Trinity’s fall in world rankings - A lesson about college funding

From the best restaurant to the best university, we are continuously engulfed with never-ending reports on rankings. Losing a Michelin star or dropping a number of places in a list of universities can cause near-panic.

The response from Trinity College Dublin to its dramatic fall in the Times Higher Education magazine’s 2020 world university rankings has been to call on the Government to develop a national strategy on rankings and make it a national priority.