into sharp relief. Professor Brian Lucey explains why.

Trinity Team win ESB Inter- College Challenge 2017
Congratulations to the Trinity team comprised of Aisling Dooley, Senior Sophister BESS and three Engineering students Robert Trew, Jason Flynn and Forrest Winters on winning this year's ESB Inter- College Challenge. Acting as a consulting team for the ESB they had to undertake research, design, financial analysis and marketing activities on their recommended eHeat or eTransport technologies. Their proposals were outstanding. We want to wish the team best of luck as they head off to Montreal for EngComm 2018.

Vietnam Bilateral Exchange Programme
Minister Richard Bruton TD with his Vietnamese counterpart and the Irish Ambassador to Vietnam witnessed the signing of a new development between the School's Trinity Centre for Social Innovation and the National Economics University funded under the Vietnam Ireland Bilateral Exchange Programme. The Vice President for Global Relations Dr Juliette Hussey and the President of the National Economics University Professor Dr. Tran Tho Dat represented the two institutions for the exchange last week.
The two Schools will be piloting a digital engagement map of social enterprises in Vietnam and collaborate on the development of curriculum in social innovation and enterprise.

Big Impact from small things: Nanoscience supports 14,000 jobs in Ireland
Ireland ranked first in the world for nanoscience research with a €5 return for every €1 invested, a report has found. The report, carried out by Trinity Business School finance professor Brian Lucey, said that nano and materials science was worth €500m to the economy and had supported 14,000 jobs in the past decade. Professor Lucey’s report found that the Science Foundation Ireland-funded research centre (Amber) had along with its predecessor generated a gross output of more than €500m over 10 years from an income of €108m.

The True Diversity of Self-Employment
The Centre for Research on Self-Employment (CRSE) - chaired by our Dean, Professor Andrew Burke - has released a new report highlighting the true diversity in the self-employed workforce. Dispelling many of the myths about the gig economy and the freelance workforce. The work is based on the UK workforce which shares many similarities with Ireland and other developed workforces. Read more here.

MSc in Human Resource Management receives accreditation from the Chartered Institute of Personnel Development
Trinity Business School’s MSc in Human Resource Management received full accreditation from the Chartered Institute of Personnel Development (CIPD) on Oct. 6, 2017.

Marketing and obesity – are voluntary codes enough?
Yesterday marked World Obesity Day, where it's estimated that 2.7 billion adults will be overweight by 2025. Can Ireland be a global leader in the war against obesity? It can, but only if we understand that it is not (only) a clinical condition - the macro marketing environment around us stimulates overeating, and voluntary codes for junk food marketing won't change this.

Engineers turn to the sea to reduce the environmental cost of energy production
Our very own veteran Professor Bill Kingston has been working with Trinity Engineers on an exciting project to reduce energy costs by looking at ways to capture the untapped power of the ocean’s wave in a cost effective manner.

Instilling a high performance culture seminar
Abrivia recruitment in conjunction with Trinity College hosted a HR Management Breakfast Seminar in Dublin. Dr Amanda Shantz and Dr Na Fu from Trinity Business School and Dr Claire Hayes, Consultant Clinical Psychologist delivered thought-provoking presentations on culture and high performance teams.

Ryanair Feud Escalates as Pilots Demand More Cash, Free Coffee
Dr Padraic Regan, our aviation expert and strategy professor at Trinity comments on the pilot revolt at Ryanair in Bloomberg News.

Year Zero: The CLASH at Trinity College Dublin
This Saturday Trinity celebrates the 40th Anniversary of UK Punk band The Clash's first ever gig to an Irish Audience in Trinity’s Exam Hall. Our very own Professor Andrew Burke, Dean of Trinity Business School will interview Johnny Green, the band’s tour manager as part of the full day symposium. Sign up for your ticket today.

The collapse of Monarch Airlines is a victory for regulation
With plans underway for the UK’s biggest peacetime repatriation of 110,000 customers following the collapse of Monarch Airlines – the biggest UK airline ever to cease trading – questions are quite rightly being asked about what went wrong. Professor Padraic Regan explores.

TCD lessons learned from overseas students
The Irish Government recently published its strategy to increase the value of the international education sector by 33 per cent to €2.1 billion (176,000 students) by 2020, but what is the role of marketing in achieving this target? Sarah Browne, Assistant Professor in Marketing and Strategy and Padraic Regan, Assistant Professor in International Strategic Management analyse the international education strategy for Ireland.

Berliners vote to keep Tegel airport open but its days are numbered
Current law requires Tegel be closed when the new, under-construction Berlin-Brandenburg International opens. But, in a blow to city authority plans, the results of a September 24 non-binding referendum showed that the majority of Berliners want to keep Tegel open. Professor Padraic Regan our aviation expert explores here.

Trinity Remains European Leader in Producing Entrepreneurs
Graduates from Trinity College Dublin founded more venture-backed companies than graduates from any other European university over the last 12 years according to independent research.

Ryanair's red hot growth may have left its pilots in the cold
Ryanair has had the week from hell. The budget airline has cancelled around 2,000 flights, affecting up to 400,000 passengers, and unleashing a wave of terrible headlines and withering commentary. But how did such an unexpected, unprecedented drama come seemingly out of the blue for one of the world’s fastest-growing and most profitable airlines? Our aviation expert Padraic Regan explains.

Multidisciplinary EU project to boost energy efficiency and reduce costs in the European Atlantic water industry
Engineers and business experts, including Professor Paul Coughlan, from Trinity College Dublin are the technical leaders in a new €2.9m EU-backed project that will lighten the load on stressed water networks and reduce associated negative impacts on the environment. The project will also lessen operational costs for companies and bring down water bills for the public.

Marketing is Killing Us (Part II): The case of fashion
When we buy a pair of jeans, sunglasses, or trainers, we are never buying for ourselves, but for others. Dr Norah Campbell, in the second part of her three part series in Village Magazine, explores the hidden but damaging impact of marketing practices.

Capitalism isn't broken – but it does need a rewrite.
We need to work out how to save capitalism from itself writes Dr Julian Friedland in The Conversation.

CAO scores BBS as top choice general management degree.
Although CAO points for business studies degrees went down in most universities in Ireland, Trinity Business School bucked the national trend by achieving sizeable increases in its CAO points for both BBS and BESS which are now respectively the top two general management degrees in Ireland.

Too little accountability creates monsters. Too much blame creates fools.
The blame game prevents learning because fearful and defensive people do not disclose all the facts, writes Dr Martin Fellenz.

Time to Get a Better Measure of Tourism´s Benefits
Professor Brian Lucey proposes slow sustainable tourism initiatives for greater economic impact. Read Here.

Congratulations to Professor David Coghlan
Prof David Coghlan, in collaboration with colleagues from Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg and HEC in Montreal were awarded the best action research paper by the Organization Development & Change division of the Academy of Management at the annual conference in Atlanta in August.

The Liffey Trust partners with Trinity Business School
The Liffey Trust, one of Europe’s oldest incubators is partnering with Trinity Business School at Trinity College Dublin to fund scholarships for entrepreneurs studying on the Trinity MBA. Read Here.

Politics, partners and pride: why Air Berlin is down but not yet out
Is national pride the only thing that can save struggling airlines like Air Berlin and Alitalia from market forces? Professor Padraic Regan, our resident aviation management expert, writes about failing European airlines. Read Here.

The first Irexit
Professor Frank Barry writes: Five years from now the Irish state will celebrate the centenary of its exit from the United Kingdom. The struggle to end that political and economic union was characterised not just by bitter debate but by military conflict. The process threatened British democracy itself. The script reads like a nightmarish film treatment of the Brexit process of today. Read it today.

Winners of EY Prize for Highest Grades in PG Dip Modules
Two recent graduates from Trinity’s Postgraduate Diploma in Accounting have been awarded prizes for academic achievement by EY. Niamh Lynch won the prize for the highest grade in the ‘Audit’ module and Petra Stracarova won the prize for the highest grade in the ‘Corporate Governance and Ethics’ module. Thank you to Oisin Molloy who presented the large cheques to both graduates. Congratulations Niamh and Petra!

UK Freelancer confidence drops despite pay rates remaining strong
Professor Andrew Burke, Dean of Trinity Business School and Chair of the Centre for Research on Self-Employment comments on the recent research results. Read more.

A pre-Brexit aviation agreement is needed to avoid travel chaos
Assistant Professor in International Strategic Management and aviation expert, Padraic Regan gives his thoughts on how Brexit may impact on the aviation industry. Read more.

How to be a better leader - according to science
Associate Professor of Human Resource Management, Amanda Shantz explores what makes an effective, purposeful leader. Read more.

Studying an MBA in Ireland could be the most cost-effective way to accelerate your career and maximize your return on investment
Find out about the Trinity MBA ahead of our upcoming tour of America. Read more here.

The Health Halo - Marketing is Killing Us
In part 1 of a three part series Assistant Professor of Marketing, Norah Campbell looks at the impact Marketing has on our bodies; where does personal responsibility end and corporate responsibility begin?

When does engagement become addiction to work?
Managers need to spot when initiatives to improve employee engagement are pushing staff into workaholic behaviour, writes Dr Sarah-Jane Cullinane

Ridiculous and risible Irexit Idea needs taking down
Professor Brian Lucey responds to calls for Irexit. Read more here.

Collaborating to Bring Nature into Cities
Trinity Business School and the Trinity Centre for Social Innovation and the School of Natural Sciences are leading a €12m EU-Funded project to bring nature into cities across the world. Read more about it here.

Brexit Strategy for SMEs
Richard Keegan, Enterprise Ireland and Adjunct Assistant Professor explains how the lean methodology can help Irish SMEs brace for Brexit. Read more here.

Will Amazon´s Whole Foods Deal go the same way as
L´Oreal and Body Shop?
L´Oreal and Body Shop?
A pioneer of ethical consumerism, wedded to a corporate giant with a questionable record? The lessons of a decade ago should be ringing alarm bells. Professor Tanusree Jain analyses the merger.

Global Engagement Awards 2017
Lots of congratulations to Professor Mary Keating, Director of the MSc in International Management on receiving a Certificate of Excellence at the Global Engagement Awards 2017! The awards recognise faculty and administrative members who have shown a passion for encouraging international activities in the University. Mary’s research on culture and her dedication to teaching international management has been exemplary. Martha O’Hagan Luff kindly accepted the award on Mary’s behalf.

LaunchBox 2017
The Trinity student start-up accelerator has kicked off again for the summer with a whole new cohort of energetic early stage businesses. Read more

Provost’s Teaching Awards 2017
Congratulations to Mairead Brady, Assistant Professor in Marketing on recently receiving the Provost’s Teaching Award for her innovations in the classroom. Read more about the awards here.

Swimming with Sharks
Are our risk perceptions impacting our saving perceptions for the worse? Raphael Schoenle, Rawley Heimer and Trinity Business Schools Kristian Myrseth’s research was recently featured in Allianz Project M magazine. Read it here.

INFINITI Conference on International Finance
The Journal of Empirical Finance has recently ranked the INFINITI Conference, chaired by Brian Lucey from the School, as one of the top 50 finance conferences worldwide and No.12 for a conference of its size. The conference was constituted in Trinity College Dublin in the Summer of 2003.

Trinity in Top 1 per cent of World Universities
Trinity College Dublin rises in QS world university rankings, making it number one in Ireland for research impact, academic reputation, our international student community and faculty. Read more.

Trinity’s MBA Continues to be Top Performer in Global Rankings
Today the international business publication, CEO Magazine, has announced its latest global rankings for MBA programmes and has placed the Trinity MBA in the top tier of MBAs in the world.

Can The Centre Hold?
David McWilliams fuelled debate at the Trinity Global Forum when he addressed the questions: Is the world order changing irredeemably? What are the economic forces behind change? What next for Europe? . Watch the video here.

The Future Of Work In Disruptive Environments
The current debate on digital transformation is naturally very technology-centric but the human factor is often underestimated or ignored. Adrienne Gormley of Dropbox shares her perspectives.

Why Ireland should not be spooked by Trumps Tax Plan
Professor Frank Barry discusses why Irelands tech companies do not need to worry about Brexit or Trumps tax plans for the US. Read here.

How Capitalism Destroyed Itself: Technology Displaced by Financial Innovation.
In his controversial new book, Business School veteran William Kingston, charts the rise and projects the fall of capitalism. He argues that laws and traditions which once ensured self-interested actions also produced public benefit have now been captured and shaped by those who could benefit most from them. Read an abstract here.

Innovative Power of Freelance Model
Professor Andrew Burke, Dean of Trinity Business School recently addressed the Chartered Accountants Interm Managers Conference championing the benefits of freelance professional experts to industry, economies and the experts themselves. Read more here.

Golden Opportunities: What Precious Metals Can Tell Us About Finance
Professor Brian Lucey gave his inaugural lecture as Chair of International Finance and Commodities on Tuesday evening. You can listen to the podcast of his talk here.

Why Ireland should not be spooked by Trumps Tax Plan
Professor Frank Barry discusses why Irelands tech companies do not need to worry about Brexit or Trumps tax plans for the US. Read here.

Trinity Business School Masters lead in Europe and are all ranked 1st in Ireland
Eduniversal Best Masters 2017 rankings were released yesterday and all of Trinity Business School Masters were highly ranked. Find out more here.

Beyond Brexit
Danny McCoy, CEO of the Irish Business and Employers Confederation (IBEC) explored the implications of Brexit for Irish business at the recent Trinity Global Business Forum. Watch the video here.

The Missing Middle
Studies show that corporations are stronger with more women in senior leadership positions. Yet the piple is limited by the Missing Middle phenomenon. Fiona Dawson, Global President of Mars Drinks, Food and Multisales discusses the steps corporations can take to address this key challenge.

Congratulations to Benn Hogan, Trinity Business Student of the Year 2017
The ceremony was held in the House of Lords, Bank of Ireland on College Green on Thursday, 6th April. Read about the event here.

Trinity Business School March E-Zine
Embracing Disruption - Finding Opportunities in Crises. Read about our recent Global Business Forum as well as other goings-on in Trinity Business School.

Ryanair Foundation to Fund New Trinity Business School Professor of Entrepreneurship
The new fund will be sponsored by the Ryanair Foundation to the value of €1.5m over five years and will see the new Ryanair Professor of Entrepreneurship take up the role from September 2017. Read more on the story here.

Brexit could strain EU-China relations
The UK has taken a leadership position in Europe in terms of its relations with China. While there has been a greater openness to FDI from China in Europe there remains a skittishness around investment. Professor Louis Brennan outlines the possible implications of China losing a key member state in the EU. Read more.

Annual Trinity Business School Newsletter
The Annual Trinity Business School Newsletter is now out. Read about the fastest growing Business School in Europe

Trinity team win Jailbreak 2017
Congratulations to the 2nd Year Business and French students, Liam Cronin and Mark Perham who won Jailbreak on Sunday, 12 March by reaching ‘Location X’ in San Marino just before 5pm .

Good or evil?: McDonalds and low cost airlines opened up eating out and travel to us all
Disruptive business models like McDonalds, Airbnb and Uber attract harsh criticism but they have benefits too, writes Louis Brennan.

Trinity Student awarded first Schwarzman Scholarship for Ireland
Lara Connaughton is the first Irish recipient of a Schwarzman Scholarship in Tsinghua University, Beijing. Lara studied BESS (Business, Economics and Social Studies) specialising in Business and Economics in her final year and graduated with a first class honors degree.

What businesses opposing Trump could learn from NGOs
Read the piece written by Sheila Cannon that featured in Newsweek. Read article here.

Trinity Business Student of the Year 2017
Trinity Business Alumni in association with Bank of Ireland invite Nominations and /or Applications from Senior Sophister Business Students for the Award of Trinity Business Student of the Year 2017.

TCD Number 1 for Graduate Entrepreneurs
Trinity College Dublin is the No 1 University in Europe for Graduate Entrepreneurs who are raising venture capital. The annual Pitchbook Universities Report came out today. For the second year running Trinity College has ranked as number 1 in Europe for producing VC-backed entrepreneurs from our undergraduate programmes. Pitchbook have noted 192 entrepreneurs in this year’s report up from 114 in last year’s report. Company count 180 (106 last year). $2,166M capital raised ($655M last year). Trinity is the only European University listed in the top 50 worldwide.

The Right to Disconnect
Professor Martin Fellenz joined The Sunday Business Show to discuss the issue of people taking work home with them and not being able to disconnect. “Many employers don’t know it is in their interest to take away the digital onslaught for their employees.” You can listen back to it here.

Behavioral Economics Isn’t Dead Yet
Professor Kristian Myrseth’s paper was discussed by eminent financial journalist Noah Smith in a recent Bloomberg article. Smith tackles the question of the future of Behavioral Economics. Read the article here.

Trinity and the 30% Club Launch Scholarships to Create Gender Balance in Leading Irish Businesses
In partnership with the 30% Club Ireland, Trinity College Dublin and Trinity Business School are delighted to announce the launch of the Trinity 30% Club MBA Leadership Scholarships. With funding from the University and the Business School, we have launched a scholarship for high achieving women to join the Trinity MBA and foster leadership and representation of women at executive level in business organisations.

The live entertainment scene in Ireland is a big ticket item for the economy
Professor Andrew Burke, Dean of Trinity Business School joined entertainment industry leaders at the launch of Let’s Celebrate 2017, research conducted on the value entertainment events to the Irish economy. The events were found to have generated €1.7bn of additional revenue over a 12-month period, excluding actual ticket purchases. Professor Burke spoke on the value of research. He noted without clear figures the industry will often be ignored. Read more here.

Trinity Business School Christmas Newsletter
Find out what has been going on over the last few months in the Business School. From graduations to the upcoming Global Forum, you can find it all here.

Implications for Ireland of the new Trump Regime
Professor Frank Barry provides his expert commentary on what he contends is the wrong-headed analysis doing the rounds on the implications of the proposals of the new US Administration for Ireland. Read more here.

Trinity Business School MSc Open Day, 22nd February
Join us for an evening with our expert faculty, admissions team and careers specialists to learn more about our programmes and to choose the best one to launch your business career. Register here.

Innovative Ways to Assess Students
Dr. Mairead Brady, lecturer of Marketing reflects on the benefits of playing games in class. “ Students apply the theories they have learnt in a way that has consequences, but no real-world risk.” Read more on The Trinity Education Project.

77% of Irish Employees Expect to Receive a Pay Increase
Trinity Business School and Abrivia Recruitment Salary Survey reveals some interesting findings.

Michael O Leary on how Ryanair is going to take over the world
Addressing Trinity Entrepreneurial Society, the CEO of Ryanair spoke about Ryanair’s relentless expansion and how the airline is actually trying to be nice to people. Read more.

Trinity Business School is Airborne
Trinity Business School is featured in the October edition of British Airways inflight magazine Business Life this month. Read about it here

Trinity Business School Graduate named in Forbes 2017 30 Under 30
Congratulations to Iseult Ward, CEO and Co-Founder of FoodCloud who has been named in Forbes 30 Under 30. Iseult began FoodCloud as a student enterprise during her time in Trinity and, as a result of her efforts to reduce both food waste and food poverty, was named Business Student of the Year 2013.

An unholy trinity: what Trump policies, Brexit and political change in Europe could mean for economic stability
Professor Jim Stewart writes that the policies of the Trump administration following Brexit and possible political change in Europe in the near future could lead to unprecedented change in Ireland. Read more.

Trinity Business School is Airborne
Trinity Business School is featured in the October edition of British Airways inflight magazine Business Life this month. Read about it here

Congratulations to Lara Connaughton, the first Irish recipient of a Schwarzman Scholarship
We are very proud to announce that BESS graduate, Lara Connaughton, is the first Irish recipient of a Schwarzman Scholarship for Tsinghua University, Beijing. Lara will join Scholars from 30 countries and 75 universities at Tsinghua University, a premier institution in China. Dean Andrew Burke commented on this achievement: "While I know how incredibly difficult it is, I was not at all surprised when Lara informed me that she was to become one of the recipients.." Read more.

Congratulations to Dr. Ahmed, who completed his PhD in Trinity Business School
Dr Farhad Ahmed is pictured here alongside his supervisor, Professor Louis Brennan and Dean Andrew Burke. Dr. Farhad has taken up an academic position with Monash University, and we wish him every success with his future career.

PhD graduate, Dr. Markus Lamest
Dr. Lamest is pictured here with his supervisor, Máiréad Brady at his graduation. We wish him every success with his future endeavours.

A big congratulations to FoodCloud Hubs, an idea that originated from Trinity graduates. They were one of the winners at the THINKTECH Awards night on the 7th December
THINKTECH is a €1 million fund looking to find and back tech based solutions to Ireland’s critical social issues. Launched by Minister Simon Coveney T.D. on June 21st, 69 applications were received and put through a rigorous selection process including a world class technology advisory group and interview panels. Read more here.

Victory Scholars
Two of our Masters students, Kelsey Ellis and Jessica Porter share their story as Victory Scholars working with the Sports Changes Life programme. Read their story here.

Sod-turning on Trinity Business School's new site
Dean Andrew Burke, Minister Richard Bruton and Provost Patrick Prendergast officially turned the sod on the new land mark building for Trinity Business School on Friday, 14th October.

College Awareness Week
Facing bankruptcy, Matthew Moore our Law and Business student candidly shares his story of how education offers him a new life. Read it here.

Congratulations to the student members of the team that represented Trinity in the ESB Challenge winning third place
The ESB Challenge is an annual event which started as an Engineering Challenge and expanded this year to an Engineering and Business Challenge. Each college nominates a single team of Junior Sophister students to take part in the competition. This was Trinity’s best performance in the competition since its inception. Read more here.

Brexit Uncertainty Remains a Concern
The Freelancer Confidence Index Report co-authored by Dean Andrew Burke has been published. It shows that Brexit has had a significant impact on the confidence levels of the UK’s 1.91 million freelancers. Four in ten freelancers reported the outcome of the EU referendum lowered their business performance in the third quarter of 2016. More than half of freelancers also expect Brexit to harm their business in the next twelve months. Read more here.

Trinity Business School Newsletter
Have a read of the October 2016 edition of Trinity Business School's newsletter. We have a myriad of stories, from summer internships to space exploration, we have it all! Read more here.

Congratulations!
In recognition of his outstanding international research, innovation, managerial and lecturing service to Trinity, the Board of the University have promoted Brian Lucey. He is now the Chair of International Finance & Commodities. Congratulations Brian!

TBS Staff Invited to join JMS Editorial Board
Dr. Na Fu, Associate Professor of HRM, has just been appointed to the Editorial Board of the Journal of Management Studies which is one of the top management journals in the World. This is a great achievement and accolade. More information about Professor Na Fu can be found here.
Expert Commentary: Budget 2016
Professor Jim Stewart considers the budget from the perspective of Multinational firms. Read it here.

APSCo Awards for Excellence 2016
Professor Andrew Burke, Dean of Trinity Business School was invited to speak at the UK Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo) Awards for Excellence 2016 held on Tuesday, 18th October. Professor Burke talked about the changing workforce and emphasised the importance of the freelancers to driving company innovation. Read more here.

Trinity Global Business Forum
An article from Lara Connaughton on Trinity Global Business Forum 2016

Punk FT Video - EU models for a post-Brexit UK
Watch this brilliant animated explanation of possible Brexit models open to the UK.
Concept by our Adjunct Professor David McWilliams
Concept by our Adjunct Professor David McWilliams

James Bond, Dunder Mifflin, and the Future of Product Placement
Our Professor in Marketing, Laurent Muzellec, has an article published by the Harvard Business Review website on interactive product replacement for marketers. Read Here

Trinity Business School Newsletter
This edition includes a snapshot of the broad range of keynote addresses and panel sessions that took place at the recent Trinity Global Business Forum. Read the newsletter here

Trinity BBS Webinar - North & Latin America, Asia, Africa & Middle East. Friday 8th July
Interested in studying a Bachelor of Business Studies with Trinity College Dublin? If so you’re invited to attend a Webinar on Trinity’s new Bachelor of Business Studies programme! Ask your questions about opportunities to study business with Trinity and living in Dublin, Ireland. The Webinars will take place at 9am GMT on Friday 8th July. Click here for full details

Trinity Business School Newsletters
Did you know you can download our current and previous Alumni Newsletters directly from the website? Now you can keep up to date with the School's growth over the past number of years! Click here for more

MBA Information Evening, Thursday 23rd June
Interested in learning how the Trinity MBA can progress your career in management? Why not attend the forthcoming MBA Information Evening? 6:30pm Thursday 23rd June Trinity Business School, TBSI Building, 152-160 Pearse St, Dublin 2 To register click HERE

IAFA Doctoral Awards
Congratulations to Neil Dunne, Director of our Postgraduate Diploma in Accounting, on winning a prize for his research at the recent Irish Accounting & Finance Association (IAFA) Conference 2016. Neil is pictured along with Karen Ann O'Dwyer, DCU, and Paul Heaney, Director Education and Training, CPA Ireland.

Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT)
The Trinity MBA programme is providing our candidate’s with a highly customised GMAT preparation course over two successive Saturdays on the 2nd and 9th of July on campus in the Trinity Business School. The Trinity MBA is delighted to partner with Veritas Prep – a leading US GMAT preparation provider. Click here to read more

TCD Focuses on Modern Outlook
Trinity Business School was featured recently in the Sunday Business Post. Focusing on the School’s high growth strategy, the article spoke about our suite of postgraduate programmes and the new offerings available in 2016/17.

Professor Gabriel Yiannis presentations at Trinity College
Professor Yiannis Gabriel recently visited the School to deliver two talks, one on Ethical leaders and ethical followers and one on the editorial perspective he takes as a leading journal editor. Professor Gabriel is a world renowned expert in qualitative research. Professor of Organizational Studies in Bath, he has published numerous works in the leading organization journals. He is at present Senior Editor of Organization Studies. He is well known for his work into organizational storytelling and narratives, leadership, management learning and the culture and politics of contemporary consumption. He has used stories as a way of studying numerous social and organizational phenomena including leader-follower relations, group dynamics and fantasies, nostalgia, insults and apologies. He has also carried out extensive research on the psychoanalysis of organizations.

Congratulations to Students and Alumni who have completed our new elective in Entrepreneurial Finance on the MBA programme
The class, made up of MBA alumni and candidates from our full time and part time cohorts took part in what can only be described as an extremely intensive week of case study analysis around key concepts in entrepreneurial finance. The 6 person teaching team led by Trinity visiting professor, Bill Cockrum from UCLA, were outstanding. Congratulations to the 36 participants who took part. In particular, it has been a real pleasure to welcome back those members of our alumni community who have taken part in the course as part of our MBA Re-fresher initiative

Trinity Business School Newsletter
A year of Growth, Innovation and Collaboration. The past year has been an exciting time for Trinity Business School. We have embarked on a high growth strategy which will more than double the size of the School and includes the development of new and existing programmes, as well as the construction of a cutting-edge new building for the School (which will also incorporate an Innovation and Enterprise Hub).
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Trinity Business School is Recruiting
Trinity Business School is currently implementing a high growth strategy over the next five years which entails the significant recruitment of faculty and professional staff plus investment of over €70 million in a new state of the art building at the heart of Dublin City. We are currently recruiting 5 Professors in the areas of Accounting, Human Resource Management, Marketing, and Social Entrepreneurship and/or Corporate Social Responsibility. Click here for more information and to apply:'

CEO MAGAZINE RANKS TRINITY’S MBA NUMBER ONE IN IRELAND
The MBA programme at Trinity College Dublin has been awarded a Global Tier One ranking in the just published CEO Magazine 2015-2016 MBA rankings. The global rankings, which were released in London today, focus on the practicality and quality of the MBA journey for participants. Factors taken into consideration include the learning environment, class sizes, tuition fees, quality and make-up of faculty, delivery methods, international and gender diversity. The objective of the ranking is to identify schools which marry exceptional quality with a great return on investment. Trinity’s programme is the only Irish course to make into the tier one level of European MBAs.
“CEO Magazine provides an innovative and fresh approach to evaluating MBA programmes around factors that are relevant to people looking at undertaking an MBA,” said Michael Flynn, Director of the Trinity MBA programme. “We are delighted with Trinity’s result in the CEO Magazine MBA rankings. The survey provides valuable insight into the character and content of an MBA programme allowing people to evaluate MBA offerings in a meaningful way where issues such as the quality of the programme and its ability to facilitate career change and advancement can be assessed.”
Professor Andrew Burke, Dean of Trinity Business School points out that this Global Tier 1 ranking by CEO Magazine comes “hot on the heels” of the Trinity MBA being ranked 5th in Europe by Eduniversal in December. “Both rankings are very much industry focused and illustrate how highly our MBA is regarded by businesses. The Trinity MBA is one of the few MBAs in the world which adopt a major business projects learning approach which involve students working with firms on corporate strategy, SME high growth and social enterprise projects. They do so to the exclusion of any other coursework for a period of six months on the programme. So it is good that firms are recognising the unique value added that the Trinity MBA can generate for businesses and it being reflected in these rankings”. Click here to view the rankings
“CEO Magazine provides an innovative and fresh approach to evaluating MBA programmes around factors that are relevant to people looking at undertaking an MBA,” said Michael Flynn, Director of the Trinity MBA programme. “We are delighted with Trinity’s result in the CEO Magazine MBA rankings. The survey provides valuable insight into the character and content of an MBA programme allowing people to evaluate MBA offerings in a meaningful way where issues such as the quality of the programme and its ability to facilitate career change and advancement can be assessed.”
Professor Andrew Burke, Dean of Trinity Business School points out that this Global Tier 1 ranking by CEO Magazine comes “hot on the heels” of the Trinity MBA being ranked 5th in Europe by Eduniversal in December. “Both rankings are very much industry focused and illustrate how highly our MBA is regarded by businesses. The Trinity MBA is one of the few MBAs in the world which adopt a major business projects learning approach which involve students working with firms on corporate strategy, SME high growth and social enterprise projects. They do so to the exclusion of any other coursework for a period of six months on the programme. So it is good that firms are recognising the unique value added that the Trinity MBA can generate for businesses and it being reflected in these rankings”. Click here to view the rankings

Provost's Review
Dean of Trinity Business School Prof Andrew Burke talks about the plans for the university’s new Business School in the 2014-15 Provost's Review

Seasonal Greetings and Thanks from the Dean
2015 has been a period of rapid growth and development at Trinity Business School. In addition to running our usual range of research and education activities across the undergraduate, MBA, MSc and doctoral programmes, the School has been engaged in an extensive range of new developments and innovations which include:
• The first round of student recruitment for our new Bachelor of Business Studies Degree,
• Development of new MSc programmes including Marketing, Financial Risk Management and Digital Marketing,
• Development of a new Diploma in Accounting,
• Innovation in our degree programmes (particularly in the realm of more ‘into action’ learning as well as ethics and value driven management education),
• Re-engagement with the executive education market with a new business growth programme,
• A new School website,
• New branding for the School,
• Significant progress on industry accreditation and rankings (including the creation of an in-house accreditation and rankings team, re-accreditation of our MBA by AMBA, joining the Association of Business Schools and AACSB, and ranked as 1st in Ireland and 16th in Western Europe by the World’s Business School Deans),
• A growth of roughly a third in our graduate student numbers
• Recruitment of excellent new faculty and professional staff – over 20 new people joined the School in a single year!
This has all been achieved by a huge School effort across faculty (full time and adjunct), professional staff, students (particularly class reps and those involved in the newly established Business Society’s Chamber of Commerce), our alumni, our eminent and active Advisory Board plus a lot of people who just want to help us achieve our mission to enhance Trinity Business School’s impact on graduates’ careers, business and society as well as its international reputation. So to EVERYONE a BIG WELL DONE and THANK YOU on behalf of Trinity College Dublin.
Have a great Christmas and New Year celebration. I look forward to working with you again next year in order to continue the growth and development of Trinity Business School.
Best wishes,
Andrew Burke
Dean of Trinity Business School
• The first round of student recruitment for our new Bachelor of Business Studies Degree,
• Development of new MSc programmes including Marketing, Financial Risk Management and Digital Marketing,
• Development of a new Diploma in Accounting,
• Innovation in our degree programmes (particularly in the realm of more ‘into action’ learning as well as ethics and value driven management education),
• Re-engagement with the executive education market with a new business growth programme,
• A new School website,
• New branding for the School,
• Significant progress on industry accreditation and rankings (including the creation of an in-house accreditation and rankings team, re-accreditation of our MBA by AMBA, joining the Association of Business Schools and AACSB, and ranked as 1st in Ireland and 16th in Western Europe by the World’s Business School Deans),
• A growth of roughly a third in our graduate student numbers
• Recruitment of excellent new faculty and professional staff – over 20 new people joined the School in a single year!
This has all been achieved by a huge School effort across faculty (full time and adjunct), professional staff, students (particularly class reps and those involved in the newly established Business Society’s Chamber of Commerce), our alumni, our eminent and active Advisory Board plus a lot of people who just want to help us achieve our mission to enhance Trinity Business School’s impact on graduates’ careers, business and society as well as its international reputation. So to EVERYONE a BIG WELL DONE and THANK YOU on behalf of Trinity College Dublin.
Have a great Christmas and New Year celebration. I look forward to working with you again next year in order to continue the growth and development of Trinity Business School.
Best wishes,
Andrew Burke
Dean of Trinity Business School

The Trinity MBA Programme Receives Top Accreditation Status
AMBA, the accreditation body for MBA programmes worldwide have completed a review of the Trinity MBA programme and have re-accredited the course for the maximum full five years allowed with no conditions attached to the award.
This status is the highest that AMBA can give an MBA programme, noted Professor Michael Flynn, Director of the Trinity MBA. Trinity Business School are delighted to join the small number of MBA programmes globally that have achieved AMBA’s highest accreditation status. This achievement comes on the heels of the Trinity MBA being ranked in the top 100 MBA’s in the world by the Economist and number one in Ireland and in the top ten in Europe by Eduniversal, said Flynn.
The Trinity programme brings an innovative approach to the design and delivery of the MBA experience by taking a 360*perspective of management and strategic thinking. This approach is combined with one of Europe’s most unique leadership and professional development courses and the Trinity live project model where high performance MBA teams are deployed into a range of organisations where they work alongside executive management teams on value creation focused projects. The international diversity and calibre of the class was described by AMBA as impressive and the project and leadership development aspects of the programme as an example of best practice.
The Dean of Trinity Business School, Professor Andrew Burke noted that the MBA is an exemplar of Trinity Business School’s impact learning carried out in partnership with industry involving projects with corporations, fast growing SMEs and social enterprises. It is great to see the MBA programme getting recognition for its achievements from AMBA. For more details on the Trinity MBA programme, contact Aoife Fitzpatrick: Aoife.fitzpatrick@tcd.ie or visit: https://www.tcd.ie/business/mba/
This status is the highest that AMBA can give an MBA programme, noted Professor Michael Flynn, Director of the Trinity MBA. Trinity Business School are delighted to join the small number of MBA programmes globally that have achieved AMBA’s highest accreditation status. This achievement comes on the heels of the Trinity MBA being ranked in the top 100 MBA’s in the world by the Economist and number one in Ireland and in the top ten in Europe by Eduniversal, said Flynn.
The Trinity programme brings an innovative approach to the design and delivery of the MBA experience by taking a 360*perspective of management and strategic thinking. This approach is combined with one of Europe’s most unique leadership and professional development courses and the Trinity live project model where high performance MBA teams are deployed into a range of organisations where they work alongside executive management teams on value creation focused projects. The international diversity and calibre of the class was described by AMBA as impressive and the project and leadership development aspects of the programme as an example of best practice.
The Dean of Trinity Business School, Professor Andrew Burke noted that the MBA is an exemplar of Trinity Business School’s impact learning carried out in partnership with industry involving projects with corporations, fast growing SMEs and social enterprises. It is great to see the MBA programme getting recognition for its achievements from AMBA. For more details on the Trinity MBA programme, contact Aoife Fitzpatrick: Aoife.fitzpatrick@tcd.ie or visit: https://www.tcd.ie/business/mba/

New Postgraduate Diploma Accreditation
The Trinity Postgraduate Diploma in Accounting has now been fully accredited by ACCA. Launching in September 2016, graduates attain the full suite of exemptions from the ACCA ‘Fundamentals’ exams. Director of the Programme Neil Dunne commented: ‘this generous set of professional accounting exemptions reflects the ambition and quality of this diploma, which is structured to give students exposure to developments in this fast-moving area’

TBA Masterclass on Networking
The specially developed class was delivered by Kingsley Aikins, founder and CEO of Diaspora Matters. He has written and spoken extensively on the topic and has previously delivered this Masterclass for Google, Intel, Linkedin, AIB, PwC, Bank of Ireland and Accenture. Aikins is a Trinity graduate, holding an honours degree in Economics and Politics.

Trinity Ranked No.1 in Eduniversal Best Business School
This year’s Eduniversal Best Business School Rankings have been announced and Trinity Business School has once again reached the No. 1 spot in Ireland with 5 Palmes of Excellence

Best Finance People on Twitter
Twitter has evolved into a platform for serious finance gurus. Professor Brian Lucey has sent us the list to which he contributed - 'The 129 finance people you have to follow on Twitter'

5 Palmes of Excellence
MBA Director Michael Flynn attended Eduniversal World Convention in Harvard last week, at which Trinity was awarded “5 Palmes of Excellence” (Eduniversal’s top level). The Business School was again ranked 1st in Ireland in Eduniversal’s Palmes League.