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Project Economy report shows “gig” economy is no longer a dirty word
High-skilled independent contractors earn more than equivalent employees and those working in the project economy earn 73% more than similar occupation employees.
11 Apr 2022
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Honorary degrees awarded at Trinity College
The degrees, Trinity’s highest honour, were awarded by Trinity’s Pro-Chancellor Shane Allwright in a ceremony conducted in Latin in the historic Public Theatre.
8 Apr 2022
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Books written and illustrated by Dublin schoolchildren go on display in Long Room
The exhibition marks the culmination of the annual Bookmarks programme organised by Trinity Access Programmes (TAP)
7 Apr 2022
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Trinity performs strongly in QS World University Subject Rankings 2022
The QS 2022 Subject Rankings are compiled by QS Quacquarelli Symonds based on a review of 1,543 universities from 161 locations and across 51 academic disciplines
7 Apr 2022
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RISING brings climate action to Dublin’s Docklands community
The diverse group had participated in regular RISING creative climate action workshops since November 2021, in collaboration with Trinity College Dublin and Brokentalkers Theatre company.
6 Apr 2022
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Two international landmark studies reveal clear genetic signals for schizophrenia
Researchers from Trinity and NUI Galway studied data from over 2,000 patients in Ireland to contribute to both studies, published in the journal Nature today.
6 Apr 2022
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Professors Ruth Byrne and Jennifer McElwain receive RIA Gold Medals
"The global pandemic highlighted how important research and innovation and the contribution of the Higher Education sector is for policymakers and citizens. We want to further improve that flow of ideas into the future."
4 Apr 2022
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Former Chief Justice Frank Clarke inaugurated as Pro-Chancellor
He joins the University’s five other Pro-Chancellors: The Honorable Sir Donnell Deeny, Prof Jane Grimson, Dr Stanley Quek, Prof Shane Allwright and Prof Ignatius McGovern.
1 Apr 2022
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School of Medicine wins Athena SWAN Bronze for commitment to gender equality
This award brings to 15 the total number of Bronze awards held by Trinity College Dublin’s academic units, as well as its institutional Bronze award.
31 Mar 2022
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Counting of Seanad bye-election underway
On the first count, Hugo MacNeill topped the poll with 2,068 votes followed by Tom Clonan (1,947) and Maureen Gaffney (1,882).
31 Mar 2022
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Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in Health Sciences public lecture series launches
The series will bring Visiting Professors to Trinity throughout 2022, across a range of topics including racism and bias in health sciences education, accessibility, inclusion and action in medical education, breastfeeding supports for women, medicine and gender, queer mental health and more.
31 Mar 2022
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Tom Clonan is elected new Trinity Senator
The bye-election was held to replace Ivana Bacik as Senator after her election to the Dail last year. The election saw registered Trinity graduates choose between 17 candidates.
31 Mar 2022
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Trinity professor links with Artelo to investigate Fatty Acid Binding Protein inhibition in cancer
"This collaboration with Artelo will further elucidate the specific mechanisms by which targeted FABP inhibition may prevent tumour growth and halt its spreading."
30 Mar 2022
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Biodiversity loss has knock-on effects on global markets
Losses in countries with smaller, less-developed economies, impact large, developed economies, according to a new study that shows pollinator declines and potential loss of pollination services can have widespread implications for global trade in food.
30 Mar 2022
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New €3.7 million project will enable systemic adaptation to decarbonised economy and sustainable living
This Human Capital Initiative project – Ireland's Knowledge Centre for Carbon and Climate (IKC3) – brings together national and international leaders in education, innovation and entrepreneurship.
29 Mar 2022
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Final days of 2022 Seanad bye-election
Polls close on Wednesday 30th March at 11am. The 2022 Seanad bye-election is coming to an end. The race has featured 17 candidates campaigning on a wide variety of issues. Counting will begin after polls close on Wednesday morning. A first count is expected later in the day and a result is likely to be […]
28 Mar 2022
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The edge currents that don’t go with the flow – scientists make peculiar quantum discovery
The work could eventually inspire new methods for controlling the flow of energy through nanoscale structures, which could have applications in materials science and computing with better performance and sustainability in mind.
28 Mar 2022
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Tangent: new partnership with HSE to advance digital innovation in healthcare
The move will see the HSE collaborate with Tangent on two digital health accelerator programmes funded by EIT Health: InterSeed, and Healthy & Active Ageing. These are designed to advance breakthrough digital innovations in pharma and life sciences, and smart ageing.
25 Mar 2022
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Searching for the Achilles Heel of paediatric cancer cells: Daffodil Day 2022
For Daffodil Day, we look at Professor Adrian Bracken's ground-breaking research investigating targeted therapies for the devastating childhood brain cancer, DMG - supported by the Irish Cancer Society.
25 Mar 2022
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Trinity Business School expands its partnership with the Gaelic Players Association
Trinity Business School and The Gaelic Players Association (GPA) have announced details of an expansion of the scholarship agreement which has been in place between the two bodies since last year. From the 2022/2023 academic year two annual scholarships per annum in waived fees will be available to GPA members in the Trinity Business School […]
24 Mar 2022
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World TB Day: in pursuit of effective new therapies for tuberculosis
Trinity research is looking at how we can enhance our immune systems against the bacteria that causes TB, rather than on traditional medicines that target the bacteria itself.
24 Mar 2022
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Trinity Access Foundation Course students graduate on campus after a year spent online
Forty-two students graduated with Certificates in Higher Education from Trinity last week.
24 Mar 2022
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Rare Disease Day 2022
The successful event brought together families experiencing rare diseases, researchers, academia and pharmaceutical companies on World Rare Disease Day.
24 Mar 2022
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Family carers’ voices and experiences need to be formally recognised and responded to: study
The study lays bare the daily challenges family carers face since the onset of the pandemic, leading researchers to conclude that family carers are a ‘taken for granted workforce’.
22 Mar 2022
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First 5G test licence awarded by ComReg will enable next-gen communications networks research
The licence provides access to a portion of radio spectrum, allowing researchers to carry out experiments in real-world outdoor scenarios to assess the effect of the environment on coverage and connection speed of a mobile network.
21 Mar 2022
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Two Trinity researchers secure prestigious ERC awards
Two Trinity researchers – Dr Emma Tomlinson and Dr Fiona Smyth - have received prestigious awards from the European Research Council (ERC) in the latest round of results announced.
17 Mar 2022
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Find your Balance! College Health and Sports week: March 21-25
“We want to encourage everyone to find their balance now that life is starting to become more normal again,” said Trinity Health Promotion Officer Martina Mullin.
16 Mar 2022
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School’s out: How lockdown highlighted educational inequality in Ireland
Remote learning required access to technologies that may have not been available to all students, and different levels of support may also have been provided by different schools.
15 Mar 2022
Research|Society
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Three Trinity teams awarded funding in US-Ireland Research Programme
These three teams – led by Professors Marco Ruffini, Paula Murphy and Graham Cross – are among the seven announced, which together will support more than 14 research positions in Ireland and 10 in Northern Ireland for three to five years.
14 Mar 2022
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Trinity study raises privacy fears over data collection by Google apps
The study finds that sensitive data is collected by Dialer and Messages apps, which are used to make and receive calls or to send and receive SMS and other messages, and are pre-installed on many Android phones.
14 Mar 2022