TCD to appoint permanent representative in India

TRINITY College Dublin (TCD) is to appoint a permanent representative in India this summer to help attract more of the country’s students to study there.

The announcement of the plan by Education Minister Mary Hanafin yesterday is one of many initiatives being agreed this week to encourage more Indian students to come to Ireland.

At present there are just 691 students from the country’s one billion-plus population in Irish higher education institutions.