Education

Education

Trinity College is one of the world’s leading universities as a consequence of its long history of the pursuit of excellence in teaching and research. It continues to build on its traditional strengths while adapting to a constantly changing environment. As our understanding grows, we know better the effects, both positive and negative, that our way of life has on the world around us. Challenges around health, automation, artificial intelligence, climate change, energy, water and food are inherently global, multidisciplinary and complex in nature. The role of specialists in understanding and shaping developments in these areas will become ever more important. Increasingly however, humanity will require specialists who can contextualise their knowledge in broader circles and who can efficiently and effectively work with experts from other disciplines.

In the new Martin Naughton E3 Learning Foundry E3 students will learn in a world class physical and intellectual milieu, where they will be empowered to become custodians of their own learning and learning environment. From their earliest days to graduation, E3 students will draw upon the experience and strength of Trinity College as a centre of excellence in teaching and research. Their development will be a reference point internationally for best practice in scientific and technological education. Collaboration and partnership will be central to the pedagogical approach. Students will work with students from other disciplines, with academic, technical and research staff and with industry and external agencies. These interactions will be facilitated through project work and internships. The challenge-oriented nature of the E3 research mission will be mirrored in the E3 educational experience. Student learning, particularly project-based learning, will be contextualised to the societal challenges being addressed in research. Students will be presented with opportunities to engage in multidisciplinary work – in the core, elective and co- curricular, supported by and supporting researchers across the constituent schools. They will be empowered and assisted to develop the deep technical knowledge associated with their chosen disciplines, and with the transversal skills required to tackle large scale problems – communication, (cross-disciplinary) teamwork and leadership. E3 students will be passionate, motivated and curious and will expect to challenge and be challenged by their learning experiences.

E3 graduates will:

• Have strong technical competence in their chosen discipline
• Be comfortable and experienced working in teams, including with specialists from other disciplines, on ill-defined and multidisciplinary challenges
• Be skilled communicators across a range of platforms and to varying audiences
• Have an ability to think at multiple levels of detail and abstraction
• Be comfortable in both practical and theoretical contexts
• Be able to make informed and ethical decisions that balance technical, social and environmental considerations
• Be able to confront the limitations of their own knowledge and to address these limitations through collaboration and life-long learning