Our Student Blog
Read the latest news from our student ambassadors in Ireland
Making the right choice for you
INTERVIEW: Student Ambassador Suvarna Agnihotri gets the lowdown on choosing the right course for you from her lecturer in CIT Suvarna, who is from India, chose to study cybersecurity in the Cork Institute of Technology. Here her course co-ordinator answers all her...
Things to know about being an older student in Cork
American Student Ambassador Kimberly Reyes has some practical and very sensible advice for any foreign student coming to study in Cork Being above the age of 25 means you’re older than the average student here at University College Cork, in what is quite frankly a...
‘Clinical research? What’s that all about?’
Malaysian Student Ambassador Kai Meen Chen writes about clinical research at NUIG and about how beautiful the Galway campus is ‘Clinical research? What is your course all about?’ This has been asked of me by many people when I introduce myself. Even my friends and...
Doing it by the book in the ‘amazing’ WIT library
Brazilian Student Ambassador Valentina Mello Lunardelli fell in love with WIT’s Luke Wadding Library. Here’s all you you need to know about it While I was deciding which college to apply for in Ireland, the library and the study spaces available in each one was a key...
The benefits of work-based learning
Alissa Facchinato, who is studying Travel & Tourism Management at Tralee Institute of Technology, believes the hands-on work part of the programme was a huge help A dual study-intern programme allows you to do a semester in school and participate in work-based...
A day in the life of an NCI student
Great video here by Education in Ireland Student Ambassador Yuan Yu Ng documenting a day in her life studying in Dublin. Yuan Yu Ng, who is from Malaysia, was studying Accounting & Finance at the National College of Ireland in Dublin city centre. Click link to watch...
UCD really had it all for one Student Ambassador
Nigerian Olumide Josiah Akinremi is full of praise for everything at UCD from the students to the staff and from the culture to the hands-on academic experience I’m not remotely tempted to bore you with facts about University College Dublin (UCD). You might want to...
How to apply for a transport card in Ireland
Malaysian Student Ambassador Gabriel Hang Fong Chou has the perfect step-by-step guide to getting that all-important student transport card. Gabriel, who studies Information Systems at the Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT), outlines just how easy it is in the...
Coping with Covid: ‘There for each other!’
Student Ambassador Ebubedike Chike Jeffrey talks about how he, his fellow students and Limerick IT staff have been getting through the restrictions together. Click the video below to hear how everyone pulling together in a united effort has paid off in these strange...
Three tricks for students on how to save money
Brazilian Student Ambassador Jessica Fabiana Rocha Correa has some tips for foreign students on how to spend less while studying in Ireland It can be difficult for a student in Ireland to save money in Dublin as life can be expensive, so these three tips could be very...