Funding cuts blamed for poor university rankings

Under-investment in third-level education is beginning to bite, universities have warned, as Ireland’s top institute tumbled 44 places in the global rankings.

The latest round of the Times Higher Education (THE) World University rankings sees a significant decline in the ranking of Trinity College Dublin (TCD), from 120th to 164th. Should this trend continue next year, Ireland will no longer have an institute among the international table of top-ranked universities.