newsletter
2017/18 SCHOOL OF
Dental Science
WELCOME This year marks the twentieth anniversary of the opening of the new Dental School and Hospital building. It was opened in 1998 by An Taoiseach Bertie Ahern, and President Mary McAleese launched a major scientific meeting in College to mark the opening of the refurbished Hospital. Many of our alumni will remember the landmark events of the last twenty years and 2018 promises to be just as memorable. New courses, the development of online and blended learning, the development of digital dentistry, advances in research and the College-wide Trinity Education Project (TEP) programme are reshaping the way our undergraduates are taught. The TEP programme to reform undergraduate teaching in Trinity was launched to meet the changing needs and expectations of our students and prospective employers which are shaped by globalisation and the rapid expansion of technology. The TEP Programme defines a set of attributes that have been broadly defined as to think independently, to communicate effectively, to develop continuously, to act responsibly. Whilst our students already possess many of these attributes, the Dental School recognises the need to maintain a student-focused approach and streamlining the way in which our programmes are delivered.
Professor Brian O’Connell Dean of School of Dental Science