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Experts say legislation is needed to set in stone the right of Irish workers to disconnect
While remote working offers great flexibility, it poses challenges for work-life balance. There is a particular risk that remote working gives rise to an organisational culture of constant availability.
1 Jun 2021
Research
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The All-Ireland Pollinator Plan 2021-2025: an ambitious new plan to save our bees
The plan provides a new five-year roadmap to help bees, other pollinating insects, and our wider biodiversity – and promises to engage more stakeholders and address more specific actions.
26 Mar 2021
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Government announces €25 million in funding for Trinity College’s Old Library
The Old Library is home to the magnificent Long Room and precious manuscripts, including the 9th century Book of Kells. This marks the most significant funding award for the cultural heritage sector this year.
20 May 2021
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Trinity joins elite top 0.6% of business schools globally
Trinity’s status as an internationally-recognised heavyweight will make its graduates some of the most sought after job applicants, and will ensure that Irish-based multinational corporations, as well as small- and medium-sized businesses, invest in domestic talent.
2 Mar 2021
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Scientists create 3D-printed, microscopic gas sensors—painters’ pallets without even a hint of pigment
The sensors could be used in connected, low-cost devices for homes, or integrated in wearable devices used to monitor human health.
15 Sep 2021
Research
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Sustainable clothing platform wins Provost’s 2021 Innovation Challenge
The Provost’s Innovation Challenge at Tangent, now in its fourth year, is a social good hackathon that provides support, creative outlets, and mentorship for undergraduate and graduate students to have a real impact on a global problem.
15 Nov 2021
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Neonicotinoid pesticide residues found in Irish Honey
The results suggest that bees and other beneficial insects are at risk of exposure to contaminants in their food across a range of managed habitats – not just in agricultural settings.
17 Feb 2021
Research
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CAO applications to Trinity reach record highs
Data from the Central Applications Office issued today shows that first preference applications to Trinity programmes for 2021 have jumped by 38% for a record high of 10,253.
9 Mar 2021
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The importance of adequate health surveillance for children with Down syndrome
Researchers have established a 'one-stop' health surveillance, multidisciplinary clinic for children with Down syndrome.
23 Feb 2021
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Kinsella Challenge-Based E3 awards go to four multi-disciplinary projects
The awards, made possible through the generous philanthropic support of Eric and Barbara Kinsella, strive to foster innovative cross-disciplinary research that inspired by the E3 global challenges or perspectives.
14 Jun 2021
Research
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Cuireann cluiche réaltachta breisithe sa seomra ranga an t-ilteangachas chun cinn
Tá cluiche réaltachta breisithe ‘Babelar’ seolta ag Coláiste na Tríonóide, Baile Átha Cliath agus a chomhpháirtithe [1] chun luach na dteangacha atá acu a thaispeáint do dhaltaí bunscoile agus chun a gcuid eolais teanga a ghníomhachtú. Tacaíonn an cluiche freisin le múinteoirí a bheith níos eolaí ar an ilteangachas i seomraí ranga agus ar an luach a bhaineann le hoideachas ilteangach.
8 Apr 2021
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How unknown small-scale publishers helped catapult Shakespeare to global popularity
In his inaugural lecture Professor Andy Murphy demonstrated how Shakespeare’s position as a central figure in global culture is due in part to the efforts of a set of little known figures operating in the cultural periphery.
3 Nov 2021
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Trinity joins Poetry Ireland to highlight the creativity of older people
The Global Brain Health Institute collaborates to host this nationwide call encouraging Ireland's older people to imagine, to create and to write.
19 Jan 2021
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Art meets science as CONNECT secures SFI funding to inspire primary school students
CONNECT has partnered with artist Ed Devane to create a musical gyroscope, to communicate some of the complex ideas in quantum communications.
25 Mar 2021
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Why is COVID-19 so hard to treat? Growing evidence points to a unique infectious profile
There is growing evidence that the virus infects both the upper and lower respiratory tracts – unlike “low" or "high" pathogenic” human coronavirus sub-species, which tend to infect one or the other.
7 May 2021
Research
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Narcissists have the most crowdfunding success, research reveals
The study, which examined 338 equity-crowdfunding campaigns, showed that entrepreneurs who exhibit medium levels of narcissistic expression in their crowdfunding campaigns secure more investment.
11 Feb 2021
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Trinity says talks to continue on future of Science Gallery Dublin
Trinity remains committed to the Science Gallery network and intends to consult with members on how best to re-imagine Science Gallery Dublin in the future.
3 Nov 2021
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Translation into Irish of historic 7th March speech by Bangladesh’s Founding Father
The Bangladesh High Commission to the UK and Ireland today unveiled an Irish language translation of a historic speech in the country’s history.
8 Mar 2021
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New alcohol policy research network launched across Ireland and UK
The network (ACORN) aims to build capacity and drive innovation in alcohol policy research to support effective policy development, enactment, implementation and evaluation.
29 Apr 2021
Research
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Tangent launches new mentoring programme for student startups
Tangent, Trinity's Ideas Workspace, has launched a new mentoring programme supporting Trinity students and their startups.
9 Apr 2021