Wider access to Trinity may cost university millions

THE doubling of first-year places at Trinity College Dublin (TCD) for mature students and those with disabilities or from poor backgrounds could cost the university millions of euro.

Wider access to Trinity may cost university millions

The college has set a target of having 15% of all entrants from such non-traditional backgrounds by 2010. But the extra staffing and other resources required will be extremely costly, according to TCD admissions officer and assistant academic secretary Patricia Callaghan.

“The policy will require a number of extra staff, which in the first year alone could add at least half a million euro to the college’s budget,” she said.

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