Trinity blames 'underfunding' as college slips further down global university rankings

Students in Trinity College Dublin. Picture: Leah Farrell/RollingNews.ie

Ireland’s leading university has slipped down in the latest set of global rankings, citing underfunding and high student-staff ratios as reasons for its fall in the international university league table. 

Trinity College Dublin (TCD) retains its status as Ireland’s top-ranked university in the latest round of the Times Higher Education (THE) World rankings, published on Wednesday.