The separate discussions with DIT are looking at all possible forms of potential alliance such as joint degrees, shared services and even joint staff appointments

Walshe, John

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Technological University Dublin ARROW@TU Dublin Media DIT Grangegorman 2009-03-13 Trinity in Separate 'Secret' Discussions With DIT John Walshe Irish Independent newspaper Follow this and additional works at: https://arrow.tudublin.ie/ggmed  Part of the Higher Education Commons Recommended Citation Irish Independent newspaper, Walshe, J. 13/3/2009 Trinity in separate 'secret' discussions with DIT. This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the DIT Grangegorman at ARROW@TU Dublin. It has been accepted for inclusion in Media by an authorized administrator of ARROW@TU Dublin. For more information, please contact yvonne.desmond@tudublin.ie, arrow.admin@tudublin.ie, brian.widdis@tudublin.ie. 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Find theRight Short Stay for Youflat-club.com/Short-LetsView Marriage Records1) Enter the person's name. 2) View themarriage record online.ancestry.co.uk/MarriageTrinity in separate 'secret' discussionswith DITTrinity College, Dublin, is engaged in another round of secret talks-- this time with the Dublin Institute of Technology.It has already upset the other universities who were unaware of its negotiations withUCD, which resulted in Wednesday's announcement of an Innovation Alliance.The separate discussions with DIT are looking at all possible forms of potentialalliance such as joint degrees, shared services and even joint staff appointments.The options under review include everything from a Memorandum of Understanding"to the inclusion of DIT as a separate autonomous institution under the university".A confidential report to the heads of both institutions sets out areas of potential futurecollaboration.It follows three meetings of a high-powered joint working party. It suggests jointprogrammes and degrees in engineering, health sciences, business, and builtenvironment.The two institutions have a long history of collaboration and at one stage 1,000 DITgraduates were receiving awards from the university. The report says the importanceof considering an alliance comes from the current discussions relating to therationalisation in the education sector.Ads by Google"TCD and DIT are both city centre institutions with a long track record of deliveringfor the people of the city of Dublin and the country," the report notes."It is natural that these two institutions, with complementary remits and significantSchool bus carrying up to 50children collides with car  Irish NewsIrish J1 students in US accused of'wild destruction'  Irish NewsOne by one, creche horror parentsrelive their worst nightmare  NewsCattle dealer wins marathon 16-year battle with State  NewsWhat is the best diet forstaying slim and healthylong-term?At some point most of us havetried a fad diet in the...Why should RTE have todefend its decision to featurJOHN WALSHE PUBLISHED13/03/2009 | 00:00 SHAREMost Read Most Shared Most CommentedEditor's Choice   By using this website you consent to our use of cookies. 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