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Trinity in plan to maximise ‘cash for visas’ earnings due to concerns scheme could be scrapped

A memo, seen by the Business Post, told board members at the university that there was a ‘short window of opportunity’ to raise extra cash from Chinese investors amid fears the Immigrant Investor Programme could close due to pressure from Europe

Social media platform shows firms how to take the decisive next Step

Joanna Mulkeen of One Step Closer explains how the social engagement platform is aiming to establish itself as ‘the default option for brands to tell their sustainability story’

TCD spin-out Biologit raises €1 million from investors

The tech firm’s backers include Longboat Clinical founder Gerard Ryan and life sciences veteran David Shanahan

AI accelerator holds half its places for female-founded firms

Alsessor scheme’s winning start-up will receive €250,000 equity investment, which can be matched by Enterprise Ireland

Science Gallery staff told they’ll be let go despite ongoing government talks

Employees of the venue at Trinity College were contacted yesterday to say they will still lose their jobs, yet all staff and students were emailed yesterday to say the board of the university is in negotiations to save the gallery

State strives to keep Science Gallery open

Trinity College Dublin planned to close the exhibition venue due to financial constraints, but multiple departments are working to find a solution

Trinity College to close Science Gallery

University no longer considers the venue for science and technology based exhibitions and lectures to be financially viable

Ireland needs up to 500,000 new apartments to be built, Trinity College economist says

‘Vast bulk of missing housing’ is in apartment stock, according to Ronan Lyons

Trinity to get HSE pop-up vaccination centre

Move is part of government drive to get more young people vaccinated

Lucinda Creighton: We need to talk about who will call the shots in a post-Covid world

The government has been led in its decisions on the pandemic by Nphet, an unelected body that favours conformity of opinion within its ranks, but as we move towards ‘Living with Covid’, it is time to reinstate proper democratic accountability and transparency

‘Significant lack of transparency’ around key Covid-19 decisions, according to report

State sometimes failed to learn lessons from different stages of the pandemic and must do more to clarify the nature of its relationship with Nphet, Trinity report says

TCD scheme accelerates ten young start-ups towards success

The Launchbox entrepreneurship course has nurtured firms such as FoodCloud and Artomatix in their infancy

Ireland’s top two universities bought almost €50m of property in five years

Two new buildings for Trinity College Dublin accounted for the bulk of the spending since 2015

How to work: Contractors earn one and a half times more than employees

A survey by Trinity Business School seeks to shed light on the professional contracting sector and finds six-figure annual income is the norm

Trinity broke public spending rules with €1m outlay on branded merchandise

Letter to Public Accounts Committee shows TCD recorded almost €2 million of non-compliant expenditure in total

Linda Doyle elected first-ever female provost of TCD

Doyle defeated fellow academics Linda Hogan and Jane Ohlmeyer to the ten-year position

Trinity could survive without state funding, provost says

Outgoing head of college, which gets 40 per cent of its revenue from government, says independence and autonomy of universities must be maintained

Essential through their absence: the arts and Covid-19

We should not ‘return to normal,’ this is a moment to imagine our world anew and find ways to make it happen

HEA to get new powers to probe misuse of third-level funds

Minister for Higher Education also planning to ‘slim down’ boards of universities, which can have 40 members

AI firm launches accelerator for Irish start-ups with €250,000 top prize

Cork-based Altada to run five-month boot camp in partnership with Trinity College’s Tangent innovation workspace