Press
As the head of Trinity College Dublin, Dr Prendergast features in the media speaking on behalf of the university and higher education in Ireland. Links to some press articles appear below.
Selected Articles
- Why should the Leaving Cert have to be ‘brutal but fair’?
Irish Times January 26th 2021 - Change is the Only Constant - Universities are changing everywhere and in many ways
Ireland's Education Yearbook 2020 - Introduction - The value of investigator-led research to the growth of Ireland's innovation economy
A policy analysis from Trinity College Dublin highlighting the need to restore balance to the current system of research-funding in Ireland, 2020 - Trinity and Richard Dawkins: Better to debate ideas than to ban them
Irish Times November 10th 2020 - Covid-era college: Empty lecture halls, virtual clubs, ‘click and collect’ libraries
Irish Times October 13th 2020 - We’re obsessed with university degrees in this country – but college isn’t for everyone
Irish Times September 22nd 2020 - Time to be ambitious. We need a Department of Higher Education and Research
Irish Times June 2nd 2020 - Coronavirus means income from overseas students likely to be wiped out
Irish Times April 21st 2020 - Why should students living at home subsidise those living in campus accommodation?
Irish Times March 3rd 2020 - Voters face stark choices when it comes to higher education
Irish Times February 4th 2020 - Beacon of hope in docklands shows Ireland means business
Sunday Independent January 5th 2020 - Trinity's rankings are in the Government's hands
Irish Times September 23rd 2019 - Provost warns Trinity may be forced to cut student numbers
Sunday Business Post September 22nd 2019 - A networked university is a truly global one
Times Higher Education June 22nd 2019 - The full Hot Press interview with Trinity Provost Patrick Prendergast
Hot Press April 25th 2019 - Op-ed: The UT referendum is a disproportionate response to its Knights story
Trinity News April 4th 2019 - Trinity College Dublin Provost wants Brexit measures for students firmed up
Belfast Telegraph March 1st 2019 - Fundamental research key to Irish culture of innovation
Irish Times September 24th 2018 - Hidden treasure in Dublin houses a thriving community
Financial Times May 10th 2018 - The Trinity Education Project: University learning in the 21st Century
Education Matters Yearbook 2017-2018 - To All Students from Provost
College wide email March 20th 2018 - "The Public–to–Private Shift in Universities: Consequences for Leadership"
Proceedings of the Glion Colloquium 2017: The Future of the University in a Polarizing World - 'Prestigious Irish University soon in Lebanese sights'
The Daily Star (Lebanon) 04 October 2017 - Patrick Prendergast: 'Our Revolutionary Education Project Will Change Everything to Preserve the Best of Trinity'
The University Times- 18 September 2017 - Patrick Prendergast: 'We have to design a system that suits the Irish situation'
Sunday Business Post- 4 December 2016 - Patrick Prendergast: Trinity Will Play a Leading Role in Combating Climate Change
University Times- 21 September 2016 - Patrick Prendergast: This could help end third-level funds crisis - if response is swift
Irish Independent- 11 July 2016 - Patrick Prendergast: Reitor universitário: 'A universidade pública brasileira é uma exceção'
O Globo- 03 June 2016 - Patrick Prendergast: 'Irish universities have been resilient but it isn't sustainable'
Irish Times- 19 April 2016 - Patrick Prendergast: New plan for government must prioritise plan for funding third-level education
Irish Independent- 09 March 2016 - OECD Business Brief: Trinity lights the way forward
OECD Observer- Q1 No 305 January 2016 - Patrick Prendergast: One university size does not fit all
Sunday Independent- 31 January 2016 - "Global Research Questions and Institutional Research Strategies"
Proceedings of the Glion Colloquium 2015: University Priorities and Constraints - Article in "De Volkskrant"
De Volkskrant-Zaterdag 2 Januari 2016 - European Research Grants: a game changer for Irish Research
Education Matters: Shaping Ireland's Education Landscape- December 2015 - Nobel prize comes dropping slow for William Cambell
Irish Times- 10 December 2015 - Forging a Future: Pressures on Higher Education
Perspectives on Manufacturing. Essays in Honour of John Monaghan - September 18, 2015 - False barriers are hindering innovative research
University World News - May 01,2015 (Issue No:365) - Patrick Prendergast, Provost of Trinity College Dublin, Speaks at 244th Friendly Sons Gala
Irish Edition - April 2015 - How the Irish MBA market is set to expand
Financial Times - November 24, 2014 - If universities' slide isn't halted, economy will be next
Sunday Independent - October 05, 2014 - Trinity Chief raises hopes of uni fee parity
Irish Echo, Australia - July 30, 2014 - I want to turn every single Trinity student into an entrepreneur
Irish Independent - June 19, 2014 - Running university is serious business for Trinity's Provost
Irish Times - November 29, 2013 - Trinity launches new strategy Creative quarter to kick-start enterprise
Irish Times - November 28, 2013 - Trinity to build €70m business school and innovation hub on Dublin campus
Silicon Republic - November 08, 2013 - If we want to invest in our future, we have to invest in our young people
Sunday Business Post - November 03, 2013 - Aoibhinn & Company - Interview with Provost
RTE Radio 1 - July 28, 2013 - Presidency University signs MoU with Trinity College
The Times of India - November 30, 2012 - New Trinity Provost hits out over job creation restraints
Irish Independent - September 20, 2011 - University of Melbourne a model for Trinity College Dublin
The Australian - June 29, 2011