Our Student Blog
Read the latest news from our student ambassadors in Ireland
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...
Three tips to help you adjust to living in Ireland
We loved this! Fun and informative video diary piece by Vietnamese Student Ambassador Le Phuong Thao. Click link below to check out Le Phuong Thao's top tip . . . https://youtu.be/EHul-EOfMZo
Managing to be the best course for me
Pratik Hublikar looked at a lot of different courses before choosing the MSC in Management in the National College of Ireland . . . and he now knows he got it right The MSc in Management is an alternative to the MBA and has become very popular for many reasons. For...
‘Working together, staying connected, moving forward’
Really powerful, optimistic and inspirational piece here by Malaysian Student Ambassasor Lynn Chiam Hui Theen. She is studying in Letterkenny Institute of Technology and she talks about how everyone is coping during the Covid-19 restrictions and how people are...
Bang for my buck in the Cork Institute of Technology
It can be tough choosing where to study a specific course but for Jitesh Emmanuel it simply had to be the Cork Institute of Technology Location, location, location There are many reasons why I chose the Cork Institute of Technology CIT over others. Firstly, the...
‘Best in the world!’: Why I loved Maynooth
South African Matthew Alborough found plenty to like while studying in Maynooth University, including the people and the stunning buildings I’m originally from Port Elizabeth, South Africa. If you compare it to the rest of the towns/cities there, you could classify it...
Making it my business: the path to success
Beatrice Quarm had to think long and hard about coming to study in Ireland but she is absolutely delighted that she took the plunge Tough call Choosing to study entrepreneurship in Ireland was one of my best ever decisions. However, it was not as easy as it sounds,...
Getting down to the business of hard work
Ebubedike Chike Jeffrey really enjoyed the practical aspects of his course in Limerick including brilliant trips to Google’s headquarters in Dublin As a Nigerian, coming to Ireland to study Business Management has been an eyeopener and a whole new experience for me....