Warning issued for students of rental scam ahead of CAO results
A warning has been issued for college students due to apparent rental scams as they return to university next month and receive CAO offers. Housing charity Threshold has joined the Irish Council for International Students and the Union of Students in Ireland in introducing The Scamwatch campaign in order to prevent students being left short […]
3 years ago
Huawei Ireland awards €250,000 to fifty Irish STEM students
Absolutely amazing! Huawei Ireland this week awarded €250,000 in academic scholarships to fifty third-level STEM students through its 2021 ‘Seeds for the Future’ ICT talent nurturing initiative. One of the largest scholarship programmes for STEM students in Ireland, €5,000 bursaries were awarded to fifty students from TU Dublin, UCD, Trinity College Dublin, DCU, UCC, UL, […]
4 years ago
Students storm out of school after anti-abortion assembly
The students were having none of it. Hundreds of students at a US high school staged a walkout during an assembly which featured an anti-abortion guest speaker. One of the pupils took to TikTok to share footage of the incident that occurred in Archbishop Riordan High School in San Francisco, California. The video shows students getting […]
5 years ago
Tweens and sleep: One extra hour in bed resulted in better grades, study finds
It is probably the single most important thing we can do for our health. And now recent research is teaching us that sleep doesn’t just matter to our overall wellbeing, mood and immune system, it actually also makes a huge difference when it comes to academic success. In fact, according to a recent study, researchers […]
6 years ago
Cork children rapping about climate change becomes a huge hit in America
This is brilliant. With the general election tomorrow one of the main issues being talked about is climate change. Schools and students across the country have been holding school strikes for the last year in a bid to get the government to open up their eyes to the climate emergency. A group of children in […]
6 years ago
If you have a child living or studying abroad they will absolutely love this
There’s nothing like a care package when you’re away from home. It’s great to travel and study abroad but after a while, you do miss having a proper crisp sandwich and a bar of dairy milk with your cup of tea. If your child will be far from the nest this Paddy’s day or Easter […]
7 years ago